Read-alikes and related books

Books like Past Mortem

Across Contemporary, Action & Adventure, and Literature & Fiction — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Past Mortem by Ben Elton.

Contemporary Action & Adventure Literature & Fiction

Top related books to Past Mortem

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The Adventures of a Silly Cat

Elizabeth Garcia

Themes: Action & Adventure

The Bond That Burns (Deluxe Limited Edition) A Novel

Briar Boleyn

Themes: Contemporary • Action & Adventure

Blissed

Jamie Farrell

Themes: Contemporary

A Postcard from Italy

Alex Brown

Themes: Contemporary

A Gingerbread Cafe Christmas Christmas at the Gingerbread Café / Chocolate Dreams at the Gingerbread Cafe / Christmas Wedding at the Gingerbread Café

Rebecca Raisin

Themes: Contemporary

Doughnut

Tom Holt

Themes: Action & Adventure

The Treasured One Book Two of The Dreamers

David Eddings

Themes: Contemporary • Action & Adventure

Hard Copy A Story of Girl Meets Printer

Themes: Contemporary

Themes: Contemporary

Parte de Tu Mundo / Part of Your World

Abby Jimenez

Themes: Contemporary

#11

More Tales of the City

Themes: Contemporary

Themes: Contemporary

Themes: Action & Adventure • Literature & Fiction

#14

To Raise a Clenched Fist to the Sky Fast Paced Urban Fantasy

T. Thorn Coyle

Themes: Contemporary • Action & Adventure

#15

Christmas on Fifth Avenue

Julie Caplin

Themes: Contemporary

#16

One Last Summer A Dreamy, Laugh Out Loud Holiday Romance

Themes: Contemporary

Themes: Contemporary • Action & Adventure

#18

The Three Secret Cities: The Jack West Jr. Series, book 5 (Jack West Jr. Series, 5)

Matthew Reilly

Themes: Action & Adventure • Literature & Fiction

#19

The Ruin of Kings

Jenn Lyons

Themes: Contemporary • Action & Adventure

#20

Must Love Dogs New Leash on Life

Claire Cook

Themes: Contemporary

#21

The Dungeoneers Blackfog Island

Jeffery Russell

Themes: Action & Adventure

#22

Summer Shadows

Gayle G. Roper

Themes: Contemporary • Literature & Fiction

#23

The Gulf

Noel Scanlon

Themes: Action & Adventure • Literature & Fiction

#24

Just One of the Guys

Kristan Higgins

Themes: Contemporary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Contemporary, Action & Adventure, Literature & Fiction — the same threads that run through Past Mortem by Ben Elton. Among the authors featured: Elizabeth Garcia, Briar Boleyn, Jamie Farrell, Alex Brown, and others.