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Police Procedural

This classification of crime fiction books covers a lot of ground, and the police procedural arguably is not a "real" genre. It covers a wide range of mystery types - from cosy to bloody noir, from gentle work-place banter to traumatic psychological thrillers, it's all here. 

The crimes are usually investigated by one or more police detectives (with help from forensic experts, legal professionals, medical examiners, psychologists etc). 

Some of the best-loved crime fiction authors wrote in this genre: PD James, Colin Dexter, Georges Simenon, Reginald Hill, and more recently Jo Nesbo and Ian Rankin.
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    What the Dying See

    DI Ridpath 12

    £9.99 GBP
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    JD Kirk

    Better the Devil

    DCI Logan 22

    £16.99 GBP
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    Aline Templeton

    Truth to Tell

    DCI Kelso Strang 7

    £22.00 GBP
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    Patricia Cornwell

    Postmortem

    Kay Scarpetta 1

    £10.99 GBP
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    Michael Wood

    First One to Die

    £9.99 GBP
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    Sean Watkin

    No Place Left

    £9.99 GBP
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    Kate Rhodes

    The Mermaid's Cry

    Isles Of Scilly Mysteries 9

    £9.99 GBP
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    The High Island

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    The Angel of Death

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    Michael Wood

    Evil in the Family

    £9.99 GBP
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    Family Lies

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    Family Lies

    £22.00 GBP
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    A Cold Harbour

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    The Chestnut Man

    £10.99 GBP
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    Soren Sveistrup

    Hide and Seek

    £20.00 GBP
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    Rob Parker

    Forbidden Waters

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    Luca Veste

    Liar Liar

    £9.99 GBP
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    Patricia Wolf

    Hero

    DS Lucas Walker 5

    £9.99 GBP
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    Patricia Wolf

    Opal

    DS Lucas Walker 3

    £9.99 GBP
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    Hermit

    £10.99 GBP
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    Peter Papathanasiou

    The Bolthole

    £10.99 GBP
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    Under the Cold Bright Lights

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    Stuart MacBride

    Blood, Rust and Steel

    £22.00 GBP
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    Robert Goddard

    This is the Night They Come For You

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    Robert Goddard

    This is the Day They Dream Of

    £9.99 GBP
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    Tom Baragwanath

    Lucky Thing

    £10.99 GBP
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    Peter Grainger

    Some Sort of Justice

    DC Smith 17

    £18.99 GBP
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    Elizabeth George

    A Slowly Dying Cause

    Inspector Lynley 22

    £9.99 GBP
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    The Black Wolf

    Armand Gamache 20

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    The Heights

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    The Dying Light

    Matthew Venn 4

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    Dead Man's Tale

    Bob Skinner 37

    £12.99 GBP
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    James Oswald

    The Violent Hour

    Inspector McLean 14

    £20.00 GBP
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    The Tailor

    DS George Cross 8

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    Tim Sullivan

    The Politician

    DS George Cross 4

    £9.99 GBP
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    Tim Sullivan

    The Patient

    DS George Cross 3

    £9.99 GBP
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    Tim Sullivan

    The Cyclist

    DS George Cross 2

    £9.99 GBP
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    Tim Sullivan

    The Monk

    DS George Cross 5

    £9.99 GBP
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    Tim Sullivan

    The Teacher

    DS George Cross 6

    £9.99 GBP
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    Watch Them Fall

    Clare Mackay 10

    £9.99 GBP
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    The Chapel of Bones

    DI Wesley Peterson

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    The Burning Fears

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    The Hawk is Dead

    Roy Grace 22

    £9.99 GBP
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    Silent Bones

    Karen Pirie 8

    £10.99 GBP
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    Caro Ramsay

    Where She Lies

    DCI Christine Kaplan 3

    £9.99 GBP
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    Sarah Hilary

    The Drowning Place

    £16.99 GBP
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    A Murder in Springtime

    Bruno Courreges 19

    £22.00 GBP
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    M. J. Arlidge and Alex Khan

    Her Last Breath

    £10.99 GBP
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    Georgina Stewart

    Death Under the Slovenian Sun

    £22.00 GBP