Taste-matched follow-ups
These picks stay near the slow-burn dread, marshland unease, and small-town suspicion feel, then widen out into a few deeper cuts.
Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.
Why this fits: If you liked Under Salt Marsh’s slow-burn British dread and the way institutions and relationships quietly tighten around a case, Karen Pirie delivers a similarly patient, character-led investigation with cold-case pressure and a sharp, observational tone.
Why this fits: For the same kind of isolated-community unease where the landscape feels like a character and secrets accumulate under everyday familiarity, Shetland offers a restrained, melancholic crime mystery built on place-driven atmosphere.
Why this fits: If Under Salt Marsh appealed to you for its small-town, morally suffocating sense of harm spreading beneath the surface, Dirty Business brings that same grounded, accumulative pressure by tracing how a local discovery ripples through generations.
A nearby match from the broader catalog.
A nearby match from the broader catalog.
A nearby match from the broader catalog.
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