What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedThe Unquiet Grave
Dervla McTiernan · Book · 2025
If you loved The Unquiet Grave, start with How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (Lisa McGee, 2026) — a series on the same thread. Below: 4 films, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to The Unquiet Grave across media.
If The Unquiet Grave captured you, it is because you love excavating long-buried secrets from landscapes that hold their own dark histories.
Films on the same thread
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Olivia Newman · Film · 2026
Explores: Grief and healing, Intergenerational friendship, Hidden secrets.
Like the unearthed secrets in The Unquiet Grave, this story reveals how the past ripples into the present through hidden discoveries that alter the course of a quiet life.
Hokum
Damian McCarthy · Film · 2026
Shares a thread with The Unquiet Grave: Small town secrets.
This film mirrors the unsettling historical atmosphere of The Unquiet Grave by trapping its protagonist in a location where ancient trauma and ritualistic dread bleed into the physical world.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson · Film · 2025
Shares a thread with The Unquiet Grave: Small Town Secrets.
Just as The Unquiet Grave uncovers hidden truths within a community, this mystery focuses on the deceptive layers of small-town secrets and the moral ambiguity of those involved.
The Dry
Robert Connolly · Film · 2021
Shares a thread with The Unquiet Grave: Small Town Secrets.
Fans of The Unquiet Grave will appreciate how this narrative uses a desolate, rural setting to force a protagonist to confront an unsolved murder and deep-seated historical guilt.
Series on the same thread
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
Lisa McGee · Series · 2026
Shares a thread with The Unquiet Grave: Mystery Thriller.
The Unquiet Grave excels at exposing buried histories, a theme mirrored here as three friends are forced to dig into a suspicious death that threatens their own dark past.
56 Days
Lisa Zwerling · Series · 2026
Explores: Drama, Crime.
This series echoes the forensic obsession of The Unquiet Grave by meticulously reconstructing a deadly timeline of events to solve a mystery surrounding an unidentified body in an apartment.
Dexter: Resurrection
Clyde Phillips · Series · 2025
Explores: Father-Son Relationship, Redemption, Past Sins.
Much like the internal investigation in The Unquiet Grave, this story centers on a man haunted by past sins, struggling to reconcile his identity while seeking difficult closure.
Vera
Ann Cleeves · Series · 2011
Shares a thread with The Unquiet Grave: Police Procedural.
This series captures the methodical, gritty police work found in The Unquiet Grave, focusing on a dedicated detective who navigates rural landscapes to expose the truth behind murders.
Podcasts on the same thread
CounterClock
Audiochuck · Podcast · 2025
Shares a thread with The Unquiet Grave: historical mystery.
If the forensic investigation in The Unquiet Grave intrigued you, this podcast offers a similar deep dive into historical mysteries, using investigative reporting to unearth long-forgotten homicide facts.
Missing Niamh
Podcast
Explores: cold case, unsolved mysteries, family trauma.
This podcast mirrors the investigative spirit of The Unquiet Grave, focusing on the frustration of cold cases and the persistent need to uncover truths buried by the passage of time.
Keep exploring
Common questions
Is The Unquiet Grave part of a series?
Yes, The Unquiet Grave is the latest novel in the Cormac Reilly series written by Dervla McTiernan. It follows her previous works such as The Ruin and What Happened to Nina.
What is the central mystery in The Unquiet Grave?
The Unquiet Grave focuses on bodies discovered in the boglands of Northern Europe. These bodies are thousands of years old and show signs of ritual torture and human sacrifice, leading to an investigation into their mysterious histories.
Who is the author of The Unquiet Grave?
The Unquiet Grave is written by Dervla McTiernan. She is a number one bestselling author known for her previous novels including The Ruin and What Happened to Nina.
When was The Unquiet Grave published?
The Unquiet Grave was published in 2025. This novel serves as the much-anticipated new installment in the Cormac Reilly series, exploring the discovery of ancient, preserved bodies found within the boglands of Northern Europe.