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Top authors writing noir action-adventure

Roger Stelljes

4.26 · 121 ratings
crime · police-procedural · book · law-enforcement · adult · murder · fiction · mystery · audiobook · thriller · serial-killers · organized-crime · kidnapping · noir · action-adventure · vigilante · suspense · conspiracies · political-intrigue · pulp
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Michael Connelly

4.15 · 1596 ratings
adult · fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · audiobook · thriller · police-procedural · murder · book · action-adventure · contemporary · killer · legal · noir · drama · whodunit · hard-boiled · 21st-century
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Don Winslow

4.07 · 339 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · book · thriller · suspense · audiobook · noir · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · hard-boiled · humor · police-procedural · substance-abuse · organized-crime · historical-fiction · historical · contemporary
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James Lee Burke

4.07 · 729 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · book · audiobook · suspense · thriller · law-enforcement · noir · action-adventure · police-procedural · murder · hard-boiled · killer · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · historical · western
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Richard Stark

4.04 · 228 ratings
heist · suspense · book · noir · thriller · adult · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · crime · hard-boiled · audiobook · pulp · law-enforcement · outlaws · political-intrigue · north-america · usa · 20th-century · contemporary
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John D. MacDonald

4.03 · 468 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · book · suspense · crime · noir · hard-boiled · action-adventure · law-enforcement · investigator · audiobook · thriller · literary · classics · murder · historical · anthologies · pulp · 20th-century
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Adrian McKinty

3.98 · 275 ratings
book · mystery · fiction · audiobook · crime · suspense · action-adventure · thriller · adult · law-enforcement · noir · murder · male-author · historical-fiction · police-procedural · historical · hard-boiled · 21st-century · politics · humor
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Jo Nesbø

3.93 · 705 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · crime · audiobook · noir · adult · thriller · law-enforcement · suspense · action-adventure · murder · contemporary · killer · horror · 21st-century · police-procedural · psychological · dark · drama
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Dennis Lehane

3.92 · 464 ratings
thriller · mystery · crime · fiction · audiobook · adult · suspense · noir · book · law-enforcement · contemporary · drama · killer · action-adventure · murder · family · literary-fiction · hard-boiled · 20th-century · dark
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Jussi Adler-Olsen

3.89 · 247 ratings
thriller · book · suspense · audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · adult · contemporary · law-enforcement · noir · police-procedural · murder · killer · genre-crime · action-adventure · drama · male-author · journey · horror
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Joe Mantegna

3.87 · 126 ratings
book · audiobook · suspense · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · investigator · crime · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · murder · hard-boiled · noir · north-america · usa · cozy · animals · humor · female-mc
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Elmore Leonard

3.75 · 750 ratings
fiction · crime · mystery · adult · audiobook · action-adventure · noir · thriller · suspense · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · humor · book · murder · contemporary · pulp · anthologies · western · literary-fiction · 20th-century
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John Lange

3.60 · 124 ratings
adult · mystery · fiction · pulp · hard-boiled · crime · suspense · audiobook · noir · thriller · action-adventure · book · murder · terrorism · political-intrigue · medical · anthologies · assassinations · espionage · law-enforcement
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