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Top authors writing hardboiled detective crime

Brian Christopher Shea

4.35 · 180 ratings
fiction · adult · book · crime · action-adventure · mystery · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · suspense · thriller · police-procedural · murder · audiobook · military · investigator · vigilante · justice · female-mc · drama · tragedy
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J.M. Dalgliesh

4.24 · 252 ratings
book · mystery · fiction · crime · adult · police-procedural · law-enforcement · audiobook · murder · suspense · serial-killers · hard-boiled · noir · kidnapping · pulp · literary-fiction · contemporary · thriller · family · psychological
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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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Ross Macdonald

3.96 · 192 ratings
crime · hard-boiled · fiction · mystery · noir · adult · law-enforcement · classics · literary · killer · investigator · 20th-century · historical · book · pulp · suspense · audiobook · literary-fiction · thriller · murder
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Robert B. Parker

3.94 · 1231 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · book · crime · suspense · audiobook · action-adventure · law-enforcement · thriller · investigator · hard-boiled · murder · noir · usa · north-america · killer · politics · massachusetts · urban
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Steve Hamilton

3.93 · 238 ratings
crime · action-adventure · fiction · mystery · book · suspense · audiobook · adult · thriller · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · investigator · contemporary · killer · murder · noir · police-procedural · serial-killers · poc-mc · assassins
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Charles Willeford

3.91 · 136 ratings
mystery · fiction · crime · noir · adult · hard-boiled · book · 20th-century · pulp · historical · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · murder · suspense · action-adventure · humor · psychological · anthologies · audiobook · male-author
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Sara Paretsky

3.89 · 474 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · book · law-enforcement · female-mc · audiobook · thriller · investigator · murder · hard-boiled · female-author · noir · killer · action-adventure · contemporary · cozy · animals
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Andrew Vachss

3.88 · 323 ratings
adult · fiction · crime · mystery · noir · hard-boiled · suspense · book · thriller · audiobook · law-enforcement · dark · murder · horror · graphic-violence · psychological · child-abuse · anthologies · investigator · literary-fiction
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Diane Capri

3.88 · 181 ratings
fiction · adult · book · crime · mystery · hard-boiled · suspense · action-adventure · financial · thriller · political-intrigue · conspiracies · justice · female-mc · vigilante · audiobook · serial-killers · law-enforcement · legal · murder
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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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Charlie Huston

3.84 · 246 ratings
book · noir · fiction · suspense · audiobook · mystery · adult · crime · pulp · dark · hard-boiled · contemporary · law-enforcement · action-adventure · horror · urban-fantasy · killer · paranormal · supernatural · thriller
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Ed McBain

3.83 · 409 ratings
adult · fiction · crime · mystery · book · law-enforcement · police-procedural · thriller · audiobook · hard-boiled · suspense · murder · action-adventure · noir · historical · 20th-century · pulp · horror · historical-fiction · workplace
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James M. Cain

3.83 · 111 ratings
crime · fiction · mystery · noir · adult · classics · literary · hard-boiled · suspense · murder · book · audiobook · dark · historical-fiction · pulp · 20th-century · law-enforcement · thriller · male-author · historical
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Jim Thompson

3.82 · 214 ratings
crime · fiction · mystery · noir · adult · book · suspense · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · pulp · 20th-century · classics · literary · thriller · contemporary · audiobook · dark · literary-fiction · action-adventure · historical
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George P. Pelecanos

3.78 · 286 ratings
adult · noir · crime · hard-boiled · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · law-enforcement · thriller · audiobook · investigator · super-powered · contemporary · police-procedural · historical-fiction · urban · historical · drama · literary-fiction
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James Ellroy

3.77 · 433 ratings
noir · fiction · crime · adult · mystery · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · book · suspense · historical-fiction · historical · thriller · audiobook · 20th-century · literary-fiction · politics · dark · police-procedural · literary · pulp
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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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