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Agatha Frost
4.33 · 305 ratings
cozy · mystery · animals · culinary · book · fiction · crime · contemporary · adult · law-enforcement · investigator · amateur-sleuth · romance · romantic-love · killer · suspense · murder · womens-fiction · small-town · audiobook
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Susan M. Boyer
4.26 · 166 ratings
female-mc · fiction · mystery · cozy · book · audiobook · womens-fiction · crime · adult · ghosts · supernatural · investigator · contemporary · murder · fantasy · humor · law-enforcement · paranormal · whodunit · romance
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Linsey Lanier
4.23 · 153 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · suspense · adult · romance · crime · murder · investigator · contemporary · female-mc · alpha-mc · action-adventure · humor · law-enforcement · young-adult · abuse · paranormal · cozy · drama
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Robert Crais
4.17 · 563 ratings
fiction · adult · crime · mystery · thriller · suspense · audiobook · action-adventure · law-enforcement · book · investigator · contemporary · humor · killer · murder · drama · hard-boiled · police-procedural · noir · kidnapping
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Robert Galbraith
4.15 · 324 ratings
mystery · crime · audiobook · contemporary · fiction · book · thriller · investigator · suspense · adult · law-enforcement · female-author · killer · action-adventure · murder · realistic · death · drama · 21st-century · whodunit
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T.E. Kinsey
4.12 · 191 ratings
law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · adult · fiction · murder · mystery · cozy · book · amateur-sleuth · crime · female-mc · investigator · humor · audiobook · 20th-century · edwardian · industrial-era · thriller · action-adventure
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Rex Stout
4.09 · 747 ratings- Disguise for Murder by Rex Stout
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adult · fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · audiobook · investigator · crime · suspense · historical · 20th-century · humor · book · literary · classics · urban · cozy · politics · historical-fiction · new-york-state · murder
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Spencer Quinn
4.05 · 284 ratings
fiction · cozy · audiobook · crime · animals · humor · mystery · book · dog · dogs · law-enforcement · adult · action-adventure · anthropomorphism · investigator · murder · contemporary · suspense · killer · hard-boiled
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Jacqueline Winspear
4.05 · 488 ratings
mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · 20th-century · cozy · book · crime · violent-conflict · suspense · war · female-mc · adult · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · ww2
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Will Thomas
4.04 · 174 ratings
book · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · adult · fiction · mystery · audiobook · victorian · investigator · crime · industrial-era · male-author · murder · suspense · action-adventure · killer · cozy · thriller · male-mc
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Steve Robinson
4.03 · 110 ratings
book · suspense · audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · adult · historical · investigator · murder · cozy · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · male-author · violent-conflict · political-intrigue · police-procedural · ww2
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Tim Dorsey
4.02 · 367 ratings
mystery · crime · adult · fiction · humor · audiobook · satire · book · comedy · action-adventure · amateur-sleuth · investigator · suspense · dark-humor · serial-killers · murder · killer · law-enforcement · contemporary · cozy
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Solomon Carter
4.01 · 102 ratings
fiction · book · adult · mystery · crime · thriller · investigator · female-mc · law-enforcement · suspense · action-adventure · heist · police-procedural · organized-crime · murder · killer · pulp · supernatural · kidnapping · serial-killers
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G.M. Ford
3.97 · 174 ratings
adult · fiction · mystery · crime · book · law-enforcement · murder · investigator · action-adventure · audiobook · suspense · hard-boiled · thriller · noir · humor · police-procedural · amateur-sleuth · drama · family · contemporary
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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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Charles Finch
3.95 · 297 ratings
book · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · victorian · historical · crime · industrial-era · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · cozy · investigator · killer · suspense · murder · whodunit · urban · england
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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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Sue Grafton
3.91 · 749 ratings
cozy · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · crime · investigator · female-mc · fiction · murder · mystery · law-enforcement · thriller · adult · book · killer · female-author · action-adventure · whodunit · drama · womens-fiction
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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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Judy Kaye
3.87 · 100 ratings
adult · contemporary · audiobook · female-author · law-enforcement · thriller · cozy · suspense · fiction · murder · investigator · female-mc · mystery · crime · killer · action-adventure · book · drama · womens-fiction · whodunit
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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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Kathy Hogan Trocheck
3.82 · 136 ratings
murder · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · cozy · law-enforcement · humor · female-mc · crime · contemporary · book · adult · investigator · satire · killer · suspense · georgia · comedy · usa
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Linda Barnes
3.78 · 158 ratings
law-enforcement · adult · crime · female-mc · mystery · fiction · audiobook · book · investigator · thriller · suspense · contemporary · action-adventure · usa · north-america · female-author · hard-boiled · poc-mc · romantic-love · 20th-century
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Marcia Muller
3.76 · 245 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · book · investigator · law-enforcement · audiobook · suspense · female-mc · murder · historical · thriller · cozy · historical-fiction · anthologies · industrial-era · victorian · steampunk · hard-boiled
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Penelope Keith
3.72 · 122 ratings
death · adult · audiobook · contemporary · law-enforcement · amateur-sleuth · female-author · whodunit · killer · cozy · humor · murder · fiction · female-mc · mystery · book · crime · investigator · drama · suspense
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Sara Gran
3.71 · 131 ratings
suspense · fiction · mystery · thriller · book · female-mc · crime · adult · noir · contemporary · investigator · female-author · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · audiobook · killer · murder · dark · mental-illness · urban
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