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Lisa Regan
4.41 · 471 ratings
fiction · suspense · mystery · crime · adult · law-enforcement · book · police-procedural · serial-killers · thriller · contemporary · murder · organized-crime · audiobook · noir · psychological · killer · female-mc · abuse · drama
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Angela Marsons
4.41 · 441 ratings
fiction · book · adult · crime · mystery · suspense · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · female-mc · murder · police-procedural · serial-killers · noir · contemporary · killer · psychological · drama · abuse · female-author
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Simon McCleave
4.34 · 137 ratings
mystery · book · crime · fiction · adult · thriller · murder · law-enforcement · police-procedural · whodunit · female-mc · noir · psychological · kidnapping · political-intrigue · conspiracies · hard-boiled · serial-killers · organized-crime · justice
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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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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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Rachel Abbott
4.19 · 281 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · crime · adult · psychological · audiobook · murder · thriller · police-procedural · suspense · law-enforcement · drama · noir · contemporary · killer · family · marriage · literary-fiction · kidnapping
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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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Joyce Cato
4.13 · 150 ratings
adult · book · cozy · fiction · mystery · crime · murder · amateur-sleuth · law-enforcement · noir · serial-killers · contemporary · female-mc · audiobook · thriller · family · whodunit · killer · psychological · female-author
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Patricia MacDonald
4.11 · 171 ratings- LITTLE SISTER an unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist (Totally Gripping Psychological Thrillers) by Patricia MacDonald
- Lost Innocents by Patricia MacDonald
- The Girl in the Woods by Patricia MacDonald
- Don't Believe a Word by Patricia MacDonald
- I See You: Assumed Identities and Psychological Suspense by Patricia MacDonald
crime · fiction · book · murder · adult · psychological · suspense · heist · mystery · serial-killers · noir · action-adventure · audiobook · thriller · family · contemporary · mental-illness · siblings · womens-fiction · drama
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Don Winslow
4.07 · 339 ratings
mystery · crime · fiction · adult · suspense · thriller · book · audiobook · noir · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · hard-boiled · police-procedural · substance-abuse · organized-crime · humor · contemporary · historical · historical-fiction
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Viveca Sten
4.07 · 224 ratings
crime · book · mystery · audiobook · fiction · adult · law-enforcement · noir · police-procedural · female-mc · murder · thriller · contemporary · suspense · europe · sweden · scandinavia · drama · killer · literary-fiction
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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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Raymond Chandler
4.05 · 363 ratings
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · literary · classics · noir · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · pulp · 20th-century · thriller · audiobook · historical · investigator · murder · suspense · literary-fiction · book · action-adventure
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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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Michael Hjorth
4.04 · 112 ratings
adult · book · crime · mystery · fiction · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · law-enforcement · noir · thriller · murder · family · literary-fiction · police-procedural · europe · psychological · scandinavia · urban · sweden
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John D. MacDonald
4.03 · 468 ratings- Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State by John D. MacDonald
- The Mists from Beyond by John D. MacDonald
- Dark Crimes 2: Modern Masters of Noir by John D. MacDonald
- A Treasury of American Horror Stories by John D. MacDonald
- Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories by John D. MacDonald
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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Dashiell Hammett
3.99 · 233 ratings- Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Dashiell Hammett
- Dashiell Hammett: The Library of America Edition: Hammett by Dashiell Hammett
- A New Omnibus of Crime by Dashiell Hammett
- Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett
- Mystery for Halloween : and other stories from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine by Dashiell Hammett
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · literary · noir · pulp · classics · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · historical · 20th-century · thriller · anthologies · suspense · book · investigator · action-adventure · murder · literary-fiction
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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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Dolores Redondo
3.95 · 138 ratings
audiobook · fiction · book · suspense · mystery · crime · adult · contemporary · noir · murder · thriller · law-enforcement · horror · drama · literary-fiction · 21st-century · female-mc · female-author · magical-realism · mlm
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Lars Kepler
3.94 · 239 ratings
book · audiobook · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · adult · psychological · murder · noir · horror · thriller · contemporary · serial-killers · police-procedural · scandinavia · killer · urban · action-adventure
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Jørn Lier Horst
3.93 · 136 ratings
audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · adult · noir · thriller · book · law-enforcement · suspense · police-procedural · murder · psychological · contemporary · animals · cozy · hard-boiled · literary-fiction · supernatural · ghosts
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John Verdon
3.90 · 125 ratings
killer · suspense · book · psychological · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · fiction · serial-killers · mystery · crime · police-procedural · contemporary · audiobook · noir · murder · 21st-century · action-adventure · investigator · hard-boiled
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Philip Kerr
3.90 · 402 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · suspense · crime · adult · audiobook · thriller · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · espionage · 20th-century · law-enforcement · noir · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · action-adventure · murder
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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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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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Fred Vargas
3.86 · 246 ratings
book · crime · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · noir · adult · audiobook · thriller · contemporary · murder · police-procedural · suspense · literary-fiction · 21st-century · supernatural · female-author · ghosts · western-central-europe · europe
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Ken Bruen
3.82 · 169 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · noir · book · law-enforcement · suspense · hard-boiled · investigator · thriller · audiobook · contemporary · action-adventure · murder · drama · anthologies · horror · psychological · 21st-century
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Åsa Larsson
3.77 · 112 ratings
fiction · killer · suspense · audiobook · police-procedural · book · noir · thriller · law-enforcement · female-author · adult · crime · mystery · psychological · murder · contemporary · scandinavia · legal · sweden · journey
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