Darktown

by Thomas Mullen

4.03 · 32 ratings
black-mc · law-enforcement · book · literary-fiction · thriller · racism · suspense · police-procedural · audiobook · crime · mystery · fiction · poc-mc · 20th-century · adult · historical · historical-fiction · realistic · north-america · politics

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Dublin Murder Squad

by Tana French

3.91 · 294 ratings
dark · realistic · death · law-enforcement · female-author · noir · crime · drama · thriller · fiction · murder · mystery · killer · police-procedural · suspense · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · book
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The Godfather

by Mario Puzo

4.28 · 111 ratings
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Leo Demidov

by Tom Rob Smith

3.92 · 86 ratings
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Dr. Laszlo Kreizler

by Caleb Carr

3.82 · 85 ratings
adult · historical · historical-fiction · horror · law-enforcement · crime · drama · thriller · fiction · serial-killers · murder · mystery · killer · suspense · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · psychological · 20th-century · dark
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Power of the Dog

by Don Winslow

4.34 · 80 ratings
action-adventure · mystery · fiction · espionage · noir · crime · drama · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · historical · adult · violent-conflict · war · thriller · organized-crime · book · audiobook · 21st-century · substance-abuse · suspense
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Deanna Madden

by A.R. Torre

3.89 · 91 ratings
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L.A. Quartet

by James Ellroy

3.97 · 113 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · hard-boiled · historical-fiction · noir · classics · book · literary · suspense · true-crime · drama · historical · adult · male-author · law-enforcement · thriller · 20th-century · dark · literary-fiction
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Red Princess

by Lisa See

3.62 · 66 ratings
historical · adult · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · crime · police-procedural · audiobook · killer · suspense · book · literary-fiction · female-author · thriller · murder · communism · organized-crime
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Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

3.80 · 110 ratings
dark · 20th-century · female-author · noir · adult · dark-academia · thriller · lgbtq · crime · fiction · murder · mystery · killer · suspense · literary · audiobook · book · psychological · classics · horror
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Philip Marlowe

by Raymond Chandler

4.06 · 255 ratings
adult · law-enforcement · noir · crime · fiction · mystery · classics · 20th-century · literary · hard-boiled · thriller · investigator · literary-fiction · historical · murder · action-adventure · suspense · audiobook · book · pulp
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Underworld USA

by James Ellroy

4.05 · 60 ratings
political-intrigue · politics · conspiracies · cold-war · suspense · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · organized-crime · dark · adult · historical · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · noir · crime · thriller · hard-boiled · espionage · fiction
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Inspector Alan Grant

by Josephine Tey

3.93 · 136 ratings
crime · audiobook · fiction · murder · mystery · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · adult · historical · female-author · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · book · classics · literary · police-procedural · thriller · cozy · suspense · whodunit
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Bernie Gunther

by Philip Kerr

4.08 · 280 ratings
mystery · suspense · political-intrigue · 20th-century · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · noir · thriller · adult · violent-conflict · historical · espionage · ww2 · war · crime · fiction · audiobook · book · murder · police-procedural
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Timothy Wilde

by Lyndsay Faye

3.98 · 56 ratings
lgbtq · crime · industrial-era · urban · action-adventure · murder · mystery · fiction · thriller · victorian · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · adult · book · suspense · politics · audiobook · whodunit · police-procedural
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Arkady Renko

by Martin Cruz Smith

3.87 · 184 ratings
book · political-intrigue · mystery · fiction · espionage · adult · police-procedural · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · crime · thriller · law-enforcement · politics · murder · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · historical · supernatural · ghosts
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The Continental Op

by Dashiell Hammett

4.01 · 92 ratings
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Detective Sean Duffy

by Adrian McKinty

4.14 · 128 ratings
suspense · police-procedural · audiobook · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · noir · thriller · crime · fiction · murder · mystery · action-adventure · male-author · politics · 21st-century · journey · humor
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Derek Strange & Terry Quinn

by George P. Pelecanos

3.86 · 80 ratings
police-procedural · suspense · book · adult · law-enforcement · noir · thriller · fiction · mystery · investigator · crime · hard-boiled · audiobook · black-mc · poc-mc · historical · historical-fiction · super-powered · action-adventure · social-commentary
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Gereon Rath

by Volker Kutscher

3.92 · 48 ratings
audiobook · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · noir · adult · historical · germany · police-procedural · thriller · 20th-century · western-central-europe · urban · fiction · mystery · europe · ww2 · book · crime · 21st-century · suspense
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Perveen Mistry

by Sujata Massey

3.95 · 73 ratings
mystery · feminism · historical-fiction · historical · adult · fiction · cozy · poc-author · book · law-enforcement · crime · female-mc · murder · whodunit · audiobook · literary-fiction · 20th-century · female-author · family · poc-mc
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Inspector Maigret

by Georges Simenon

3.71 · 218 ratings
law-enforcement · noir · historical · adult · 20th-century · fiction · mystery · crime · book · murder · audiobook · suspense · police-procedural · literary · classics · thriller · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · whodunit · france
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St. John Strafford

by John Banville

3.49 · 71 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · mystery · crime · historical-fiction · adult · historical · literary-fiction · murder · law-enforcement · suspense · 20th-century · police-procedural · noir · thriller · abuse · royalty · religion · psychological
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Cash Blackbear Mysteries

by Marcie R. Rendon

3.88 · 43 ratings
fiction · book · indigenous-mc · historical-fiction · female-author · historical · adult · crime · female-mc · poc-mc · mystery · suspense · north-dakota · audiobook · minnesota · north-america · poc-author · supernatural · usa · thriller
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Harry McCoy

by Alan Parks

4.03 · 31 ratings
adult · police-procedural · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · noir · mystery · fiction · book · crime · historical · audiobook · 21st-century · scotland · united-kingdom · dark · suspense · british-isles · thriller · murder · urban
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