Second L.A. Quartet
by James Ellroy
3.61 · 18 ratings
literary-fiction · book · psychological · law-enforcement · thriller · organized-crime · pulp · politics · suspense · killer · police-procedural · audiobook · 21st-century · hard-boiled · crime · war · ww2 · action-adventure · fiction · mystery
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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
epic · 20th-century · thriller · historical-fiction · historical · adult · family · crime · drama · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · suspense · literary · audiobook · organized-crime · book · classics · usa · italy
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Leo Demidov
by Tom Rob Smith
3.92 · 86 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · mystery · suspense · war · crime · drama · espionage · historical · adult · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · thriller · 20th-century · book · communism · police-procedural · cold-war · audiobook
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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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George Smiley
by John le Carré
3.97 · 263 ratings
fiction · espionage · crime · thriller · adult · 20th-century · book · cold-war · suspense · political-intrigue · politics · action-adventure · war · historical-fiction · male-author · violent-conflict · classics · audiobook · literary · law-enforcement
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Coughlin
by Dennis Lehane
3.93 · 76 ratings
historical · literary-fiction · book · suspense · audiobook · 21st-century · crime · drama · mystery · fiction · 20th-century · noir · historical-fiction · thriller · male-author · adult · organized-crime · violent-conflict · killer · hard-boiled
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Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
4.08 · 447 ratings
cozy · audiobook · book · 20th-century · violent-conflict · historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · war · mystery · fiction · female-mc · crime · suspense · female-author · murder · whodunit · adult · investigator · killer
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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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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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Brotherhood of War
by W.E.B. Griffin
4.31 · 174 ratings
historical-fiction · audiobook · military · adult · historical · violent-conflict · war · book · fiction · action-adventure · thriller · mystery · 20th-century · crime · literary-fiction · suspense · male-mc · political-intrigue · espionage · ww2
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Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery
by Steve Robinson
4.06 · 96 ratings
book · audiobook · suspense · investigator · fiction · mystery · crime · historical-fiction · adult · historical · cozy · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · 20th-century · police-procedural · political-intrigue · ww2 · war
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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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Maggie Hope
by Susan Elia MacNeal
3.89 · 184 ratings
political-intrigue · cozy · book · 20th-century · violent-conflict · historical · adult · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · war · ww2 · espionage · mystery · fiction · female-mc · suspense · audiobook · female-author · action-adventure · thriller
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The Continental Op
by Dashiell Hammett
4.01 · 92 ratings
mystery · literary · pulp · classics · 20th-century · law-enforcement · noir · historical · adult · crime · hard-boiled · fiction · suspense · murder · anthologies · literary-fiction · thriller · investigator · action-adventure · killer
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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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Hackberry Holland
by James Lee Burke
3.94 · 68 ratings
noir · book · western · suspense · audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · literary-fiction · action-adventure · killer · war · serial-killers · historical · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · religion
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John Madden
by Rennie Airth
3.93 · 68 ratings
historical · adult · police-procedural · ww1 · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · thriller · 20th-century · fiction · mystery · crime · book · audiobook · killer · murder · ww2 · violent-conflict · suspense · serial-killers · war
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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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Bull Mountain
by Brian Panowich
3.97 · 68 ratings
audiobook · book · adult · law-enforcement · crime · murder · mystery · fiction · southern-gothic · suspense · police-procedural · contemporary · gothic · rural · dark · noir · thriller · drama · killer · hard-boiled
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The Yalta Boulevard Sequence
by Olen Steinhauer
3.81 · 52 ratings
political-intrigue · suspense · cold-war · police-procedural · audiobook · book · 20th-century · historical · adult · thriller · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · crime · espionage · fiction · politics · violent-conflict · noir · war · mystery
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