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W.E.B. Griffin
4.19 · 831 ratings
fiction · war · adult · violent-conflict · military · book · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · mystery · thriller · suspense · 20th-century · espionage · political-intrigue · ww2 · crime · male-mc · politics
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David Dukes
4.04 · 120 ratings
politics · book · adult · fiction · action-adventure · suspense · thriller · crime · mystery · audiobook · 20th-century · political-intrigue · law-enforcement · espionage · historical-fiction · contemporary · military · war · drama · hard-boiled
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William E. Butterworth IV
4.04 · 166 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · war · military · adult · violent-conflict · political-intrigue · action-adventure · espionage · historical-fiction · thriller · historical · mystery · 20th-century · suspense · politics · ww2 · male-mc · crime
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Len Deighton
4.00 · 290 ratings
fiction · espionage · adult · historical · 20th-century · book · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · thriller · audiobook · action-adventure · cold-war · suspense · war · violent-conflict · military · crime · ww2 · law-enforcement · mystery
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Stephen Lang
3.99 · 115 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · mystery · adult · book · audiobook · suspense · thriller · 20th-century · killer · crime · drama · law-enforcement · contemporary · murder · war · family · espionage · ww2 · historical
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David Downing
3.98 · 102 ratings
espionage · political-intrigue · adult · fiction · book · historical · historical-fiction · crime · violent-conflict · thriller · 20th-century · mystery · war · ww2 · audiobook · male-author · action-adventure · europe · suspense · western-central-europe
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Alan Bradley
3.96 · 397 ratings
cozy · mystery · crime · historical · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · young-adult · audiobook · suspense · thriller · book · whodunit · action-adventure · children · middle-grade · killer · humor · amateur-sleuth
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Colin Dexter
3.95 · 238 ratings
book · law-enforcement · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · police-procedural · killer · thriller · murder · audiobook · 20th-century · noir · suspense · contemporary · historical · whodunit · investigator · literary · classics
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Josephine Tey
3.91 · 183 ratings
adult · historical · female-author · historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · book · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · law-enforcement · crime · murder · literary · audiobook · classics · police-procedural · thriller · cozy · suspense · whodunit
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Maj Sjöwall
3.91 · 212 ratings
noir · law-enforcement · mystery · fiction · crime · police-procedural · book · thriller · adult · 20th-century · murder · audiobook · literary · classics · sweden · europe · scandinavia · female-author · suspense · historical
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Susan Elia MacNeal
3.90 · 210 ratings
mystery · political-intrigue · book · 20th-century · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · adult · historical · espionage · ww2 · war · female-mc · fiction · cozy · law-enforcement · action-adventure · suspense · audiobook · thriller · female-author
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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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Helen MacInnes
3.89 · 178 ratings
book · suspense · political-intrigue · espionage · fiction · adult · crime · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · thriller · mystery · 20th-century · cold-war · assassinations · murder · military · politics · classics · conspiracies
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Alan Furst
3.87 · 268 ratings
war · ww2 · mystery · espionage · fiction · 20th-century · violent-conflict · historical · adult · thriller · book · historical-fiction · political-intrigue · audiobook · suspense · military · crime · action-adventure · literary-fiction · noir
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Per Wahlöö
3.87 · 230 ratings
law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · crime · noir · adult · police-procedural · book · murder · thriller · 20th-century · audiobook · literary · classics · scandinavia · sweden · europe · suspense · female-author · historical
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Richard Bachman
3.85 · 479 ratings
horror · fiction · suspense · book · male-author · audiobook · contemporary · mystery · adult · psychological · terror · drama · 20th-century · supernatural · dark · ghosts · crime · thriller · classics · literary
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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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P.D. James
3.80 · 612 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · female-author · law-enforcement · thriller · suspense · audiobook · murder · killer · whodunit · book · 20th-century · cozy · literary · classics · police-procedural · contemporary · literary-fiction
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Ian Fleming
3.75 · 546 ratings
classics · literary · fiction · action-adventure · adult · crime · espionage · audiobook · political-intrigue · thriller · 20th-century · pulp · cold-war · suspense · book · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · male-author · mystery · historical
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Iain Pears
3.72 · 160 ratings
mystery · historical · fiction · historical-fiction · adult · book · 20th-century · suspense · crime · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · literary-fiction · 21st-century · action-adventure · cozy · political-intrigue · murder · male-author · humor
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Joseph Kanon
3.71 · 157 ratings
espionage · fiction · 20th-century · adult · historical-fiction · thriller · book · political-intrigue · suspense · crime · mystery · historical · audiobook · war · ww2 · violent-conflict · politics · cold-war · action-adventure · europe
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