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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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L.J. Ross
4.36 · 436 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · book · suspense · audiobook · law-enforcement · murder · thriller · contemporary · police-procedural · female-mc · serial-killers · action-adventure · killer · cozy · female-author · literary-fiction · psychological
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D.K. Hood
4.33 · 105 ratings
suspense · book · law-enforcement · adult · fiction · crime · police-procedural · thriller · serial-killers · murder · mystery · contemporary · killer · organized-crime · psychological · noir · vigilante · audiobook · small-town · dogs
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Joy Ellis
4.33 · 560 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · killer · murder · thriller · serial-killers · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · psychological · female-mc · heist · noir · family
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Vince Flynn
4.31 · 663 ratings
book · suspense · political-intrigue · politics · fiction · action-adventure · espionage · terrorism · thriller · military · audiobook · adult · crime · violent-conflict · assassins · war · assassinations · contemporary · mystery · drama
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Holly Jackson
4.30 · 205 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · murder · crime · contemporary · thriller · mystery · suspense · audiobook · killer · female-author · horror · law-enforcement · female-mc · whodunit · dark · realistic · high-school · family
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Chris Carter
4.28 · 359 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · book · crime · horror · audiobook · law-enforcement · contemporary · serial-killers · thriller · suspense · police-procedural · psychological · dark · murder · killer · north-america · urban · usa
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Isabella Maldonado
4.27 · 135 ratings
adult · law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · crime · police-procedural · book · thriller · audiobook · suspense · serial-killers · murder · poc-mc · female-mc · contemporary · action-adventure · hispanic · killer · kidnapping · organized-crime
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Steve Cavanagh
4.23 · 245 ratings
thriller · fiction · book · crime · mystery · suspense · legal · audiobook · adult · contemporary · murder · psychological · realistic · serial-killers · killer · horror · action-adventure · politics · political-intrigue · young-adult
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Margaret Mizushima
4.22 · 116 ratings
murder · mystery · fiction · animals · law-enforcement · adult · book · audiobook · contemporary · police-procedural · suspense · dogs · female-mc · action-adventure · crime · outdoors · killer · cozy · thriller · dog
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Craig Johnson
4.21 · 540 ratings
suspense · mystery · crime · western · adult · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · action-adventure · book · thriller · murder · contemporary · humor · killer · whodunit · 21st-century
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Louise Penny
4.21 · 760 ratings
adult · fiction · crime · contemporary · murder · book · mystery · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · thriller · killer · cozy · police-procedural · whodunit · female-author · 21st-century · family · literary-fiction · friendship
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T.R. Ragan
4.21 · 377 ratings
fiction · crime · adult · book · suspense · mystery · thriller · audiobook · female-mc · law-enforcement · contemporary · psychological · serial-killers · vigilante · drama · justice · killer · murder · dark · kidnapping
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Kyf Brewer
4.20 · 103 ratings
book · audiobook · contemporary · police-procedural · killer · suspense · politics · fiction · murder · action-adventure · mystery · crime · drama · law-enforcement · thriller · adult · legal · whodunit · political-intrigue · conspiracies
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Daniel Silva
4.19 · 717 ratings
political-intrigue · thriller · book · espionage · fiction · adult · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · crime · politics · murder · historical-fiction · assassins · law-enforcement · contemporary · terrorism · assassinations · conspiracies · 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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C.J. Box
4.16 · 774 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · adult · suspense · audiobook · law-enforcement · book · action-adventure · murder · western · thriller · contemporary · family · killer · police-procedural · outdoors · political-intrigue · animals · conspiracies
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J.D. Barker
4.16 · 215 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · suspense · audiobook · psychological · adult · crime · horror · thriller · contemporary · serial-killers · murder · law-enforcement · action-adventure · supernatural · police-procedural · paranormal · killer · dark
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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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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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John Sandford
4.13 · 1465 ratings
fiction · suspense · mystery · book · audiobook · crime · thriller · action-adventure · law-enforcement · adult · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · serial-killers · political-intrigue · politics · drama · espionage · investigator
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Robert Bryndza
4.13 · 364 ratings
fiction · adult · book · mystery · contemporary · crime · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · killer · suspense · audiobook · police-procedural · serial-killers · female-mc · psychological · humor · womens-fiction · drama · comedy
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Jonathan Keeble
4.11 · 152 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · adult · law-enforcement · suspense · police-procedural · contemporary · crime · murder · mystery · psychological · serial-killers · thriller · killer · action-adventure · female-mc · whodunit · family · female-author
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David Baldacci
4.09 · 1708 ratings
audiobook · fiction · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · book · crime · adult · thriller · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary · political-intrigue · espionage · politics · killer · drama · legal · conspiracies · military
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Anne Frasier
4.08 · 301 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · book · suspense · female-mc · crime · thriller · contemporary · psychological · horror · audiobook · law-enforcement · paranormal · police-procedural · murder · serial-killers · dark · killer · supernatural
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Alex Kava
4.04 · 339 ratings
suspense · mystery · fiction · thriller · adult · crime · book · law-enforcement · killer · audiobook · action-adventure · murder · serial-killers · contemporary · police-procedural · psychological · female-mc · dogs · military · animals
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Orlagh Cassidy
4.03 · 243 ratings
adult · fiction · mystery · audiobook · book · law-enforcement · crime · drama · action-adventure · suspense · military · thriller · murder · contemporary · realistic · violent-conflict · war · politics · killer · police-procedural
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