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C.J. Sansom
4.17 · 232 ratings
audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · adult · historical · historical-fiction · book · thriller · suspense · spirituality · murder · medieval · law-enforcement · religion · early-modern · politics · killer · drama · action-adventure
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Jack Du Brul
4.15 · 310 ratings
mystery · action-adventure · suspense · book · thriller · crime · fiction · audiobook · adult · political-intrigue · military · violent-conflict · espionage · historical-fiction · historical · technothriller · nautical · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary
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Scott Mariani
4.08 · 220 ratings
book · fiction · action-adventure · adult · political-intrigue · suspense · mystery · crime · thriller · military · conspiracies · violent-conflict · murder · nautical · audiobook · war · historical · historical-fiction · espionage · psychological
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Andy McDermott
4.07 · 324 ratings
book · fiction · action-adventure · adult · suspense · mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · archaeology · thriller · crime · myths · female-mc · historical · technothriller · political-intrigue · quest · sci-fi · contemporary · conspiracies
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Wilbur Smith
4.05 · 934 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · suspense · mystery · thriller · violent-conflict · family · war · military · epic · drama · crime · political-intrigue · nautical · politics
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S.J. Parris
4.05 · 132 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · medieval · crime · adult · historical · historical-fiction · religion · early-modern · audiobook · spirituality · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · political-intrigue · conspiracies · suspense · killer · action-adventure
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Steve Robinson
4.03 · 110 ratings
book · suspense · audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · adult · historical · investigator · murder · cozy · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · male-author · violent-conflict · political-intrigue · police-procedural · ww2
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Clive Cussler
4.02 · 2361 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · adult · book · mystery · thriller · suspense · crime · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · espionage · nautical · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · conspiracies
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Rebecca Cantrell
4.02 · 153 ratings
adult · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · suspense · political-intrigue · book · historical-fiction · thriller · crime · historical · audiobook · violent-conflict · law-enforcement · ww2 · urban-fantasy · horror · 20th-century · war · contemporary
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Lindsey Davis
4.02 · 442 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · adult · ancient-civilization · mystery · crime · roman-empire · murder · law-enforcement · humor · thriller · female-author · action-adventure · suspense · investigator · workplace · noir
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Dirk Cussler
4.01 · 230 ratings
suspense · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · crime · book · adult · historical · audiobook · thriller · nautical · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · military · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · archaeology · war · terrorism
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Justin Scott
4.00 · 152 ratings
fiction · adult · action-adventure · book · suspense · mystery · crime · thriller · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · historical · audiobook · technothriller · political-intrigue · murder · killer · western · military · espionage · industrial-era
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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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Chris Kuzneski
3.97 · 223 ratings
book · thriller · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · adult · historical-fiction · crime · historical · audiobook · suspense · violent-conflict · military · political-intrigue · law-enforcement · archaeology · murder · europe · quest · politics
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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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Frederick Forsyth
3.94 · 437 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · political-intrigue · suspense · espionage · thriller · crime · adult · historical-fiction · book · politics · violent-conflict · drama · war · historical · military · 20th-century · cold-war · terrorism
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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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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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Steve Berry
3.89 · 790 ratings
fiction · adult · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · thriller · historical · crime · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · political-intrigue · espionage · conspiracies · murder · politics · law-enforcement · archaeology · male-author · religion
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Robert Harris
3.89 · 411 ratings
fiction · adult · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · suspense · mystery · thriller · political-intrigue · crime · politics · action-adventure · drama · espionage · 21st-century · violent-conflict · war · literary-fiction · male-author
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Andrew Taylor
3.75 · 104 ratings
adult · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · crime · audiobook · book · murder · suspense · law-enforcement · thriller · horror · early-modern · politics · gothic · investigator · urban · male-author · industrial-era
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Attica Locke
3.73 · 101 ratings
audiobook · suspense · literary-fiction · book · poc-author · female-author · black-mc · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · poc-mc · fiction · mystery · crime · killer · racism · historical-fiction · murder · drama · noir
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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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Sam Bourne
3.70 · 105 ratings
crime · fiction · mystery · thriller · adult · book · suspense · action-adventure · political-intrigue · politics · historical-fiction · historical · conspiracies · audiobook · espionage · spirituality · religion · drama · murder · law-enforcement
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Glenn Cooper
3.69 · 201 ratings
fiction · adult · book · suspense · thriller · action-adventure · mystery · crime · historical · historical-fiction · political-intrigue · paranormal · conspiracies · supernatural · violent-conflict · military · audiobook · spirituality · horror · murder
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Raymond Khoury
3.68 · 208 ratings
action-adventure · mystery · audiobook · thriller · adult · fiction · suspense · book · historical-fiction · historical · crime · political-intrigue · spirituality · murder · espionage · conspiracies · religious · politics · killer · religion
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David Gibbins
3.65 · 151 ratings
book · fiction · action-adventure · suspense · mystery · adult · historical · historical-fiction · thriller · archaeology · ancient-civilization · nautical · political-intrigue · conspiracies · myths · crime · ww2 · military · violent-conflict · literary-fiction
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