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Top authors writing contemporary crime
Heather Atkinson
104 ratings 4.60 ·- The Savage Sisters by Heather Atkinson
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book · adult · fiction · contemporary · crime · murder · organized-crime · mystery · serial-killers · romance · suspense · justice · vigilante · family · urban · romantic-love · psychological · law-enforcement · historical · industrial-era
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Crystal Daniels
118 ratings 4.51 ·
romance · fiction · adult · contemporary · alpha-mc · biker · suspense · book · steamy · dark · crime · friends-to-lovers · action-adventure · heist · new-adult · insta-love · organized-crime · female-mc · age-gap · audiobook
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S.T. Abby
191 ratings 4.47 ·
book · fiction · mystery · adult · enemies-to-lovers · steamy · multi-pov · contemporary · revenge · suspense · forbidden-love · murder · angst · abuse · female-mc · crime · romance · alpha-mc · law-enforcement · dark
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Ames Mills
108 ratings 4.46 ·
fiction · book · reverse-harem · contemporary · adult · organized-crime · romance · polyamory · steamy · mlm · crime · dark · new-adult · multi-pov · lgbtq · mental-illness · stalking · friends-to-lovers · womens-fiction · mystery
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Fiona Quinn
317 ratings 4.46 ·
fiction · adult · book · action-adventure · mystery · contemporary · military · suspense · female-mc · crime · romance · audiobook · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · psychological · paranormal · espionage · supernatural · animals · violent-conflict
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J.L. Drake
269 ratings 4.42 ·
fiction · adult · suspense · book · contemporary · romance · dark · crime · alpha-mc · audiobook · angst · action-adventure · mystery · organized-crime · steamy · military · abuse · new-adult · multi-pov · kidnapping
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Lilly Atlas
319 ratings 4.42 ·
adult · fiction · romance · contemporary · book · action-adventure · biker · suspense · alpha-mc · steamy · crime · audiobook · abuse · dark · humor · family · small-town · friends-to-lovers · insta-love · mystery
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K.L. Savage
401 ratings 4.41 ·
fiction · adult · crime · romance · contemporary · book · organized-crime · biker · action-adventure · dark · audiobook · suspense · steamy · family · abuse · mystery · humor · kidnapping · age-gap · insta-love
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Sandy Alvarez
308 ratings 4.41 ·
fiction · adult · romance · contemporary · alpha-mc · suspense · book · biker · crime · action-adventure · steamy · insta-love · organized-crime · female-mc · dark · heist · friends-to-lovers · new-adult · mystery · age-gap
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Penelope Sky
841 ratings 4.41 ·
romance · book · fiction · adult · contemporary · suspense · dark · organized-crime · crime · billionaire · steamy · alpha-mc · anti-hero · enemies-to-lovers · new-adult · audiobook · mystery · multi-pov · womens-fiction · female-mc
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Angela Marsons
431 ratings 4.40 ·
fiction · book · adult · crime · thriller · mystery · audiobook · suspense · murder · female-mc · police-procedural · law-enforcement · contemporary · serial-killers · noir · psychological · killer · drama · abuse · female-author
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Teagan Brooks
201 ratings 4.39 ·
fiction · adult · suspense · romance · book · crime · contemporary · biker · vigilante · justice · organized-crime · alpha-mc · heist · dark · family · insta-love · action-adventure · small-town · steamy · abuse
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Lisa Regan
335 ratings 4.38 ·
suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · adult · law-enforcement · book · police-procedural · thriller · serial-killers · contemporary · audiobook · murder · organized-crime · psychological · noir · abuse · female-mc · killer · drama
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Crystal Daniels
224 ratings 4.38 ·
fiction · adult · alpha-mc · contemporary · romance · book · crime · action-adventure · suspense · insta-love · biker · steamy · organized-crime · female-mc · dark · heist · family · kidnapping · mystery · new-adult
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Jana Deleon
803 ratings 4.37 ·
fiction · adult · book · mystery · contemporary · suspense · crime · romance · cozy · female-mc · audiobook · humor · womens-fiction · action-adventure · law-enforcement · murder · small-town · comedy · supernatural · paranormal
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Brynne Asher
331 ratings 4.35 ·
fiction · romance · contemporary · adult · book · steamy · insta-love · alpha-mc · suspense · action-adventure · multi-pov · crime · family · audiobook · drama · female-mc · enemies-to-lovers · dark · age-gap · mystery
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Peter Grainger
256 ratings 4.34 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · contemporary · cozy · murder · male-author · investigator · whodunit · thriller · suspense · female-mc · action-adventure · historical-fiction · killer
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Joy Ellis
468 ratings 4.34 ·
book · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · audiobook · police-procedural · law-enforcement · thriller · murder · killer · contemporary · action-adventure · serial-killers · suspense · psychological · female-mc · heist · family · noir
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L.J. Ross
316 ratings 4.33 ·
suspense · book · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · action-adventure · thriller · murder · contemporary · serial-killers · police-procedural · female-mc · killer · literary-fiction · female-author · psychological · cozy
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Scott Pratt
324 ratings 4.31 ·
fiction · crime · mystery · legal · suspense · book · audiobook · action-adventure · adult · thriller · murder · contemporary · drama · young-adult · politics · anthologies · political-intrigue · killer · psychological · coming-of-age
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Vince Flynn
601 ratings 4.31 ·
suspense · fiction · politics · book · terrorism · action-adventure · audiobook · political-intrigue · espionage · thriller · military · adult · crime · assassins · violent-conflict · war · contemporary · assassinations · drama · mystery
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Chris Carter
334 ratings 4.29 ·
fiction · book · adult · mystery · horror · crime · suspense · serial-killers · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · contemporary · police-procedural · psychological · dark · murder · killer · graphic-violence · north-america · usa
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Melinda Leigh
827 ratings 4.26 ·
adult · fiction · suspense · crime · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · contemporary · romance · book · police-procedural · female-mc · murder · killer · small-town · drama · action-adventure · family · dark · kidnapping
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J.D. Robb
2182 ratings 4.26 ·
suspense · mystery · romance · fiction · adult · law-enforcement · crime · police-procedural · female-mc · futuristic · murder · killer · audiobook · urban-fantasy · contemporary · alpha-mc · action-adventure · sci-fi · book · drama
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
book · crime · suspense · contemporary · adult · fiction · murder · audiobook · whodunit · thriller · mystery · cozy · law-enforcement · killer · police-procedural · 21st-century · female-author · literary-fiction · family · drama
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Michael Connelly
1521 ratings 4.14 ·
adult · fiction · mystery · audiobook · suspense · crime · law-enforcement · thriller · police-procedural · murder · action-adventure · book · killer · contemporary · noir · legal · drama · whodunit · hard-boiled · 21st-century
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