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Elle Gray
303 ratings 4.51 ·
fiction · adult · crime · book · murder · kidnapping · serial-killers · suspense · organized-crime · investigator · female-mc · psychological · mystery · thriller · audiobook · law-enforcement · drama · dark · friendship · police-procedural
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Susan M. Boyer
158 ratings 4.26 ·
female-mc · fiction · mystery · cozy · book · ghosts · adult · crime · supernatural · audiobook · womens-fiction · investigator · contemporary · fantasy · humor · law-enforcement · paranormal · murder · romance · whodunit
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Linsey Lanier
153 ratings 4.23 ·
fiction · book · mystery · adult · suspense · romance · murder · crime · investigator · female-mc · contemporary · alpha-mc · action-adventure · humor · law-enforcement · abuse · drama · fantasy · serial-killers · cozy
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Robert Crais
551 ratings 4.17 ·
adult · fiction · crime · thriller · mystery · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · action-adventure · suspense · investigator · contemporary · humor · killer · murder · drama · hard-boiled · police-procedural · noir · kidnapping
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T.E. Kinsey
172 ratings 4.15 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · historical · cozy · audiobook · fiction · humor · murder · mystery · female-mc · adult · crime · book · investigator · amateur-sleuth · edwardian · industrial-era · thriller · 20th-century · action-adventure
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · audiobook · action-adventure · contemporary · book · suspense · investigator · murder · female-author · thriller · drama · law-enforcement · adult · killer · death · 21st-century · whodunit · realistic
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Lisa Gray
114 ratings 4.13 ·
audiobook · suspense · book · adult · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · investigator · police-procedural · law-enforcement · killer · female-mc · psychological · contemporary · action-adventure · murder · small-town · drama · epic
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William Kent Krueger
483 ratings 4.10 ·
fiction · audiobook · mystery · suspense · crime · adult · book · indigenous-mc · thriller · law-enforcement · poc-mc · action-adventure · murder · contemporary · investigator · killer · family · police-procedural · small-town · drama
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Rex Stout
712 ratings 4.08 ·
audiobook · mystery · fiction · adult · law-enforcement · investigator · crime · historical · suspense · 20th-century · humor · book · classics · literary · urban · cozy · historical-fiction · politics · new-york-state · murder
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Jacqueline Winspear
488 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · book · 20th-century · cozy · suspense · war · adult · female-mc · crime · violent-conflict · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · investigator
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Will Thomas
174 ratings 4.04 ·
law-enforcement · book · adult · fiction · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · crime · victorian · investigator · audiobook · murder · male-author · action-adventure · suspense · thriller · cozy · killer · male-mc
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Steve Robinson
110 ratings 4.03 ·
audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · investigator · murder · cozy · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · family · political-intrigue · male-author · ww2 · police-procedural
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Tim Dorsey
363 ratings 4.02 ·
crime · mystery · adult · fiction · book · humor · satire · audiobook · comedy · action-adventure · amateur-sleuth · investigator · dark-humor · suspense · serial-killers · murder · law-enforcement · killer · cozy · contemporary
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Spencer Quinn
210 ratings 4.01 ·
crime · animals · fiction · mystery · cozy · audiobook · dog · dogs · anthropomorphism · humor · law-enforcement · action-adventure · suspense · book · adult · contemporary · murder · investigator · hard-boiled · thriller
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G.M. Ford
164 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · book · law-enforcement · investigator · murder · audiobook · action-adventure · suspense · hard-boiled · humor · thriller · noir · police-procedural · amateur-sleuth · drama · family · contemporary
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Ross Macdonald
174 ratings 3.97 ·
law-enforcement · killer · noir · investigator · fiction · hard-boiled · mystery · crime · audiobook · historical · adult · book · 20th-century · suspense · classics · literary · pulp · thriller · literary-fiction · humor
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Robert B. Parker
1225 ratings 3.94 ·
mystery · book · fiction · crime · adult · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · law-enforcement · thriller · investigator · hard-boiled · murder · noir · usa · north-america · politics · killer · urban · massachusetts
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Steve Hamilton
238 ratings 3.93 ·
action-adventure · book · suspense · mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · thriller · adult · law-enforcement · investigator · hard-boiled · contemporary · killer · murder · noir · police-procedural · serial-killers · assassins · political-intrigue
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Charles Finch
254 ratings 3.93 ·
book · adult · fiction · mystery · audiobook · historical-fiction · industrial-era · amateur-sleuth · victorian · crime · cozy · historical · law-enforcement · suspense · murder · killer · investigator · whodunit · action-adventure · literary-fiction
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Sue Grafton
749 ratings 3.91 ·
mystery · suspense · contemporary · cozy · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · adult · crime · investigator · female-mc · murder · fiction · book · killer · female-author · action-adventure · whodunit · drama · womens-fiction
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Sara Paretsky
474 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · female-mc · thriller · investigator · murder · hard-boiled · female-author · noir · killer · cozy · contemporary · action-adventure · animals
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Judy Kaye
100 ratings 3.87 ·
adult · crime · female-author · fiction · thriller · murder · mystery · investigator · female-mc · cozy · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · contemporary · drama · killer · womens-fiction · action-adventure · book · whodunit
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Joe Mantegna
126 ratings 3.87 ·
action-adventure · suspense · book · adult · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · investigator · audiobook · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · murder · noir · north-america · usa · animals · cozy · humor · female-mc
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Kathy Hogan Trocheck
136 ratings 3.82 ·
audiobook · cozy · womens-fiction · murder · mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · crime · female-mc · humor · contemporary · book · adult · investigator · killer · suspense · satire · usa · georgia · urban
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Linda Barnes
158 ratings 3.78 ·
fiction · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · adult · crime · female-mc · mystery · investigator · suspense · contemporary · thriller · action-adventure · north-america · usa · poc-mc · female-author · hard-boiled · humor · latinx-mc
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Marcia Muller
208 ratings 3.78 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · book · law-enforcement · investigator · audiobook · suspense · female-mc · murder · thriller · cozy · historical · anthologies · family · whodunit · industrial-era · contemporary · hard-boiled
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Penelope Keith
122 ratings 3.72 ·
book · death · law-enforcement · killer · contemporary · audiobook · cozy · fiction · humor · murder · female-mc · mystery · adult · crime · whodunit · amateur-sleuth · female-author · investigator · drama · suspense
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