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Simon McCleave
129 ratings 4.33 ·
mystery · fiction · book · thriller · adult · crime · whodunit · law-enforcement · police-procedural · female-mc · murder · political-intrigue · noir · kidnapping · psychological · conspiracies · serial-killers · hard-boiled · organized-crime · justice
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Robin Stevens
180 ratings 4.30 ·
friendship · whodunit · book · mystery · crime · historical · action-adventure · young-adult · children · middle-grade · boarding-school · murder · fiction · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · children-books · killer · audiobook · female-author · cozy
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Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
young-adult · book · contemporary · fiction · murder · crime · thriller · suspense · mystery · killer · audiobook · whodunit · female-author · law-enforcement · horror · realistic · racism · female-mc · dark · high-school
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
crime · book · adult · murder · fiction · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · thriller · mystery · cozy · whodunit · police-procedural · killer · law-enforcement · 21st-century · female-author · literary-fiction · family · drama
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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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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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Dorothy L. Sayers
506 ratings 4.04 ·- Lord Peter Wimsey Series Collection Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh 4 Books Set by Dorothy L. Sayers
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fiction · adult · classics · literary · mystery · historical-fiction · 20th-century · historical · law-enforcement · murder · female-author · golden-age-mystery · whodunit · cozy · crime · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · thriller · book · suspense
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Julia Spencer-Fleming
176 ratings 4.03 ·
spirituality · contemporary · book · religion · female-mc · mystery · fiction · adult · law-enforcement · police-procedural · suspense · murder · crime · killer · cozy · audiobook · action-adventure · whodunit · small-town · amateur-sleuth
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Anne Hillerman
118 ratings 4.03 ·
police-procedural · indigenous-mc · fiction · law-enforcement · suspense · book · adult · mystery · audiobook · poc-mc · action-adventure · crime · western · murder · whodunit · contemporary · female-author · killer · historical-fiction · family
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Tony Hillerman
446 ratings 4.02 ·
adult · crime · fiction · western · mystery · indigenous-mc · audiobook · poc-mc · law-enforcement · book · murder · police-procedural · historical-fiction · killer · suspense · 20th-century · action-adventure · contemporary · whodunit · cozy
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Maxine Paetro
724 ratings 4.01 ·
crime · mystery · fiction · audiobook · book · murder · law-enforcement · suspense · thriller · killer · action-adventure · adult · contemporary · drama · female-mc · police-procedural · friendship · womens-fiction · whodunit · legal
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Jane Harper
176 ratings 3.97 ·
suspense · book · adult · crime · murder · mystery · fiction · whodunit · family · contemporary · thriller · female-author · journey · drama · psychological · audiobook · killer · law-enforcement · death · action-adventure
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Alan Bradley
329 ratings 3.97 ·
whodunit · crime · mystery · historical · cozy · action-adventure · suspense · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · killer · book · 20th-century · thriller · humor · young-adult · children · audiobook · amateur-sleuth
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Laurie R. King
733 ratings 3.97 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · book · historical · female-author · action-adventure · female-mc · murder · whodunit · cozy · thriller · 20th-century · retellings · victorian
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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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Donna Leon
620 ratings 3.90 ·
adult · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · crime · mystery · book · police-procedural · contemporary · murder · killer · thriller · suspense · female-author · whodunit · cozy · historical-fiction · hard-boiled · family · urban
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Josephine Tey
165 ratings 3.90 ·
historical · historical-fiction · adult · female-author · fiction · mystery · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · crime · murder · golden-age-mystery · 20th-century · literary · classics · cozy · police-procedural · thriller · suspense · whodunit
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Tana French
330 ratings 3.89 ·
book · mystery · thriller · literary-fiction · crime · contemporary · suspense · fiction · law-enforcement · audiobook · realistic · drama · death · 21st-century · murder · psychological · female-author · adult · dark · killer
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Ashley Weaver
114 ratings 3.89 ·
book · historical · cozy · historical-fiction · adult · amateur-sleuth · fiction · mystery · female-mc · suspense · 20th-century · audiobook · crime · law-enforcement · whodunit · womens-fiction · murder · investigator · political-intrigue · espionage
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Karen M. McManus
266 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · mystery · contemporary · young-adult · killer · murder · crime · suspense · friendship · audiobook · book · high-school · law-enforcement · realistic · whodunit · thriller · multi-pov · family · coming-of-age · horror
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Ngaio Marsh
438 ratings 3.87 ·
classics · literary · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · law-enforcement · cozy · audiobook · book · golden-age-mystery · murder · police-procedural · whodunit · 20th-century · historical · female-author · historical-fiction · humor · literary-fiction
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Lilian Jackson Braun
591 ratings 3.85 ·
cats · animals · fiction · mystery · cozy · murder · adult · crime · law-enforcement · contemporary · humor · amateur-sleuth · female-author · audiobook · paranormal · killer · anthropomorphism · whodunit · book · suspense
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Diane Mott Davidson
348 ratings 3.83 ·
amateur-sleuth · book · suspense · whodunit · killer · audiobook · cozy · humor · murder · mystery · culinary · fiction · female-mc · crime · womens-fiction · adult · contemporary · law-enforcement · female-author · north-america
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P.D. James
576 ratings 3.81 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · female-author · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · murder · killer · whodunit · book · 20th-century · cozy · contemporary · police-procedural · literary · classics · literary-fiction
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Hugh Fraser
121 ratings 3.75 ·
literary · classics · adult · fiction · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · crime · mystery · 20th-century · whodunit · anthologies · cozy · law-enforcement · killer · murder · golden-age-mystery · suspense · female-author · thriller
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Joanne Fluke
698 ratings 3.73 ·
mystery · fiction · adult · female-mc · cozy · culinary · audiobook · murder · contemporary · book · womens-fiction · crime · amateur-sleuth · humor · killer · whodunit · suspense · animals · law-enforcement · small-town
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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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