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Angela Marsons
4.40 · 431 ratings
book · fiction · suspense · thriller · adult · crime · mystery · audiobook · female-mc · murder · law-enforcement · police-procedural · contemporary · serial-killers · noir · psychological · killer · drama · abuse · family
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Mark Greaney
4.31 · 431 ratings
fiction · adult · thriller · espionage · political-intrigue · audiobook · action-adventure · book · politics · suspense · military · violent-conflict · mystery · crime · war · assassins · assassinations · technothriller · male-mc · contemporary
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Louise Penny
4.22 · 685 ratings
suspense · contemporary · adult · fiction · murder · audiobook · book · crime · law-enforcement · killer · police-procedural · whodunit · thriller · mystery · cozy · female-author · 21st-century · literary-fiction · family · friendship
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Lisa Regan
4.38 · 335 ratings
law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · book · police-procedural · thriller · serial-killers · contemporary · audiobook · murder · organized-crime · psychological · noir · abuse · female-mc · killer · dark
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Joel C. Rosenberg
4.33 · 310 ratings
suspense · politics · christian · political-intrigue · espionage · action-adventure · book · thriller · military · adult · drama · fiction · audiobook · spirituality · historical-fiction · religion · terrorism · mystery · violent-conflict · war
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L.J. Ross
4.33 · 316 ratings
book · suspense · mystery · fiction · adult · crime · law-enforcement · audiobook · action-adventure · murder · thriller · contemporary · police-procedural · serial-killers · female-mc · female-author · killer · psychological · literary-fiction · cozy
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Joy Ellis
4.34 · 468 ratings
fiction · book · crime · adult · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · thriller · murder · killer · contemporary · action-adventure · serial-killers · suspense · female-mc · psychological · heist · family · noir
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Scott Pratt
4.31 · 324 ratings
fiction · mystery · legal · crime · audiobook · book · suspense · adult · action-adventure · murder · thriller · contemporary · drama · young-adult · psychological · killer · political-intrigue · anthologies · politics · literary-fiction
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Michael Connelly
4.14 · 1521 ratings
mystery · fiction · adult · crime · audiobook · suspense · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · book · action-adventure · killer · contemporary · legal · noir · drama · whodunit · hard-boiled · 21st-century
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Mark Dawson
4.27 · 519 ratings
book · crime · adult · fiction · political-intrigue · thriller · action-adventure · audiobook · espionage · assassins · mystery · military · suspense · assassinations · terrorism · violent-conflict · female-mc · politics · conspiracies · justice
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Vince Flynn
4.31 · 601 ratings
espionage · audiobook · political-intrigue · fiction · military · thriller · book · suspense · politics · action-adventure · terrorism · adult · crime · violent-conflict · assassins · war · contemporary · assassinations · drama · mystery
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Robert Dugoni
4.26 · 590 ratings
fiction · adult · audiobook · suspense · book · mystery · thriller · crime · murder · law-enforcement · legal · drama · action-adventure · contemporary · police-procedural · killer · female-mc · psychological · family · political-intrigue
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Chris Carter
4.29 · 334 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · book · horror · crime · serial-killers · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · suspense · police-procedural · contemporary · psychological · dark · murder · killer · usa · urban · graphic-violence
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Robert Crais
4.17 · 551 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · thriller · crime · book · law-enforcement · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · investigator · contemporary · humor · killer · murder · drama · hard-boiled · police-procedural · noir · kidnapping
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T.R. Ragan
4.23 · 312 ratings
audiobook · book · suspense · fiction · adult · crime · mystery · female-mc · thriller · contemporary · law-enforcement · vigilante · justice · psychological · drama · serial-killers · dark · murder · killer · action-adventure
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Dick Hill
4.06 · 831 ratings
book · fiction · adult · mystery · audiobook · crime · suspense · thriller · action-adventure · law-enforcement · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · military · political-intrigue · espionage · psychological · drama · children
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C.J. Box
4.16 · 764 ratings
mystery · crime · fiction · adult · suspense · audiobook · book · law-enforcement · action-adventure · western · murder · thriller · contemporary · family · killer · police-procedural · outdoors · political-intrigue · conspiracies · animals
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Brad Thor
4.16 · 570 ratings
fiction · thriller · adult · suspense · action-adventure · espionage · political-intrigue · politics · audiobook · military · book · terrorism · crime · violent-conflict · mystery · conspiracies · assassinations · contemporary · assassins · drama
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Alex Kava
4.04 · 339 ratings
adult · crime · mystery · fiction · thriller · suspense · law-enforcement · book · audiobook · killer · murder · action-adventure · serial-killers · police-procedural · contemporary · psychological · female-mc · military · animals · dogs
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Don Winslow
4.10 · 317 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · adult · book · thriller · noir · audiobook · action-adventure · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · murder · police-procedural · substance-abuse · organized-crime · historical-fiction · historical · drama · contemporary
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Craig Johnson
4.20 · 479 ratings
adult · indigenous-mc · western · fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · crime · mystery · police-procedural · action-adventure · contemporary · murder · thriller · humor · book · killer · whodunit · animals
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John Sandford
4.13 · 1415 ratings
fiction · mystery · book · suspense · crime · audiobook · thriller · adult · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · serial-killers · politics · political-intrigue · drama · espionage · investigator
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John Ellsworth
4.24 · 368 ratings
book · fiction · adult · legal · crime · politics · action-adventure · suspense · pulp · financial · thriller · murder · mystery · psychological · political-intrigue · conspiracies · organized-crime · female-mc · heist · vigilante
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Greg Iles
4.05 · 423 ratings
thriller · fiction · adult · suspense · mystery · crime · book · audiobook · drama · murder · action-adventure · law-enforcement · legal · psychological · killer · political-intrigue · family · contemporary · historical-fiction · historical
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Faith Martin
4.25 · 502 ratings
book · law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · murder · female-mc · police-procedural · cozy · thriller · contemporary · psychological · action-adventure · audiobook · female-author · forensics · serial-killers · noir · amateur-sleuth
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Daniel Silva
4.17 · 677 ratings
political-intrigue · espionage · adult · fiction · book · thriller · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · crime · politics · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · assassins · contemporary · terrorism · conspiracies · assassinations · drama
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Robert Bryndza
4.12 · 346 ratings
book · adult · fiction · contemporary · mystery · murder · suspense · audiobook · police-procedural · law-enforcement · killer · crime · thriller · female-mc · serial-killers · psychological · humor · romance · drama · womens-fiction
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Barry Eisler
4.12 · 362 ratings
action-adventure · suspense · fiction · thriller · adult · crime · audiobook · book · espionage · political-intrigue · assassins · mystery · politics · assassinations · contemporary · law-enforcement · realistic · male-author · vigilante · justice
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William Kent Krueger
4.10 · 483 ratings
mystery · audiobook · fiction · suspense · crime · book · adult · thriller · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · law-enforcement · murder · action-adventure · investigator · contemporary · killer · family · small-town · police-procedural · drama
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Andrew Mayne
4.12 · 353 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · adult · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · thriller · law-enforcement · crime · police-procedural · murder · serial-killers · contemporary · horror · killer · psychological · female-mc · technothriller · sci-fi
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David Baldacci
4.08 · 1594 ratings
suspense · fiction · audiobook · mystery · action-adventure · book · crime · adult · thriller · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary · political-intrigue · politics · espionage · killer · drama · legal · conspiracies · military
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Clive Cussler
4.01 · 1758 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · adult · thriller · mystery · book · crime · suspense · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · nautical · espionage · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · conspiracies
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Stuart MacBride
4.07 · 380 ratings
mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · adult · book · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · suspense · murder · contemporary · serial-killers · noir · humor · hard-boiled · action-adventure · killer · dark · kidnapping
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Martina Cole
4.16 · 431 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · book · thriller · adult · suspense · female-mc · family · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · urban · audiobook · contemporary · drama · murder · psychological · action-adventure · substance-abuse · young-adult
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Michael Robotham
4.05 · 358 ratings
audiobook · psychological · fiction · adult · contemporary · suspense · mystery · crime · thriller · book · killer · law-enforcement · police-procedural · family · murder · drama · action-adventure · dark · kidnapping · death
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Freida McFadden
4.11 · 436 ratings
book · fiction · adult · suspense · psychological · thriller · crime · audiobook · mystery · female-mc · literary-fiction · contemporary · action-adventure · medical · horror · killer · plot-twist · murder · drama · humor
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Robert Muchamore
4.20 · 481 ratings
book · action-adventure · young-adult · fiction · law-enforcement · espionage · political-intrigue · thriller · children · crime · contemporary · mystery · middle-grade · humor · realistic · suspense · children-books · high-school · male-mc · teens
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Jeffrey Archer
3.98 · 1029 ratings
fiction · adult · audiobook · mystery · action-adventure · suspense · historical-fiction · thriller · drama · book · crime · historical · 20th-century · family · politics · epic · literary-fiction · contemporary · law-enforcement · classics
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W.E.B. Griffin
4.19 · 809 ratings
book · military · war · adult · fiction · violent-conflict · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · mystery · thriller · suspense · 20th-century · political-intrigue · espionage · ww2 · crime · male-mc · politics
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Lynda La Plante
4.04 · 368 ratings
law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · book · audiobook · thriller · suspense · police-procedural · killer · female-mc · murder · contemporary · female-author · historical · drama · historical-fiction · serial-killers · horror
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J.A. Jance
4.02 · 1248 ratings
mystery · fiction · murder · suspense · crime · audiobook · adult · book · law-enforcement · killer · thriller · contemporary · police-procedural · female-mc · whodunit · cozy · action-adventure · hard-boiled · usa · north-america
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James Rollins
4.06 · 870 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · mystery · adult · suspense · audiobook · thriller · historical-fiction · military · political-intrigue · book · crime · technothriller · historical · violent-conflict · espionage · politics · supernatural · horror · paranormal
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Ann Cleeves
3.98 · 603 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · law-enforcement · book · audiobook · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · female-author · thriller · suspense · killer · cozy · female-mc · whodunit · family · small-town · 21st-century
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Lindsey Davis
4.01 · 438 ratings
adult · fiction · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · book · crime · ancient-civilization · mystery · roman-empire · murder · law-enforcement · humor · thriller · female-author · action-adventure · investigator · suspense · workplace · noir
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Dale Brown
3.99 · 358 ratings
violent-conflict · military · adult · fiction · book · action-adventure · war · technothriller · suspense · thriller · audiobook · political-intrigue · mystery · espionage · politics · terrorism · contemporary · historical-fiction · assassinations · crime
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Wilbur Smith
4.04 · 864 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · suspense · mystery · thriller · violent-conflict · family · war · military · epic · drama · crime · political-intrigue · nautical · africa
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Douglas Preston
3.99 · 1130 ratings
fiction · suspense · mystery · adult · crime · thriller · action-adventure · book · audiobook · horror · contemporary · law-enforcement · supernatural · killer · murder · technothriller · historical-fiction · paranormal · drama · police-procedural
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Kiersten Modglin
4.06 · 448 ratings
fiction · adult · book · suspense · psychological · contemporary · thriller · audiobook · mystery · romance · crime · murder · domestic-drama · female-mc · cheating · season-summer · family · drama · killer · serial-killers
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