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W.E.B. Griffin
809 ratings 4.19 ·
book · violent-conflict · fiction · adult · war · military · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · mystery · thriller · suspense · 20th-century · espionage · political-intrigue · ww2 · crime · male-mc · politics
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William E. Butterworth IV
166 ratings 4.04 ·
fiction · adult · war · military · violent-conflict · audiobook · book · thriller · espionage · historical-fiction · political-intrigue · historical · action-adventure · mystery · suspense · 20th-century · ww2 · politics · male-mc · crime
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David Dukes
103 ratings 4.03 ·
book · politics · fiction · adult · action-adventure · suspense · mystery · thriller · crime · audiobook · 20th-century · law-enforcement · espionage · historical-fiction · political-intrigue · contemporary · investigator · hard-boiled · murder · military
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Len Deighton
290 ratings 4.00 ·
book · 20th-century · adult · fiction · historical · political-intrigue · espionage · historical-fiction · thriller · audiobook · action-adventure · cold-war · suspense · war · violent-conflict · military · law-enforcement · crime · ww2 · urban
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Stephen Lang
115 ratings 3.99 ·
book · action-adventure · audiobook · fiction · mystery · adult · 20th-century · suspense · thriller · drama · contemporary · law-enforcement · killer · crime · military · war · paranormal · family · amnesia · horror
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David Downing
102 ratings 3.98 ·
espionage · political-intrigue · fiction · adult · book · historical-fiction · historical · crime · 20th-century · thriller · violent-conflict · ww2 · mystery · war · male-author · audiobook · action-adventure · assassinations · suspense · germany
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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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Colin Dexter
238 ratings 3.95 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · book · thriller · murder · killer · police-procedural · audiobook · noir · 20th-century · contemporary · suspense · whodunit · historical · classics · literary · investigator
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Maj Sjöwall
212 ratings 3.91 ·
book · police-procedural · noir · law-enforcement · mystery · fiction · crime · 20th-century · literary · classics · audiobook · murder · adult · thriller · sweden · europe · scandinavia · female-author · suspense · historical
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Philip Kerr
402 ratings 3.90 ·
book · fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · adult · thriller · audiobook · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · espionage · 20th-century · noir · law-enforcement · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · action-adventure · murder
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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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Susan Elia MacNeal
208 ratings 3.89 ·
espionage · ww2 · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · political-intrigue · female-mc · fiction · mystery · adult · war · book · 20th-century · law-enforcement · cozy · action-adventure · audiobook · female-author · thriller · suspense
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Jim Thompson
162 ratings 3.89 ·
noir · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · pulp · 20th-century · literary · classics · audiobook · thriller · dark · contemporary · male-author · killer · literary-fiction
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Helen MacInnes
168 ratings 3.89 ·
suspense · book · adult · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage · historical-fiction · action-adventure · thriller · crime · historical · 20th-century · mystery · cold-war · assassinations · politics · military · murder · classics · literary
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Alan Furst
268 ratings 3.87 ·
book · 20th-century · fiction · mystery · war · adult · thriller · violent-conflict · espionage · historical · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · ww2 · audiobook · suspense · military · action-adventure · crime · literary-fiction · noir
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Per Wahlöö
230 ratings 3.87 ·
law-enforcement · crime · mystery · fiction · noir · adult · book · police-procedural · murder · 20th-century · literary · classics · audiobook · thriller · europe · scandinavia · sweden · suspense · historical · female-author
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Agatha Christie
3964 ratings 3.85 ·- THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD: Hercule Poirot #3, BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA by Agatha Christie
- The Mystery Of The Blue Train: Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot #6 by Agatha Christie
- The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly By Agatha Christie : A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
- The Third‐Floor Flat by Agatha Christie
- How Does Your Garden Grow? by Agatha Christie
fiction · mystery · crime · classics · literary · law-enforcement · adult · audiobook · cozy · historical · murder · thriller · historical-fiction · suspense · 20th-century · killer · female-author · anthologies · whodunit · book
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Richard Bachman
309 ratings 3.83 ·
horror · fiction · book · male-author · suspense · mystery · audiobook · adult · contemporary · drama · supernatural · 20th-century · dark · psychological · terror · crime · thriller · ghosts · literary · classics
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James Ellroy
322 ratings 3.82 ·
mystery · crime · fiction · law-enforcement · noir · hard-boiled · adult · historical-fiction · suspense · book · thriller · historical · audiobook · 20th-century · politics · literary-fiction · dark · true-crime · police-procedural · literary
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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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Ian Fleming
402 ratings 3.73 ·
classics · literary · fiction · crime · adult · action-adventure · thriller · 20th-century · audiobook · political-intrigue · espionage · pulp · cold-war · suspense · book · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · male-author · historical
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Iain Pears
160 ratings 3.72 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · adult · book · historical · mystery · suspense · 20th-century · audiobook · crime · law-enforcement · thriller · literary-fiction · action-adventure · 21st-century · male-author · political-intrigue · murder · cozy · gothic
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Joseph Kanon
156 ratings 3.71 ·
thriller · adult · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage · historical-fiction · suspense · book · 20th-century · crime · mystery · audiobook · historical · war · ww2 · cold-war · violent-conflict · politics · action-adventure · europe
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