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Angela Marsons
431 ratings 4.40 ·
book · fiction · suspense · audiobook · adult · crime · thriller · mystery · police-procedural · law-enforcement · murder · female-mc · contemporary · serial-killers · noir · killer · psychological · drama · abuse · family
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Lisa Regan
335 ratings 4.38 ·
suspense · mystery · fiction · crime · adult · law-enforcement · book · police-procedural · thriller · contemporary · serial-killers · audiobook · murder · organized-crime · psychological · noir · abuse · female-mc · killer · kidnapping
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Joy Ellis
468 ratings 4.34 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · book · audiobook · murder · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · killer · serial-killers · action-adventure · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · psychological · heist · noir · family
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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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Rachel McLean
193 ratings 4.31 ·
book · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary · police-procedural · female-mc · lgbtq · audiobook · thriller · literary-fiction · organized-crime · suspense · cozy · serial-killers · noir · british-isles
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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 ·
action-adventure · audiobook · political-intrigue · espionage · military · thriller · fiction · suspense · politics · book · terrorism · adult · crime · assassins · violent-conflict · war · contemporary · assassinations · drama · mystery
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Chris Carter
334 ratings 4.29 ·
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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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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T.R. Ragan
312 ratings 4.23 ·
adult · crime · fiction · audiobook · suspense · book · thriller · female-mc · mystery · contemporary · law-enforcement · drama · psychological · serial-killers · justice · vigilante · dark · murder · killer · kidnapping
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Margaret Mizushima
116 ratings 4.22 ·
audiobook · police-procedural · law-enforcement · adult · murder · mystery · animals · fiction · suspense · book · contemporary · dogs · cozy · outdoors · killer · crime · female-mc · action-adventure · thriller · dog
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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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Steve Cavanagh
172 ratings 4.21 ·
audiobook · book · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · thriller · contemporary · legal · adult · realistic · murder · psychological · killer · action-adventure · politics · horror · serial-killers · political-intrigue · family
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Craig Johnson
480 ratings 4.20 ·
poc-mc · adult · indigenous-mc · fiction · western · suspense · crime · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · contemporary · action-adventure · murder · thriller · humor · book · killer · whodunit · animals
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Kyf Brewer
103 ratings 4.20 ·
thriller · adult · crime · drama · murder · fiction · mystery · audiobook · killer · law-enforcement · police-procedural · action-adventure · suspense · politics · contemporary · book · legal · military · realistic · friendship
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Stacy Green
151 ratings 4.19 ·
suspense · adult · fiction · mystery · book · crime · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary · serial-killers · police-procedural · thriller · psychological · female-mc · killer · abuse · audiobook · child-abuse · romance · dark
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Daniel Silva
678 ratings 4.18 ·
espionage · political-intrigue · fiction · adult · book · thriller · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · crime · politics · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · assassins · contemporary · terrorism · conspiracies · assassinations · drama
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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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C.J. Box
764 ratings 4.16 ·
crime · mystery · adult · fiction · suspense · audiobook · book · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · western · thriller · contemporary · killer · family · police-procedural · outdoors · political-intrigue · conspiracies · animals
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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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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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John Sandford
1415 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · suspense · book · mystery · audiobook · crime · thriller · adult · action-adventure · law-enforcement · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · serial-killers · political-intrigue · politics · drama · espionage · investigator
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Robert Bryndza
346 ratings 4.12 ·
book · fiction · adult · contemporary · mystery · suspense · murder · thriller · crime · law-enforcement · killer · police-procedural · audiobook · female-mc · serial-killers · psychological · humor · comedy · drama · womens-fiction
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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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Anne Frasier
283 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · book · suspense · female-mc · crime · thriller · horror · psychological · law-enforcement · contemporary · audiobook · paranormal · police-procedural · serial-killers · murder · dark · supernatural · killer
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David Baldacci
1594 ratings 4.08 ·
audiobook · suspense · fiction · mystery · action-adventure · book · crime · adult · thriller · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary · political-intrigue · politics · espionage · killer · drama · legal · conspiracies · military
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Alex Kava
339 ratings 4.04 ·
mystery · suspense · thriller · adult · crime · fiction · book · law-enforcement · action-adventure · audiobook · killer · murder · serial-killers · contemporary · police-procedural · psychological · female-mc · animals · dogs · military
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Orlagh Cassidy
243 ratings 4.03 ·
book · adult · fiction · mystery · audiobook · action-adventure · suspense · crime · drama · law-enforcement · contemporary · military · thriller · murder · violent-conflict · killer · politics · realistic · war · police-procedural
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