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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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C.J. Sansom
232 ratings 4.17 ·
book · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · suspense · thriller · early-modern · religion · murder · medieval · law-enforcement · spirituality · politics · killer · action-adventure · drama
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Jack Du Brul
225 ratings 4.12 ·
action-adventure · suspense · book · thriller · crime · mystery · fiction · adult · audiobook · military · political-intrigue · espionage · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · technothriller · historical · nautical · murder · law-enforcement · terrorism
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Scott Mariani
208 ratings 4.08 ·
action-adventure · book · adult · fiction · suspense · military · thriller · crime · mystery · political-intrigue · conspiracies · violent-conflict · murder · nautical · war · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · espionage · quest
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Eva García Sáenz
104 ratings 4.07 ·
fiction · adult · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · murder · mystery · female-author · thriller · drama · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · 21st-century · serial-killers · suspense · romance · fantasy · noir
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Wilbur Smith
865 ratings 4.04 ·
fiction · action-adventure · adult · book · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · suspense · mystery · thriller · violent-conflict · family · war · military · epic · drama · crime · political-intrigue · nautical · africa
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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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Andy McDermott
176 ratings 4.03 ·
action-adventure · book · adult · fiction · suspense · myths · thriller · archaeology · mystery · female-mc · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · technothriller · crime · political-intrigue · conspiracies · heist · military · espionage
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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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Rebecca Cantrell
130 ratings 4.02 ·
adult · mystery · fiction · action-adventure · suspense · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · crime · thriller · book · historical · audiobook · violent-conflict · law-enforcement · horror · war · ww2 · 20th-century · urban-fantasy · vampires
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S.J. Parris
104 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · murder · mystery · adult · crime · medieval · book · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · early-modern · thriller · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · religion · spirituality · suspense · action-adventure · conspiracies · literary-fiction
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Lindsey Davis
438 ratings 4.01 ·
book · fiction · adult · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · ancient-civilization · mystery · crime · roman-empire · murder · law-enforcement · humor · thriller · female-author · action-adventure · suspense · investigator · workplace · 20th-century
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Clive Cussler
1758 ratings 4.01 ·
action-adventure · fiction · adult · book · mystery · thriller · crime · suspense · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · nautical · espionage · military · violent-conflict · law-enforcement · archaeology · conspiracies
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Justin Scott
151 ratings 4.00 ·
fiction · adult · book · thriller · suspense · action-adventure · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · historical · audiobook · mystery · crime · technothriller · political-intrigue · killer · murder · espionage · western · military · 20th-century
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Dirk Cussler
172 ratings 4.00 ·
thriller · adult · crime · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · audiobook · suspense · historical · book · nautical · historical-fiction · military · violent-conflict · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · war · archaeology · terrorism
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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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Ariana Franklin
140 ratings 3.94 ·
action-adventure · book · crime · fiction · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · adult · female-author · medieval · murder · audiobook · killer · religion · suspense · thriller · spirituality · law-enforcement · medical · feminism
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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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Robert Harris
381 ratings 3.88 ·
adult · fiction · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · suspense · mystery · political-intrigue · crime · thriller · politics · action-adventure · drama · 21st-century · espionage · violent-conflict · male-author · war · literary-fiction
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Steve Berry
625 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · action-adventure · suspense · thriller · historical · crime · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · espionage · political-intrigue · conspiracies · murder · politics · law-enforcement · archaeology · male-author · religion
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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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Andrew Taylor
104 ratings 3.75 ·
historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · adult · book · audiobook · crime · suspense · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · politics · early-modern · horror · gothic · urban · investigator · drama · paranormal
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
poc-author · book · suspense · mystery · fiction · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · black-mc · law-enforcement · poc-mc · audiobook · racism · murder · killer · historical-fiction · historical · family
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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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David Gibbins
111 ratings 3.68 ·
book · action-adventure · fiction · suspense · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · adult · archaeology · thriller · ancient-civilization · myths · nautical · conspiracies · ww2 · political-intrigue · crime · military · violent-conflict · male-author
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