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Brian Christopher Shea
177 ratings 4.35 ·
fiction · adult · book · crime · mystery · action-adventure · law-enforcement · suspense · police-procedural · hard-boiled · thriller · murder · audiobook · military · justice · investigator · vigilante · female-mc · drama · tragedy
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J.M. Dalgliesh
238 ratings 4.27 ·
law-enforcement · police-procedural · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · book · audiobook · murder · serial-killers · noir · hard-boiled · suspense · kidnapping · pulp · literary-fiction · contemporary · family · thriller · killer
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Raymond Chandler
350 ratings 4.06 ·- Raymond Chandler: The Library of America Edition by Raymond Chandler
- Yesterday's Tomorrows by Raymond Chandler
- A New Omnibus of Crime by Raymond Chandler
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by Raymond Chandler
- The Lady in the Lake / The Little Sister / The Long Goodbye / Playback by Raymond Chandler
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · classics · literary · noir · law-enforcement · 20th-century · pulp · hard-boiled · thriller · historical · investigator · audiobook · action-adventure · book · suspense · murder · literary-fiction
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Richard Stark
214 ratings 4.05 ·
crime · book · suspense · action-adventure · noir · heist · fiction · mystery · hard-boiled · thriller · adult · audiobook · pulp · law-enforcement · outlaws · 20th-century · political-intrigue · north-america · usa · contemporary
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John D. MacDonald
456 ratings 4.03 ·- Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State by John D. MacDonald
- The Mists from Beyond by John D. MacDonald
- A Treasury of American Horror Stories by John D. MacDonald
- Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories by John D. MacDonald
- Tales of Dungeons and Dragons by John D. MacDonald
fiction · adult · mystery · suspense · book · crime · action-adventure · hard-boiled · noir · law-enforcement · investigator · audiobook · thriller · murder · literary · classics · historical · anthologies · pulp · sci-fi
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Dashiell Hammett
233 ratings 3.99 ·- Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Dashiell Hammett
- Dashiell Hammett: The Library of America Edition: Hammett by Dashiell Hammett
- A New Omnibus of Crime by Dashiell Hammett
- Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett
- Mystery for Halloween : and other stories from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine by Dashiell Hammett
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · literary · classics · pulp · noir · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · historical · 20th-century · anthologies · suspense · thriller · book · murder · investigator · literary-fiction · audiobook
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G.M. Ford
164 ratings 3.98 ·
book · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · investigator · murder · action-adventure · suspense · audiobook · hard-boiled · thriller · humor · noir · police-procedural · amateur-sleuth · drama · family · contemporary
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Ross Macdonald
174 ratings 3.97 ·
killer · law-enforcement · noir · fiction · hard-boiled · mystery · investigator · crime · historical · audiobook · adult · book · 20th-century · suspense · literary · classics · pulp · literary-fiction · thriller · humor
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Robert B. Parker
1225 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · mystery · book · adult · crime · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · law-enforcement · thriller · investigator · hard-boiled · murder · noir · north-america · usa · killer · politics · urban · massachusetts
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Steve Hamilton
238 ratings 3.93 ·
mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · action-adventure · book · suspense · thriller · adult · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · investigator · contemporary · killer · murder · noir · police-procedural · serial-killers · psychological · organized-crime
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Charles Willeford
136 ratings 3.90 ·
noir · mystery · fiction · crime · adult · hard-boiled · book · pulp · 20th-century · historical · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · murder · suspense · audiobook · psychological · humor · action-adventure · anthologies · police-procedural
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Andrew Vachss
296 ratings 3.90 ·
fiction · adult · crime · mystery · noir · hard-boiled · book · suspense · thriller · law-enforcement · audiobook · dark · murder · horror · graphic-violence · anthologies · psychological · child-abuse · investigator · abuse
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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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Sara Paretsky
474 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · female-mc · law-enforcement · audiobook · book · investigator · thriller · murder · hard-boiled · female-author · noir · killer · action-adventure · contemporary · cozy · animals
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Diane Capri
181 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · adult · book · mystery · crime · suspense · hard-boiled · financial · action-adventure · political-intrigue · thriller · conspiracies · justice · vigilante · audiobook · female-mc · serial-killers · law-enforcement · legal · murder
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Joe Mantegna
126 ratings 3.87 ·
suspense · book · action-adventure · audiobook · law-enforcement · adult · crime · thriller · fiction · investigator · mystery · noir · hard-boiled · murder · north-america · usa · cozy · animals · female-mc · humor
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Charlie Huston
226 ratings 3.84 ·
book · mystery · suspense · audiobook · noir · fiction · crime · adult · pulp · contemporary · dark · hard-boiled · horror · action-adventure · law-enforcement · urban-fantasy · paranormal · killer · fantasy · thriller
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Ken Bruen
143 ratings 3.84 ·
fiction · adult · crime · mystery · book · suspense · law-enforcement · noir · hard-boiled · investigator · thriller · contemporary · audiobook · drama · anthologies · action-adventure · murder · horror · 21st-century · male-author
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James M. Cain
105 ratings 3.84 ·
noir · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · literary · hard-boiled · suspense · classics · murder · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · dark · law-enforcement · thriller · pulp · 20th-century · male-author · historical
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Stuart Neville
108 ratings 3.83 ·
audiobook · thriller · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · suspense · book · law-enforcement · noir · murder · hard-boiled · historical · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · police-procedural · killer · espionage · horror · ghosts
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Ed McBain
409 ratings 3.83 ·
adult · fiction · crime · mystery · book · law-enforcement · police-procedural · thriller · audiobook · hard-boiled · suspense · murder · action-adventure · noir · historical · 20th-century · pulp · horror · workplace · historical-fiction
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James Ellroy
322 ratings 3.82 ·
crime · mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · noir · suspense · adult · hard-boiled · historical-fiction · book · thriller · historical · audiobook · 20th-century · politics · literary-fiction · dark · true-crime · police-procedural · classics
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George Pelecanos
266 ratings 3.80 ·
law-enforcement · noir · fiction · hard-boiled · mystery · adult · crime · book · suspense · thriller · audiobook · investigator · super-powered · police-procedural · historical-fiction · urban · contemporary · historical · drama · literary-fiction
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Elmore Leonard
727 ratings 3.74 ·
fiction · crime · mystery · adult · audiobook · action-adventure · noir · thriller · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · suspense · humor · book · murder · contemporary · pulp · anthologies · western · literary-fiction · 20th-century
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John Lange
114 ratings 3.61 ·
hard-boiled · fiction · mystery · pulp · adult · crime · suspense · action-adventure · thriller · book · noir · audiobook · murder · anthologies · medical · terrorism · political-intrigue · archaeology · technothriller · assassinations
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