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Elle Gray
311 ratings 4.52 ·
fiction · adult · crime · book · murder · kidnapping · serial-killers · organized-crime · suspense · investigator · psychological · female-mc · mystery · thriller · audiobook · law-enforcement · drama · dark · friendship · police-procedural
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A.J. Rivers
397 ratings 4.39 ·
fiction · book · adult · law-enforcement · psychological · suspense · female-mc · police-procedural · mystery · investigator · crime · murder · thriller · organized-crime · serial-killers · kidnapping · conspiracies · political-intrigue · vigilante · justice
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Susan M. Boyer
158 ratings 4.26 ·
mystery · cozy · female-mc · fiction · book · audiobook · ghosts · adult · crime · supernatural · womens-fiction · investigator · contemporary · humor · paranormal · law-enforcement · fantasy · murder · suspense · romance
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Linsey Lanier
153 ratings 4.23 ·
fiction · book · mystery · adult · suspense · romance · murder · crime · investigator · female-mc · contemporary · alpha-mc · action-adventure · humor · law-enforcement · abuse · drama · fantasy · serial-killers · cozy
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Robert Crais
551 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · adult · book · mystery · crime · thriller · suspense · action-adventure · law-enforcement · audiobook · investigator · contemporary · humor · killer · murder · drama · hard-boiled · police-procedural · noir · kidnapping
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T.E. Kinsey
173 ratings 4.14 ·
female-mc · book · historical · cozy · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · adult · fiction · murder · mystery · audiobook · crime · amateur-sleuth · humor · investigator · industrial-era · edwardian · 20th-century · action-adventure · thriller
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · fiction · mystery · crime · realistic · whodunit · death · law-enforcement · killer · 21st-century · murder · investigator · drama · adult · female-author · thriller
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Lisa Gray
114 ratings 4.13 ·
adult · crime · book · audiobook · suspense · mystery · fiction · thriller · killer · law-enforcement · police-procedural · female-mc · investigator · contemporary · psychological · action-adventure · murder · drama · epic · small-town
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William Kent Krueger
483 ratings 4.10 ·
mystery · audiobook · fiction · suspense · crime · book · adult · thriller · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · investigator · contemporary · killer · family · small-town · police-procedural · drama
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Rex Stout
712 ratings 4.08 ·
audiobook · adult · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · crime · investigator · historical · suspense · 20th-century · humor · book · classics · literary · urban · cozy · historical-fiction · politics · new-york-state · murder
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Jacqueline Winspear
488 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · cozy · book · 20th-century · female-mc · war · adult · suspense · crime · violent-conflict · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · investigator
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Will Thomas
174 ratings 4.04 ·
mystery · book · historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · industrial-era · audiobook · victorian · crime · investigator · murder · male-author · suspense · action-adventure · cozy · killer · thriller · male-mc
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Steve Robinson
110 ratings 4.03 ·
mystery · fiction · crime · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · book · suspense · investigator · murder · thriller · law-enforcement · cozy · action-adventure · war · violent-conflict · ww2 · police-procedural · male-author
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Tim Dorsey
363 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · audiobook · satire · humor · book · action-adventure · comedy · serial-killers · suspense · dark-humor · investigator · amateur-sleuth · murder · killer · law-enforcement · contemporary · cozy
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Spencer Quinn
210 ratings 4.01 ·
mystery · animals · dogs · audiobook · cozy · dog · crime · fiction · suspense · book · action-adventure · law-enforcement · anthropomorphism · humor · contemporary · adult · murder · investigator · hard-boiled · killer
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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 Finch
254 ratings 3.93 ·
book · adult · mystery · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · industrial-era · crime · amateur-sleuth · victorian · historical · cozy · suspense · murder · killer · investigator · whodunit · action-adventure · literary-fiction
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Sue Grafton
749 ratings 3.91 ·
contemporary · suspense · female-mc · investigator · murder · mystery · fiction · thriller · adult · crime · law-enforcement · audiobook · cozy · book · female-author · killer · action-adventure · whodunit · drama · womens-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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Judy Kaye
100 ratings 3.87 ·
thriller · law-enforcement · contemporary · audiobook · cozy · suspense · fiction · murder · mystery · female-mc · investigator · adult · crime · female-author · book · killer · action-adventure · drama · womens-fiction · hard-boiled
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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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Kathy Hogan Trocheck
136 ratings 3.82 ·
murder · fiction · mystery · womens-fiction · audiobook · cozy · humor · female-mc · crime · law-enforcement · book · contemporary · investigator · adult · killer · satire · suspense · comedy · urban · georgia
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Marcia Muller
210 ratings 3.79 ·
adult · fiction · mystery · crime · book · investigator · law-enforcement · female-mc · audiobook · suspense · murder · thriller · cozy · historical · anthologies · victorian · female-author · steampunk · hard-boiled · historical-fiction
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Linda Barnes
158 ratings 3.78 ·
law-enforcement · book · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · female-mc · audiobook · investigator · suspense · contemporary · thriller · action-adventure · north-america · usa · female-author · hard-boiled · poc-mc · massachusetts · 20th-century
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Penelope Keith
122 ratings 3.72 ·
adult · crime · killer · female-author · amateur-sleuth · whodunit · fiction · humor · murder · mystery · female-mc · cozy · audiobook · book · death · law-enforcement · contemporary · investigator · drama · action-adventure
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