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Monica Kayne
26 ratings 4.08 ·
book · gothic · adult · organized-crime · romance · crime · fiction · dark · steamy · enemies-to-lovers · suspense · literary-fiction · kidnapping · poc-mc · noir · alpha-mc · heist · forced-proximity · multi-pov · action-adventure
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Donald Ray Pollock
64 ratings 4.06 ·
historical-fiction · horror · dark · noir · southern-gothic · audiobook · fiction · transgressive-mc · mystery · crime · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · adult · rural · historical · male-author · 21st-century · humor · realistic
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Leonardo Padura
78 ratings 4.01 ·
book · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · noir · historical-fiction · 20th-century · literary-fiction · journey · historical · law-enforcement · action-adventure · drama · audiobook · police-procedural · ww2 · cuba · norway · religion
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Dorothy B. Hughes
49 ratings 4.00 ·
crime · fiction · mystery · classics · literary · suspense · 20th-century · female-author · literary-fiction · thriller · historical · noir · book · adult · anthologies · young-adult · pulp · hard-boiled · psychological · serial-killers
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Dolores Redondo
66 ratings 4.00 ·
book · suspense · murder · fiction · mystery · thriller · crime · adult · audiobook · contemporary · female-mc · female-author · literary-fiction · drama · horror · law-enforcement · noir · 21st-century · serial-killers · mlm
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Annelie Wendeberg
99 ratings 3.99 ·
fiction · book · adult · crime · literary-fiction · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · noir · action-adventure · victorian · audiobook · industrial-era · murder · suspense · sci-fi · organized-crime · survival · dystopia · apocalyptic
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Vera Caspary
28 ratings 3.93 ·
noir · historical · fiction · murder · mystery · crime · 20th-century · suspense · literary · classics · law-enforcement · serial-killers · pulp · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · thriller · book · multi-pov · police-procedural
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Fred Vargas
218 ratings 3.90 ·
book · fiction · murder · mystery · thriller · adult · crime · law-enforcement · noir · audiobook · contemporary · police-procedural · suspense · literary-fiction · 21st-century · supernatural · female-author · 20th-century · europe · ghosts
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Lou Berney
68 ratings 3.88 ·
book · suspense · audiobook · fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · adult · crime · thriller · noir · drama · contemporary · action-adventure · family · dark · historical-fiction · male-author · historical · murder · organized-crime
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Tana French
331 ratings 3.88 ·
crime · literary-fiction · thriller · mystery · book · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · contemporary · drama · 21st-century · death · realistic · adult · female-author · murder · psychological · dark · killer
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Craig Davidson
39 ratings 3.87 ·
literary-fiction · mystery · fiction · dark · horror · contemporary · adult · audiobook · noir · anthologies · drama · ghosts · spooky · supernatural · male-author · friendship · sad · season-autumn · historical-fiction · mental-illness
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Wiley Cash
64 ratings 3.81 ·
rural · audiobook · drama · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · family · southern-gothic · historical · historical-fiction · dark · noir · thriller · crime · gothic · domestic-drama · coming-of-age
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Steph Cha
42 ratings 3.81 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · audiobook · adult · female-author · noir · 21st-century · female-mc · literary-fiction · thriller · book · suspense · poc-author · poc-mc · hard-boiled · murder · investigator · contemporary
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David Joy
50 ratings 3.80 ·
fiction · murder · mystery · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · dark · noir · southern-gothic · audiobook · rural · contemporary · book · thriller · drama · adult · killer · substance-abuse · death · family
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Niklas Natt och Dag
43 ratings 3.74 ·
adult · crime · literary-fiction · fiction · historical · book · historical-fiction · horror · law-enforcement · drama · noir · thriller · mystery · audiobook · suspense · journey · action-adventure · murder · scandinavia · europe
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Katrine Engberg
72 ratings 3.74 ·
book · law-enforcement · noir · audiobook · fiction · murder · mystery · literary-fiction · crime · police-procedural · contemporary · serial-killers · suspense · humor · adult · death · psychological · female-author · thriller · mental-illness
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · suspense · book · poc-author · audiobook · poc-mc · black-mc · law-enforcement · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · mystery · racism · killer · historical-fiction · murder · family · historical
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Graeme Macrae Burnet
78 ratings 3.73 ·
21st-century · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · literary-fiction · thriller · fiction · psychological · mystery · historical · dark · noir · crime · drama · murder · suspense · book · police-procedural · death · law-enforcement
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M.R.C. Kasasian
48 ratings 3.69 ·
victorian · book · noir · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · cozy · humor · mystery · fiction · female-mc · crime · industrial-era · thriller · killer · murder · investigator · literary-fiction · adult
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Sara Gran
97 ratings 3.68 ·
thriller · book · suspense · fiction · mystery · contemporary · noir · female-mc · adult · crime · law-enforcement · audiobook · investigator · literary-fiction · female-author · murder · mental-illness · dark · killer · urban
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Lisa Brackmann
22 ratings 3.64 ·
adult · crime · female-mc · fiction · mystery · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · book · female-author · military · thriller · literary-fiction · murder · law-enforcement · noir · action-adventure · amateur-sleuth · journey · kidnapping
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Michael Harvey
42 ratings 3.60 ·
mystery · suspense · book · audiobook · adult · crime · fiction · contemporary · law-enforcement · noir · police-procedural · thriller · literary-fiction · murder · north-america · paranormal · family · usa · 21st-century · friendship
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Benjamin Black
130 ratings 3.55 ·
law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · mystery · fiction · adult · crime · book · suspense · noir · literary-fiction · thriller · ireland · 21st-century · europe · british-isles · family · murder · police-procedural
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Cathi Unsworth
10 ratings 3.50 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · female-author · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · noir · suspense · book · thriller · pulp · witches-wizards · supernatural · europe · hard-boiled · psychological · travel · historical · political-intrigue
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Peter Adolphsen
13 ratings 3.46 ·
fiction · noir · 21st-century · book · philosophy · literary-fiction · adult · historical · contemporary · hard-sci-fi · sci-fi · 20th-century · dystopia · outdoors · historical-fiction · magical-realism
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Megan Abbott
252 ratings 3.41 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · book · thriller · female-author · dark · audiobook · psychological · noir · literary-fiction · adult · drama · 21st-century · historical · young-adult · contemporary · historical-fiction · realistic
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Nathan Larson
13 ratings 3.38 ·
law-enforcement · noir · dystopia · urban · fiction · hard-boiled · mystery · crime · sci-fi · book · apocalyptic · transhumanism · killer · disaster · serial-killers · spirituality · epidemy · murder · adult · literary-fiction
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Fuminori Nakamura
69 ratings 3.23 ·
fiction · mystery · psychological · literary-fiction · adult · crime · dark · noir · contemporary · book · suspense · horror · murder · thriller · audiobook · poc-author · drama · male-author · organized-crime · hard-boiled
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