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Angela Marsons
431 ratings 4.40 ·
book · fiction · suspense · thriller · adult · crime · mystery · audiobook · female-mc · murder · law-enforcement · police-procedural · contemporary · serial-killers · noir · psychological · killer · drama · abuse · family
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Mark Greaney
431 ratings 4.31 ·
espionage · political-intrigue · audiobook · fiction · adult · thriller · book · action-adventure · politics · suspense · violent-conflict · military · mystery · crime · assassins · war · assassinations · male-mc · technothriller · contemporary
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
book · crime · suspense · contemporary · adult · fiction · murder · audiobook · whodunit · thriller · mystery · cozy · law-enforcement · killer · police-procedural · 21st-century · female-author · literary-fiction · family · drama
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Lisa Regan
335 ratings 4.38 ·
suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · adult · law-enforcement · book · police-procedural · thriller · serial-killers · contemporary · audiobook · murder · organized-crime · psychological · noir · abuse · female-mc · killer · drama
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Joel C. Rosenberg
310 ratings 4.33 ·
espionage · christian · political-intrigue · suspense · politics · historical-fiction · audiobook · spirituality · fiction · military · thriller · drama · adult · book · action-adventure · religion · violent-conflict · mystery · terrorism · war
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L.J. Ross
316 ratings 4.33 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · murder · action-adventure · female-mc · serial-killers · police-procedural · contemporary · literary-fiction · female-author · psychological · killer · cozy
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Joy Ellis
468 ratings 4.34 ·
book · mystery · fiction · adult · crime · audiobook · murder · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · killer · action-adventure · contemporary · serial-killers · suspense · female-mc · psychological · heist · family · noir
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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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Michael Connelly
1521 ratings 4.14 ·
mystery · adult · fiction · crime · suspense · audiobook · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · book · action-adventure · killer · contemporary · legal · noir · drama · whodunit · hard-boiled · 21st-century
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Mark Dawson
519 ratings 4.27 ·
fiction · adult · crime · book · political-intrigue · thriller · espionage · audiobook · action-adventure · assassins · mystery · military · suspense · assassinations · terrorism · violent-conflict · female-mc · politics · conspiracies · vigilante
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Vince Flynn
601 ratings 4.31 ·
terrorism · action-adventure · politics · suspense · book · military · thriller · fiction · political-intrigue · audiobook · espionage · adult · crime · assassins · violent-conflict · war · contemporary · assassinations · drama · mystery
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Robert Dugoni
590 ratings 4.26 ·
fiction · adult · audiobook · suspense · mystery · crime · thriller · book · murder · law-enforcement · legal · drama · action-adventure · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · female-mc · psychological · family · political-intrigue
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Chris Carter
334 ratings 4.29 ·
fiction · book · adult · mystery · crime · horror · suspense · thriller · audiobook · serial-killers · law-enforcement · police-procedural · contemporary · psychological · murder · dark · killer · graphic-violence · north-america · urban
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Robert Crais
551 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · thriller · crime · book · law-enforcement · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · investigator · contemporary · humor · killer · murder · drama · hard-boiled · police-procedural · noir · kidnapping
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T.R. Ragan
312 ratings 4.23 ·
audiobook · fiction · adult · crime · book · suspense · mystery · female-mc · thriller · contemporary · law-enforcement · serial-killers · psychological · drama · vigilante · justice · dark · killer · murder · kidnapping
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Dick Hill
831 ratings 4.06 ·
book · fiction · adult · mystery · audiobook · crime · suspense · thriller · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · police-procedural · killer · contemporary · military · political-intrigue · espionage · psychological · drama · hard-boiled
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C.J. Box
764 ratings 4.16 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · suspense · audiobook · law-enforcement · book · action-adventure · western · murder · thriller · contemporary · family · killer · police-procedural · outdoors · political-intrigue · animals · conspiracies
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Brad Thor
570 ratings 4.16 ·
fiction · adult · thriller · suspense · action-adventure · espionage · political-intrigue · politics · audiobook · military · book · terrorism · crime · violent-conflict · mystery · conspiracies · assassinations · contemporary · assassins · drama
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Alex Kava
339 ratings 4.04 ·
crime · suspense · mystery · fiction · thriller · adult · book · law-enforcement · action-adventure · killer · audiobook · murder · serial-killers · contemporary · police-procedural · female-mc · psychological · dogs · military · animals
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Don Winslow
317 ratings 4.10 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · adult · book · thriller · noir · audiobook · action-adventure · law-enforcement · murder · hard-boiled · police-procedural · organized-crime · substance-abuse · historical-fiction · historical · contemporary · political-intrigue
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Craig Johnson
479 ratings 4.20 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · law-enforcement · adult · western · indigenous-mc · fiction · suspense · crime · mystery · police-procedural · contemporary · action-adventure · murder · thriller · humor · book · killer · whodunit · animals
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Greg Iles
423 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · adult · suspense · thriller · audiobook · mystery · crime · book · murder · action-adventure · drama · law-enforcement · legal · killer · psychological · political-intrigue · contemporary · family · historical-fiction · historical
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John Sandford
1415 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · suspense · mystery · book · audiobook · crime · thriller · adult · law-enforcement · action-adventure · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · serial-killers · political-intrigue · politics · drama · espionage · investigator
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John Ellsworth
368 ratings 4.24 ·
fiction · adult · book · legal · crime · action-adventure · politics · pulp · suspense · thriller · financial · murder · mystery · psychological · political-intrigue · conspiracies · organized-crime · female-mc · heist · vigilante
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Faith Martin
502 ratings 4.25 ·
book · law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · murder · female-mc · police-procedural · cozy · thriller · contemporary · psychological · action-adventure · audiobook · female-author · forensics · serial-killers · noir · amateur-sleuth
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Daniel Silva
677 ratings 4.17 ·
book · thriller · adult · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage · action-adventure · suspense · crime · audiobook · politics · murder · historical-fiction · assassins · law-enforcement · contemporary · terrorism · conspiracies · assassinations · drama
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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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Barry Eisler
362 ratings 4.12 ·
action-adventure · suspense · fiction · adult · thriller · crime · audiobook · book · espionage · political-intrigue · assassins · mystery · politics · assassinations · contemporary · law-enforcement · realistic · male-author · vigilante · justice
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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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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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Andrew Mayne
353 ratings 4.12 ·
fiction · book · adult · mystery · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · crime · police-procedural · murder · serial-killers · contemporary · technothriller · killer · psychological · female-mc · horror · sci-fi
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Clive Cussler
1758 ratings 4.01 ·
fiction · action-adventure · adult · mystery · thriller · book · suspense · crime · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · espionage · nautical · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · killer
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Stuart MacBride
380 ratings 4.07 ·
mystery · fiction · crime · adult · audiobook · thriller · book · law-enforcement · police-procedural · suspense · murder · serial-killers · contemporary · noir · humor · hard-boiled · killer · action-adventure · kidnapping · dark
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Martina Cole
431 ratings 4.16 ·
book · crime · fiction · mystery · thriller · adult · suspense · female-mc · family · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · urban · audiobook · contemporary · drama · murder · action-adventure · psychological · substance-abuse · young-adult
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Michael Robotham
358 ratings 4.05 ·
psychological · book · thriller · crime · mystery · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · adult · fiction · law-enforcement · killer · police-procedural · family · murder · drama · action-adventure · mental-illness · death · literary-fiction
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Freida McFadden
437 ratings 4.11 ·
fiction · adult · book · psychological · suspense · thriller · crime · audiobook · female-mc · mystery · literary-fiction · contemporary · horror · action-adventure · medical · murder · killer · plot-twist · urban · humor
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Robert Muchamore
481 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · book · young-adult · action-adventure · espionage · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · thriller · children · crime · contemporary · mystery · humor · middle-grade · children-books · realistic · suspense · high-school · teens · male-mc
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Andrew Gross
376 ratings 3.92 ·
mystery · suspense · fiction · adult · audiobook · book · thriller · crime · action-adventure · murder · drama · psychological · killer · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · family · contemporary · conspiracies · whodunit · historical
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Jeffrey Archer
1029 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · adult · audiobook · mystery · suspense · action-adventure · historical-fiction · thriller · drama · book · crime · historical · family · 20th-century · politics · contemporary · literary-fiction · epic · law-enforcement · classics
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W.E.B. Griffin
809 ratings 4.19 ·
book · adult · war · military · fiction · violent-conflict · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · mystery · thriller · suspense · 20th-century · political-intrigue · espionage · ww2 · crime · male-mc · politics
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Lynda La Plante
368 ratings 4.04 ·
mystery · fiction · adult · crime · law-enforcement · book · thriller · audiobook · suspense · police-procedural · female-mc · killer · murder · contemporary · female-author · drama · historical · historical-fiction · serial-killers · psychological
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J.A. Jance
1248 ratings 4.02 ·
mystery · suspense · fiction · murder · audiobook · adult · crime · book · law-enforcement · killer · thriller · contemporary · police-procedural · female-mc · whodunit · cozy · action-adventure · hard-boiled · north-america · usa
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James Rollins
870 ratings 4.06 ·
action-adventure · fiction · mystery · adult · suspense · audiobook · thriller · historical-fiction · military · political-intrigue · book · crime · technothriller · historical · violent-conflict · espionage · politics · supernatural · horror · paranormal
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Ann Cleeves
603 ratings 3.98 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · audiobook · book · police-procedural · murder · contemporary · female-author · thriller · killer · suspense · cozy · female-mc · whodunit · 21st-century · small-town · family
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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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Dale Brown
358 ratings 3.99 ·
book · action-adventure · violent-conflict · fiction · military · adult · war · technothriller · suspense · thriller · audiobook · political-intrigue · mystery · politics · espionage · terrorism · contemporary · drama · historical-fiction · female-mc
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Wilbur Smith
864 ratings 4.04 ·
fiction · action-adventure · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · suspense · mystery · thriller · violent-conflict · family · war · military · epic · drama · crime · political-intrigue · nautical · africa
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Douglas Preston
1130 ratings 3.99 ·
fiction · suspense · adult · mystery · action-adventure · crime · thriller · audiobook · book · horror · contemporary · law-enforcement · killer · supernatural · historical-fiction · murder · technothriller · paranormal · drama · police-procedural
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