13 must-read action books like The Violent Enemy by Jack Higgins

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The Violent Enemy

By: Jack Higgins

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Britain’s most wanted political offender. A seductively beautiful woman, and the dream of a perfect…

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1. Pay the Devil

By: Jack Higgins , Harry Patterson

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Pay The Devil was first published in the UK only by Barrie & Rockcliffe in 1962 under the authorshi… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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2. Under the Lake

By: Stuart Woods

3.91

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

In the beautiful mountains of North Georgia lies a lake built by an obsessed man at a terrible pric… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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3. Sunset Express (Elvis Cole, #6)

By: Robert Crais

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Prominent restaurateur Teddy Martin is facing charges in his wife’s brutal murder. But he’s not goi… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Sunset Express (Elvis Cole, #6) book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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4. Hotel

By: Arthur Hailey

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Airport reveals the inner workings of a New Orleans hot… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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5. Sheba

By: Jack Higgins

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack Higgins's most exciting novel of World War II intrigue since his smash bestseller The Eagle Ha… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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6. Dark Side of the Street (Paul Chavasse #5)

By: Jack Higgins

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

With commando-like precision, someone was breaking Britain's most notorious prisoners out of jail, … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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7. Indigo Slam (Elvis Cole, #7)

By: Robert Crais

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole--until the day a fifteen-year-old girl and her two youn… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Indigo Slam (Elvis Cole, #7) book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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8. Hell Is Always Today

By: Jack Higgins

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the body of a young woman --- the fifth to die in as many weeks --- is found in a rain-soaked … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action

9. To Catch a King

By: Jack Higgins , Harry Patterson

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

1940. Hitler's terrifying war machine will soon roll through England, and in its wake Hitler plans … read more

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10. Reflex

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murd… read more

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11. Brought In Dead (Nick Miller #2)

By: Jack Higgins

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When a young woman commits suicide, Detective Sergeant Nick Miller follows a hazardous trail to fin… read more

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12. Wrath of the Lion

By: Jack Higgins

3.89

Format: None pages,

At the height of the Cold War, a renegade submarine threatens to ignite Europe in all-out war. The … read more

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13. The Lost Get-Back Boogie

By: James Lee Burke

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Iry Paret's done his time -- two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. N… read more

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14. Plague Ship (The Oregon Files, #5)

By: Clive Cussler , Jack Du Brul

3.80

Format: 220 pages,

"For four novels, Clive Cussler has charted the exploits of the Oregon, a covert ship completely di… read more

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15. The Southern Trial (The Southern Lawyer Series Book 4)

By: Peter O'Mahoney

4.50

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

The trial of the century has arrived. After twenty years of anguish, after twenty years of pain, de… read more

Similar categories in Peter O'Mahoney's The Southern Trial (The Southern Lawyer Series Book 4) book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • fiction
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16. Hard Exit (Jon Reznick, #11)

By: J.B. Turner

4.43

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestseller J. B. Turner comes a pulse-pounding thriller that will keep you guessing until the … read more

Similar categories in J.B. Turner's Hard Exit (Jon Reznick, #11) book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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17. Hard Power (Jon Reznick, #12)

By: J.B. Turner

4.54

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Hard Power—the follow-up to the electric Hard Exit—is a riveting new thriller from bestselling auth… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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19. Cry of the Hunter (Martin Fallon, #1)

By: Harry Patterson

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has A hero of the IRA must turn on his own… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. The Graveyard Shift

By: Harry Patterson

3.79

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A detective takes on a vengeful ex-con in London’s seedy underworld in this classic thriller by the… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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21. Comes the Dark Stranger

By: Harry Patterson

3.87

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

A race against time and his own terrible injuries brings Martin Shane back to the dark Northern cit… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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22. Sad Wind from the Sea

By: Harry Patterson

3.90

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gunrunner’s hunt for a fortune leads to a life-and-death struggle in Communist China in New York … read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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23. The Violent Enemy

By: Jack Higgins

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Britain’s most wanted political offender. A seductively beautiful woman, and the dream of a perfect… read more

Similar categories in Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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24. The Thousand Faces of Night

By: Harry Patterson

3.89

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

A man out for himself is pulled into a fight for something more in this thriller by the New York Ti… read more

Similar categories in Harry Patterson's The Thousand Faces of Night book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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25. Midnight Never Comes (Paul Chavasse #4)

By: Martin Fallon

3.97

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

A former intelligence operative must stop a group of ruthless Russian spies from obtaining Britain'… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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26. Hell Is Too Crowded

By: Harry Patterson

3.77

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

Framed for a grisly murder, one man must descend into London’s criminal underground to uncover the … read more

Similar categories in Harry Patterson's Hell Is Too Crowded book and Jack Higgins's The Violent Enemy

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • action
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27. Wild Rocket: A Coastal Caribbean Adventure (Tyson Wild Thriller Book 68)

By: Tripp Ellis

4.59

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A suspicious death.A wicked betrayal.A shocking conspiracy.Twenty minutes that will change their li… read more

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28. Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Fallout (Tom Clancy's Op-Center, #22)

By: Jeff Rovin

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

As fears of a dangerous nuclear confrontation between China and the US escalate, China targets indi… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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29. The Sound of Boer Rifles (The Soldier's Son Book 2)

By: Malcolm Archibald

4.40

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

As the first Boer War rages around them, Andrew Baird - the son of Jack Windrush - and Mariana Maxw… read more

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30. Lawyers in Gray: A Legal Thriller (Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers)

By: John Ellsworth

4.01

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you selling secrets to the Russians? These ladies and gentlemen Want to Know. The Department o… read more

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Cover of Warrior King (Courtney publication, #23; Courtney chronological, #9) by Wilbur Smith

31. Warrior King (Courtney publication, #23; Courtney chronological, #9)

By: Wilbur Smith

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Multimillion copy bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with a brand-new historical epic set in A… read more

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21 must-read fiction books like The Violent Enemy by Jack Higgins

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Pay the Devil

Jack Higgins , Harry Patterson

3.76

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Under the Lake

Stuart Woods

3.91

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Sunset Express (Elvis Cole, #6)

Robert Crais

4.21

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Hotel

Arthur Hailey

4.07

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17 Best fiction books like The Graveyard Shift by Harry Patterson

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Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1)

Graham Smith

3.71

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Candles and Roses (DI Alec McKay, #1)

Alex Walters

4.06

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The Judas Gate (Sean Dillon, #18)

Jack Higgins

3.93

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McNally's Secret (Archy McNally, #1)

Lawrence Sanders

4.11

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