5 Best contemporary books like Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) by Allen Eskens

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Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

By: Allen Eskens

4.24

Format: None pages, Audiobook

11 hours, 9 minutes Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this bre…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) by Allen Eskens , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown th… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve."

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

"Word is you heard the Windigo too." I did. The difference is I'm ready for the son of a bitch." --Cork O'Connor"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" "He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things." "

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" They fasted the rest of the day and breathed in the smoke of a cedar fire. At first light next morning, they blackened their faces with the cedar ash, a sign to the spirits of the deep woods that th…"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

2. Blood Hollow (Cork O'Connor, #4)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When the corpse of a beautiful high school student is discovered on a hillside four months after he… read more

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3. Purgatory Ridge (Cork O'Connor, #3)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.17

Format: 428 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the prestigious Loft-McKnight Fiction Award and the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, W… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Purgatory Ridge (Cork O'Connor, #3) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

4. Thunder Bay (Cork O'Connor, #7)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Henry Meloux, Cork's friend and spiritual advisor, asks the Minnesota sheriff turned private invest… read more

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Cover of Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

5. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3) by Lisa Gardner

6. Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Gardner's Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You're not a killer," I whisper one last time. Then I drop to the ground, twisting as I roll to light up his form with my flashlight. Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger. A single crack. …"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

"Honest to God, I'm a complete stranger to you. How hard is it to just walk away? She has me there. So much so I feel profoundly stupid. Even ashamed. During all my years trying to save the world, I n…"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

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7. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

Cover of Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) by Harlan Coben

9. Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

By: Harlan Coben

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

9 hours, 41 minutes Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III​ reunite to find a dead man co… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. A Killing on the Hill

By: Robert Dugoni

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest … read more

Similar categories in Robert Dugoni's A Killing on the Hill book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's A Calamity of Souls book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) by John Grisham

12. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19) by William Kent Krueger

14. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.21

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Truth about the Devlins

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's The Truth about the Devlins book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) by Allen Eskens

16. Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

By: Allen Eskens

4.24

Format: None pages, Audiobook

11 hours, 9 minutes Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this bre… read more

Similar categories in Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) by Linda  Castillo

17. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)

By: Linda Castillo

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more

Similar categories in Linda Castillo's The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11) by Brian Freeman

18. The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11)

By: Brian Freeman

4.44

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

A woman has been kidnapped.Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back ... dead o… read more

Similar categories in Brian Freeman's The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Life We Bury: A Novel by Allen Eskens | Conversation Starters by Daily Books

19. The Life We Bury: A Novel by Allen Eskens | Conversation Starters

By: Daily Books

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

The Life We Bury: by Allen Eskens | Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK … read more

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Cover of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris  Whitaker

20. All the Colors of the Dark

By: Chris Whitaker

4.44

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an e… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

21. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

18 Best fiction books like Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) by Allen Eskens

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Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

William Kent Krueger

3.97

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Purgatory Ridge (Cork O'Connor, #3)

William Kent Krueger

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

Lisa Gardner

3.99

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21 Best fiction books like A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

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