17 Best suspense books like The Guardians by John Grisham

Cover of The Guardians by John Grisham

The Guardians

By: John Grisham

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his …

If you liked the suspense plot in The Guardians by John Grisham , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2) by David Baldacci

1. The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

By: David Baldacci

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detecti… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1) by David Baldacci

2. Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He did not force the door open. He was in no hurry. When Amos Decker returned home to find the b… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"Dark, cool, musty, smoky, where light fell funny and everyone looked like someone you knew or wanted to know. Or, more likely, wanted to forget."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"But then he put aside the awkward encounter, which his mind allowed him to do quite easily. He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

Cover of The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1) by Michael    Connelly

3. The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1)

By: Michael Connelly

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven you… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Firm by John Grisham, Robin Waterfield

4. The Firm

By: John Grisham , Robin Waterfield

4.06

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for younger readers. Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Firm book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Her thoughts could not escape the present."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of your better future"

-John Grisham, The Firm

"Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of you."

-John Grisham, The Firm

5. The Fix (Amos Decker, #3)

By: David Baldacci

4.25

Format: 194 pages,

David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker - the man who can forget nothing - was first intr… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Fix (Amos Decker, #3) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

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6. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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7. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) by David Baldacci

8. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) by David Baldacci

9. Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7)

By: David Baldacci

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the myster… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) by David Baldacci

10. Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1)

By: David Baldacci

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A twisting new psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a danger… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • 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 John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.13

Format: 593 pages, Kindle Edition

Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and b… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35) by Michael    Connelly

13. The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35)

By: Michael Connelly

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of 12 Months to Live (Jane Smith #1) by James  Patterson

14. 12 Months to Live (Jane Smith #1)

By: James Patterson

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Criminal attorney Jane F. Smith, tough as nails, has received a terminal diagnosis and doesn't have… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's 12 Months to Live (Jane Smith #1) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) by David Baldacci

15. The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4)

By: David Baldacci

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memo… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Redemption (Amos Decker, #5) by David Baldacci

16. Redemption (Amos Decker, #5)

By: David Baldacci

4.21

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Redemption (Amos Decker, #5) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Munich Wolf by Rory Clements

17. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guardians by John Grisham

18. The Guardians

By: John Grisham

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his … read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Guardians book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Walk the Wire (Amos Decker, #6) by David Baldacci

19. Walk the Wire (Amos Decker, #6)

By: David Baldacci

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Amos Decker -- the FBI consultant with a perfect memory -- returns to solve a gruesome murder in a … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Walk the Wire (Amos Decker, #6) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33) by Michael    Connelly

20. The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33)

By: Michael Connelly

4.28

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed B… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1) by Mark M. Bello

21. Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1)

By: Mark M. Bello

4.32

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

How can one have faith when faith itself is corrupt? When Jennifer Tracey discovers that her new pa… read more

Similar categories in Mark M. Bello's Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1) book and John Grisham's The Guardians

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Your Honor,"

-Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1)

"What’s that?"

-Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1)

"She’ll be angry,"

-Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1)

"Let me get this straight,"

-Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith (Zachary Blake Legal Thriller, #1)

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The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

David Baldacci

2.74

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Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

David Baldacci

4.11

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The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1)

Michael Connelly

3.65

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2.74

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3.69

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4.36

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