17 Best thriller books like California Bear by Duane Swierczynski

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California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un…

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1. Nobody's Angel (Hard Case Crime, #65)

By: Jack Clark

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

While Chicago cabbie Eddie Miles drives the city streets at midnight, two killers--one targeting pr… read more

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2. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Smoke Kings

By: Jahmal Mayfield

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the vein of Get Out and Razorblade Tears, a feast of noir fiction and probing social commentary … read more

Similar categories in Jahmal Mayfield's Smoke Kings book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Von Doviak's Lowdown Road book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Lost Man's Lane

By: Scott Carson

4.28

Format: 516 pages, Hardcover

A teenager explores the darkness hidden within his hometown in this spellbinding supernatural thril… read more

Similar categories in Scott Carson's Lost Man's Lane book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

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9. California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un… read more

Similar categories in Duane Swierczynski's California Bear book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Catchpenny

By: Charlie Huston

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A thief who can travel through mirrors, a video game that threatens to spill out of the virtual wor… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Huston's Catchpenny book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Hollywood Hustle

By: Jon Lindstrom

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From 4-time Emmy-nominated actor Jon Lindstrom of General Hospital, Bosch, and True Detective fame,… read more

Similar categories in Jon Lindstrom's Hollywood Hustle book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Ascent

By: Adam Plantinga

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a high security prison fails, a down-on-his luck cop and the governor’s daughter are going to … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's Dark Ride book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

Cover of Shadowheart (UNSUB #4) by Meg Gardiner

14. Shadowheart (UNSUB #4)

By: Meg Gardiner

4.07

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

What happens when two serial killers begin to compete with each other? From #1 New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Meg Gardiner's Shadowheart (UNSUB #4) book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Dredge

By: Brendan Flaherty

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"Flaherty writes with stealthy acuity, his prose seemingly simple yet full of coiled power. . . . M… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Flaherty's The Dredge book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

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17. Sweet Thing: A Novel

By: David Swinson

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this DC-set standalone from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" ( New York Times B… read more

Similar categories in David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Don't Let the Devil Ride by Ace Atkins

18. Don't Let the Devil Ride

By: Ace Atkins

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's Don't Let the Devil Ride book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Joe Hustle by Richard Lange

19. Joe Hustle

By: Richard Lange

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Joe Hustle has never had much luck—but things start looking up when he meets an intriguing new woma… read more

Similar categories in Richard Lange's Joe Hustle book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • crime
  • fiction
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20. Broiler

By: Eli Cranor

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Broiler book and Duane Swierczynski's California Bear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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4.42

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Brian Panowich

4.16

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Michael Connelly

4.56

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James Ellroy

3.73

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4.42

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