25 must-read thriller books like The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9) by Martin Cruz Smith

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The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Gorky Park and Tatiana comes a breathtaking new novel…

"The one thing that stung Zhenya was the insinuation that he ducked the best players, "Anyone I play it's their choice," Zhenya said. "I can't help it if I'm better than they are. Sometimes I play a rook or a bishop down. What could be fairer than that?" "They never know what hit them," Sosi said; her eyes grew as round as moons. She looked like the perfect fanatic to encourage a leap into a volcano. She rolled a rook back and forth on the Formica, as if she were gathering an electric charge. "Zhenya can turn any game into a slaughter." It was like visiting the Macbeths, Arkady thought."

-Martin Cruz Smith, The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

If you liked the thriller plot in The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9) by Martin Cruz Smith , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4) by Mick Herron

1. Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

By: Mick Herron

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Oxford private detective Zoë Boehm turns up dead in Newcastle, launching her friend Sarah Tucker in… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4) book and Martin Cruz Smith's The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If time was the means by which the universe prevented everything from happening at once, coincidence was the excuse it used when things occasionally did."

-Mick Herron, Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

"A waitress had joined the gathering throng; was cruising with a bottle of fizz, topping glasses, all bright-eyed and shiny. Sarah guessed someone had once told her her eyes were her best feature, bec…"

-Mick Herron, Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

Cover of Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) by Mick Herron

2. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

Cover of Moskva by Jack Grimwood

3. Moskva

By: Jack Grimwood

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Seven meets The Lives of Othersin this outstanding serial killer thriller for fans of Gorky Parkor … read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (Bernard Samson, #0) by Len Deighton

4. Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (Bernard Samson, #0)

By: Len Deighton

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Epic prelude to the classic spy trilogy, GAME, SET and MATCH, that follows the fortunes of a German… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (Bernard Samson, #0) book and Martin Cruz Smith's The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

  • espionage
  • fiction
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5. Spies of the Balkans (Night Soldiers, #11)

By: Alan Furst

3.54

Format: None pages,

Greece, 1940. Not sunny vacation Greece: northern Greece, Macedonian Greece, Balkan Greece--the cit… read more

Similar categories in Alan Furst's Spies of the Balkans (Night Soldiers, #11) book and Martin Cruz Smith's The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction

6. The Galton Case

By: Ross Macdonald

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetw… read more

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7. Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

By: Mick Herron

4.05

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

When Tim Whitby checks into a hotel, he's not intending to check out again — but then he meets Katr… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Women choose men hoping they'll change. Men choose women hoping they won't."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

"Don't. Don't do anything. Just go. Now." It was always possible that if you very quickly told a man four times to do something, he'd get the message."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

8. Defectors

By: Joseph Kanon

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Leaving Berlinand The Good Germancomes a thrilling and richly imagin… read more

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9. Tarnished Icons (Porfiry Rostnikov, #11)

By: Stuart M. Kaminsky

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Rostnikov is quite simply the best cop to come out of the Soviet Union since Martin Cruz Smith's A… read more

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10. Stettin Station (John Russell, #3)

By: David Downing

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1941, Anglo-American journalist John Russell is still living in Berlin, tied to the … read more

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11. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Martin Cruz Smith's The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) by John Lawton

12. Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4)

By: John Lawton

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Moscow Blues begins in Washington, D.C., in the fragile postwar period where the Red Scare is growi… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. Phantom Orbit

By: David Ignatius

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13) by Jo Nesbø

15. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

By: Jo Nesbø

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

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16. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) by John Sandford

17. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

By: John Sandford

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Union Station

By: David Downing

3.82

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating historical thriller, a British journalist (and former spy) is adrift in McCarth… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

19. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Darkness Knows (Detective Konrad #1) by Arnaldur Indriðason

20. The Darkness Knows (Detective Konrad #1)

By: Arnaldur Indriðason

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Retired detective Konrad returns to a haunting cold case in The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridas… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. 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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  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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22. This Is What Happened

By: Mick Herron

3.42

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

From CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense a… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Under Occupation (Night Soldiers, #15) by Alan Furst

24. Under Occupation (Night Soldiers, #15)

By: Alan Furst

3.41

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From the master of espionage and intrigue, this novel about heroic resistance fighters in 1942 occu… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

25. Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) by Matthew Richardson

26. My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1)

By: Matthew Richardson

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A breathless, gripping must-read for fans of Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim and James Swallow's Nomad'I … read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina

27. The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By: Denise Mina

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress in L.A. —and up against a rival PI—in this smar… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9) by Martin Cruz Smith

28. The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Gorky Park and Tatiana comes a breathtaking new novel… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The one thing that stung Zhenya was the insinuation that he ducked the best players, "Anyone I play it's their choice," Zhenya said. "I can't help it if I'm better than they are. Sometimes I play a r…"

-Martin Cruz Smith, The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

Cover of Arctic Sun by Jack Grimwood

29. Arctic Sun

By: Jack Grimwood

3.95

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . . … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • espionage
  • russia
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

30. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) by Daniel Silva

31. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)

By: Daniel Silva

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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