17 Best thriller books like Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2) by Paul Howarth

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Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

By: Paul Howarth

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The author of the acclaimed Only Killers and Thieves returns to turn-of-the-century Australia in th…

If you liked the thriller plot in Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2) by Paul Howarth , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Provinces of Night

By: William Gay

3.64

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

The year is 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - … read more

Similar categories in William Gay's Provinces of Night book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

2. The Son

By: Philipp Meyer

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son: an epic, multigenerational saga of pow… read more

Similar categories in Philipp Meyer's The Son book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

3. World Gone By (Joe Coughlin, #3)

By: Dennis Lehane

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Late spring, 1943. The world is at war but the American mob is in its heyday. Former crime boss Joe… read more

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4. Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)

By: Dennis Lehane

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Dennis Lehane won a Shamus Award for A Drink Before the War, his first book about working-class Bos… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3) book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

5. Gods of Howl Mountain

By: Taylor Brown

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Gods of Howl Mountain,award-winning author Taylor Brown explores a world of folk healers, whiske… read more

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6. Father and Son

By: Larry Brown

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

This classic story of good and evil takes place in the rural American South of 1968. After being re… read more

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7. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

Similar categories in Ed Zwick's Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

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8. 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 Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Gangland

By: Chuck Hogan

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right‑hand man of one of t… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Hogan's Gangland book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Chenneville

By: Paulette Jiles

4.13

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Jiles's Chenneville book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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12. Wild Houses

By: Colin Barrett

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A darkly funny and deeply moving debut novel about crimes of desperation, dreams abandoned, and sma… read more

Similar categories in Colin Barrett's Wild Houses book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What you are in, Dev, is a holding pattern, only you're not holding out for anything."

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

"All boys, all children, are capable of cruelty at the right juncture of opportunity and circumstance, but only a few become committed prodigies of sadism..."

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

"In the dream, exactly as he had in real life, he sensed the slow, inexorable approach of the shapeless, prospectless days to come, days when there would be no need to get out of bed or brush his teet…"

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

"He looked around the empty kitchen. A part of him wanted this of course. A part of him had always wanted this, to be alone, away from even the prospect of any demand upon him to talk, to interact, to…"

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

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13. The Heretic (Duncan McCormack #2)

By: Liam McIlvanney

4.24

Format: 400 pages, ebook

From the award-winning author comes a much-anticipated sequel to the Scottish Crime Book of the Yea… read more

Similar categories in Liam McIlvanney's The Heretic (Duncan McCormack #2) book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. When These Mountains Burn

By: David Joy

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When his addict son gets in deep with his dealer, it takes everything Raymond Mathis has to bail hi… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's When These Mountains Burn book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It had never been that addicts don’t care whether they lived or died, it was that the feeling you were chasing rested right against the brink and sometimes you just fell over."

-David Joy, When These Mountains Burn

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15. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. A Line in the Sand

By: Kevin Powers

3.88

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

In this “spellbinding and totally original thriller” (Philipp Meyer, author of The Son ) a lonely v… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Powers's A Line in the Sand book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Those We Thought We Knew

By: David Joy

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's Those We Thought We Knew book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Ridgeline

By: Michael Punke

4.28

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant. … read more

Similar categories in Michael Punke's Ridgeline book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Rednecks

By: Taylor Brown

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Brown's Rednecks book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Which Way Tree

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to aven… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Blackwood

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.70

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

In this timeless, mythical tale of unforgiving justice and elusive grace, rural Mississippi townsfo… read more

Similar categories in Michael Farris Smith's Blackwood book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2) by Brian Panowich

22. Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2)

By: Brian Panowich

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and last surviving member of the brutal and blood-ste… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2) book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. Distant Sons

By: Tim Johnston

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Descent and The Current, an absorbing new work of liter… read more

Similar categories in Tim Johnston's Distant Sons book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. Hard Cash Valley (Bull Mountain, #3)

By: Brian Panowich

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Return to McFalls County and Bull Mountain in Hard Cash Valley, where Brian Panowich weaves another… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Hard Cash Valley (Bull Mountain, #3) book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. The Rumor Game

By: Thomas Mullen

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-e… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mullen's The Rumor Game book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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26. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

By: Caleb Carr

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of  The Alienist,  Caleb  Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more

Similar categories in Caleb Carr's My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • audiobook
Cover of Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2) by Paul Howarth

27. Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

By: Paul Howarth

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The author of the acclaimed Only Killers and Thieves returns to turn-of-the-century Australia in th… read more

Similar categories in Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2) book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Small Town Sins

By: Ken Jaworowski

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing th… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. Sweetness in the Skin

By: Ishi Robinson

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmai… read more

Similar categories in Ishi Robinson's Sweetness in the Skin book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

30. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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31. Burn

By: Peter Heller

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emer… read more

Similar categories in Peter Heller's Burn book and Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Provinces of Night

William Gay

3.64

The Son

Philipp Meyer

4.12

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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

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Nothing but the Bones

Brian Panowich

4.16

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Erik Larson

4.24

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4.54

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Amy Tan

4.14

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Colm Tóibín

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