11 best-selling thriller books like Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2) by Attica Locke

Cover of Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2) by Attica Locke

Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

By: Attica Locke

3.94

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sophisticated thriller, lawyer Jay Porter, hero of Locke’s bestseller Black Water Rising, r…

"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to goon. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softly and with a sense of deflation, oxygen leaking out slowly as she sank into herself, salty tears falling."

-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to goon. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softly and with a sense of deflation, oxygen leaking out slowly as she sank into herself, salty tears falling."

-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to go on. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softly and with a sense of deflation, oxygen leaking out slowly as she sank into herself, salty tears falling."

-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to go on. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softly and with a sense of deflation, oxygen leaking out slowly as she sank into herself, salty tears falling."

-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

If you liked the thriller plot in Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2) by Attica Locke , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2) by Denise Mina

1. The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2)

By: Denise Mina

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious millionaire banker hangs himself, his death attracts no sympathy. But the legacy o… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Eli the Good by Silas House

2. Eli the Good

By: Silas House

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his timely YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young n… read more

Similar categories in Silas House's Eli the Good book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Still Midnight (Alex Morrow #1) by Denise Mina

3. Still Midnight (Alex Morrow #1)

By: Denise Mina

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Armed men invade a family home, shouting for a man nobody's heard of. As DS Morrow tries to uncover… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Still Midnight (Alex Morrow #1) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cove by Ron Rash

4. The Cove

By: Ron Rash

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows onc… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Cove book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of King's Ransom (87th Precinct, #10) by Ed McBain

5. King's Ransom (87th Precinct, #10)

By: Ed McBain

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

For a wealthy businessman, a kidnapping puts him in a predicament as troubling as any he has ever e… read more

Similar categories in Ed McBain's King's Ransom (87th Precinct, #10) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

6. Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The fearless investigative reporter Tatiana Petrovna falls to her death from a sixth-floor window i… read more

Similar categories in Martin Cruz Smith's Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

7. Tea-Bag

By: Henning Mankell , Verena Reichel

1.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jesper Humlin, Lyriker und Schongeist, macht sich Sorgen: Sein Verleger verlangt nach dem Bestselle… read more

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Cover of Sinister Graves (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #3) by Marcie R. Rendon

8. Sinister Graves (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #3)

By: Marcie R. Rendon

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Pinckley Prize–winner Marcie R. Rendon’s gri… read more

Similar categories in Marcie R. Rendon's Sinister Graves (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #3) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • audiobook
  • african american
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Imposter (Mike Bowditch, #10.5) by Paul Doiron

10. The Imposter (Mike Bowditch, #10.5)

By: Paul Doiron

3.68

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

In this original short story in the bestselling Mike Bowditch mystery series by Paul Doiron, Mike i… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's The Imposter (Mike Bowditch, #10.5) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

11. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Cover of Backtrack (Mike Bowditch, #9.5) by Paul Doiron

12. Backtrack (Mike Bowditch, #9.5)

By: Paul Doiron

4.02

Format: 18 pages, Kindle Edition

Enjoy “Backtrack”—an original, brand new, short story from Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron, author… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Backtrack (Mike Bowditch, #9.5) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

13. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

Similar categories in Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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14. Swift River

By: Essie J. Chambers

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more

Similar categories in Essie J. Chambers's Swift River book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • audiobook
  • african american
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."

-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

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15. Beijing Payback

By: Daniel Nieh

3.39

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller about a college basketball player who discovers sho… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Nieh's Beijing Payback book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Current

By: Tim Johnston

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When two young women leave their college campus in the dead of winter for a 700-mile drive north to… read more

Similar categories in Tim Johnston's The Current book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A professor of mine used to say justice is blind,' he said, 'but she also can't see worth a shit."

-Tim Johnston, The Current

Cover of The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger

17. The Dragon Lady

By: Louisa Treger

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia 'Ginie' Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodes… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Treger's The Dragon Lady book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of John Woman by Walter Mosley

18. John Woman

By: Walter Mosley

3.84

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A convention-defying novel by bestselling writer Walter Mosley, John Woman recounts the transformat… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's John Woman book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"The person who controls history controls their fate. The man who can tell you what happened, or did not happen, is lord and master of all he surveys."

-Walter Mosley, John Woman

"The question is,' John added, 'if a person inside a culture has no knowledge of his place in the unfolding of that culture, or in the history of any other people, and if no one else among either the …"

-Walter Mosley, John Woman

Cover of Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2) by Attica Locke

19. Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

By: Attica Locke

3.94

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sophisticated thriller, lawyer Jay Porter, hero of Locke’s bestseller Black Water Rising, r… read more

Similar categories in Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • politics
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to goon. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softly…"

-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to go on. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softl…"

-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

20. 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 Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing (A Pot Thief Murder Mystery #9) by J. Michael Orenduff

21. The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing (A Pot Thief Murder Mystery #9)

By: J. Michael Orenduff

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

A New Mexico pottery dealer cracks a perplexing mystery in this “winning blend of humor and charact… read more

Similar categories in J. Michael Orenduff's The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing (A Pot Thief Murder Mystery #9) book and Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction

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