25 must-read mystery books like The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry

Cover of The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry

The Bomb Maker

By: Thomas Perry

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the bomber's predictions of human behavior…

"The meal was two and a half hours of indulgence. Gallimard had chosen common, traditional dishes for them, but each dish was the response to this challenge, an implied promise that this would be the best sole, the best duck they would ever have. The dessert would be the one they felt wistful about someday when they couldn't have dessert."

-Thomas Perry, The Bomb Maker

"The meal was two and a half hours of indulgence. Gallimard had chosen common, traditional dishes for them, but each dish was the response to this challenge, an implied promise that this would be the best sole, the best duck they would ever have. The dessert would be the one they felt wistful about someday when they couldn't have dessert."

-Thomas Perry, The Bomb Maker

If you liked the mystery plot in The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of The Empress File (Kidd & LuEllen, #2) by John Sandford, None

1. The Empress File (Kidd & LuEllen, #2)

By: John Sandford , None

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

One stifling summer night in Longstreet, Mississippi, fourteen-year-old Darrell Clark ran home thin… read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's The Empress File (Kidd & LuEllen, #2) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1) by Don Winslow

2. A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Treachery at Lancaster Gate (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #31) by Anne Perry

3. Treachery at Lancaster Gate (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #31)

By: Anne Perry

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Gripping and provocative, the latest Thomas and Charlotte Pitt mystery by New York Times bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's Treachery at Lancaster Gate (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #31) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Comeback (Parker, #17) by Richard Stark

4. Comeback (Parker, #17)

By: Richard Stark

4.09

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A robbery of a Christian Crusade executed in the heat of the night comes off without a hitch, but i… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Comeback (Parker, #17) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"A TV preacher, you know those guys? Evangelists." "I thought they were all in jail," Parker said."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

"She was naked, and remained the only woman in Archibald's experience to overflow her birthday suit."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

5. Burning Bright (Peter Ash, #2)

By: Nick Petrie , Nicholas Petrie

2.50

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

In the new novel featuring war veteran Peter Ash, an action hero of the likes of Jack Reacher or Ja… read more

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6. Wreckers Must Breathe

By: Hammond Innes

3.80

Format: 654 pages, Paperback

A story set in Cornwall where, below the cliffs, a fleet of German U-boats lie hidden. Their target… read more

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7. Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, #1)

By: John Lutz

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

A killer dubbed 'The Night Prowler" has turned the city that doesn't sleep into a town kept awake b… read more

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8. Light It Up (Peter Ash #3)

By: Nick Petrie

4.03

Format: None pages,

"Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petrie's Peter Ash is the real deal."-… read more

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9. Trust No One

By: Gregg Hurwitz

2.83

Format: 288 pages,

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10. Gangster Nation

By: Tod Goldberg

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Hardcover

"Gangster Nationis a razor. It will slice you open and reveal your insides. And like the best of To… read more

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Cover of Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

11. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) by Michael    Connelly

12. 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 Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15) by John Sandford

13. Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

By: John Sandford

4.36

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • police
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

14. 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 Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

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

15. 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

Similar categories in John Sandford's Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child

16. The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look li… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

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

17. 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 Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) by Nick Petrie

18. 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 Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13) by Mark Greaney

19. The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13)

By: Mark Greaney

4.48

Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition

Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in th… read more

Similar categories in Mark Greaney's The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2) by John Sandford

20. Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2)

By: John Sandford

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

First, "Investigator,' now 'Dark Angel.' A stunning new series from John Sandford. This time we … read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Kill Zone (The Peter Macklin Thrillers) by Loren D. Estleman

21. Kill Zone (The Peter Macklin Thrillers)

By: Loren D. Estleman

3.71

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A remarkable new antihero, mob hit man Peter Macklin must end a hostage crisis on a tour boat in La… read more

Similar categories in Loren D. Estleman's Kill Zone (The Peter Macklin Thrillers) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Dietrich by Don Winslow

22. Dietrich

By: Don Winslow

3.52

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Gritty and suspenseful, Dietrich is a hard-boiled whodunnit from Audible Award-winning and internat… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's Dietrich book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • detective
  • police
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Calico by Lee Goldberg

23. Calico

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigat… read more

Similar categories in Lee Goldberg's Calico book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Ride by Lou Berney

24. 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 Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • 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 Dark Site (Sam Dryden, #3) by Patrick  Lee

25. Dark Site (Sam Dryden, #3)

By: Patrick Lee

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Runner, Sam Dryden comes under attack from unknown forces as an unremembered epi… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Lee's Dark Site (Sam Dryden, #3) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Sentinel (Armored, #2) by Mark Greaney

26. Sentinel (Armored, #2)

By: Mark Greaney

4.38

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense t… read more

Similar categories in Mark Greaney's Sentinel (Armored, #2) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"One of the men had been hurt; Mandy heard him cussing in English in the front passenger seat throughout the entire drive, using words she'd learned from her dad,"

-Mark Greaney, Sentinel (Armored, #2)

Cover of The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry

27. The Bomb Maker

By: Thomas Perry

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the bomber's predictions of human behavior… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • thriller
  • suspense
  • police
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • terrorism
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The meal was two and a half hours of indulgence. Gallimard had chosen common, traditional dishes for them, but each dish was the response to this challenge, an implied promise that this would be the …"

-Thomas Perry, The Bomb Maker

Cover of Don't Let the Devil Ride by Ace Atkins

28. 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 Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

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

29. 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

Similar categories in Daniel Silva's A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Ashes Never Lie (Sharpe & Walker, #2) by Lee Goldberg

30. Ashes Never Lie (Sharpe & Walker, #2)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.38

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

The secrets hidden in smoldering ashes hold the fate of a city in an explosive thriller by #1 New Y… read more

Similar categories in Lee Goldberg's Ashes Never Lie (Sharpe & Walker, #2) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of An Honorable Assassin (Nick Mason, #3) by Steve Hamilton

31. An Honorable Assassin (Nick Mason, #3)

By: Steve Hamilton

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

He was released from federal prison to a second life as an unwilling assassin, serving a major Chic… read more

Similar categories in Steve Hamilton's An Honorable Assassin (Nick Mason, #3) book and Thomas Perry's The Bomb Maker

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

25 must-read fiction books like The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry

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John Sandford , None

4.15

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4.00

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Treachery at Lancaster Gate (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #31)

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3.70

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C.J. Box

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Michael Connelly

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John Grisham

3.69

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