29 Top thriller books like Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5) by Alan Carter

Cover of Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5) by Alan  Carter

Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

By: Alan Carter

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Detective Philip ‘Cato’ Kwong is investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to pieces in his…

If you liked the thriller plot in Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5) by Alan Carter , here is a list of 29 books like this:

Cover of The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1) by Garry Disher

1. The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1)

By: Garry Disher

3.77

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Meet Hal Challis, Detective for the Mornington Peninsula police force in Southeast Australia, in th… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Bound (Sam Shephard #4) by Vanda Symon

2. Bound (Sam Shephard #4)

By: Vanda Symon

4.13

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A brutal home invasion shocks the nation. A man is murdered, his wife bound, gagged and left to wat… read more

Similar categories in Vanda Symon's Bound (Sam Shephard #4) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime

3. The Broken Shore

By: Peter Temple

5.00

Format: 228 pages,

Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometo… read more

Similar categories in Peter Temple's The Broken Shore book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

Cover of The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2) by Tara Moss

4. The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

By: Tara Moss

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a mi… read more

Similar categories in Tara Moss's The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • crime
"...she and trouble knew each other rather intimately. No reason the end of the war would stop such a seemingly natural pairing, she supposed.' - Chapt 1, The Ghosts of Paris, Tara Moss"

-Tara Moss, The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

"Tonight she had pulled on a dark blue cap, and matching gloves, as much to avoid touching her surrounds as it was for any standard of fashion. As the sun had fled the area, these garments were almost…"

-Tara Moss, The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

Cover of How the Dead Speak (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #11) by Val McDermid

5. How the Dead Speak (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #11)

By: Val McDermid

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an old convent, it quickly becomes clear that s… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's How the Dead Speak (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #11) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Drowning

By: Bryan Brown

3.56

Format: 288 pages, ebook

With sales of over 16,000 copies of Sweet Jimmy , Bryan Brown's distinctive storytelling voice cont… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Brown's The Drowning book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Day's End (Hirsch, #4) by Garry Disher

7. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

By: Garry Disher

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Day's End (Hirsch, #4) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) by Shelley Burr

8. Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)

By: Shelley Burr

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

'The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving cent… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

9. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Sanctuary by Garry Disher

10. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) by Margaret Hickey

11. Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Old loyalties and decades-long feuds rise to the surface in this stunning crime novel, set in a spe… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2) by Chris Hammer

12. Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.01

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Wiregrass (Jesse Redpath #2) by Adrian Hyland

13. The Wiregrass (Jesse Redpath #2)

By: Adrian Hyland

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A murder made to look like an accident. A disgraced cop trying to forget his past. Nash Baker was… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Hyland's The Wiregrass (Jesse Redpath #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) by Margaret Hickey

14. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
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15. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5) by Fiona McIntosh

16. Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5)

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.09

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Superstar footballer Luca Bruni is being blackmailed for a night of lust he swears he didn’t partic… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
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17. No Less The Devil

By: Stuart MacBride

3.59

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.'It's been seventeen months since the B… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's No Less The Devil book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1) by Dinuka McKenzie

18. The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

3.90

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two se… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) by Margaret Hickey

19. Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.07

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End. … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher

20. The Way It Is Now

By: Garry Disher

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Set in a beach-shack town an hour from Melbourne, The Way It Is Now tells the story of a burnt-out … read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's The Way It Is Now book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Into the Night (Gemma Woodstock, #2) by Sarah   Bailey

21. Into the Night (Gemma Woodstock, #2)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.68

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

After the shocking murder of a high-profile celebrity, Gemma Woodstock must pull back the layers of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Into the Night (Gemma Woodstock, #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) by Sarah   Bailey

22. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Good Dog (Detective Zoe Mayer #3) by Simon  Rowell

23. The Good Dog (Detective Zoe Mayer #3)

By: Simon Rowell

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

After gunshots echo through the summer night on Mount Macedon, Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer and her… read more

Similar categories in Simon Rowell's The Good Dog (Detective Zoe Mayer #3) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
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24. Where the Dead Go (Gemma Woodstock #3)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.94

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Four years after the events of Into the Night, DS Gemma Woodstock is on the trail of a missing girl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Where the Dead Go (Gemma Woodstock #3) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Gone by Midnight (Crimson Lake, #3) by Candice Fox

25. Gone by Midnight (Crimson Lake, #3)

By: Candice Fox

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Crimson Lake is where people with dark pasts come to disappear—and where others vanish into thin ai… read more

Similar categories in Candice Fox's Gone by Midnight (Crimson Lake, #3) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5) by Alan  Carter

26. Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

By: Alan Carter

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Detective Philip ‘Cato’ Kwong is investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to pieces in his… read more

Similar categories in Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of State of Fear (John Bailey #2) by Tim Ayliffe

27. State of Fear (John Bailey #2)

By: Tim Ayliffe

4.19

Format: 400 pages, ebook

SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything t… read more

Similar categories in Tim Ayliffe's State of Fear (John Bailey #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of After the Flood (Dan Clement, #4) by Dave Warner

28. After the Flood (Dan Clement, #4)

By: Dave Warner

3.83

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A violent death by crucifixion near a remote north-west station has Detective Inspector Dan Clement… read more

Similar categories in Dave Warner's After the Flood (Dan Clement, #4) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of City of Light (Dan Clement, #1) by Dave Warner

29. City of Light (Dan Clement, #1)

By: Dave Warner

3.75

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Snowy Lane, preoccupied with a ham sandwich and the odds of making the football team on Saturday, t… read more

Similar categories in Dave Warner's City of Light (Dan Clement, #1) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
"My old Corona sat in front of the majestic iron gates of 4 Gwendolin Close, Dalkeith, like herpes on a beauty queen’s mouth"

-Dave Warner, City of Light (Dan Clement, #1)

Cover of The Ringmaster (Sam Shephard #2) by Vanda Symon

30. The Ringmaster (Sam Shephard #2)

By: Vanda Symon

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The heart-stoppingly tense next instalment in the richly atmospheric, page-turning and internationa… read more

Similar categories in Vanda Symon's The Ringmaster (Sam Shephard #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Hunted (Jed Walker #2) by James  Phelan

31. The Hunted (Jed Walker #2)

By: James Phelan

3.99

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

In 2011, SEAL Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden. Now, four years later, someone is eliminating Team S… read more

Similar categories in James Phelan's The Hunted (Jed Walker #2) book and Alan Carter's Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5)

  • thriller

29 must-read crime books like Crocodile Tears (Cato Kwong, #5) by Alan Carter

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The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1)

Garry Disher

3.77

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Bound (Sam Shephard #4)

Vanda Symon

4.13

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The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

Tara Moss

3.80

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How the Dead Speak (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #11)

Val McDermid

4.06

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The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

Chris Hammer

4.23

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Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

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Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

Margaret Hickey

4.06

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Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3)

Dinuka McKenzie

4.06

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