15 Top thriller books like The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15) by Ian Hamilton

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The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

By: Ian Hamilton

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Ava Lee squares off against the Chinese government over a controversial film depicting the infamous…

If you liked the thriller plot in The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15) by Ian Hamilton , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson

1. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at Haven's Rock (Haven's Rock, #1) by Kelley Armstrong

2. Murder at Haven's Rock (Haven's Rock, #1)

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Novels had one of the most unique town… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Murder at Haven's Rock (Haven's Rock, #1) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay

3. The Lie Maker

By: Linwood Barclay

4.13

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First an… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's The Lie Maker book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) by Robert Crais

4. Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)

By: Robert Crais

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this bri… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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5. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10) by Iona Whishaw

6. To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.27

Format: 473 pages, Paperback

With events spanning both world wars, the tenth installment in the Lane Winslow mystery series is a… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • canada
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7. So Shall You Reap

By: Donna Leon

4.07

Format: 262 pages, ebook

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's So Shall You Reap book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

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8. What We Buried

By: Robert Rotenberg

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Toronto homicide detective is attacked at his doorstep when his investigation into possible links… read more

Similar categories in Robert Rotenberg's What We Buried book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1) by Ian Ferguson

9. I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A once-famous TV sleuth An amateur theater production An onstage murder A town full of suspects…… read more

Similar categories in Ian Ferguson's I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
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10. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

Similar categories in Dimitri Nasrallah's Hotline book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • fiction
  • canada
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

Cover of A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) by Louise Penny

11. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

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12. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hay's Snow Road Station book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

13. I Will Ruin You

By: Linwood Barclay

3.98

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of hero… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11) by Iona Whishaw

14. Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.39

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Beginning with a bang, the latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertainin… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

15. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Fit to Die

By: Daniel Kalla

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From internationally bestselling author Daniel Kalla comes a riveting thriller about online body sh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kalla's Fit to Die book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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17. The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Suzette Mayr

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more

Similar categories in Suzette Mayr's The Sleeping Car Porter book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • fiction
  • canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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18. On the Ravine

By: Vincent Lam

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures comes an exqui… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Lam's On the Ravine book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

19. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hilton's Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
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20. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fallis's A New Season book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell

21. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

Similar categories in Brett Popplewell's Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • canada
  • adventure
Cover of A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

22. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Double Eagle (DreadfulWater, #7) by Thomas King

23. Double Eagle (DreadfulWater, #7)

By: Thomas King

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the #1 bestselling author of  Indians on Vacation and Deep House   Buffalo Mountain is set to … read more

Similar categories in Thomas King's Double Eagle (DreadfulWater, #7) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15) by Ian  Hamilton

24. The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

By: Ian Hamilton

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Ava Lee squares off against the Chinese government over a controversial film depicting the infamous… read more

Similar categories in Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • adventure
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • china
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25. The Opium Prince

By: Jasmine Aimaq

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jasmine Aimaq’s stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Sleep Well, My Lady (Emma Djan Investigation #2) by Kwei Quartey

26. Sleep Well, My Lady (Emma Djan Investigation #2)

By: Kwei Quartey

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the follow-up to the acclaimed series debut The Missing American, PI Emma Djan investigates the … read more

Similar categories in Kwei Quartey's Sleep Well, My Lady (Emma Djan Investigation #2) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Distant Grave (Maggie D'arcy #2) by Sarah Stewart Taylor

27. A Distant Grave (Maggie D'arcy #2)

By: Sarah Stewart Taylor

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D'arcy tackles an… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stewart Taylor's A Distant Grave (Maggie D'arcy #2) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Foreboding of Petrels (Birder Murder Mystery, #7) by Steve Burrows

28. A Foreboding of Petrels (Birder Murder Mystery, #7)

By: Steve Burrows

4.20

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

On suspension and unable to work, DCI Domenic Jejeune finds his attention snared by an unexplained … read more

Similar categories in Steve Burrows's A Foreboding of Petrels (Birder Murder Mystery, #7) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Warrior King (Courtney publication, #23; Courtney chronological, #9) by Wilbur Smith

29. Warrior King (Courtney publication, #23; Courtney chronological, #9)

By: Wilbur Smith

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Multimillion copy bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with a brand-new historical epic set in A… read more

Similar categories in Wilbur Smith's Warrior King (Courtney publication, #23; Courtney chronological, #9) book and Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

Cover of The Wisdom of Nurses: Stories of Grit From the Front Lines by Amie Archibald-Varley

30. The Wisdom of Nurses: Stories of Grit From the Front Lines

By: Amie Archibald-Varley

3.75

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From the hosts of the hit podcast The Gritty Nurse, stories of the challenges, heartbreak and humou… read more

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Cover of The Fury of Beijing: An Ava Lee Novel: The Triad Years (An Ava Lee Novel, 16) by Ian Hamilton

31. The Fury of Beijing: An Ava Lee Novel: The Triad Years (An Ava Lee Novel, 16)

By: Ian Hamilton

3.77

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

AVA LEE IS OUT FOR REVENGE IN THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF IAN HAMILTON’S BESTSELLING THRILLER SERIES … read more

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