24 Best mystery thriller books like Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1) by Bryan Gruley

Cover of Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1) by Bryan Gruley

Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

By: Bryan Gruley

3.62

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Their son is gone. Deep down, they think they’re to blame. Summertime in Bleak Harbor means touris…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1) by Bryan Gruley , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of A Criminal Defense (Philadelphia Legal, #1) by William L. Myers Jr.

1. A Criminal Defense (Philadelphia Legal, #1)

By: William L. Myers Jr.

4.04

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Losing the trial of his life could mean losing everything. When a young reporter is found dead a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Darkness Rises: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (After the EMP Book 3) by Harley Tate

2. Darkness Rises: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (After the EMP Book 3)

By: Harley Tate

3.80

Format: 304 pages,

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3. Chaos Comes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (After the EMP Book 4)

By: Harley Tate

4.50

Format: 191 pages,

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4. Dead Certain

By: Adam Mitzner

4.00

Format: 212 pages,

Ella Broden is living a double life. By day, Ella works as a buttoned-up attorney on some of the ci… read more

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5. Proper Gauge (Wool, #2)

By: Hugh Howey

4.26

Format: None pages,

A cleaning has been performed, and now the silo is without a sheriff. With only one good candidate … read more

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6. Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)

By: Vivian Barz

4.04

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

An unlikely pair teams up to investigate a brutal murder in a haunting thriller that walks the line… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Like each morning he was putting his identity on inside out while dressing in the dark."

-Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)

"It was amazing the things a person could get used to when they really had no other choice."

-Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)

"It was the way they had exploited his schizophrenia to their advantage, wielding it to maim a man who was already mentally crippled."

-Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)

"He knew lounging was dangerous because he could already sense depression creeping over him like a vampire’s shadow. In the past, he’d found that the best way to combat this feeling was to keep moving…"

-Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)

Cover of The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3) by Barry Eisler

7. The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)

By: Barry Eisler

4.03

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

A fast-paced, page-turning novel of betrayal, vengeance, and depraved secrets in high places from t… read more

Similar categories in Barry Eisler's The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Do all the people who know me know me better than I know myself?"

-Barry Eisler, The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)

Cover of The Bootlegger's Daughter by Nadine Nettmann

8. The Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Nadine Nettmann

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Prohibition-era Los Angeles, two women on opposite sides of the law must take control of their l… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Clean Kill (Garrett Mann, #1) by Steven Konkoly

9. A Clean Kill (Garrett Mann, #1)

By: Steven Konkoly

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

An FBI agent hunting a serial killer has to up his game when a trail of murders is not what it seem… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seventh Girl (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #1) by Andy Maslen

10. The Seventh Girl (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #1)

By: Andy Maslen

4.11

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

She thought he was gone. She was wrong. Fifteen years ago a serial killer was on a rampage murderi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rescue (Ryan Decker, #1) by Steven Konkoly

11. The Rescue (Ryan Decker, #1)

By: Steven Konkoly

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Former CIA operative turned mercenary for hire Ryan Decker’s specialty is rescuing kidnap victims. … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Raid (Ryan Decker, #2) by Steven Konkoly

12. The Raid (Ryan Decker, #2)

By: Steven Konkoly

4.35

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

A Border Patrol murder exposes a high-level conspiracy in USA Today bestselling author Steven Konko… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Wide Awake (Devin Gray, #3) by Steven Konkoly

13. Wide Awake (Devin Gray, #3)

By: Steven Konkoly

4.45

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A conspiracy to incite an American civil war. The desperate chase to stop it is on in a propulsive … read more

Similar categories in Steven Konkoly's Wide Awake (Devin Gray, #3) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Mountain (Jodi Luna, #2) by Alisa Lynn Valdes

14. Blood Mountain (Jodi Luna, #2)

By: Alisa Lynn Valdes

4.24

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

New Mexico game warden Jodi Luna disrupts a murderous wilderness adventure in this thrilling second… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bone Music (Burning Girl, #1) by Christopher  Rice

15. Bone Music (Burning Girl, #1)

By: Christopher Rice

3.88

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

An Amazon Charts bestseller. There’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge… Charlotte … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You can leave. You just don't want to. And the more you give in to that urge, the more you'll come to believe the lies you're telling yourself about what you are and aren't capable of."

-Christopher Rice, Bone Music (Burning Girl, #1)

Cover of Nothing to Lose (Ziba MacKenzie, #2) by Victoria Selman

16. Nothing to Lose (Ziba MacKenzie, #2)

By: Victoria Selman

4.18

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s looking for his next victim. She looks just like his last. Primrose Hill, London. Offender … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Selman's Nothing to Lose (Ziba MacKenzie, #2) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie, #1) by Victoria Selman

17. Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie, #1)

By: Victoria Selman

3.78

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ziba Mackenzie profiles killers. Now one is profiling her. Rush hour, London. A packed commuter … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Selman's Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie, #1) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Land Rites (DI Henry Ford, #2) by Andy Maslen

18. Land Rites (DI Henry Ford, #2)

By: Andy Maslen

4.41

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A country manor. Two murders. Multiple suspects. Can DI Ford solve the case before his own dark pas… read more

Similar categories in Andy Maslen's Land Rites (DI Henry Ford, #2) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of What Have You Done (Adler and Dwyer, #0.5) by Matthew Farrell

19. What Have You Done (Adler and Dwyer, #0.5)

By: Matthew Farrell

3.91

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Family is not what it seems in this raw, edgy thriller that New York Times bestselling author Lisa … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Farrell's What Have You Done (Adler and Dwyer, #0.5) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie

20. Little Voices

By: Vanessa Lillie

3.66

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

The voice in her head says he’s guilty. She knows he’s innocent. Devon Burges is in the throes o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Infinite

By: Brian Freeman

4.04

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Brian Freeman comes an explosive new psychological thriller that pushes the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of True Places by Sonja Yoerg

22. True Places

By: Sonja Yoerg

3.95

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller A girl emerges from the woods, starved, ill, an… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Sometimes it takes a stranger to show you what should be obvious, how far you’ve drifted from who you want to be, from what’s right for you, your true place"

-Sonja Yoerg, True Places

Cover of Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1) by Debra Webb

23. Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1)

By: Debra Webb

4.07

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone’s found the skeleton in the closet, and it’s not the only one. Wall Street Journal bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Debra Webb's Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cold Waters (Normal, Alabama #1) by Debbie Herbert

24. Cold Waters (Normal, Alabama #1)

By: Debbie Herbert

3.83

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today bestselling author Debbie Herbert comes a thrilling story of murder and madness set … read more

Similar categories in Debbie Herbert's Cold Waters (Normal, Alabama #1) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1) by Bryan Gruley

25. Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

By: Bryan Gruley

3.62

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Their son is gone. Deep down, they think they’re to blame. Summertime in Bleak Harbor means touris… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • conspiracy theories
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1) by Hilary Davidson

26. One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1)

By: Hilary Davidson

3.95

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An apparent suicide. A mysterious disappearance. Did one man get away with murder—twice? NYPD de… read more

Similar categories in Hilary Davidson's One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of River Bodies (Northampton County, #1) by Karen Katchur

27. River Bodies (Northampton County, #1)

By: Karen Katchur

3.78

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

In this dark, gripping mystery, a brutal murder unearths old secrets that should have stayed buried… read more

Similar categories in Karen Katchur's River Bodies (Northampton County, #1) book and Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Speed of Sound (Speed of Sound Thrillers #1) by Eric Bernt

28. The Speed of Sound (Speed of Sound Thrillers #1)

By: Eric Bernt

4.12

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

In this propulsive thriller, one of the most ingenious young men in the world has also become the m… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6) by Guillermo del Toro

29. Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.06

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Dawn breaks, but the nightmare only intensifies in the shocking finale of The Boy in the Iron Box. … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Daughter of Fire by Sofia Robleda

30. Daughter of Fire

By: Sofia Robleda

3.97

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

For a young woman coming of age in sixteenth-century Guatemala, safeguarding her people’s legacy is… read more

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  • fiction
  • suspense
  • audiobook
Cover of I Will Never Leave You by S.M. Thayer

31. I Will Never Leave You

By: S.M. Thayer

3.48

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

All they want is a baby—and they’ll do anything to have one. Banking heiress Trish and her husban… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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A Criminal Defense (Philadelphia Legal, #1)

William L. Myers Jr.

4.04

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Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)

Vivian Barz

4.04

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The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)

Barry Eisler

4.03

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Nadine Nettmann

4.13

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Mike Omer

4.35

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A Killer's Mind (Zoe Bentley Mystery, #1)

Mike Omer

4.21

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Vivian Barz

4.04

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Brianna Labuskes

3.94

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