13 Best crime books like Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1) by Carol Potenza

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Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

By: Carol Potenza

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When a young woman linked to a list of missing Fire-Sky tribal members commits suicide, Pueblo Poli…

If you liked the crime plot in Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1) by Carol Potenza , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Ford County

By: John Grisham

3.71

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, th… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Ford County book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting."

-John Grisham, Ford County

"But [Stanley Wade] instead removed his glasses and wiped his eyes. They were moist not from fear but from the harsh reality of being confronted by one of his victims. How many others were out there? …"

-John Grisham, Ford County

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2. The Dark Wind (Leaphorn & Chee, #5)

By: Tony Hillerman

3.75

Format: 320 pages,

A corpse whose palms and soles have been "scalped" is only the first in a series of disturbing clue… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)

By: Tony Hillerman

3.50

Format: 92 pages,

Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutena… read more

Similar categories in Tony Hillerman's Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2) book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Skeleton Man (Leaphorn & Chee, #17)

By: Tony Hillerman

4.13

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

In 1956, an airplane crash left the remains of 172 passengers scattered among the majestic cliffs o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • native americans

5. Red Knife (Cork O'Connor, #8)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies as a result of her meth addiction, her father, str… read more

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6. Manitou Canyon (Cork O'Connor, #15)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.78

Format: None pages, ebook

Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous Novembers, C… read more

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7. Windigo Island (Cork O'Connor, #14)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.32

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When the body of a teenage Ojibwe girl washes up on the shore of an island in Lake Superior, the re… read more

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8. Tamarack County (Cork O'Connor, #13)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.85

Format: None pages, ebook

Violence and murder blow into Minnesota's sleepy Tamarack County as ex-sheriff Cork O'Connor return… read more

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9. Sulfur Springs (Cork O'Connor, #16)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

On the Fourth of July, just as fireworks are about to go off in Aurora, Minnesota, Cork O'Connor an… read more

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10. Desolation Mountain (Cork O'Connor, #17)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.14

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger delivers yet another “punch-to-the-gut blend… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Desolation Mountain (Cork O'Connor, #17) book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • native american
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

3.76

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indi… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Crane Murdoch's Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • native american
  • indigenous
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Percy and Lissa shared a father, but as far as Lissa was concerned, calling him her “half brother"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"Her precociousness hardened into defiance, and her defiance broke into a reckless rage that scared even her own mother."

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"The casino was at the center of a constellation of transactions. I saw fishermen come to fish the lake; a woman looking for a job; elders cracking crab legs at the casino buffet—one of two restaurant…"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"The tribe was unprepared for the boom, he believed. After centuries of colonization—of federal entities weakening and displacing tribal institutions—it did not have the resources, let alone the exper…"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

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12. The Scent of Murder (Jazz Ramsey, #1)

By: Kylie Logan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

First in a new series from national bestselling author Kylie Logan, The Scent of Murder is a riveti… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Logan's The Scent of Murder (Jazz Ramsey, #1) book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Blood Sisters

By: Vanessa Lillie

3.85

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs wh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Redemption (Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran #1)

By: Deborah J. Ledford

4.09

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Deborah J Ledford comes a thrilling new series featuring a Native America… read more

Similar categories in Deborah J. Ledford's Redemption (Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran #1) book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • native americans
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15. Sisters of the Lost Nation

By: Nick Medina

3.88

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's r… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"What am I supposed to do? Listen, Anna, we all try to get noticed. All the time. Everywhere. That’s lige. Especially for people like us. If the others, don’t notice us, we disappear."

-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation

"We all reach for something… Sometimes what we long for is so out of reach that we get stuck or lost in our pursuit of it. The point is not to lose sight of what you already have because if you try to…"

-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation

"She said Frog eximplified transformation. He entered life in one form and left it in another. From egg to tadpole, to tadpole with legs, to amphibian with tail, to tailless frog, he was never the sam…"

-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation

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16. Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many

By: Mona Gable

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind whe… read more

Similar categories in Mona Gable's Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • native american
  • indigenous
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Hostage (Colter Shaw, #1.5) by Jeffery Deaver

17. The Second Hostage (Colter Shaw, #1.5)

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.81

Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition

A new original story from the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, featuring Colter Sh… read more

Similar categories in Jeffery Deaver's The Second Hostage (Colter Shaw, #1.5) book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Your Presence Is Mandatory

By: Sasha Vasilyuk

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a Ukrainian World War II veteran with a secret … read more

Similar categories in Sasha Vasilyuk's Your Presence Is Mandatory book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

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

19. 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 Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • native american
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

By: Carol Potenza

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When a young woman linked to a list of missing Fire-Sky tribal members commits suicide, Pueblo Poli… read more

Similar categories in Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1) book and Carol Potenza's Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • native americans
Cover of How to Find Your Way in the Dark by Derek B. Miller

21. How to Find Your Way in the Dark

By: Derek B. Miller

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a NYT Best Mystery of 2021: Twelve-year old Sheldon… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

14 Top fiction books like Hearts of the Missing (Nicky Matthews, #1) by Carol Potenza

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Ford County

John Grisham

3.71

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The Dark Wind (Leaphorn & Chee, #5)

Tony Hillerman

3.75

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Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)

Tony Hillerman

3.50

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Skeleton Man (Leaphorn & Chee, #17)

Tony Hillerman

4.13

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28 Best audiobook books like Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable

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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

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Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

3.38

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Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

Susan Hendricks

3.62

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