26 Best thriller books like Sweet Thing: A Novel by David Swinson

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Sweet Thing: A Novel

By: David Swinson

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this DC-set standalone from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" ( New York Times B…

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Cover of Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) by Michael    Connelly

1. 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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. The Enchanters

By: James Ellroy

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's The Enchanters book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

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

3. 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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

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

4. 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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) by Gregg Hurwitz

5. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Hurwitz's Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Kingpin (Joe DeMarco, #17) by Mike Lawson

6. Kingpin (Joe DeMarco, #17)

By: Mike Lawson

4.37

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

The latest pulse-pounding thriller from Edgar and Barry Award finalist Mike Lawson starring his bel… read more

Similar categories in Mike Lawson's Kingpin (Joe DeMarco, #17) book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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7. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. Smoke Kings

By: Jahmal Mayfield

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the vein of Get Out and Razorblade Tears, a feast of noir fiction and probing social commentary … read more

Similar categories in Jahmal Mayfield's Smoke Kings book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Harbor Lights book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

10. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • thriller
  • fiction
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11. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Von Doviak's Lowdown Road book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • fiction
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13. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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14. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

Cover of Goodbye Girl (Jack Swyteck Novel #18) by James Grippando

15. Goodbye Girl (Jack Swyteck Novel #18)

By: James Grippando

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck’s client—a pop… read more

Similar categories in James Grippando's Goodbye Girl (Jack Swyteck Novel #18) book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

16. 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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un… read more

Similar categories in Duane Swierczynski's California Bear book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Stolen Coast by Dwyer Murphy

18. The Stolen Coast

By: Dwyer Murphy

3.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up i… read more

Similar categories in Dwyer Murphy's The Stolen Coast book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The experience was collective, but not the memory."

-Dwyer Murphy, The Stolen Coast

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19. The Ascent

By: Adam Plantinga

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a high security prison fails, a down-on-his luck cop and the governor’s daughter are going to … read more

Similar categories in Adam Plantinga's The Ascent book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Distant Sons

By: Tim Johnston

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Descent and The Current, an absorbing new work of liter… read more

Similar categories in Tim Johnston's Distant Sons book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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21. 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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

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22. Granite Harbor

By: Peter Nichols

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A small town in coastal Maine is shaken to its core by a serial killer in this crime novel from Pet… read more

Similar categories in Peter Nichols's Granite Harbor book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. The Rumor Game

By: Thomas Mullen

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-e… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mullen's The Rumor Game book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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24. Small Town Sins

By: Ken Jaworowski

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing th… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

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

25. 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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"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 Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

26. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Sweet Thing: A Novel by David Swinson

27. Sweet Thing: A Novel

By: David Swinson

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this DC-set standalone from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" ( New York Times B… read more

Similar categories in David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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 David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Joe Hustle by Richard Lange

29. Joe Hustle

By: Richard Lange

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Joe Hustle has never had much luck—but things start looking up when he meets an intriguing new woma… read more

Similar categories in Richard Lange's Joe Hustle book and David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel

  • crime
  • fiction

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