25 Top thriller books like The Pledge (Detective Betty) by Kathleen Kent

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The Pledge (Detective Betty)

By: Kathleen Kent

4.01

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In this electric conclusion to the Edgar-nominated trilogy, Detective Betty has only two weeks to t…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Pledge (Detective Betty) by Kathleen Kent , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1) by Kristen Lepionka

1. The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1)

By: Kristen Lepionka

3.97

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Sarah Cook, a beautiful blonde teenager, disappeared fifteen years ago, the same night her parents … read more

Similar categories in Kristen Lepionka's The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Be nice, but not too fucking nice."

-Kristen Lepionka, The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1)

"People give the worst advice about lost things. Retrace your steps. Pray to Saint Anthony. Think about where you last saw it. But that doesn't apply to the things that matter. Those are right in fron…"

-Kristen Lepionka, The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1)

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2. The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1)

By: Ace Atkins

3.80

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Northeast Mississippi, hill country, rugged and notorious for outlaws since the Civil War, where ki… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

3. She Rides Shotgun

By: Jordan Harper

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Polly is smart far beyond her years. But she's a loner. Her mother tells her she ha… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Harper's She Rides Shotgun book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

4. The Forsaken (Quinn Colson, #4)

By: Ace Atkins

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary new novel in New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins' acclaimed series about… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's The Forsaken (Quinn Colson, #4) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

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5. Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

By: Marcia Muller

3.57

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

In this twisting mystery in a New York Times bestselling series, pranks escalate into a deadly sche… read more

Similar categories in Marcia Muller's Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Peacock and the Sparrow

By: I.S. Berry

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more

Similar categories in I.S. Berry's The Peacock and the Sparrow book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

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7. 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 Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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8. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's An Honest Man book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Forgotten Kill (Daniela Vega, #2) by Isabella Maldonado

9. A Forgotten Kill (Daniela Vega, #2)

By: Isabella Maldonado

4.49

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

An FBI agent tracks a brilliant serial killer in New York―right back to her own cold-blooded past i… read more

Similar categories in Isabella Maldonado's A Forgotten Kill (Daniela Vega, #2) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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

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11. The Donut Legion

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

In this standalone, Edgar-award winning author, Joe R. Lansdale, whom "few can match" ( Booklist ) … read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's The Donut Legion book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. The Goodbye Coast

By: Joe Ide

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Chandler's iconic detective, Philip Marlowe, gets a dramatic and colorful reinvention at th… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's The Goodbye Coast book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) by Stephen Spotswood

13. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Village in the Dark (Cara Kennedy, #2) by Iris Yamashita

14. Village in the Dark (Cara Kennedy, #2)

By: Iris Yamashita

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Detective Cara Kennedy thought she’d lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidenc… read more

Similar categories in Iris Yamashita's Village in the Dark (Cara Kennedy, #2) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. Inside Threat

By: Matthew Quirk

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying thriller from the author of Red Warning and The Night Agent, an attack on the … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Quirk's Inside Threat book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

16. Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s never easy working fire scenes.   Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Reichs's Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Vanessa Lillie's Blood Sisters book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fields (Riley Fisher, #1) by Erin  Young

18. The Fields (Riley Fisher, #1)

By: Erin Young

3.54

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

A breakneck procedural that is beautifully written and masterfully crafted, Erin Young's The Fields… read more

Similar categories in Erin Young's The Fields (Riley Fisher, #1) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Good Wolf Is Hard to Find (Run with the Wolf, #2) by Terry Spear

19. A Good Wolf Is Hard to Find (Run with the Wolf, #2)

By: Terry Spear

4.31

Format: 417 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Agent Dylan Powers tracks the bad guys right to Roxie Wolff's ski lodge and finds love where he lea… read more

Similar categories in Terry Spear's A Good Wolf Is Hard to Find (Run with the Wolf, #2) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery
Cover of The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) by Bruce Borgos

20. The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. A Small Town

By: Thomas Perry

3.90

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

A small-town cop turns vigilante to track down twelve escaped inmates in this thriller by the New Y… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's A Small Town book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. Calico

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigat… read more

Similar categories in Lee Goldberg's Calico book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) by Walter Mosley

23. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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24. One-Shot Harry

By: Gary Phillips

3.48

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting h… read more

Similar categories in Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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25. The Rescue

By: T. Jefferson Parker

3.96

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

The Rescue is a gripping thriller that explores the strength of the human-animal bond and how far w… read more

Similar categories in T. Jefferson Parker's The Rescue book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Fixit (IQ, #6) by Joe Ide

26. Fixit (IQ, #6)

By: Joe Ide

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment in Joe Ide's "superb" series ( Washington Post ), the relentless, hard-bi… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Fixit (IQ, #6) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Once You Go This Far (Roxane Weary, #4) by Kristen Lepionka

27. Once You Go This Far (Roxane Weary, #4)

By: Kristen Lepionka

3.95

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Once You Go This Far is the fourth thrilling mystery from Shamus Award-winning and Anthony and Maca… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Lepionka's Once You Go This Far (Roxane Weary, #4) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Stolen Child (Maggie D'arcy #4) by Sarah Stewart Taylor

28. A Stolen Child (Maggie D'arcy #4)

By: Sarah Stewart Taylor

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

After months of training, former Long Island homicide detective Maggie D’arcy is now officially a G… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stewart Taylor's A Stolen Child (Maggie D'arcy #4) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Pledge (Detective Betty) by Kathleen Kent

29. The Pledge (Detective Betty)

By: Kathleen Kent

4.01

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In this electric conclusion to the Edgar-nominated trilogy, Detective Betty has only two weeks to t… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Forever Home (Dogwood County, #2) by Elysia Whisler

30. Forever Home (Dogwood County, #2)

By: Elysia Whisler

4.17

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

If home is where the heart is, Dogwood County may have just what Delaney Monroe needs Newly retired… read more

Similar categories in Elysia Whisler's Forever Home (Dogwood County, #2) book and Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty)

  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Kristen Lepionka

3.97

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3.80

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Marcia Muller

3.57

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Marcia Muller

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Chris Bohjalian

3.53

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Christoffer Carlsson

3.66

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Jahmal Mayfield

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