14 Top crime books like The Lonely Witness by William Boyle

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The Lonely Witness

By: William Boyle

3.23

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Amy was once a party girl, but she now lives a lonely life, helping the house-bound to receive comm…

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Cover of The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) by Walter Mosley

1. The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

By: Walter Mosley

3.78

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling mystery writer Walter Mosley's electric new novel introduces a brand new investigator -… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library …"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most…"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

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2. A House Among the Trees

By: Julia Glass

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of the National Book Award winning Three Junes. The unusual bond between a … read more

Similar categories in Julia Glass's A House Among the Trees book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
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3. First Blood

By: David Morrell

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John… read more

Similar categories in David Morrell's First Blood book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1) by Don Winslow

4. A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Clockers

By: Richard Price

3.93

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Richard Price's Clockers book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Bless the Beasts and Children

By: Glendon Swarthout

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Enriched with detailed notes and commentary, Glendon Swarthout's classic tale of adolescent "misfit… read more

Similar categories in Glendon Swarthout's Bless the Beasts and Children book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • fiction
Cover of The Butcher's Boy (Butcher's Boy, #1) by Thomas Perry, Michael    Connelly

7. The Butcher's Boy (Butcher's Boy, #1)

By: Thomas Perry , Michael Connelly

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Thomas Perry exploded onto the literary scene with The Butcher's Boy. Back in print by popular dema… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's The Butcher's Boy (Butcher's Boy, #1) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

8. The Girl in the Red Coat

By: Kate Hamer

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this edition can be found  She is the missing girl. But s… read more

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9. The Hot Spot

By: Charles Williams

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

A dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony. Madox wasn't all … read more

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10. The Hustler

By: Walter Tevis

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first--and the best--novel written about b… read more

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11. The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the acclaimed Tuscan Mystery series, the sole witness at a crime scene… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

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

12. 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 William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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13. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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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 William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • 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 Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) by Walter Mosley

15. Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2)

By: Walter Mosley

3.87

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter … read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. Shifty's Boys

By: Chris Offutt

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's Shifty's Boys book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.53

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkn… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring."

-Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

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18. The High Desert

By: James Spooner

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of … read more

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19. Shmutz

By: Felicia Berliner

3.52

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this witty, provocative, and unputdownable debut novel a young Hasidic woman on a quest to get m… read more

Similar categories in Felicia Berliner's Shmutz book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • fiction
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20. True North

By: Andrew J. Graff

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Raft of Stars comes a heartfelt novel of marriage and whitewater rafting, follow… read more

Similar categories in Andrew J. Graff's True North book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • fiction
Cover of Le chant des innocents by Piergiorgio Pulixi

21. Le chant des innocents

By: Piergiorgio Pulixi

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“Le mal est contagieux, commissaire, et vous le savez. Il ne s’agit pas de vengeance ici, mais d’ex… read more

Similar categories in Piergiorgio Pulixi's Le chant des innocents book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

22. The Nature of Disappearing

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more

Similar categories in Kimi Cunningham Grant's The Nature of Disappearing book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

Cover of Hard Country (Tucker Snow, #1) by Reavis Z. Wortham

23. Hard Country (Tucker Snow, #1)

By: Reavis Z. Wortham

4.07

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

There is no peace in the hard country Tucker Snow is as tough as they come, hardened by decades … read more

Similar categories in Reavis Z. Wortham's Hard Country (Tucker Snow, #1) book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski

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 William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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25. What You Leave Behind

By: Wanda M. Morris

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more

Similar categories in Wanda M. Morris's What You Leave Behind book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Lonely Witness by William Boyle

26. The Lonely Witness

By: William Boyle

3.23

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Amy was once a party girl, but she now lives a lonely life, helping the house-bound to receive comm… read more

Similar categories in William Boyle's The Lonely Witness book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • the united states of america
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Célèbre by Maud Ventura

27. Célèbre

By: Maud Ventura

4.01

Format: 558 pages, Paperback

La célébrité est ma vie. Est-ce que j'étais préparée à un tel succès ? Bien sûr que oui. Cléo gra… read more

Similar categories in Maud Ventura's Célèbre book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • fiction
Cover of Les âmes féroces by Marie Vingtras

28. Les âmes féroces

By: Marie Vingtras

3.60

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

« Ici, la nuit est belle. (…) Leo avance de tache de lumière en tache de lumière et entre les deux,… read more

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29. Amiante

By: Sébastien Dulude

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Thetford Mines, ville phare de l’industrie de l’amiante québécoise, été 1986. Steve Dubois, neuf an… read more

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30. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Manu Larcenet

4.49

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic… read more

Similar categories in Manu Larcenet's The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation book and William Boyle's The Lonely Witness

  • fiction
Cover of Les égarés by Ayana Mathis

31. Les égarés

By: Ayana Mathis

3.67

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

None read more

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The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

Walter Mosley

3.78

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A House Among the Trees

Julia Glass

3.70

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First Blood

David Morrell

4.17

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Don Winslow

4.00

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Amy Chua

3.88

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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William Kent Krueger

4.29

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Don Winslow

4.42

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