23 must-read crime books like Slow Bear by Anthony Neil Smith

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Slow Bear

By: Anthony Neil Smith

4.19

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

In the oil fields of North Dakota, times were good during the boom. Some people got Santana the Ex…

If you liked the crime plot in Slow Bear by Anthony Neil Smith , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. The Long Home

By: William Gay

4.04

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

In a literary voice that is both original and powerfully unsettling, William Gay tells the story of… read more

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  • crime
"Down fabled roads reverting now to woods Winer felt himself imprisoned by the dark beyond the carlights and by the compulsive timbre of Motormouth's voice, a drone obsessed with spewing out words wit…"

-William Gay, The Long Home

"In the molten fire where he lay he could watch the slow machinations of eternity, the cosmic miracle of each second being born, eggshaped, silverplated, phallic, time thrusting itself gleaming throug…"

-William Gay, The Long Home

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2. Provinces of Night

By: William Gay

3.64

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

The year is 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - … read more

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3. Little Sister Death

By: William Gay

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

David Binder is a young, successful writer living in Chicago and suffering from writer's block. He … read more

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4. A World of Thieves: A Novel

By: James Carlos Blake

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

In 1928 New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Sonny LaSalle is a top prep student and champion amateur box… read more

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  • crime

5. Dark Passage

By: David Goodis , None

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Sentenced to life in San Quentin for the alleged murder of his wife, Vince Parry escapes in a despe… read more

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6. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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7. 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

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  • crime
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8. A Killing on the Hill

By: Robert Dugoni

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest … read more

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  • crime
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9. 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

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  • crime
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10. The Year of the Locust

By: Terry Hayes

3.57

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer'Ticks all the boxe… read more

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  • crime
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11. The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

By: John Connolly

4.44

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and… read more

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  • crime
"You didn’t have to look very hard to be disappointed by human beings. We were not all bad, just enough of us, although the rest had to work very hard to make up for that minority."

-John Connolly, The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

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12. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

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  • crime
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13. 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

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  • crime
Cover of City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) by Don Winslow

14. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more

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  • crime
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15. 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

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16. 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

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  • crime
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17. The Devil Himself

By: Peter Farris

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

For Fans of Brian Panowich and Ron Rash. Southern Noir at its finest, The Devil Himself,  sizzles … read more

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  • crime
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18. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

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  • crime
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19. The Last King of California

By: Jordan Harper

4.10

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes to find yourself, you have to go back to where you came from. You just might not like wh… read more

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  • crime
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20. 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

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  • crime
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21. Rednecks

By: Taylor Brown

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more

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22. Don't Know Tough

By: Eli Cranor

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Southern Gothic, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and … read more

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  • crime
"He was drunk, and even NyQuil make a man brave if he drink enough of it."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

"The boys gather around their coach. They're breathing heavy, pupils big and black like drops of ink, a high they'll try and return to the rest of their lives."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

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23. Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In 1930s Glasgow, partners Jimmy Dreghorn and Archie McDaid face a danger that threatens to set the… read more

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  • crime
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24. The Return of Kid Cooper

By: Brad Smith

4.25

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The year is 1910. Nate Cooper is an old-school cowboy who has spent nearly thirty years in a Montan… read more

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25. Slow Bear

By: Anthony Neil Smith

4.19

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

In the oil fields of North Dakota, times were good during the boom. Some people got Santana the Ex… read more

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  • crime
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26. 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

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  • crime
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27. Broiler

By: Eli Cranor

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13) by Joe R. Lansdale

28. Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13)

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

PI Duo Hap & Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

29. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

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  • crime
"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

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30. Big Island LA

By: Boston Teran

4.33

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

BIG ISLAND, L.A. In Big Island, L.A., a unique successor to the cult crime classic by Boston Teran,… read more

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  • crime

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