22 best-selling crime books like Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3) by Max Allan Collins

Cover of Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3) by Max Allan Collins

Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

By: Max Allan Collins

3.53

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Roscoe Kane is one of the last—and, in Mallory’s opinion, best—of the old-school mystery writers. B…

If you liked the crime plot in Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3) by Max Allan Collins , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) by Mick Herron

1. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

Cover of The Safe Man: A Ghost Story by Michael    Connelly

2. The Safe Man: A Ghost Story

By: Michael Connelly

3.80

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Published for the first time under his own name, a dark and haunting story from #1 New York Times b… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Safe Man: A Ghost Story book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16) by Janet Evanovich

3. Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip… read more

Similar categories in Janet Evanovich's Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Death's Door (Billy Boyle World War II, #7) by James R. Benn

4. Death's Door (Billy Boyle World War II, #7)

By: James R. Benn

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this seventh installment of James R. Benn's hit WWII-era mystery series, Lieutenant Billy Boyle … read more

Similar categories in James R. Benn's Death's Door (Billy Boyle World War II, #7) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Dr. Death (Alex Delaware #14) by Jonathan Kellerman

5. Dr. Death (Alex Delaware #14)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A brutalized corpse discovered in a remote region of the Hollywood Hills plunges psychologist-detec… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Devil's Code (Kidd & LuEllen, #3) by John Sandford

6. The Devil's Code (Kidd & LuEllen, #3)

By: John Sandford

3.94

Format: 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21) by Janet Evanovich

7. Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.90

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top sc… read more

Similar categories in Janet Evanovich's Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum, #14.5) by Janet Evanovich

8. Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum, #14.5)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

Evanovich fans rejoice! Stephanie Plum is back in town, along with her sidekick Lula, her Grandma M… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20) by Janet Evanovich

9. Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Goliath Bone by Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane

10. The Goliath Bone

By: Max Allan Collins , Mickey Spillane

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling American mystery writer of all time brings back his world-famous PI Mike Hammer for… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, #22) by Janet Evanovich

11. Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, #22)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.99

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook

12. Monster (Alex Delaware, #13)

By: Jonathan Kellerman , None

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Dr. Alex Delaware muss den brutalen Mord an einer Gefangnispsychologin aufklaren. Die Ermittlungen … read more

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13. The Other Side of Silence (Bernie Gunther, #11)

By: Philip Kerr

3.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much anticipated return of Bernie Gunther i… read more

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14. Plum Lucky (Stephanie Plum, #13.5)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Looking to get lucky? Stephanie Plum is back between-the-numbers and she's looking to get lucky in … read more

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15. The List: A Novella (Slough House, #2.5)

By: Mick Herron

3.00

Format: 282 pages, ebook

Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachelor, his MI5 handler, is in deep, deep trouble. De… read more

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16. Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, #18)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerou… read more

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17. Prussian Blue (Bernie Gunther, #12)

By: Philip Kerr

4.26

Format: None pages, ebook

From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much-anticipated return of Bernie Gunther, … read more

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18. A Void in Hearts (Brady Coyne, #7)

By: William G. Tapply

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A private detective is dead, and Brady suspects it's murder Les Katz may well be scum. A private de… read more

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Cover of Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) by Sophie Hannah

19. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) by Jonathan Kellerman

20. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Matterhorn (Mac Dekker, #1) by Christopher Reich

21. Matterhorn (Mac Dekker, #1)

By: Christopher Reich

4.26

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this al… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Night Moves (Alex Delaware, #33) by Jonathan Kellerman

22. Night Moves (Alex Delaware, #33)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant criminal psychologist, Alex Delaware works with the police to help solve the most compl… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's Night Moves (Alex Delaware, #33) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen

23. Powder Burn

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.76

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

"An explosive read...authentic, compelling and frightening". -- Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionArchite… read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Powder Burn book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Come Hell or High Water (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #13) by J.D. Kirk

24. Come Hell or High Water (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #13)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.51

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Something's wild out west... When a badly burned body is found near the remote Ardnamurchan Ligh… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's Come Hell or High Water (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #13) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Here Lie the Dead (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #15) by J.D. Kirk

25. Here Lie the Dead (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #15)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.57

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

Six months ago, a girl vanished. Now, it’s happening again. When the body of a teenager is disco… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's Here Lie the Dead (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #15) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Favorite Terrible Thing by Madeleine Henry

26. My Favorite Terrible Thing

By: Madeleine Henry

3.52

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

The world’s most famous author has vanished. A thrilling hunt of mind games and twisting suspense b… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Henry's My Favorite Terrible Thing book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Cat And Mouse (Helen Grace, #11) by M.J. Arlidge

27. Cat And Mouse (Helen Grace, #11)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When you think you're safe, When you think you're all alone, That's when he'll come for you... … read more

Similar categories in M.J. Arlidge's Cat And Mouse (Helen Grace, #11) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

28. The Accomplice

By: Lisa Lutz

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Everyone has the same questions about best friends Owen and Luna: What binds them together so tight… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Here's the problem with having occasional sex with a woman for over two months,' Luna said. 'She starts to think you like her, because it's very unlikely that she would repeatedly hook up with someon…"

-Lisa Lutz, The Accomplice

Cover of Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13) by Philip Kerr

29. Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13)

By: Philip Kerr

4.05

Format: 530 pages, Kindle Edition

1957. El destino ha llevado a Bernie Gunther a trabajar en una compañía de seguros de Múnich, donde… read more

Similar categories in Philip Kerr's Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"It seems to me that lawyers can justify almost anything to themselves as long as it's legal. But you can make anything legal when you put a gun to parliament's head."

-Philip Kerr, Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13)

"I'd been alone for so long that I started talking to the radio. At least I assumed that's where the voices were coming from. In the country that produced Luther, Nietzsche, and Adolf Hitler, you can …"

-Philip Kerr, Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther, #13)

Cover of The Third Grave (Savannah, #4) by Lisa Jackson

30. The Third Grave (Savannah, #4)

By: Lisa Jackson

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new crime novel from the bestselling author of You Betrayed Me, perfect for fans of San… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jackson's The Third Grave (Savannah, #4) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3) by Max Allan Collins

31. Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

By: Max Allan Collins

3.53

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Roscoe Kane is one of the last—and, in Mallory’s opinion, best—of the old-school mystery writers. B… read more

Similar categories in Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3) book and Max Allan Collins's Kill Your Darlings (Mallory, #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Laurence Shames

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Dave Barry

4.83

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