23 Top crime books like Daggers Drawn by Jeffery Deaver

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Daggers Drawn

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.55

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

The first Crime Writers' Association Daggers Award retrospective, featuring 19 award-winning storie…

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1. Shakespeare: The World as Stage

By: Bill Bryson

3.81

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more

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"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

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2. Footsteps in the Dark

By: Georgette Heyer

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Locals claim the Priory is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door. Left empty f… read more

Similar categories in Georgette Heyer's Footsteps in the Dark book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
"They dined early, and as soon as the meal was over Margaret went up to change into the frock she had worn on the previous evening. With a praiseworthy attention to detail she made her hair look tousl…"

-Georgette Heyer, Footsteps in the Dark

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3. Thin Air (Shetland Island, #6)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.91

Format: None pages,

A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London and travel to Unst, Shetland's … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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4. The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1)

By: Peter May

4.50

Format: 87 pages,

A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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5. A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)

By: Chester Himes

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Rage in Harlemis a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling N… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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6. The Impossible Dead

By: Ian Rankin

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and com… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Evas Öga (Inspector Konrad Sejer #1) by Karin Fossum

7. Evas Öga (Inspector Konrad Sejer #1)

By: Karin Fossum

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

En kall aprildag upptacker Eva Magnus och hennes lilla dotter en dod man flytande i alven. Men Eva … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench, #1) by P.J. Tracy

8. Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench, #1)

By: P.J. Tracy

4.12

Format: 421 pages, Mass Market Paperback

People are dying for the new computer game by the software company Monkeewrench. Literally. With Se… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"We should have brought a flashlight.' 'Shut up. Where the f*** is the door?' 'You say 'f***' a lot when you're nervous.' 'Who's nervous?' There was a hollow thunk as Roadrunner collided with the stee…"

-P.J. Tracy, Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench, #1)

9. When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)

By: Kate Atkinson

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Three lives come together in unexpected and thrilling ways in Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Go… read more

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10. The Lewis Man (The Lewis Trilogy, #2)

By: Peter May

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

A body is recovered from a peat bog on the Isle of Lewis. The male Caucasian corpse is initially be… read more

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11. The Chessmen (Lewis Trilogy, #3)

By: Peter May

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating … read more

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12. A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1)

By: Sue Grafton

3.40

Format: None pages,

A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agen… read more

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13. Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)

By: Ian Rankin

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

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14. 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 Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50) by Mike Lupica

15. Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50)

By: Mike Lupica

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of … read more

Similar categories in Mike Lupica's Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50) book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Blessing of the Lost Girls (Joanna Brady #20; Walker Family #6) by J.A. Jance

16. Blessing of the Lost Girls (Joanna Brady #20; Walker Family #6)

By: J.A. Jance

4.19

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Returning to her southwest roots, New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance presents a riveting… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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17. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

By: Kate Atkinson

3.71

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more

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  • short stories
"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."

-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

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

18. 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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  • mystery
  • 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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19. Silent Parade (Detective Galileo, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino’s best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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20. The Dark Remains

By: William McIlvanney

3.84

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-w… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"The law's not about justice. It's a system we've put in place because we can't have justice."

-William McIlvanney, The Dark Remains

21. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

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

22. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14) by Paul Doiron

23. Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14)

By: Paul Doiron

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double m… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14) book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Close (Maeve Kerrigan, #10) by Jane Casey

24. The Close (Maeve Kerrigan, #10)

By: Jane Casey

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street – well-kept houses with prist… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) by Benjamin   Stevenson

25. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

26. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Dangerous Man (Elvis Cole, #18; Joe Pike, #7) by Robert Crais

27. A Dangerous Man (Elvis Cole, #18; Joe Pike, #7)

By: Robert Crais

4.29

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--a… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's A Dangerous Man (Elvis Cole, #18; Joe Pike, #7) book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
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28. The Eden Test

By: Adam Sternbergh

3.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Edgar Award-finalist Adam Sternbergh, an electrifying domestic suspense novel for fans of The … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Night Before Christmas (DI James Walker #4) by Alex Pine

29. The Night Before Christmas (DI James Walker #4)

By: Alex Pine

4.00

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This Christmas, the hunters become the hunted… When four trail hunters go missing in the fells o… read more

Similar categories in Alex Pine's The Night Before Christmas (DI James Walker #4) book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of In a Place of Darkness by Stuart MacBride

30. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's In a Place of Darkness book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Daggers Drawn by Jeffery Deaver

31. Daggers Drawn

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.55

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

The first Crime Writers' Association Daggers Award retrospective, featuring 19 award-winning storie… read more

Similar categories in Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn book and Jeffery Deaver's Daggers Drawn

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
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24 Best mystery books like Daggers Drawn by Jeffery Deaver

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Footsteps in the Dark

Georgette Heyer

3.72

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Thin Air (Shetland Island, #6)

Ann Cleeves

3.91

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Peter May

4.50

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4.06

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C.J. Box

4.36

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Michael Connelly

4.56

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John Sandford

4.36

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