20 must-read crime books like City on the Edge by David Swinson

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City on the Edge

By: David Swinson

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling n…

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1. Coronado: Stories

By: Dennis Lehane

3.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Ce recueil comprend cinq nouvelles et une pièce intitulée Coronado, adaptation de la nouvelle Avant… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

By: Daniel Gordis

4.31

Format: 560 pages, ebook

Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the … read more

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3. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

By: Scott Anderson

4.08

Format: 577 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th cent… read more

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"[A] common denominator in European wars going back to the Crusades--no matter who won or lost, the one fairly reliable constant was that Jews somewhere were going to suffer."

-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

"In a clever retort, alluding to both his considerable girth and to his network of influential friends abroad, the agronomist replied, “Your Excellency, the weight of my body would break the gallows w…"

-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

"History is often the tale of small moments—chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidence—that seem of little consequence at the time, but somehow fuse with other small moments to produce…"

-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

"Over the course of his wartime service, Lawrence was awarded a number of medals and ribbons, but with his profound disdain for such things, he either threw them away or never bothered to collect them…"

-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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4. The Burglar in the Closet (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #2)

By: Lawrence Block

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarr's all ears when Dr. She… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1)

By: Lawrence Block

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profes… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Backflash (Parker, #18)

By: Richard Stark

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Times Notable Book, a new Parker adventure finds the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The shirtsleeved bald bartender was tall and fat, looking like a retired cop who'd gone to seed the day his papers had come through. At the bar, muttering together about sports and politics—other peo…"

-Richard Stark, Backflash (Parker, #18)

7. The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #3)

By: Lawrence Block

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Bernie Rhodenbarr has gone legit - almost - as the new owner of a used bookstore in New York's Gree… read more

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8. Clandestine

By: James Ellroy

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fred Underhill is a young cop on the rise in Los Angeles in the early 1950's -- a town blinded to i… read more

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9. Leader of the Pack (Andy Carpenter #10)

By: David Rosenfelt

3.87

Format: 288 pages,

Over the course of his legal career, Andy Carpenter has lost a few cases. But that doesn't mean he … read more

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10. Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (Spenser, #45)

By: Ace Atkins

4.01

Format: 532 pages,

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11. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. 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 David Swinson's City on the Edge

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

15. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

By: Sara Paretsky

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. I Remember You

By: Brian Freeman

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Brian Freeman comes a gripping psychological thriller about … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • 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

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19. Malibu Burning (Sharpe & Walker #1)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildf… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • lebanon
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21. The Plinko Bounce

By: Martin Clark

3.73

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the po… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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22. The House of Last Resort

By: Christopher Golden

3.20

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Dead and Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #3) by Joanna Schaffhausen

23. Dead and Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #3)

By: Joanna Schaffhausen

4.09

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The next installment of Joanna Schaffhausen's critically acclaimed Detective Annalisa Vega series. … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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24. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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25. Gilded Mountain

By: Kate Manning

3.87

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This “stellar read” (Los Angeles Times) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who… read more

Similar categories in Kate Manning's Gilded Mountain book and David Swinson's City on the Edge

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Lost love is still love, isn’t it."

-Kate Manning, Gilded Mountain

"I pressed down warnings and hopes, so my lungs were tight, and learned then why desire is called a crush. To be crushed. I would die of it."

-Kate Manning, Gilded Mountain

"My new tune, of spite and indifference, drowned out the truth: that I’d mistaken the burn of jealousy for love. The heart wants what it is most denied, a hard lesson."

-Kate Manning, Gilded Mountain

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26. When We Were Silent

By: Fiona McPhillips

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this suspenseful debut no… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"The body remembers everything the mind wants to forget."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"In the end, we're the ones who have to live with the stories we tell ourselves."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"That was always the one thing Highfield valued more than grades, more than silverware or celebrity alumni: silence."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

Cover of Sentinel (Armored, #2) by Mark Greaney

27. Sentinel (Armored, #2)

By: Mark Greaney

4.38

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense t… read more

Similar categories in Mark Greaney's Sentinel (Armored, #2) book and David Swinson's City on the Edge

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
"One of the men had been hurt; Mandy heard him cussing in English in the front passenger seat throughout the entire drive, using words she'd learned from her dad,"

-Mark Greaney, Sentinel (Armored, #2)

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28. 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

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's Don't Let the Devil Ride book and David Swinson's City on the Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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29. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of City on the Edge by David Swinson

30. City on the Edge

By: David Swinson

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling n… read more

Similar categories in David Swinson's City on the Edge book and David Swinson's City on the Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • lebanon

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Coronado: Stories

Dennis Lehane

3.39

Transform Your Habits

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Lawrence Block

3.93

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Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1)

Lawrence Block

3.93

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Richard Stark

4.10

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Harlan Coben

4.34

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John Sandford

4.45

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David Baldacci

4.53

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John Grisham

4.26

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