20 best-selling thriller books like Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12) by S.J. Rozan

Cover of Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12) by S.J. Rozan

Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

By: S.J. Rozan

3.83

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The latest Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mystery takes the acclaimed detective duo into the Deep South to i…

If you liked the thriller plot in Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12) by S.J. Rozan , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Uniform Justice (Commissario Brunetti, #12)

By: Donna Leon

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

A riveting, pitch-perfect murder mystery--the work of a truly masterful storyteller. Conjuring cont… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's Uniform Justice (Commissario Brunetti, #12) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

2. A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins #5)

By: Walter Mosley

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

November 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as a school custodian. It's a quiet, simple existen… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins #5) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

3. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery) by Marcia Muller

4. Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

By: Marcia Muller

3.57

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

In this twisting mystery in a New York Times bestselling series, pranks escalate into a deadly sche… read more

Similar categories in Marcia Muller's Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

5. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

6. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) by Anne Hillerman

7. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

8. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

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

9. 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

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

10. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

11. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Cover of Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22) by Sara Paretsky

12. 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

Similar categories in Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Shanghai by Joseph Kanon

13. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) by M.C. Beaton

14. Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an in… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Madstone by Elizabeth   Crook

15. The Madstone

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Crook's The Madstone book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

Cover of The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide

16. The Goodbye Coast

By: Joe Ide

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Chandler's iconic detective, Philip Marlowe, gets a dramatic and colorful reinvention at th… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's The Goodbye Coast book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) by Stephen Spotswood

17. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11) by Charles Todd

18. A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11)

By: Charles Todd

3.98

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled former soldier fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

19. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

Similar categories in John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

Cover of One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27) by Randy Wayne White

20. One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27)

By: Randy Wayne White

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

After the deadliest hurricane to hit Sanibel Island in a century, Doc Ford must stop a gang of thie… read more

Similar categories in Randy Wayne White's One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) by Sujata Massey

21. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

Similar categories in Sujata Massey's The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Runner (Cass Raines, #4) by Tracy    Clark

22. Runner (Cass Raines, #4)

By: Tracy Clark

4.25

Format: 273 pages, ebook

Chicago in the dead of winter can be brutal, especially when you’re scouring the frigid streets for… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Clark's Runner (Cass Raines, #4) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Borrowed Time (Cass Raines, #2) by Tracy    Clark

23. Borrowed Time (Cass Raines, #2)

By: Tracy Clark

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

In Tracy Clark’s electrifying new mystery featuring Cassandra Raines, the former Chicago cop turned… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Clark's Borrowed Time (Cass Raines, #2) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Death in China by Carl Hiaasen

24. A Death in China

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.80

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

An American investigates a murder amid the secrecy and corruption of China in this crime thriller f… read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's A Death in China book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3) by Stephen Spotswood

25. Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the newest entry into the Nero Award-winning Parker & Pentecost Mystery series ("my new favorite… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) by Linda  Castillo

26. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)

By: Linda Castillo

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more

Similar categories in Linda Castillo's The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

27. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11) by Eva Gates

28. The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11)

By: Eva Gates

4.13

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Outer Banks librarian Lucy is working on an art show at the library when paintings–and people–start… read more

Similar categories in Eva Gates's The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29) by David Rosenfelt

29. Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Paterson, New Jersey’s favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the n… read more

Similar categories in David Rosenfelt's Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12) by S.J. Rozan

30. Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

By: S.J. Rozan

3.83

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The latest Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mystery takes the acclaimed detective duo into the Deep South to i… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12) book and S.J. Rozan's Paper Son (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #12)

  • mystery thriller
  • cultural
  • humor
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Caldera (Jenny Black Wolf Book 1) by Renee  Wood

31. Caldera (Jenny Black Wolf Book 1)

By: Renee Wood

4.32

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

The Orion's crew has abandoned their ship, walked into the Caldera wilderness, and vanished. If she… read more

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