22 must-read suspense books like Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1) by Linda Hurtado Bond

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Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

By: Linda Hurtado Bond

4.08

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

TV news reporter Samantha Steele is one panic attack away from losing her job. Future on the line a…

If you liked the suspense plot in Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1) by Linda Hurtado Bond , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1)

By: Tim Dorsey

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partn… read more

Similar categories in Tim Dorsey's Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
"That, and the untended mental health problems. We have all these insane armed hobos coming from the Midwest, usually Ohio. Fuck Ohio."

-Tim Dorsey, Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1)

"The television was on Florida Cable News. A gray-haired man behind the anchor desk reported near tragedy at a state motor vehicle office, where a man who had failed the eye exam pulled a gun and fire…"

-Tim Dorsey, Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1)

"A strip club is one of the few places where two groups voluntarily come together who have such precipitous contrasts in net worth and familiarity with violence, each group with a head-and-shoulders e…"

-Tim Dorsey, Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1)

"There was no Disney World then, just rows of orange trees. Millions of them. Stretching for miles And somewhere near the middle was the Citrus Tower, which the tourists climbed to see even more orang…"

-Tim Dorsey, Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1)

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2. Wrapped in Rain

By: Charles Martin

4.37

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

An internationally famous photographer, Tucker Mason has traveled the world, capturing things other… read more

Similar categories in Charles Martin's Wrapped in Rain book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • contemporary
"Love is a choice. It's a decision.' She told us, 'It flows into, through, and out of each person like a river. If you try to stop it, it'll sneak around until It finds another heart and breaks throug…"

-Charles Martin, Wrapped in Rain

"Child," she said placing her head to mine and her callused fingers on my cheek, "you can whip it and beat it senseless, you can drag it through the streets and spin on it, you can even dangle it from…"

-Charles Martin, Wrapped in Rain

"You know sometimes when I walk into your room with a flashlight or a candle?' I nodded. 'Well, love is like that. Light doesn't have to announce it's way into a room or ask the darkness to leave. It …"

-Charles Martin, Wrapped in Rain

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3. Bitter Harvest

By: Ann Rule

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the night of October 23/24, 1995 in Prairie Village, Kansas, a fierce, wind-driven fire devastat… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rule's Bitter Harvest book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) by Christopher Moore

4. A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

By: Christopher Moore

4.03

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who a… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Moore's A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

"So Now You're Death: Here's What You'll Need"

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

"He wanted her to experience all the glorious cheese of life."

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

"Mr. Asher, you can resist who you are for only so long. Finally, you just decide to go with fate."

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

"What the hell good was it to be the Lord of the Underworld if there was fuzz on your underdone toast."

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

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5. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

Similar categories in Michael Cecchi-Azzolina's Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

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6. Moment in Time

By: Suzanne Redfearn

3.95

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes a heartrending story about the power of friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's Moment in Time book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
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7. The President Is Missing

By: Bill Clinton

3.85

Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition

President Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson have written a spellbinding thrille… read more

Similar categories in Bill Clinton's The President Is Missing book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
"The media knows what sells—conflict and division. It’s also quick and easy. All too often anger works better than answers; resentment better than reason; emotion trumps evidence. A sanctimonious, sne…"

-Bill Clinton, The President Is Missing

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8. Escape (Billy Harney, #3)

By: James Patterson

4.35

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Chicago’s #1 detective, Billy Harney, takes on a billionaire crime boss in this follow-on to James … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Escape (Billy Harney, #3) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
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9. The Last Caretaker

By: Jessica Strawser

3.90

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Katie’s divorce was, in a word, humiliating. So when her friend Bess offers a fresh start—a residen… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Strawser's The Last Caretaker book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
Cover of Reckoning (FBI Thriller, #26) by Catherine Coulter

10. Reckoning (FBI Thriller, #26)

By: Catherine Coulter

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Cathe… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Coulter's Reckoning (FBI Thriller, #26) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • suspense
  • romantic suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of Flame (Men of Inked: Heatwave, #1) by Chelle Bliss

11. Flame (Men of Inked: Heatwave, #1)

By: Chelle Bliss

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Could you love a man surrounded by danger? Gigi Gallo’s childhood was filled with the roar of a … read more

Similar categories in Chelle Bliss's Flame (Men of Inked: Heatwave, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • suspense
  • romantic suspense
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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12. The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individ… read more

Similar categories in Janet Evanovich's The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
"Thanks, but I’ll work rooms are better."

-Janet Evanovich, The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1)

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13. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • contemporary
Cover of Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6) by C.J. Box

14. Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box's Treasure Stat… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
Cover of 23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club, #23) by James  Patterson

15. 23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club, #23)

By: James Patterson

4.36

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The latest in this "successful and suspenseful" ( Entertainment Weekly ) an attention-seeking copy… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's 23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club, #23) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
Cover of The Christmas Wedding Guest (Wishing Tree, #1) by Susan Mallery

16. The Christmas Wedding Guest (Wishing Tree, #1)

By: Susan Mallery

4.00

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Susan Mallery, author of the Fool’s Gold romances, cheerfully invites you to Wishing Tree, where Ch… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Christmas Wedding Guest (Wishing Tree, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
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17. The Ninth Month

By: James Patterson

3.62

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In this action-packed thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Midwife Murders, a… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Ninth Month book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
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18. The Boys from Biloxi

By: John Grisham

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Boys from Biloxi book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
"The ship was sinking and the rats were jumping overboard."

-John Grisham, The Boys from Biloxi

"Great trial lawyers aren't born; they're made. The great ones simply tell the jury a story..."

-John Grisham, The Boys from Biloxi

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19. Naomi's Gift (A Point in Time, #1)

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.12

Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s life-altering discovery after her mother’s death sheds light on the best and worst of hum… read more

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's Naomi's Gift (A Point in Time, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

Cover of Every City Is Every Other City (Gordon Stewart Mystery, #1) by John McFetridge

20. Every City Is Every Other City (Gordon Stewart Mystery, #1)

By: John McFetridge

3.09

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

WINNER of the Private Eye Writers of America’s Shamus Awards Behind the scenes, nothing is what it … read more

Similar categories in John McFetridge's Every City Is Every Other City (Gordon Stewart Mystery, #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of Where Are the Children Now? (Where Are the Children, #2) by Mary Higgins Clark

21. Where Are the Children Now? (Where Are the Children, #2)

By: Mary Higgins Clark

4.16

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgi… read more

Similar categories in Mary Higgins Clark's Where Are the Children Now? (Where Are the Children, #2) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
Cover of 22 Seconds (Women’s Murder Club, #22) by James  Patterson

22. 22 Seconds (Women’s Murder Club, #22)

By: James Patterson

4.10

Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition

22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge—or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's 22 Seconds (Women’s Murder Club, #22) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of Sparring Partners (Jake Brigance, #4) by John Grisham

23. Sparring Partners (Jake Brigance, #4)

By: John Grisham

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller.… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Sparring Partners (Jake Brigance, #4) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
Cover of Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels

24. Fear Thy Neighbor

By: Fern Michaels

3.86

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora… read more

Similar categories in Fern Michaels's Fear Thy Neighbor book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
Cover of Nothing to Lose (J.P. Beaumont, #25) by J.A. Jance

25. Nothing to Lose (J.P. Beaumont, #25)

By: J.A. Jance

4.38

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The newest thrilling Beaumont suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, in… read more

Similar categories in J.A. Jance's Nothing to Lose (J.P. Beaumont, #25) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton

26. Run, Rose, Run

By: Dolly Parton

3.80

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller—a thriller about a young singer/… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Parton's Run, Rose, Run book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
"Dark night, bright future Like the phoenix from the ashes, I shall rise again"

-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run

"Is it easy? No it ain’t Can I fix it? No I cain’t But I sure ain’t gonna take it lyin’ down"

-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run

"I’ve had enough fighting I’m more into righting What’s wrong when it’s broken apart Demons, demons, we both had enough of our own Demons, demons, we don’t have to fight them alone"

-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run

"One of these days she was going to tell him that a bullet wound and a Purple Heart didn't make him hard as nails. They made him just like everyone else. Sometimes you could see the scars and sometime…"

-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run

Cover of Labyrinth of Lies (Triple Threat, #2) by Irene Hannon

27. Labyrinth of Lies (Triple Threat, #2)

By: Irene Hannon

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When the daughter of a high-profile businessman disappears from an exclusive girls' boarding school… read more

Similar categories in Irene Hannon's Labyrinth of Lies (Triple Threat, #2) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • suspense
  • romantic suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2) by Lisa Gardner

28. One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

By: Lisa Gardner

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a thrilling new novel that sends Frankie El… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Gardner's One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary
"The first three men came stumbling into town shortly after ten a.m., babbling of dark shapes and eerie screams and their missing buddy Scott and their other buddy Tim, who set out from their campsite…"

-Lisa Gardner, One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

"Miggy sees me watching the approaching wave of dark clouds. "Maybe it will slow him down." The guy who's been outfitted by Survivalists "R" Us? No, he probably has some waterproof supersuit that repe…"

-Lisa Gardner, One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

"I'll know if one of the bodies belongs to my son. A parent always knows his child. The look on his face would've broken my heart if I didn't want so badly to slap him. Martin, we've stumbled upon a k…"

-Lisa Gardner, One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

"Bob repeats an option that sounds pretty close to the birds I've been hearing in the morning. Not knowing amy species, I've been referring to them mentally as the happy birds. Versus crows and ravens…"

-Lisa Gardner, One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

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29. Shakespeare for Squirrels

By: Christopher Moore

3.91

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • mystery
"I confess, a wall of worry rises for even the most confident fool when he realizes that his plot for saving the day lies with three squirrels, a troupe of earnest nitwits, a donkey-headed weaver, a s…"

-Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

"The devil was smaller and rather younger than I would have guessed. He danced barefoot around the fire as he stoked it in preparation for my torment. The fiend wore a tunic of rough linen, leaves and…"

-Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

Cover of Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1) by Linda  Hurtado Bond

30. Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

By: Linda Hurtado Bond

4.08

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

TV news reporter Samantha Steele is one panic attack away from losing her job. Future on the line a… read more

Similar categories in Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • suspense
  • romantic suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Secrets (Lost and Found, #2) by Fern Michaels

31. Secrets (Lost and Found, #2)

By: Fern Michaels

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fear Thy Neighbor and No Way Out blends mystery and dra… read more

Similar categories in Fern Michaels's Secrets (Lost and Found, #2) book and Linda Hurtado Bond's Alive at 5 (The Investigators #1)

  • romance
  • mystery
  • suspense
  • contemporary

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