5 must-read nonfiction books like Cops and Writers: From The Academy To The Street by Patrick J. O'Donnell

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Cops and Writers: From The Academy To The Street

By: Patrick J. O'Donnell

4.33

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you a civilian crime writer who wants to use picture perfect law enforcement details? Do you wo…

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Cover of The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2) by Michael    Connelly

1. The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

By: Michael Connelly

4.12

Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he e… read more

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  • crime
"You don’t like what you see out your window, you put up a wall."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"All his life Bosch had lived and worked in society’s institutions. But he hope he had escaped institutional thinking, that he made his own decisions."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"one of the crazies moved into the cone of light beneath a streetlight. It was a black man, high-stepping and making jerking movements with his arms. He made a crisp turn and began moving back into th…"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

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2. Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

By: Karin Slaughter , Carolina Caires Coelho

4.12

Format: 29 pages, ebook

A missing girl in the news reminds Julia Carroll of herself: nineteen, beautiful, blonde hair, blue… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) by Lisa Cron

3. Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

By: Lisa Cron

4.21

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story , this writing guide rev… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • research
  • writing
"We don't turn to story to escape reality. We turn to story to navigate reality."

-Lisa Cron, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

"In a nutshell: A story is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result."

-Lisa Cron, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

"But the simple fact remains that without the first half of the story, there can be no second half. The first half establishes where the problem came from and who the protagonist is to begin with, so …"

-Lisa Cron, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Cover of The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4) by Michael    Connelly

4. The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)

By: Michael Connelly

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Harry's life is a mess. His house has been condemned because of earthquake damage. His girlfriend h… read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3) by Michael    Connelly

5. The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)

By: Michael Connelly

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this classic from a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author, Detective Harry Bosch thought he'd s… read more

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  • crime

6. Free Fall (Elvis Cole, #4)

By: Robert Crais

3.96

Format: 289 pages,

Private detective Elvis Cole takes Jennifer Sheridan's case, which involves her decorated Los Angel… read more

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Cover of The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass

7. The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

By: Donald Maass

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Engage Your Readers with Emotion While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plott… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • research
  • writing
"Plot happens outside but story happens inside. Readers won't get the true story, though, unless you put it on the page--both the big meaning in small events, and the overlooked implications of large …"

-Donald Maass, The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

8. The Memory Watcher

By: Minka Kent

3.00

Format: 136 pages,

Narrated by: Sally Vahle, Morgan Laure Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Unabridged Release date: 05-02-17 … read more

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9. Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1)

By: Jonathan Maberry

4.16

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First NovelFrom a new master of horror comes an apocalypti… read more

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10. Thinner

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wastin… read more

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"Purpurfargade ansiktet"

-Stephen King, Thinner

"It's the people who aren't scared who die young."

-Stephen King, Thinner

"Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all."

-Stephen King, Thinner

"The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing."

-Stephen King, Thinner

11. Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

By: Michael Connelly

3.77

Format: None pages,

Harry Bosch searches for the truth in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Conne… read more

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Cover of The Shadows of Pike Place (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #2) by D.D. Black

12. The Shadows of Pike Place (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #2)

By: D.D. Black

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the past is better left buried. When the matriarch of a rich Seattle family dies under… read more

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  • crime
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13. The Drowning at Dyes Inlet (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 6)

By: D.D. Black

4.45

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes murder comes in waves...In 1979, a florist's lifeless body surfaced in the serene waters … read more

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  • crime
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14. The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #1)

By: D.D. Black

4.29

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Dive into the #1 best-selling mystery series readers are comparing to Connelly, Patterson, and Bald… read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything by Clea Shearer

15. The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything

By: Clea Shearer

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The authors of The Home Edit and stars of the Netflix series Get Org… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Fallen of Foulweather Bluff (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #3) by D.D. Black

16. The Fallen of Foulweather Bluff (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #3)

By: D.D. Black

4.42

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

If the marshlands could speak, whose name would they whisper? On Memorial Day,1992, three decora… read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Horror at Murden Cove (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #4) by D.D. Black

17. The Horror at Murden Cove (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #4)

By: D.D. Black

4.39

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

A triple homicide. A blind witness. What is the sound of evil? Late one night, two young couples… read more

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  • crime
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18. The Terror in the Emerald City (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 5)

By: D.D. Black

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

An elusive terrorist. A city on razor's edge. Twenty-four hours to stop a massacre.Former NYPD dete… read more

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  • crime
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19. Agent Zero (Agent Zero, #1)

By: Jack Mars

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In this much-anticipated debut of an epic spy thriller series by #1 bestseller Jack Mars, readers a… read more

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  • crime
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20. Tell Her Story

By: Margot Hunt

3.60

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

2 hours, 52 minutes From the author of Buried Deep and The House on the Water comes a shocking … read more

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  • crime
Cover of NYPD: Laughing In The Line Of Duty (Tell All NYPD Books) by Vic Ferrari

21. NYPD: Laughing In The Line Of Duty (Tell All NYPD Books)

By: Vic Ferrari

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Life as a New York City police officer is nothing like what you see on television. Of course, it ca… read more

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Cover of Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32) by Michael    Connelly

22. Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32)

By: Michael Connelly

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling … read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1) by Michael Rutger

23. The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

By: Michael Rutger

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Not all secrets are meant to be found.If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at l… read more

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"The past is full of if-onlys and they're all bullshit."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

"...aliens are never the answer to any sensible question."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

"Time may help you turn a blind eye, but guilt is the stain that never goes away."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

"Whose side are you on? The side of not getting killed. For future reference, that's the side I'm always on."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

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24. Quicksilver

By: Dean Koontz

3.90

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating ro… read more

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Cover of BETA: A Technological Nightmare by Sammy  Scott

25. BETA: A Technological Nightmare

By: Sammy Scott

None

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Michael Danvers’ life of self-imposed seclusion is interrupted when he receives a strange the uniqu… read more

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26. Such a Good Wife

By: Seraphina Nova Glass

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Betrayal was just the beginning… Melanie Hale is a devoted mother to her two children, a diligent … read more

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  • crime
Cover of But Not Forearmed (Clint Wolf #28) by B.J. Bourg

27. But Not Forearmed (Clint Wolf #28)

By: B.J. Bourg

4.63

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

Clint Wolf is back, and he’s teaming up with retired police sniper London Carter to face down some … read more

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28. Murder in the Hollows (Jake Cashen #1)

By: Declan James

4.41

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

One small town’s dark secrets lay hidden in the hollows… Rumors have swirled around Jake Cashen … read more

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  • crime
Cover of Murder Board (Boston Crime Thriller #1) by Brian Christopher Shea

29. Murder Board (Boston Crime Thriller #1)

By: Brian Christopher Shea

4.18

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A Boston homicide detective sets out to find a young girl’s killer—and confronts the dark world of … read more

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30. Cops and Writers: From The Academy To The Street

By: Patrick J. O'Donnell

4.33

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you a civilian crime writer who wants to use picture perfect law enforcement details? Do you wo… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • research
  • writing
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31. Deputy: 35 Years as a Deputy Sheriff from Upstate NY to LA

By: Cliff Yates

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

True street cop stories from retired L.A. Sheriff’s Sergeant Cliff YatesRide along with a real DEPU… read more

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  • nonfiction

16 Top crime books like Cops and Writers: From The Academy To The Street by Patrick J. O'Donnell

Transform Your Habits

The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

Michael Connelly

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

Karin Slaughter , Carolina Caires Coelho

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)

Michael Connelly

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)

Michael Connelly

4.10

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Transform Your Habits

The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

David Baldacci

2.74

Transform Your Habits

Camino Island

John Grisham

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

David Baldacci

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Innocent (Will Robie, #1)

David Baldacci

4.17

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