10 Best mystery books like Hip-Deep in Alligators by Robert Wright Campbell

Cover of Hip-Deep in Alligators by Robert Wright Campbell

Hip-Deep in Alligators

By: Robert Wright Campbell

3.71

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy Flannery, Chicago's much-loved precinct captain and sewer inspector, pursues his sleuthing si…

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Cover of One Step Behind  (Kurt Wallander, #7) by Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg

1. One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander, #7)

By: Henning Mankell , Ebba Segerberg

4.11

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

It is Midsummer's Eve, three young friends gather in a wood. In the still-sunlit, Scandanavian dusk… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"I can’t deal with angry people until after I’ve had my morning coffee."

-Henning Mankell, One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander, #7)

"Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said. "No work would be possible without coffee." They pondered the importance of coffee in silence."

-Henning Mankell, One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander, #7)

Cover of Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2) by Ian Fleming

2. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

By: Ian Fleming

3.63

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Don't lose faith in your stars."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

Cover of The Bridge of Sighs (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #1) by Olen Steinhauer

3. The Bridge of Sighs (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #1)

By: Olen Steinhauer

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

In this auspicious literary crime debut, an inexperienced homicide detective struggles amid the law… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Travelogue of the Interior: Finding Your Voice and God's Heart in the Psalms by Karen Dabaghian, Bruce Waltke

4. A Travelogue of the Interior: Finding Your Voice and God's Heart in the Psalms

By: Karen Dabaghian , Bruce Waltke

3.50

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Most travel tales begin and end with the book in your hand. Not this one. As Karen Dabaghian shares… read more

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Cover of After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29) by Agatha Christie

5. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

6. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, h… read more

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7. Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti, #3)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages,

Eigentlich wollte Brunetti mit seiner Familie in die Berge fahren. Doch dann wird vor Mestre die Le… read more

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8. Quietly in Their Sleep (Commissario Brunetti, #6)

By: Donna Leon

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Quietly In Their Sleep,a nun, Suorimmacolata, leaves her order and the nursing home it runs when… read more

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9. The Fifth Woman (Kurt Wallander, #6)

By: Henning Mankell , Steven T. Murray

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Sixth in the Kurt Wallander series. In an African convent, four nuns and a unidentified fifth woman… read more

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10. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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Cover of Casino Royale (James Bond, #1) by Ian Fleming

11. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

By: Ian Fleming

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

12. Red Cent

By: Jane Chelius , Robert Wright Campbell

4.07

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

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13. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

Similar categories in Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger (The Passenger #1) book and Robert Wright Campbell's Hip-Deep in Alligators

  • mystery
  • fiction
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

Cover of Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2) by Cormac McCarthy

14. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

Cover of The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35) by Michael    Connelly

15. The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35)

By: Michael Connelly

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35) book and Robert Wright Campbell's Hip-Deep in Alligators

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder on the Old Bog Road (Galway Homicide: Hays & Lyons #1) by David  Pearson

16. Murder on the Old Bog Road (Galway Homicide: Hays & Lyons #1)

By: David Pearson

3.66

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is found dead in a ditch. As the list of suspects grows, a town’s dirty secrets are reveale… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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17. Passion for Murder

By: David Pearson

4.34

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Emotions run high when a Dublin language school becomes the focus of a murder inquiry A young wo… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Plane Dead by David  Pearson

18. Plane Dead

By: David Pearson

4.27

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A flight from London to Dublin arrives carrying an unusual cargo – a passenger stone-cold dead in h… read more

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Cover of Trade One For Another: A Jackson Trade Vietnam Story by TJ Arant

19. Trade One For Another: A Jackson Trade Vietnam Story

By: TJ Arant

4.41

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Easter, 1970 Vietnam R&R Should be just a day at the beach. But Jackson Trade’s not digging it. … read more

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Cover of Hip-Deep in Alligators by Robert Wright Campbell

20. Hip-Deep in Alligators

By: Robert Wright Campbell

3.71

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy Flannery, Chicago's much-loved precinct captain and sewer inspector, pursues his sleuthing si… read more

Similar categories in Robert Wright Campbell's Hip-Deep in Alligators book and Robert Wright Campbell's Hip-Deep in Alligators

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Search for the Shadow Cat (The Jaguar Oracle Book 2) by Kurt Frederick Mähler

21. The Search for the Shadow Cat (The Jaguar Oracle Book 2)

By: Kurt Frederick Mähler

4.60

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

The Jaguar Oracle series continues with a mystical tale about a jaguar searching for the long-lost … read more

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11 must-read fiction books like Hip-Deep in Alligators by Robert Wright Campbell

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Henning Mankell , Ebba Segerberg

4.11

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Ian Fleming

3.63

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The Bridge of Sighs (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #1)

Olen Steinhauer

4.32

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Trigger Mortis

Ian Fleming , Anthony Horowitz

3.78

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Raymond Chandler

3.95

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Len Deighton

3.93

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William Boyd

3.94

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