24 must-read crime books like A Killing in China Basin by Kirk Russell

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A Killing in China Basin

By: Kirk Russell

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A new crime series set in San Francisco launches with a late night phone call. The body of a young …

If you liked the crime plot in A Killing in China Basin by Kirk Russell , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1)

By: Graham Smith

3.71

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Watching The Bodies: an explosive new crime thriller from a critically acclaimed authorWhen Jake Bo… read more

Similar categories in Graham Smith's Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) by William Kent Krueger

2. Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown th… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve."

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

"Word is you heard the Windigo too." I did. The difference is I'm ready for the son of a bitch." --Cork O'Connor"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" "He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things." "

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" They fasted the rest of the day and breathed in the smoke of a cedar fire. At first light next morning, they blackened their faces with the cedar ash, a sign to the spirits of the deep woods that th…"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

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3. Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)

By: Lisa See

4.00

Format: 139 pages,

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Similar categories in Lisa See's Flower Net (Red Princess, #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Face of Betrayal by Lis Wiehl, April Henry

4. Face of Betrayal

By: Lis Wiehl , April Henry

3.87

Format: 288 pages,

FOX News legal correspondent and former Federal Prosecutor Lis Wiehl has created a suspense series … read more

Similar categories in Lis Wiehl's Face of Betrayal book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

5. The Thirst (Harry Hole #11)

By: Jo Nesbø

4.25

Format: None pages,

Harry Hole returns in the eleventh installment of the author's best-selling, electrifying crime fic… read more

Similar categories in Jo Nesbø's The Thirst (Harry Hole #11) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

6. Fault Line (Ben Treven, #1)

By: Barry Eisler

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Kindle Edition

In Silicon Valley, the eccentric inventor of a new encryption application is murdered in an apparen… read more

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7. Death of Riley (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #2)

By: Rhys Bowen

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Molly Murphy apprentices to Paddy Riley for her new profession. The tough old Cockney PI specialize… read more

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8. Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2)

By: Jo Nesbø , Don Bartlett

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole … read more

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9. The Language of Flowers

By: Vanessa Diffenbaugh

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weave… read more

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10. Eruption

By: Michael Crichton

3.91

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A history-making once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crichton's Eruption book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) by John Sandford

11. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

By: John Sandford

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly, #4) by Douglas Preston

12. Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly, #4)

By: Douglas Preston

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bests… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly, #4) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) by David Baldacci

13. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23) by C.J. Box

14. Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facili… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. Extinction

By: Douglas Preston

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, … read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Extinction book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"If something can be done, it will be done-no matter how dangerous."

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan, in Extinction by Douglas Preston"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"You actually think we want to be like you? You Sapiens, with your bleak and apocalyptic history? What a grim and self-loathing species you are! Look at what you worship as progress. The agricultural …"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

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16. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

By: Helene Tursten

3.76

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more

Similar categories in Helene Tursten's An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"

-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

Cover of Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2) by John Sandford

17. Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2)

By: John Sandford

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

First, "Investigator,' now 'Dark Angel.' A stunning new series from John Sandford. This time we … read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby

18. My Darkest Prayer

By: S.A. Cosby

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's My Darkest Prayer book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) by David Baldacci

19. The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4)

By: David Baldacci

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memo… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1) by Ann Cleeves

20. The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.95

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outsi… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"His thoughts were wheeling and dipping like the gulls over the estuary, groping for an explanation, feeling at last he was making sense of what lie behind Walden's death..."

-Ann Cleeves, The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

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21. The Library Book

By: Susan Orlean

3.89

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the mo… read more

Similar categories in Susan Orlean's The Library Book book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
"You read and read and read and read," she said, "and then what?"

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

"German poet Heinrich Heine [warned], 'There where one burns books, one in the end burns men."

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

"Writing a book, just like building a library, is an act of sheer defiance. It is a declaration that you believe in the persistence of memory."

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

"The water dumped on the fire was now as much a problem as a solution. The librarians always worried more about floods than fire, and now they had both."

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

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22. The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • fiction
Cover of A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3) by Keigo Higashino

23. A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Takes all sorts to make a world. It's hard to generalize what's odd and what's not."

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

"Murder cases are like cancer cells. Once they get their hooks into you, the pain and misery just keep on spreading. Whether the killer gets caught or the investigation is brought to a successful conc…"

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

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24. Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation firm in… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"In this quiet room, surrounded by tales of mystery and deception, she felt most like herself."

-James Patterson, Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

Cover of City of Endless Night (Pendergast, #17) by Douglas Preston

25. City of Endless Night (Pendergast, #17)

By: Douglas Preston

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Special Agent Pendergast must stop a serial killer who is ter… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's City of Endless Night (Pendergast, #17) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"to be a witness to evil is to be human."

-Douglas Preston, City of Endless Night (Pendergast, #17)

Cover of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

26. Blacktop Wasteland

By: S.A. Cosby

4.08

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Beauregard "Bug" Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known - from North … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's Blacktop Wasteland book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"The truth had a strange way of ending an argument."

-S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland

Cover of Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles, #13) by Tess Gerritsen

27. Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles, #13)

By: Tess Gerritsen

4.16

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Rizzoli & Isles are back! Jane and Maura are investigating a brutal murder with dire implications, … read more

Similar categories in Tess Gerritsen's Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles, #13) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Dark Intercept (The Shepherds, #1) by Brian  Andrews

28. Dark Intercept (The Shepherds, #1)

By: Brian Andrews

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When dark forces rise, are faith and firepower enough?On the eve of his medical retirement, Navy SE… read more

Similar categories in Brian Andrews's Dark Intercept (The Shepherds, #1) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Chaos Kind (John Rain, #11, Livia Lone, #5) by Barry Eisler

29. The Chaos Kind (John Rain, #11, Livia Lone, #5)

By: Barry Eisler

4.32

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

The assassins of Barry Eisler’s #1 bestseller The Killer Collective are back—and this time, it’s ch… read more

Similar categories in Barry Eisler's The Chaos Kind (John Rain, #11, Livia Lone, #5) book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Killing in China Basin by Kirk Russell

30. A Killing in China Basin

By: Kirk Russell

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A new crime series set in San Francisco launches with a late night phone call. The body of a young … read more

Similar categories in Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin book and Kirk Russell's A Killing in China Basin

  • mystery
  • crime
  • police
  • fiction
Cover of Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2) by Nelson DeMille

31. Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2)

By: Nelson DeMille

4.32

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the r… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

26 Best fiction books like A Killing in China Basin by Kirk Russell

Transform Your Habits

Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1)

Graham Smith

3.71

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Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

William Kent Krueger

3.97

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Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)

Lisa See

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Face of Betrayal

Lis Wiehl , April Henry

3.87

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18 Top thriller books like City of Endless Night (Pendergast, #17) by Douglas Preston

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Terminal Freeze (Jeremy Logan, #2)

Lincoln Child

3.82

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The Doomsday Key (Sigma Force, #6)

James Rollins

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Forgotten Room (Jeremy Logan, #4)

Lincoln Child

3.75

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Utopia

Lincoln Child

3.91

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