16 must-read fiction books like The Blank Page (Mario Balzic Detective Mystery, #3) by K.C. Constantine

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The Blank Page (Mario Balzic Detective Mystery, #3)

By: K.C. Constantine

3.76

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

As the novel opens, it is a record-hot Memorial Day when Miss Cynthia Summer calls Police Chief Mar…

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Cover of Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler

1. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"She was a cute as a washtub."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

Cover of The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) by Raymond Chandler

2. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

Cover of Dirty Money (Parker, #24) by Richard Stark

3. Dirty Money (Parker, #24)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Book by read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said."

-Richard Stark, Dirty Money (Parker, #24)

Cover of God Save The Child (Spenser, #2) by Robert B. Parker

4. God Save The Child (Spenser, #2)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.96

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-o… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1) by Robert B. Parker

5. The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.92

Format: 204 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hir… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"A cold McDonald's hamburger is halfway between a jelly doughnut and a hockey puck, but the nine-dollar bourbon helped."

-Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)

"It was a bright day, but cold, and the whores had emerged, working the Combat Zone, looking cold and bizarre in their miniskirts, boots, and blond wigs. Being seductive at twenty degrees was heavy go…"

-Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)

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6. The Good Lord Bird

By: James McBride

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Man Without Breath (Bernard Gunther, #9) by Philip Kerr

7. A Man Without Breath (Bernard Gunther, #9)

By: Philip Kerr

4.10

Format: 136 pages,

From the national bestselling author of Prague Fatale, a powerful new thriller that returns Bernie … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #11) by Agatha Christie

8. At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #11)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out! When Miss Marple comes up … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Lily of the Field (Inspector Troy, #7) by John Lawton

9. A Lily of the Field (Inspector Troy, #7)

By: John Lawton

3.71

Format: None pages,

Vienna, 1934.Ten-year-old cello prodigy Meret Voytek becomes a pupil of concert pianist Viktor Rose… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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10. Pick-Up

By: Charles Willeford

4.01

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

He Holed Up With a Helpless Lush Prowling the grimy streets of San Francisco low-life, Helen is … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"No whiskey, no religion, nothing."

-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up

"There is something about a man with a beard I cannot stand. No particular reason for it. Prejudice, I suppose. I feel the same way about cats."

-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up

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11. The Wycherly Woman

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her wealthy father hired Archer to find her. That was… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8) by Margery Allingham

12. The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8)

By: Margery Allingham

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true quee… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

13. Out Of Sight

By: Elmore Leonard

4.20

Format: None pages,

Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco... U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class… read more

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14. Mortal Stakes (Spenser, #3)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.89

Format: None pages,

With each new novel, Robert Parker's talent seems to deepen. In Mortal Stakes, Spenser is back agai… read more

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15. The Glass Key

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages,

Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of S… read more

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16. Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The fearless investigative reporter Tatiana Petrovna falls to her death from a sixth-floor window i… read more

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17. The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Archibald Dortmunder is the thief whose capers never quite come off. Here, the released convic… read more

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18. Where There's a Will (Nero Wolfe, #8)

By: Rex Stout , Dean Koontz

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Investigating the bizarre will of late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne--who left the bulk of his es… read more

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19. Breakout (Parker, #21)

By: Richard Stark

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Parker's back in jail, but not just any old jail; it's the correctional center, where people withou… read more

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20. Black Orchids (Nero Wolfe, #9)

By: Lawrence Block , Rex Stout

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid … read more

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21. Crooked House

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides li… read more

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22. Nobody Runs Forever (Parker, #22)

By: Richard Stark

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

Master criminal Parker is back and in deeper, darker trouble than ever before. The classic anti-her… read more

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23. City Primeval

By: Elmore Leonard

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Clement Mansell, knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The crazed killer is back on the Det… read more

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24. Drive (Drive, #1)

By: James Sallis

3.00

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

Set mostly in Arizona and L.A., Drive is about a man who does stunt driving for movies by day and d… read more

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25. Havana Bay (Arkady Renko, #4)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The body, at least what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from … read more

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26. Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.50

Format: None pages,

In Wolves Eat Dogs,Renko returns for his most enigmatic and baffling case: the death of one of Russ… read more

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27. Mr. Paradise

By: Elmore Leonard

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mr Paradise pays Chloe and Kelly to play cheerleaders. To dance while he watches reruns of Michigan… read more

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28. No Room at the Morgue

By: Jean-Patrick Manchette

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the works of Dashiell Hammett, No Room at the Morgue is Jean-Patrick Manchette's unpara… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) by Walter Mosley

29. Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2)

By: Walter Mosley

3.87

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1) by Walter Mosley

30. Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1)

By: Walter Mosley

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing novelist Walter Mosley: a former NYPD cop once imprisoned for a crime he did not … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Blank Page (Mario Balzic Detective Mystery, #3) by K.C. Constantine

31. The Blank Page (Mario Balzic Detective Mystery, #3)

By: K.C. Constantine

3.76

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

As the novel opens, it is a record-hot Memorial Day when Miss Cynthia Summer calls Police Chief Mar… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

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