21 Best crime books like The Long Count: A John Q Mystery (John Q Mystery, 1) by J.M. Gulvin

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The Long Count: A John Q Mystery (John Q Mystery, 1)

By: J.M. Gulvin

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"The detail is unerring ... and this magisterial grasp of time and place lends the story vivid vera…

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1. Lady Cop Makes Trouble (Kopp Sisters, #2)

By: Amy Stewart

3.83

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits wit… read more

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  • crime
"It looked like the kind of place where people were shot over the rent money."

-Amy Stewart, Lady Cop Makes Trouble (Kopp Sisters, #2)

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2. The Vanishing Season (Ellery Hathaway, #1)

By: Joanna Schaffhausen

3.81

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Ellery Hathaway knows a thing or two about serial killers, but not through her police training. She… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
"Sometimes the law is about as useful as tits on a bull. Good people end up hurt."

-Joanna Schaffhausen, The Vanishing Season (Ellery Hathaway, #1)

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3. Severed

By: Simon Kernick

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

Straight off I knew it was going to be a bad day. The room was stifling hot; and when I did finally… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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4. The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)

By: James Ellroy

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hu… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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5. The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

By: Michael Connelly

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

For Jack McEvoy, the killer named The Poet was the last word in evil. Think again, Jack. Twelve yea… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime

6. The Hidden Legacy

By: G.J. Minett

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

A life-changing gift with a shadowy origin - a dark and suspenseful debut novel. 1966. A horrifying… read more

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7. Behind the Scenes at the Museum

By: Kate Atkinson

3.00

Format: None pages,

Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whi… read more

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8. Basket Case

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida dai… read more

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9. Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)

By: Amy Stewart

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Cons… read more

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10. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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11. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37) by Michael    Connelly

12. Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)

By: Michael Connelly

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch’s “white… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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13. Master Class

By: Christina Dalcher

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). … read more

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  • thriller
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14. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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15. Lean Fall Stand

By: Jon McGregor

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Reservoir 13, this thrilling new novel of an Antarct… read more

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  • thriller
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16. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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17. Local Gone Missing (Elise King, #1)

By: Fiona Barton

3.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and week… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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18. Snap

By: Belinda Bauer

3.81

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, … read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
"... "That Rhod's an arse, isn't he?" "Total arse," she agreed ..."

-Belinda Bauer, Snap

"He was only wearing trainers, but a kick in the face is a kick in the face."

-Belinda Bauer, Snap

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19. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Perfect Little Children

By: Sophie Hannah

3.45

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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21. Two Wrongs

By: Mel McGrath

3.45

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A brand-new psychological thriller from bestselling author Mel McGrath, about the lengths a mother … read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33) by Michael    Connelly

22. The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33)

By: Michael Connelly

4.28

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed B… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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23. Another Kind of Eden (Holland Family Saga, #3)

By: James Lee Burke

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, lov… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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24. The Better Sister

By: Alafair Burke

3.79

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

From Alafair Burke—New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit, The Wife—comes another twi… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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25. Salvage This World

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Michael Farris Smith's latest "riveting" epic, a young woman returns home with her child to her … read more

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  • thriller
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26. Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (Kopp Sisters, #4)

By: Amy Stewart

3.95

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Trailblazing Constance's hard-won job as deputy sheriff is on the line in Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit… read more

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  • crime
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27. The Cut

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Millie Spark can kill anyone. A special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic s… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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28. Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph

By: Yusra Mardini

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning--and how she went on to be… read more

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"It’s just easier to laugh than to cry. If I cry, I’ll cry alone. But if you laugh, we can do it together. I guess no one knows how strong they can be until it’s their turn to deal with tragedy."

-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph

"That´s right. Only a name. A name given to us by circumstances beyond our control. Now we have to reclaim it. [...] "We are still humans", I say. "We are not only refugees. We are like everyone in th…"

-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph

"Back in Syria, we’d never gave anything directly to anyone. We’d give to a charity and then they’d make sure it got to people in need. That way no one felt looked down on. I remind myself how lucky w…"

-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph

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29. The Long Count: A John Q Mystery (John Q Mystery, 1)

By: J.M. Gulvin

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"The detail is unerring ... and this magisterial grasp of time and place lends the story vivid vera… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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30. A Time to Lie

By: Simon Berthon

3.61

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A divisive prime minister. A long-buried body. A plot to bring him down… The bigger the secret t… read more

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James Ellroy

4.26

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David Baldacci

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