20 must-read crime books like The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5) by Steve Martini

Cover of The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5) by Steve Martini

The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

By: Steve Martini

3.67

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Navy SEALs are the military's elite—highly trained, deadly, and sworn to secrecy about the details …

If you liked the crime plot in The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5) by Steve Martini , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Dull Knife (Joe Pickett, #6.5) by C.J. Box

1. Dull Knife (Joe Pickett, #6.5)

By: C.J. Box

3.88

Format: 23 pages, ebook

A chilling short story of death and retribution from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Co… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Dull Knife (Joe Pickett, #6.5) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27) by Michael    Connelly

2. The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)

By: Michael Connelly

4.13

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So w… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"I have waited twenty years for this phone call . . . and all this time I thought it would go away. I knew I would always be sad for my sister. But I thought the other would go away."

-Michael Connelly, The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)

Cover of The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg Iles

3. The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1)

By: Greg Iles

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The New York Timesbestselling author of Spandau Phoenixand Mortal Fearreturns with a rich and atmos… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin

4. The Third Victim

By: Phillip Margolin

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Hardcover

The "master of heart-pounding suspense" returns with a brand new series--The Third Victimis New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Phillip Margolin's The Third Victim book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Foreign Affairs (Stone Barrington, #35) by Stuart Woods

5. Foreign Affairs (Stone Barrington, #35)

By: Stuart Woods

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Stone Barrington returns in the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Woods's Foreign Affairs (Stone Barrington, #35) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

6. The Black Box (Harry Bosch, #18; Harry Bosch Universe, #22)

By: Michael Connelly

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Black Box (Harry Bosch, #18; Harry Bosch Universe, #22) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

7. Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar #2)

By: Harlan Coben

4.48

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award-winner Harlan Coben, a young woman's tragic deat… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar #2) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

8. Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

By: J.D. Robb

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

When Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a top model, she is putting her career… read more

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9. Stolen Prey (Lucas Davenport, #22)

By: John Sandford

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnes… read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Stolen Prey (Lucas Davenport, #22) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

10. Just One Look

By: Harlan Coben

4.10

Format: 322 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An ordinary snapshot causes a mother's world to unravel in an instant. After picking up her two you… read more

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11. Murder on Black Swan Lane (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery, #1)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist form an unlikely allian… read more

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Cover of Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

12. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Goodnight (Blood Ties, #1) by Kat Martin

13. The Last Goodnight (Blood Ties, #1)

By: Kat Martin

3.70

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

A cold case is heating up, and with another body turning up, one woman is hot on the trail of a kil… read more

Similar categories in Kat Martin's The Last Goodnight (Blood Ties, #1) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Southern Criminal (Joe Hennessy Legal Thriller #2) by Peter O'Mahoney

14. The Southern Criminal (Joe Hennessy Legal Thriller #2)

By: Peter O'Mahoney

4.42

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Justice is a deadly game… When one of South Carolina’s most powerful lawyers is charged with the… read more

Similar categories in Peter O'Mahoney's The Southern Criminal (Joe Hennessy Legal Thriller #2) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child

15. The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look li… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50) by Mike Lupica

16. Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50)

By: Mike Lupica

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of … read more

Similar categories in Mike Lupica's Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27) by Lee Child

17. No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27)

By: Lee Child

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In Gerrardsville, Colorado, a woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus. The death is ruled a su… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay

18. The Lie Maker

By: Linwood Barclay

4.13

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First an… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's The Lie Maker book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Quick & Dirty (Stone Barrington, #43) by Stuart Woods

19. Quick & Dirty (Stone Barrington, #43)

By: Stuart Woods

3.95

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Stone Barrington returns in the action-packed new adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Woods's Quick & Dirty (Stone Barrington, #43) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19) by Craig Johnson

20. The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19)

By: Craig Johnson

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelat… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22) by Kyle Mills

21. Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22)

By: Kyle Mills

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Rapp makes a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and “ripped straight from next week’s… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Mills's Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Command and Control (Jack Ryan #23) by Marc Cameron

22. Command and Control (Jack Ryan #23)

By: Marc Cameron

4.46

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

A Russian plot to seize the Panama Canal plunges President Jack Ryan into a desperate fight for his… read more

Similar categories in Marc Cameron's Command and Control (Jack Ryan #23) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

23. I Will Ruin You

By: Linwood Barclay

3.98

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of hero… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Double Jeopardy (Rain City Legal, #4) by Stephen Penner

24. Double Jeopardy (Rain City Legal, #4)

By: Stephen Penner

4.37

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder. Lies. Corruption. Welcome to Rain City. A young man, Michael, dies while in custody at t… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Penner's Double Jeopardy (Rain City Legal, #4) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • thriller
Cover of The Christmas Scorpion (Jack Reacher, #22.5) by Lee Child

25. The Christmas Scorpion (Jack Reacher, #22.5)

By: Lee Child

3.66

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

In a new short story available exclusively as an ebook, Jack Reacher’s spending the holidays in Cal… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's The Christmas Scorpion (Jack Reacher, #22.5) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) by Greg Iles

26. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)

By: Greg Iles

4.15

Format: 966 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Bourne Evolution (Jason Bourne, #15) by Brian Freeman

27. The Bourne Evolution (Jason Bourne, #15)

By: Brian Freeman

4.25

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

America's most enduring hero, Jason Bourne, returns--with old skills and new plot twists--in a prop… read more

Similar categories in Brian Freeman's The Bourne Evolution (Jason Bourne, #15) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of James Penney's New Identity by Lee Child

28. James Penney's New Identity

By: Lee Child

3.91

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Before Jack Reacher became the seminal, nomadic hero he is today and #1 New York Times bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's James Penney's New Identity book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5) by Steve Martini

29. The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

By: Steve Martini

3.67

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Navy SEALs are the military's elite—highly trained, deadly, and sworn to secrecy about the details … read more

Similar categories in Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5) book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Prisoner: A Legal Thriller by Dave Daren

30. The Prisoner: A Legal Thriller

By: Dave Daren

4.46

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

An innocent client. An impossible murder defense. A lawyer pushed to the limit. Jordan Steele’s … read more

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Cover of Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher by Lee Child

31. Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher

By: Lee Child

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for … read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher book and Steve Martini's The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

23 best-selling fiction books like The Second Man (Paul Madriani, #12.5) by Steve Martini

Transform Your Habits

Dull Knife (Joe Pickett, #6.5)

C.J. Box

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)

Michael Connelly

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1)

Greg Iles

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Third Victim

Phillip Margolin

3.90

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21 Best fiction books like The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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The Exchange

John Grisham

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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