27 must-read crime books like The High Commissioner (Scobie Malone, #1) by Jon Cleary

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The High Commissioner (Scobie Malone, #1)

By: Jon Cleary

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

hardcover with dust jacket

If you liked the crime plot in The High Commissioner (Scobie Malone, #1) by Jon Cleary , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of Heroin Annie And Other Cliff Hardy Stories (Cliff Hardy, #5) by Peter Corris

1. Heroin Annie And Other Cliff Hardy Stories (Cliff Hardy, #5)

By: Peter Corris

3.52

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

He's a one-man army for $125 a day, plus expenses, and Hardy was finding his fee harder to earn all… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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2. The Hunter

By: Tony Park

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Paperback

Safari guide and private investigator Hudson Brand hunts people, not animals. He's on the trail of … read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Dying Trade (Cliff Hardy, #1) by Peter Corris

3. The Dying Trade (Cliff Hardy, #1)

By: Peter Corris

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meet Cliff Hardy. Smoker, drinker, ex-boxer. And private investigator. The Dying Tradenot only intr… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

4. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)

By: Richard Stark

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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5. The Year of Living Dangerously

By: Christopher J. Koch

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

The year is 1965. The fiercely nationalistic government of the god-king Sukarno has brought Indones… read more

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6. If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

By: Tim O'Brien

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF… read more

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7. The Murder Rule

By: Dervla McTiernan

3.67

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Because it has to be done. Because if you see something like this, and you can fix it, then it’s your mess to clean up."

-Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule

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8. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

By: Garry Disher

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) by Shelley Burr

9. Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)

By: Shelley Burr

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

'The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving cent… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) by Chris Hammer

10. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. Canticle Creek (Jesse Redpath #1)

By: Adrian Hyland

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two bodies. One long hot summer. A town that will never be the same. When Adam Lawson’s wrecked … read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

12. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Outback (DS Walker, #1) by Patricia Wolf

13. Outback (DS Walker, #1)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.18

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Two missing backpackers. One vast outback. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6)

By: M.W. Craven

4.63

Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . . Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. Dead Ground (Washington Poe, #4)

By: M.W. Craven

4.36

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated crof… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) by Margaret Hickey

16. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5) by M.W. Craven

17. The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5)

By: M.W. Craven

4.55

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

'I swear I'm one bad mood away from calling it black magic and going home . . .' Detective Serge… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3) by Michael Robotham

18. Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3)

By: Michael Robotham

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham’s latest page-turning, psychological thriller in thi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1) by Dinuka McKenzie

19. The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

3.90

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two se… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Black River (Rose Riley, #1) by Matthew Spencer

20. Black River (Rose Riley, #1)

By: Matthew Spencer

3.92

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A long, burning summer in Sydney. A young woman found murdered in the deserted grounds of an elite … read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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21. Devil's Kitchen

By: Candice Fox

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This tight-knit, four-person unit has worked together to save countless lives and stop out of contr… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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22. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Russian Wife (Brock and Kolla #14) by Barry Maitland

23. The Russian Wife (Brock and Kolla #14)

By: Barry Maitland

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When the Russian wife of the owner of one of the most valuable private collections of modern art in… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4) by Michael Robotham

24. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

By: Michael Robotham

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"We exist before we are born and after we die."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... as though men were the solution to every problem."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

Cover of After the Flood (Dan Clement, #4) by Dave Warner

25. After the Flood (Dan Clement, #4)

By: Dave Warner

3.83

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A violent death by crucifixion near a remote north-west station has Detective Inspector Dan Clement… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
Cover of I Shot the Devil by Ruth McIver

26. I Shot the Devil

By: Ruth McIver

3.18

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

They went out to the woods to have fun. And two of them didn't return. A dark, twisty thriller of s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael    Connelly

27. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)

By: Michael Connelly

4.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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28. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

Cover of The High Commissioner (Scobie Malone, #1) by Jon Cleary

29. The High Commissioner (Scobie Malone, #1)

By: Jon Cleary

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Opal (DS Walker #3) by Patricia Wolf

30. Opal (DS Walker #3)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them. DS Lucas Walker is off duty. H… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4) by Chris Hammer

31. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)

By: Chris Hammer

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

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