16 Top crime books like Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2) by Lawrence Block

Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

By: Lawrence Block

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Small-time stoolie, Jake "The Spinner" Jablon, made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers, …

If you liked the crime plot in Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2) by Lawrence Block , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) by John D. MacDonald

1. Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2)

By: John D. MacDonald

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Travis McGee’s permanent address is the Busted Flush, Slip F-18, Bahia Mar, Lauderdale, and there i… read more

Similar categories in John D. MacDonald's Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

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

2. 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

Similar categories in Robert B. Parker's The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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)

Cover of The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11) by Richard Stark

3. The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11)

By: Richard Stark

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A corrupt African colonel has converted half his country's wealth into diamonds and smuggled them t… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald

4. The Drowning Pool

By: Ross Macdonald

3.58

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are… read more

Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Drowning Pool book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Backflash (Parker, #18) by Richard Stark

5. Backflash (Parker, #18)

By: Richard Stark

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Times Notable Book, a new Parker adventure finds the… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Backflash (Parker, #18) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The shirtsleeved bald bartender was tall and fat, looking like a retired cop who'd gone to seed the day his papers had come through. At the bar, muttering together about sports and politics—other peo…"

-Richard Stark, Backflash (Parker, #18)

6. Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

By: Lawrence Block

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Small-time stoolie, Jake "The Spinner" Jablon, made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers, … read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Miami Blues by Elmore Leonard, Charles Willeford

7. Miami Blues

By: Elmore Leonard , Charles Willeford

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Miami Blues book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard

8. Tishomingo Blues

By: Elmore Leonard

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississipp… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Tishomingo Blues book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald

9. The Moving Target

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshi… read more

Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Moving Target book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blood on the Moon (Lloyd Hopkins, #1) by James Ellroy

10. Blood on the Moon (Lloyd Hopkins, #1)

By: James Ellroy

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can't stand music, or any loud sounds. He's got a beautiful wife, … read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's Blood on the Moon (Lloyd Hopkins, #1) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Mr Majestyk by Elmore Leonard

11. Mr Majestyk

By: Elmore Leonard

3.90

Format: 77 pages, Paperback

Once, Vincent Majestyk crashed through a jungle with an M-15 and a sack of grenades. Now he works u… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Mr Majestyk book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Slayground (Parker, #14) by Richard Stark

12. Slayground (Parker, #14)

By: Richard Stark

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his number had finally come up. An armored car heist… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Slayground (Parker, #14) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Jugger (Parker, #6) by Richard Stark

13. The Jugger (Parker, #6)

By: Richard Stark

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, because what he did was steal. But Joe Sheer, a ret… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Jugger (Parker, #6) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Well, it just figures," Younger told him, like a man explaining his religion."

-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)

"The technicians worked around him now as though they expected to launch him into space."

-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)

"The room was full of law. Apparently somebody on Younger’s force had invited the state police to attend after all; the pack of technical men, with their cameras and chalk, powders and notebooks and l…"

-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)

14. The Outfit (Parker, #3)

By: Richard Stark

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Outfit (Parker, #3) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

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

By: Richard Stark

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

16. The Hunter (Parker, #1)

By: Richard Stark

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Hunter (Parker, #1) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

Cover of The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark

17. The Mourner (Parker, #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

Cover of Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2) by Donald E. Westlake

18. Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.03

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When John Dortmunder sets out to rob a bank, he really means it. He steals the whole thing. With th… read more

Similar categories in Donald E. Westlake's Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Plunder Squad (Parker, #15) by Richard Stark

19. Plunder Squad (Parker, #15)

By: Richard Stark

4.05

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his glass straight back over his right shoulder and dove… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Plunder Squad (Parker, #15) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

20. The Busy Body

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Previously published in paperback by Ballantine. read more

Similar categories in Donald E. Westlake's The Busy Body book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

21. The Score (Parker, #5)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Score (Parker, #5) book and Lawrence Block's Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

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Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2)

John D. MacDonald

3.91

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The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)

Robert B. Parker

3.92

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The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11)

Richard Stark

3.70

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The Drowning Pool

Ross Macdonald

3.58

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Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

Elmore Leonard

3.93

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Swag

Elmore Leonard

3.90

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The Getaway

Jim Thompson

2.67

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Nothing More Than Murder

Jim Thompson

3.61

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