31 must-read fiction books like Welcome to the Game by Craig Henderson

Cover of Welcome to the Game by Craig   Henderson

Welcome to the Game

By: Craig Henderson

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From a brilliant new voice, Welcome to the Game is a gripping thriller that races through Motor Cit…

If you liked the fiction plot in Welcome to the Game by Craig Henderson , here is a list of 31 books like this:

Cover of The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry

1. The Peacock and the Sparrow

By: I.S. Berry

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more

Similar categories in I.S. Berry's The Peacock and the Sparrow book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

2. 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

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2) by James  Byrne

3. Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2)

By: James Byrne

4.40

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

James Byrne's Deadlock is the sequel to the highly praised The Gatekeeper featuring Dez Limerick, o… read more

Similar categories in James Byrne's Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Twenty (Jack Swyteck, #17) by James Grippando

4. Twenty (Jack Swyteck, #17)

By: James Grippando

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jack Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire after a deadly school shooting claims twent… read more

Similar categories in James Grippando's Twenty (Jack Swyteck, #17) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Gangland by Chuck Hogan

5. Gangland

By: Chuck Hogan

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right‑hand man of one of t… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Hogan's Gangland book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) by Charles Cumming

6. Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2)

By: Charles Cumming

4.23

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert int… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) by Robert Crais

7. Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)

By: Robert Crais

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this bri… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) by Chris Hadfield

8. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hadfield's The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Going Zero by Anthony McCarten

9. Going Zero

By: Anthony McCarten

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From four-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten comes a breakneck, wickedly en… read more

Similar categories in Anthony McCarten's Going Zero book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
"...I can’t approve of a private company that profits from algorithmic amplification, dissemination and micro targeting of corrupt information, much of it produced by coordinated schemes of disinforma…"

-Anthony McCarten, Going Zero

Cover of Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor

10. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers

11. A Line in the Sand

By: Kevin Powers

3.88

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

In this “spellbinding and totally original thriller” (Philipp Meyer, author of The Son ) a lonely v… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Powers's A Line in the Sand book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan

12. Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1)

By: Ausma Zehanat Khan

3.75

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and … read more

Similar categories in Ausma Zehanat Khan's Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Hero by Thomas Perry

13. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

Cover of Murder Book by Thomas Perry

14. Murder Book

By: Thomas Perry

3.87

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

An ex-cop takes on a widespread criminal organization targeting Midwestern towns in this "master cl… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Murder Book book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14) by Paul Doiron

15. Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14)

By: Paul Doiron

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double m… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper

16. Everybody Knows

By: Jordan Harper

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"You have to be invited in. Cops are like vampires that way."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"What she tells him after that blows out the back of Chris’s head like a book-depository bullet."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"Brass and the DAs are the true villains in a cop’s life. The knuckleheads are just the product they trade in."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"His hands in his lap grasp and clench the air like he’s trying to find the world’s throat and choke it until it’s dead."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

Cover of Paperback Jack by Loren D. Estleman

17. Paperback Jack

By: Loren D. Estleman

3.71

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand new historical thriller from a Grand Master: lurid paperback covers promised sex and danger… read more

Similar categories in Loren D. Estleman's Paperback Jack book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Second Stranger by Martin Griffin

18. The Second Stranger

By: Martin Griffin

3.43

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Remie Yorke has one shift left at the Mackinnon Hotel in the remote Scottish Highlands before she l… read more

Similar categories in Martin Griffin's The Second Stranger book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Seventeen (Last Man Standing #1) by John  Brownlow

19. Seventeen (Last Man Standing #1)

By: John Brownlow

4.01

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

You'll never know my name.But you won't forget my number.Behind the events you know are the killers… read more

Similar categories in John Brownlow's Seventeen (Last Man Standing #1) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Run for Cover (Michael Gannon, #2) by Michael Ledwidge

20. Run for Cover (Michael Gannon, #2)

By: Michael Ledwidge

4.25

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The next installment in the pulse-pounding Gannon series, featuring murder, intrigue and a deadly n… read more

Similar categories in Michael Ledwidge's Run for Cover (Michael Gannon, #2) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda

21. Sing Her Down

By: Ivy Pochoda

3.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

No Country for Old Men meets Killing Eve in this gritty, feminist Western thriller from the award-w… read more

Similar categories in Ivy Pochoda's Sing Her Down book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"If we could avenge people for their personalities, we'd all be in trouble."

-Ivy Pochoda, Sing Her Down

Cover of The Plinko Bounce by Martin   Clark

22. The Plinko Bounce

By: Martin Clark

3.73

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the po… read more

Similar categories in Martin Clark's The Plinko Bounce book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Stolen Coast by Dwyer Murphy

23. The Stolen Coast

By: Dwyer Murphy

3.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up i… read more

Similar categories in Dwyer Murphy's The Stolen Coast book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The experience was collective, but not the memory."

-Dwyer Murphy, The Stolen Coast

Cover of Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker

24. Kill Show

By: Daniel Sweren-Becker

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Sweren-Becker's Kill Show book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Some people chalk up every violent act against women to a boy who never got kissed in Middle School...I hate that framework because it implies it's somehow every teenage girl's responsibility to dole…"

-Daniel Sweren-Becker, Kill Show

Cover of The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11) by Brian Freeman

25. The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11)

By: Brian Freeman

4.44

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

A woman has been kidnapped.Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back ... dead o… read more

Similar categories in Brian Freeman's The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11) book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Decent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

26. Decent People

By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and u… read more

Similar categories in De'Shawn Charles Winslow's Decent People book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski

27. Small Town Sins

By: Ken Jaworowski

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing th… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Dredge by Brendan  Flaherty

28. The Dredge

By: Brendan Flaherty

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"Flaherty writes with stealthy acuity, his prose seemingly simple yet full of coiled power. . . . M… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Flaherty's The Dredge book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk

29. That Night in the Library

By: Eva Jurczyk

2.70

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One night locked in the library. What could go wrong? On the night before graduation, seven stud… read more

Similar categories in Eva Jurczyk's That Night in the Library book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Don't Let the Devil Ride by Ace Atkins

30. Don't Let the Devil Ride

By: Ace Atkins

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's Don't Let the Devil Ride book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Welcome to the Game by Craig   Henderson

31. Welcome to the Game

By: Craig Henderson

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From a brilliant new voice, Welcome to the Game is a gripping thriller that races through Motor Cit… read more

Similar categories in Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game book and Craig Henderson's Welcome to the Game

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

31 must-read mystery books like Welcome to the Game by Craig Henderson

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The Peacock and the Sparrow

I.S. Berry

3.81

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Don Winslow

4.42

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Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2)

James Byrne

4.40

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James Grippando

4.20

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C.J. Box

4.36

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Michael Connelly

4.56

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John Sandford

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