15 must-read mystery books like Hard Candy (Burke, #4) by Andrew Vachss

Cover of Hard Candy (Burke, #4) by Andrew Vachss

Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

By: Andrew Vachss

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burke--the private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit m…

If you liked the mystery plot in Hard Candy (Burke, #4) by Andrew Vachss , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) by John Connolly

1. Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)

By: John Connolly

3.96

Format: 467 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Tortured and brilliant private detective Charlie Parker stars in this thriller by New York Times be… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The evolutionary curve obviously sloped pretty gently where Six came from."

-John Connolly, Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)

"A veces necesitamos nuestro dolor. Lo necesitamos para considerarlo nuestro."

-John Connolly, Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)

"Why did you shoot him?" "You weren't around," I replied, my teeth gritted in pain. "If you'd been here I'd have shot you instead."

-John Connolly, Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)

"She was plump, with dyed red hair and a face so caked with cosmetics that the floor of the Amazon jungle probably saw more natural light..."

-John Connolly, Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)

Cover of Museum of Terror, Vol. 1: Tomie 1 by Junji Ito, Naomi Kokubo

2. Museum of Terror, Vol. 1: Tomie 1

By: Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo

4.09

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

Dark Horse Comics is very proud to present Museum of Terror, a series of horror stories by Japan's … read more

Similar categories in Junji Ito's Museum of Terror, Vol. 1: Tomie 1 book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Dawn Patrol (Boone Daniels #1) by Don Winslow

3. The Dawn Patrol (Boone Daniels #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.01

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). As cool as its California surfer… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's The Dawn Patrol (Boone Daniels #1) book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) by James Ellroy

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

Similar categories in James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Stalking the Angel (Elvis Cole, #2) by Robert Crais

5. Stalking the Angel (Elvis Cole, #2)

By: Robert Crais

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

The blonde who walked into Cole's office was the best-looking woman he'd seen in weeks. The only th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) by C.J. Sansom

6. Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)

By: C.J. Sansom

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Sunset and Sawdust by Joe R. Lansdale

7. Sunset and Sawdust

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's Sunset and Sawdust book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale

8. The Bottoms

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

The narrator of The Bottomsis Harry Collins, an old man obsessively reflecting on certain key exper… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Ice House by Minette Walters

9. The Ice House

By: Minette Walters

4.11

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange - not since… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Hard Candy (Burke, #4) by Andrew Vachss

10. Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

By: Andrew Vachss

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burke--the private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit m… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4) book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of A Suitable Vengeance (Inspector Lynley, #4) by Elizabeth  George

11. A Suitable Vengeance (Inspector Lynley, #4)

By: Elizabeth George

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspec… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4) by Michael    Connelly

12. The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)

By: Michael Connelly

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Harry's life is a mess. His house has been condemned because of earthquake damage. His girlfriend h… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4) book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Cartel (Power of the Dog, #2) by Don Winslow

13. The Cartel (Power of the Dog, #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.35

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally best-selling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dog comes The … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's The Cartel (Power of the Dog, #2) book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"He tells his guys, you change the oil in a Nissan, you just can't kill it. You'll die before that car will."

-Don Winslow, The Cartel (Power of the Dog, #2)

14. The Auctioneer

By: Ed Gorman , Joan Samson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Harrowing tensions explode in a series of events that could happen anywhere, to anyone, just as the… read more

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15. A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder, #8)

By: Lawrence Block

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Matt Scudder put the brilliant and elusive James Leo Motley behind bars - for good, or so he hoped.… read more

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16. Soul Circus (Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, #3)

By: None

4.06

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bleak, gritty and moving, Soul Circussuperbly brings to life a devastating story of life and death … read more

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17. Sound of Thunder (Courtney #2)

By: Wilbur Smith

3.44

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

THE SOUND OF THUNDER continues the Courtney saga where WHEN THE LION FEEDS left off. Sean Courtney … read more

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18. Angels Flight (Harry Bosch, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry B… read more

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19. Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #8; Terry McCaleb #1)

By: Michael Connelly

4.02

Format: 240 pages,

New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly presents his most ambitious, most gripping achie… read more

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20. In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (Inspector Lynley, #10)

By: Elizabeth George

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A theatrical producer shoots himself on the night of his greatest triumph. A young woman camping on… read more

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21. Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1)

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Here comes Trudy back into Hap's life, thirty-six but looking ten years younger, with long blonde h… read more

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22. White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)

By: James Ellroy

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns--it's standard procedure for Lieutenant D… read more

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23. Crimson Joy (Spenser, #15)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A serial killer is on the loose in Beantown and the cops can't catch him. But when the killer leave… read more

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24. The Sweet Forever

By: None

3.62

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Marcus Clay's record store is at the epicenter of the drug trade in Washington, D.C., in the mid-19… read more

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Cover of The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1) by Don Winslow

25. The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.36

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). This novel of the drug trade… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1) book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to."

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

"Adán fell asleep to these stories and slept like the dead until the sun struck him in the eyes and the whole long, wonderful summer day started again with the smell of fresh tortillas, manchaca, chor…"

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

"All this and the wine's coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss …"

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

"All this and the wines coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss s…"

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

26. A Perfect Spy

By: John Le Carré

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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27. Looking For Rachel Wallace (Spenser, #6)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.89

Format: None pages,

Rachel Wallace is a woman who writes and speaks her mind. She has made a lot of enemies -- enemies … read more

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28. With No One as Witness (Inspector Lynley, #13)

By: Elizabeth George

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The police never suspected a serial killer was at large until they found the third murdered boy, th… read more

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29. Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)

By: Michael Connelly

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When B-grade L.A. movie producer Tony Aliso is found stuffed into the trunk of his Rolls Royce, all… read more

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Cover of The Night Agent by Matthew Quirk

30. The Night Agent

By: Matthew Quirk

4.00

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To find a Russian mole in the White House, an FBI agent must question everything. . . and trust no … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Quirk's The Night Agent book and Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy (Burke, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Plinko Bounce by Martin   Clark

31. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime

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4.01

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Chad Boudreaux

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William Kely McClung

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