15 must-read crime books like The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael Connelly

Cover of The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael    Connelly

The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

By: Michael Connelly

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

For Jack McEvoy, the killer named The Poet was the last word in evil. Think again, Jack. Twelve yea…

If you liked the crime plot in The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael Connelly , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13) by Lee Child

1. Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

By: Lee Child

4.19

Format: 441 pages, Hardcover

Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. Mostly because they… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13) book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence."

-Lee Child, Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

"It was an article of faith with NCOs [noncommissioned officers] that they were better than their officers. And they were usually right. Certainly I had been happy with mine. They had done plenty of g…"

-Lee Child, Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

Cover of The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael    Connelly

2. The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

By: Michael Connelly

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

For Jack McEvoy, the killer named The Poet was the last word in evil. Think again, Jack. Twelve yea… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1) by David Baldacci

3. Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He did not force the door open. He was in no hurry. When Amos Decker returned home to find the b… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1) book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"Dark, cool, musty, smoky, where light fell funny and everyone looked like someone you knew or wanted to know. Or, more likely, wanted to forget."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"But then he put aside the awkward encounter, which his mind allowed him to do quite easily. He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

4. Running Blind (Jack Reacher, #4)

By: Lee Child

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Women are being murdered nationwide by a killer who leaves no trace of evidence, no fatal wounds, n… read more

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Cover of The Devil's Trinity by Michael              Parker

5. The Devil's Trinity

By: Michael Parker

4.26

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern day thriller pitching the ultimate terror against the United States of America.CIA agent, … read more

Similar categories in Michael Parker's The Devil's Trinity book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

  • fiction
"Are you ready for nuclear Armageddon?"

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"Harry Marsham, who was known as Marsh to his friends, should have died that night."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

6. The Fix (Amos Decker, #3)

By: David Baldacci

4.25

Format: 194 pages,

David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker - the man who can forget nothing - was first intr… read more

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7. Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)

By: Lee Child

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Jack Reacher, ex-military policeman relaxed in Key West until Costello turned up dead. The amiable … read more

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8. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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9. The Exchange

By: John Grisham

3.69

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Winning was always fun, but winning with class was far more important."

-John Grisham, The Exchange

Cover of Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15) by John Sandford

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

By: John Sandford

4.36

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) by Carolyn M. Bowen

11. Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Carolyn M. Bowen's Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

"He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"He didn't want to give the cartel any time to persuade Emiliana into accepting a more enticing offer. He had reservations about her loyalty and feared she might make a deal without Elpidio's consent."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

Cover of Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) by John Sandford

12. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

By: John Sandford

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more

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

13. 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 Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) by David Baldacci

14. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) by David Baldacci

15. Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7)

By: David Baldacci

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the myster… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) by David Baldacci

16. Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1)

By: David Baldacci

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A twisting new psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a danger… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci

17. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1) by David Baldacci

18. The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.13

Format: 593 pages, Kindle Edition

Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and b… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) by John Grisham

19. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) by David Baldacci

20. The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4)

By: David Baldacci

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

21. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) book and Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

16 must-read fiction books like The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19) by Michael Connelly

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Lee Child

4.19

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The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)

Michael Connelly

4.21

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Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

David Baldacci

4.11

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The Devil's Trinity

Michael Parker

4.26

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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

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

John Sandford

4.36

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