10 must-read mystery thriller books like Bad News (Dortmunder, #10) by Donald E. Westlake

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Bad News (Dortmunder, #10)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Dortmunder doesn't like manual labor. So when he gets the offer of money to dig up a grave, he…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Bad News (Dortmunder, #10) by Donald E. Westlake , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Ask The Parrot (Parker, #23)

By: Richard Stark

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes mystery master Donald E. Westlake is the author of uproarious crime capers. Sometimes he … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. Dirty Money (Parker, #24)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Book by read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said."

-Richard Stark, Dirty Money (Parker, #24)

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3. Bad News (Dortmunder, #10)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Dortmunder doesn't like manual labor. So when he gets the offer of money to dig up a grave, he… read more

Similar categories in Donald E. Westlake's Bad News (Dortmunder, #10) book and Donald E. Westlake's Bad News (Dortmunder, #10)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • comedy
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4. 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

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
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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

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  • mystery thriller
  • 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)

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6. In the Frame

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Charles Todd--a renowned painter of horses--is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald's hous… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. The Seventh (Parker, #7)

By: Richard Stark

4.08

Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Why not? Just because no one had ever tried it before? What better place for a heist, if it was … read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"They had this block to themselves. The windows of all the tenements on both sides were marked with the white X of urban renewal; they stood nearly empty, waiting for the wreckers. Within them the coc…"

-Richard Stark, The Seventh (Parker, #7)

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8. 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

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
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9. The Green Eagle Score (Parker, #10)

By: Richard Stark

4.31

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here's Parker--planning to steal the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York, with … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)

By: Richard Stark

4.41

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"He's a man who didn't hear the twig snap."

-Richard Stark, Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)

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11. Comeback (Parker, #17)

By: Richard Stark

4.09

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A robbery of a Christian Crusade executed in the heat of the night comes off without a hitch, but i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"A TV preacher, you know those guys? Evangelists." "I thought they were all in jail," Parker said."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

"She was naked, and remained the only woman in Archibald's experience to overflow her birthday suit."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

12. Firebreak (Parker, #20)

By: Richard Stark

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parker put down the body and answered the phone. And from that moment on he had two jobs to do. One… read more

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

By: Richard Stark

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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14. The Sour Lemon Score (Parker, #12)

By: Donald E. Westlake , Richard Stark

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bank robberies should run like clockwork, right? If your name’s Parker, you expect nothing less. Un… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime

15. 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

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16. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • 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)

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17. 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

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

18. Nobody Runs Forever (Parker, #22)

By: Richard Stark

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

Master criminal Parker is back and in deeper, darker trouble than ever before. The classic anti-her… read more

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19. Chasing Darkness (Elvis Cole, #12)

By: Robert Crais

4.34

Format: 168 pages,

Elvis Cole is Back--In a Desperate Fight to Clear his Name... It's fire season, and the hills of Lo… read more

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Cover of Deadly Edge (Parker, #13) by Richard Stark

20. Deadly Edge (Parker, #13)

By: Richard Stark

4.10

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Deadly Edge bids a brutal adieu to the 1960s as Parker robs a rock concert, and the heist goes sout… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
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  • crime

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2.67

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