25 Best crime books like A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2) by Josh Lanyon

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A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.08

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

Suffering from writer's block and frustrated with his tentative relationship with hot but closeted …

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1. The Mystery of the Curiosities (Snow & Winter, #2)

By: C.S. Poe

4.14

Format: 198 pages, ebook

Life has been great for Sebastian Snow. The Emporium is thriving and his relationship with NYPD hom… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.24

Format: 262 pages, ebook

Homicide detective Levi Abrams is barely holding his life together. He’s reeling from the fallout o… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"The human species has a responsibility to purge its diseased. Like cutting off moldy bread before it ruins the entire loaf."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

"I believe that people can complement each other so well that they’re like two halves of one whole, yes. Not necessarily that there’s only one match in the entire world for each person."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

"Vigilantism appealed to the darker side of human nature, the thirst for primal justice that knew no constraints. This killer was banking on that, maybe even expecting law enforcement to be less dilig…"

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

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3. Cut & Run (Cut & Run, #1)

By: Madeleine Urban , Abigail Roux

3.72

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

A series of murders in New York City has stymied the police and FBI alike, and they suspect the cul… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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4. Criss Cross (PsyCop, #2)

By: Jordan Castillo Price

3.86

Format: None pages, ebook

Criss Cross finds the ghosts surrounding Victor getting awfully pushy. The medications that Victor … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • mystery
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5. A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.08

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

Suffering from writer's block and frustrated with his tentative relationship with hot but closeted … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime

6. P.S. I Spook You

By: S.E. Harmon

4.22

Format: 129 pages, ebook

SSA Rain Christiansen used to be the agency's golden boy. It just takes one moment of weakness, one… read more

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7. The Mystery of Nevermore (Snow & Winter, #1)

By: C.S. Poe

3.93

Format: 265 pages, ebook

It's Christmas, and all antique dealer Sebastian Snow wants is for his business to make money and t… read more

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8. Secrets (PsyCop, #4)

By: Jordan Castillo Price

3.96

Format: 464 pages,

Victor Bayne's job as a PsyCop involves tracking down dead people and getting them to spill their g… read more

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9. The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.35

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Solve the crime or fix the relationship—Cooper Dayton can’t seem to do both in this stunning and su… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • mystery
  • lgbt
" Fetch me that flower; the herb I showed thee once. The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid, will make man or woman madly dote upon the next live creature that it sees. Cooper had frowned at the tv,…"

-Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

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10. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Big Bad Wolf, #4)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.45

Format: 268 pages, ebook

Agent Cooper Dayton and his partner, Oliver Park, are going undercover—at a retreat for couples who… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mystery
  • crime
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11. Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.37

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Agent Cooper Dayton is going to meet his boyfriend’s werewolf family. Unarmed. On their turf. An… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • mystery
  • lgbt
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12. Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori, #1)

By: C.S. Poe

4.40

Format: 260 pages, ebook

Everett Larkin works for the Cold Case Squad: an elite—if understaffed and overworked—group of dete… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori, #3)

By: C.S. Poe

4.45

Format: 311 pages, ebook

The Cold Case Squad of the NYPD is overworked, understaffed, but receiving great press due to star … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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14. Subway Slayings (Memento Mori, #2)

By: C.S. Poe

4.45

Format: 274 pages, ebook

Detective Everett Larkin of New York City’s Cold Case Squad has been on medical leave since catchin… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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15. Among the Living (PsyCop, #1)

By: Jordan Castillo Price

3.94

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

an alternate cover edition can be found here Once upon a time if you told doctors you heard voic… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"A psycho murderer who lubed. How considerate."

-Jordan Castillo Price, Among the Living (PsyCop, #1)

"I really hate threesomes when one of the participants is dead."

-Jordan Castillo Price, Among the Living (PsyCop, #1)

"...Blakewood had a collection of miniature furniture with Scotty dogs painted on it, arranged on a semicircular shelf int he corner. Yeah. He was queer."

-Jordan Castillo Price, Among the Living (PsyCop, #1)

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16. Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.39

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

No one said being a medium would be easy. Rain Christiansen, former FBI agent and current cold c… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Life would be so much easier if I didn’t mind disappointing you."

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

"I, Daniel McKenna, promise to love, hold, honor, and cherish you. And always say yes to shower sex."

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

"Thanks to a threatening tropical storm, air traffic control had made us unwilling participants in the world’s strangest version of Red Rover. There had to be a rhyme and reason to the complicated air…"

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

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17. The Mystery of the Bones (Snow & Winter, #4)

By: C.S. Poe

4.33

Format: 207 pages, ebook

It’s been a full year since the mystery that brought together antique shop owner and part-time amat… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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18. The Mystery of the Moving Image (Snow & Winter, #3)

By: C.S. Poe

4.29

Format: 271 pages, ebook

It’s summer in New York City, and antique shop owner Sebastian Snow is taking the next big step in … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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19. The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

An ex-FBI agent is partnered with the enemy in this suspenseful first installment of Charlie Adhara… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mystery
  • crime
"You’re not a very pleasant damsel in distress,"

-Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

"You’ve got exactly twenty-seven hours and then I’m coming in there and trimming you down,"

-Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

"My name’s Oliver. Though if you want to call me Pretty Eyes Park again, I promise I’ll still come running."

-Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

"Fortunately, Park seemed more bemused than offended. “Do you disapprove of human-werewolf relationships, Agent Dayton?"

-Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

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20. Reasonable Doubt (Hazard and Somerset #5)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.29

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

After almost twenty years, Emery Hazard finally has the man he loves. But things with his boyfriend… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. Guilt by Association (Hazard and Somerset, #4)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.25

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Everything in Emery Hazard’s life is finally going well: his boyfriend, Nico, is crazy about him; h… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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22. Pretty Pretty Boys (Hazard and Somerset, #1)

By: Gregory Ashe

3.99

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown--and … read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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23. Paternity Case (Hazard and Somerset #3)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.19

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s almost Christmas, and Emery Hazard finds himself face to face with his own personal nightmare:… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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24. Criminal Past (Hazard and Somerset #6)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.34

Format: 597 pages, Kindle Edition

It all starts to go wrong at the shooting gallery. Emery Hazard and his boyfriend, John-Henry Somer… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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25. Transposition (Hazard and Somerset, #2)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.01

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Emery Hazard and his partner, John-Henry Somerset, have solved their first case together. The bruta… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3) by S.E. Harmon

26. Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.46

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Being insatiably curious is a good way to end up dead. Rain Christiansen, cold case detective a… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Accept the olive branch for what it is. “Don’t do me any favours,"

-S.E. Harmon, Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

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27. Trick Roller (Seven of Spades, #2)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.36

Format: 254 pages, ebook

It’s the height of summer in Las Vegas. Everyone believes the serial killer Seven of Spades is dead… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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28. One-Eyed Royals (Seven of Spades, #4)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.33

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Spoiler Alert! The following blurb contains spoilers for Cash Plays, book three of Seven of Spades.… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Loving someone doesn’t mean you have to let them treat you like shit, no matter what they’re going through."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, One-Eyed Royals (Seven of Spades, #4)

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29. Cash Plays (Seven of Spades, #3)

By: Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.28

Format: 300 pages, ebook

The Seven of Spades is back with a vengeance—the vigilante serial killer has resumed their murderou… read more

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  • romance
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  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Forcing people to take action before they’ve reached a state of readiness for change tends to backfire spectacularly."

-Cordelia Kingsbridge, Cash Plays (Seven of Spades, #3)

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30. Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1)

By: L.J. Hayward

4.15

Format: 395 pages, ebook

Jack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battl… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"You're just a weaponist, Jack." Jack stifled a snicker. "A weaponist?" "Like a racist but against certain weapons." "And you never met a weapon you didn't like." "A couple actually, but that was more…"

-L.J. Hayward, Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1)

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31. The Man with the Glass Eye (Criminal Intentions, #3)

By: Cole McCade

4.13

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Multiple execution-style murders hint at a mob hit, but when Malcolm and Seong-… read more

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  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime

23 Top contemporary books like A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2) by Josh Lanyon

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of the Curiosities (Snow & Winter, #2)

C.S. Poe

4.14

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Kill Game (Seven of Spades, #1)

Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.24

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Cut & Run (Cut & Run, #1)

Madeleine Urban , Abigail Roux

3.72

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A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2)

Josh Lanyon

4.08

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Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.24

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A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2)

Josh Lanyon

4.08

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Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori, #1)

C.S. Poe

4.40

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C.S. Poe

4.45

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