21 must-read mystery books like Aftershock by Andrew Vachss

Aftershock

By: Andrew Vachss

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining s…

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

1. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7)

By: Ian Rankin

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the tower… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Taken (Elvis Cole, #15; Joe Pike, #4) by Robert Crais

3. Taken (Elvis Cole, #15; Joe Pike, #4)

By: Robert Crais

4.02

Format: None pages,

When Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing adult daughter, she isn't afraid, even thoug… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. 15 Seconds

By: Andrew Gross

4.81

Format: 539 pages, Hardcover

Henry Steadman is a successful Florida plastic surgeon on his way to deliver a keynote address at a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Promise (Elvis Cole, #16; Joe Pike, #5; Scott James & Maggie, #2) by Robert Crais

5. The Promise (Elvis Cole, #16; Joe Pike, #5; Scott James & Maggie, #2)

By: Robert Crais

3.66

Format: 341 pages,

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German sh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) by Ian Rankin

6. Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

When an author is successful as Rankin has been with his tough and idiomatic Scottish thrillers, a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8) by Ian Rankin

7. Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)

By: Ian Rankin

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bible John killed three women, and took three souvenirs. Johnny Bible killed to steal his namesake'… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9)

By: Ian Rankin

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. The Child Finder

By: Rene Denfeld

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas, #6) by Dean Koontz

10. Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas, #6)

By: Dean Koontz

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Following the explosive success of "Odd Apocalypse," here is the gripping new adventure of Odd Thom… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

11. God's Little Acre

By: Lewis Nordan , Erskine Caldwell

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Like Tobacco Road, this novel chronicles the final decline of a poor white family in rural Georgia.… read more

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  • fiction

12. Aftershock

By: Andrew Vachss

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining s… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Vachss's Aftershock book and Andrew Vachss's Aftershock

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

13. The Girl with a Clock for a Heart

By: Peter Swanson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

George Foss never thought he'd see her again, but on a late-August night in Boston, there she is, i… read more

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14. Shock Wave (Virgil Flowers, #5)

By: John Sandford

4.21

Format: 160 pages,

The thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Talk about ri… read more

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15. Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard, #2)

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.93

Format: 592 pages,

Inheriting one hundred thousand dollars and a small hiccup of a house in a dilapidated district is … read more

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16. Forever Odd (Odd Thomas, #2)

By: Dean Koontz

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his specia… read more

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17. Free Fall (Elvis Cole, #4)

By: Robert Crais

3.96

Format: 289 pages,

Private detective Elvis Cole takes Jennifer Sheridan's case, which involves her decorated Los Angel… read more

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18. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

By: Hunter S. Thompson

4.33

Format: 201 pages,

"California, Labor Day weekend...early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists w… read more

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19. The First Rule (Elvis Cole, #13; Joe Pike, #2)

By: Robert Crais

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

The organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union are bound by what they call the thieves' co… read more

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20. The Score (Parker, #5)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more

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21. Grotesque

By: Natsuo Kirino , Rebecca Copeland

4.06

Format: None pages,

Tokyo prostitutes Yuriko and Kazue have been brutally murdered, their deaths leaving a wake of unan… read more

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

22. 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
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

23. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50) by Mike Lupica

24. Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50)

By: Mike Lupica

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of … read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) by Nick Petrie

25. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) by Gregg Hurwitz

26. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13) by Mark Greaney

27. The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13)

By: Mark Greaney

4.48

Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition

Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly

28. The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

By: John Connolly

4.44

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You didn’t have to look very hard to be disappointed by human beings. We were not all bad, just enough of us, although the rest had to work very hard to make up for that minority."

-John Connolly, The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

Cover of Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

29. Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stealth Attack (Jonathan Grave, #13) by John Gilstrap

30. Stealth Attack (Jonathan Grave, #13)

By: John Gilstrap

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An electrifying new novel from the bestselling author of Crimson Phoenix, perfect for fans of Vince… read more

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  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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31. Leave the Lights On

By: Liv Andersson

3.19

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Cape Morgan, Maine, is the utopian ideal for a charmed life, and Beatrice Wicker knows it. The mult… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

22 must-read fiction books like Aftershock by Andrew Vachss

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The Dawn Patrol (Boone Daniels #1)

Don Winslow

4.01

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Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7)

Ian Rankin

4.26

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Taken (Elvis Cole, #15; Joe Pike, #4)

Robert Crais

4.02

Transform Your Habits

15 Seconds

Andrew Gross

4.81

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20 must-read fiction books like Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust (Spenser #50) by Mike Lupica

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Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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

John Sandford

4.36

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Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

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