16 must-read suspense books like Dead Anyway by Chris Knopf

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Dead Anyway

By: Chris Knopf

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Imagine this: You have a nice life. You love your beautiful, successful wife. You're an easygoing g…

If you liked the suspense plot in Dead Anyway by Chris Knopf , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Scent of Evil (Joe Gunther #3) by Archer Mayor

1. Scent of Evil (Joe Gunther #3)

By: Archer Mayor

3.94

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

When the body of a fast-living young stockbroker is found in a shallow grave, suspicion first falls… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of North of Nowhere (Alex McKnight, #4) by Steve Hamilton

2. North of Nowhere (Alex McKnight, #4)

By: Steve Hamilton

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Vermilion Drift (Cork O'Connor, #10) by William Kent Krueger

3. Vermilion Drift (Cork O'Connor, #10)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.31

Format: None pages,

Some nights, Corcoran O'Connor dreams his father's death. William Kent Krueger's gripping tale of s… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1) by Don Winslow

4. A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on … read more

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  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of UNSUB (UNSUB, #1) by Meg Gardiner

5. UNSUB (UNSUB, #1)

By: Meg Gardiner

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detecti… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Injustice For All (Joe Dillard #3) by Scott Pratt

6. Injustice For All (Joe Dillard #3)

By: Scott Pratt

3.90

Format: 49 pages,

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Dead Anyway

By: Chris Knopf

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Imagine this: You have a nice life. You love your beautiful, successful wife. You're an easygoing g… read more

Similar categories in Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith

8. The Last American Vampire

By: Seth Grahame-Smith

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith returns with the follow-up to Abraham Lincoln: … read more

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  • fiction
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9. Timeline

By: Michael Crichton

3.87

Format: 489 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-fou… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
"In reality, time doesn't pass; we pass. Time itself is invariant. It just is. Therefore, past and future aren't separate locations, the way New York and Paris are separate locations. And since the pa…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"Because in the late twentieth century, you couldn't seriously ask other people to think that you believed in honor and truth, and the purity of the body, the defense of women, the sanctity of true lo…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A …"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"But where will this mania for entertainment end? What will people do when they get tired of television? When they get tired of movies? We already know the answer—they go into participatory activities…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

10. Heaven's Keep (Cork O'Connor, #9)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.75

Format: 288 pages,

Intrepid hero Cork O'Connor faces the most harrowing mission of his life when a charter plane carry… read more

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11. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows (Miss Julia, #11)

By: Ann B. Ross

4.58

Format: 226 pages,

"Start with the first book and read straight on through... [or] grab the latest and devour it as a … read more

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12. An Innocent Client (Joe Dillard, #1)

By: Scott Pratt

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room. A beautiful, mysterious young girl… read more

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13. Sand Castle Bay (Ocean Breeze, #1)

By: Sherryl Woods

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a trade-off she's lived to regret, Emily Castle left home years ago to become an interior design… read more

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14. Thunder Bay (Cork O'Connor, #7)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Henry Meloux, Cork's friend and spiritual advisor, asks the Minnesota sheriff turned private invest… read more

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15. Copper River (Cork O'Connor, #6)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Two-time Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has "moved to the head of the crime fict… read more

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16. In Good Faith (Joe Dillard, #2)

By: Scott Pratt

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A family of four is slaughtered in rural Tennessee. Two weeks later, a retired high school principa… read more

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17. Red Knife (Cork O'Connor, #8)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies as a result of her meth addiction, her father, str… read more

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18. Total Control

By: David Baldacci

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sidney Archer has the world. A husband she loves. A job at which she excels, and a cherished young … read more

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19. Dry Bones (Walt Longmire, #11)

By: Craig Johnson

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Wyoming's beloved lawman must solve his coldest case yet when a T. rexskeleton surfaces--along with… read more

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20. Life or Death

By: Michael Robotham

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Why would a man serving a long prison sentence escape the day before he's due to be released? Audie… read more

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Cover of The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) by Jonathan Kellerman

21. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23) by C.J. Box

22. Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facili… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) by Robert Crais

23. Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)

By: Robert Crais

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this bri… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Maze (John Corey, #8) by Nelson DeMille

24. The Maze (John Corey, #8)

By: Nelson DeMille

3.76

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with a “genuinely thrilling” ( The New … read more

Similar categories in Nelson DeMille's The Maze (John Corey, #8) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Couple in the Photo by Helen   Cooper

25. The Couple in the Photo

By: Helen Cooper

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The Downstairs Neighbor and The Other Guest comes a propulsive suspense novel th… read more

Similar categories in Helen Cooper's The Couple in the Photo book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Orphan X (Orphan X, #1) by Gregg Hurwitz

26. Orphan X (Orphan X, #1)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Who is Orphan X? The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"How you do anything is how you do everything"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Orphan X (Orphan X, #1)

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27. A Christmas Memory

By: Richard Paul Evans

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few mont… read more

Similar categories in Richard Paul Evans's A Christmas Memory book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Take (Simon Riske, #1) by Christopher Reich

28. The Take (Simon Riske, #1)

By: Christopher Reich

3.99

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Riske is a freelance industrial spy who, despite his job title, lives a mostly quiet life above his… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Reich's The Take (Simon Riske, #1) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Deadline Clock (Colter Shaw #3.5) by Jeffery Deaver

29. The Deadline Clock (Colter Shaw #3.5)

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.11

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

Reward seeker Colter Shaw faces a ticking clock with murderous consequences in this riveting short … read more

Similar categories in Jeffery Deaver's The Deadline Clock (Colter Shaw #3.5) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Animal Instinct (The K Team #2) by David Rosenfelt

30. Animal Instinct (The K Team #2)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The K Team is back in the second installment in this spinoff series from bestselling author David R… read more

Similar categories in David Rosenfelt's Animal Instinct (The K Team #2) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crown Jewel (Simon Riske, #2) by Christopher Reich

31. Crown Jewel (Simon Riske, #2)

By: Christopher Reich

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

International spy Simon Riske returns in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich's new … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Reich's Crown Jewel (Simon Riske, #2) book and Chris Knopf's Dead Anyway

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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4.31

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Michael Connelly

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John Sandford

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