7 Top crime books like Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8) by Ed McBain

Cover of Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8) by Ed McBain

Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

By: Ed McBain

3.83

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

I will kill the lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?

If you liked the crime plot in Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8) by Ed McBain , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2) by Patricia Wentworth

1. The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.86

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his u… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
"And if you, Miss Hilary, could blow up that fire and put on a kettle, we will make her a nice cup of tea. In fact I think we all should all be the better of a nice cup of tea."

-Patricia Wentworth, The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Cover of The Delicate Storm (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #2) by Giles Blunt

2. The Delicate Storm (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #2)

By: Giles Blunt

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A stylish, atmospheric, psychological thriller which follows Giles Blunt's Silver Dagger Award winn… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Foiled Knight by John C. Stipa

3. The Foiled Knight

By: John C. Stipa

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Tanya Davis receives that dreaded late night phone call: Stan Palmer has been critically injured in… read more

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  • fiction

4. Hollywood Hills (Hollywood Station, #4)

By: Joseph Wambaugh

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Hollywood Hills are home to wealth, fame, and power--passing through the neighborhood… read more

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  • police
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. A Place to Die

By: Dorothy James

3.97

Format: 112 pages,

Murder in the Vienna Woods . . . Who expects murder and mayhem in a sedate retirement home? Certain… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3.3) by Mira Grant

6. The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3.3)

By: Mira Grant

3.93

Format: None pages, ebook

Outside the classroom walls the Rising was spreading, but inside was a carefully protected sanctuar… read more

Similar categories in Mira Grant's The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3.3) book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • fiction
Cover of Borderline (Hard Case Crime #115) by Lawrence Block, Don Holliday

7. Borderline (Hard Case Crime #115)

By: Lawrence Block , Don Holliday

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

THE SCORCHING PULP NOVEL BY LAWRENCE BLOCK, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS! On the border… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8) by Ed McBain

8. Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

By: Ed McBain

3.83

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

I will kill the lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it? read more

Similar categories in Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8) book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • detective
  • american
  • police
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

9. Before the Witches (Dark Mission 0.5)

By: Karina Cooper

4.61

Format: 313 pages,

In America, they didn't care about witches. But all that was about to change. Katya Zhuvova fled a … read more

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10. Hollywood Moon (Hollywood, #3)

By: Joseph Wambaugh

3.33

Format: None pages,

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11. The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Archibald Dortmunder is the thief whose capers never quite come off. Here, the released convic… read more

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12. Hollywood Station (Hollywood Station, #1)

By: Joseph Wambaugh

3.92

Format: 256 pages,

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13. The Broken Shore

By: Peter Temple

5.00

Format: 228 pages,

Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometo… read more

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14. City Primeval

By: Elmore Leonard

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Clement Mansell, knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The crazed killer is back on the Det… read more

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15. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

Similar categories in A.G. Russo's O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

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16. Killing Johnny Miracle

By: J.K. Franko

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Miracle is in love... but not with his wife. He's going to divorce Mary, and he has leverage… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Franko's Killing Johnny Miracle book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Pretty isn’t permanent."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"It’s a divorce, not cancer."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"Blood only flows in one direction."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"The snake you don’t kill today may kill you tomorrow."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

17. 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 Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

"Swamp."

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

"Why was bail denied?"

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

"How was he murdered?"

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

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

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

Cover of The Other End of the Line (Inspector Montalbano Mystery, #24) by Andrea Camilleri

18. The Other End of the Line (Inspector Montalbano Mystery, #24)

By: Andrea Camilleri

4.06

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A wave of refugees has arrived on the Sicilian coast, and Inspector Montalbano and his team have be… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Camilleri's The Other End of the Line (Inspector Montalbano Mystery, #24) book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17) by Robert Goldsborough

19. The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.05

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigat… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17) book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • mystery
Cover of The Havana Run: A Short Story by Ace Atkins

20. The Havana Run: A Short Story

By: Ace Atkins

3.41

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

A secret buried in Cuba—and a pair of down-on-their-luck Florida journalists following a trail of s… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's The Havana Run: A Short Story book and Ed McBain's Lady Killer (87th Precinct, #8)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of No Man's Land (Poor Man's Fight, #6) by Elliott Kay

21. No Man's Land (Poor Man's Fight, #6)

By: Elliott Kay

4.64

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

“I DON’T BELONG IN THE MILITARY. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG.” Tanner Malone never aspired to heroism. F… read more

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