23 must-read crime books like Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2) by David Housewright

Cover of Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2) by David Housewright

Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

By: David Housewright

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

St. Paul investigator Holland Taylor finds himself pursued by a hired killer when he tries to recov…

If you liked the crime plot in Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2) by David Housewright , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1) by Dennis Lehane

1. A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)

By: Dennis Lehane

3.94

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South … read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Twelve dead?"

-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)

"I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum"

-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)

"Maybe that's what love is-counting the bandages until someone says, 'Enough'."

-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)

"It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone."

-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)

Cover of Stripped (Jonathan Stride, #2) by Brian Freeman

2. Stripped (Jonathan Stride, #2)

By: Brian Freeman

4.00

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning follow-up to Brian Freeman's remarkable debut novel, Immoral, Detective Jonathan S… read more

Similar categories in Brian Freeman's Stripped (Jonathan Stride, #2) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. Snow Blind (Monkeewrench, #4)

By: P.J. Tracy

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Dead of Winter... Minneapolis, winter's first white flakes; a park full of snowmen. But the … read more

Similar categories in P.J. Tracy's Snow Blind (Monkeewrench, #4) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2) by Nevada Barr

4. A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2)

By: Nevada Barr

3.92

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose ch… read more

Similar categories in Nevada Barr's A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Live Bait (Monkeewrench, #2) by P.J. Tracy

5. Live Bait (Monkeewrench, #2)

By: P.J. Tracy

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are bored - ever since they solved the Monkeewr… read more

Similar categories in P.J. Tracy's Live Bait (Monkeewrench, #2) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"If anyone ever told five-year-olds the truth about life, he thought, there’d be a rash of kindergarten suicides. "

-P.J. Tracy, Live Bait (Monkeewrench, #2)

"You two have sex every time you look at each other; sleeping together is just a formality you haven’t gotten around to yet."

-P.J. Tracy, Live Bait (Monkeewrench, #2)

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6. Dead Run (Monkeewrench, #3)

By: P.J. Tracy

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

Computer game company founders Grace MacBride and Annie Belinsky--along with Wisconsin deputy Sharo… read more

Similar categories in P.J. Tracy's Dead Run (Monkeewrench, #3) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Lion Plays Rough (Leo Maxwell #2) by Lachlan Smith

7. Lion Plays Rough (Leo Maxwell #2)

By: Lachlan Smith

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Leo Maxwell always lived in the shadow of his older brother Teddy, one of San Francisco's most ruth… read more

Similar categories in Lachlan Smith's Lion Plays Rough (Leo Maxwell #2) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Lost (Joseph O'Loughlin #2) by Michael Robotham

8. Lost (Joseph O'Loughlin #2)

By: Michael Robotham

3.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz doesn't know who wants him dead. He has no recollection of the fir… read more

Similar categories in Michael Robotham's Lost (Joseph O'Loughlin #2) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

9. A Cold Day in Paradise (Alex McKnight, #1)

By: Steve Hamilton

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Other than the bullet lodged less than a centimeter from his heart, former Detroit police officer A… read more

Similar categories in Steve Hamilton's A Cold Day in Paradise (Alex McKnight, #1) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

10. Immoral (Jonathan Stride, #1)

By: Brian Freeman

3.31

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

In a riveting debut thriller that has drawn comparisons to masters of the genre like Dennis Lehane … read more

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11. Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

By: David Housewright

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

St. Paul investigator Holland Taylor finds himself pursued by a hired killer when he tries to recov… read more

Similar categories in David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

12. Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into t… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

13. The Force

By: Don Winslow

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cartel--voted one of the Best Books of the … read more

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14. Let it Burn (Alex McKnight, #10)

By: Steve Hamilton

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Alex McKnight swore to serve and protect Detroit as a police officer, but a trip to Motown these da… read more

Similar categories in Steve Hamilton's Let it Burn (Alex McKnight, #10) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

15. The Devil's Bed

By: William Kent Krueger

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the creator of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Cork O'Connor mystery series comes a ha… read more

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16. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

By: Harlan Coben

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

9 hours, 41 minutes Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III​ reunite to find a dead man co… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) by John Sandford

18. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

By: John Sandford

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dream Town (Eve Ronin #5) by Lee Goldberg

19. Dream Town (Eve Ronin #5)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.18

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A gated dream town for the megarich becomes a murderous nightmare in a riveting Eve Ronin thriller … read more

Similar categories in Lee Goldberg's Dream Town (Eve Ronin #5) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

20. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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21. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's An Honest Man book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19) by William Kent Krueger

22. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.21

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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24. Carolina Moonset

By: Matt Goldman

4.08

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Both suspenseful and deeply moving, Carolina Moonset is an engrossing novel about family, memories … read more

Similar categories in Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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25. Reykjavík: A Crime Story

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.66

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

With over three million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar Jónasson, along with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, bri… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's Reykjavík: A Crime Story book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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26. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

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27. How It Happened

By: Michael Koryta

3.82

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

"And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?" Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailho… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's How It Happened book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) by Bruce Borgos

28. The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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29. Calico

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigat… read more

Similar categories in Lee Goldberg's Calico book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Good Family by Matt   Goldman

30. A Good Family

By: Matt Goldman

3.64

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Katie Kuhlmann's marriage is falling apart. But she has a secure job, her children are healthy, and… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goldman's A Good Family book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16) by Laurie R. King

31. Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16)

By: Laurie R. King

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes turn the Riviera upside-down to crack their most captivating case … read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16) book and David Housewright's Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"That animated, Hellenistic sculpture with the green eyes..."

-Laurie R. King, Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16)

"My dear man, every woman has felt herself surrounded by foxes at one time or another, if not by wolves."

-Laurie R. King, Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #16)

25 Top fiction books like Practice to Deceive (Holland Taylor, #2) by David Housewright

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Dennis Lehane

3.94

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Brian Freeman

4.00

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Snow Blind (Monkeewrench, #4)

P.J. Tracy

3.95

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Harlan Coben

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John Sandford

4.45

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David Baldacci

4.53

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John Grisham

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