17 must-read thriller books like The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark

Cover of The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark

The Mourner (Parker, #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car…

"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

If you liked the thriller plot in The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark

1. Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter

By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

4.18

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The groundbreaking Parker books are adapted for the first time as a series of graphic novels by leg… read more

Similar categories in Darwyn Cooke's Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter book and Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of 361 by Donald E. Westlake

2. 361

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.56

Format: 207 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray Kelly woke up in the hospita… read more

Similar categories in Donald E. Westlake's 361 book and Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • hard boiled
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1) by Lawrence Block

3. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1)

By: Lawrence Block

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profes… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Dance At The Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder, #9) by Lawrence Block

4. A Dance At The Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder, #9)

By: Lawrence Block

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

In Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position elevate nobody above morality and the law. Now t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2) by Chester Himes

5. The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)

By: Chester Himes

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

When Harlemites set about each other with knives, it's an everyday kind of happening. But when a wh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5) by Lawrence Block

6. Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

By: Lawrence Block

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prost… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

7. Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2)

By: Lawrence Block

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Small-time stoolie, Jake "The Spinner" Jablon, made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers, … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Blackbird (Alan Grofield, #3) by Richard Stark

8. The Blackbird (Alan Grofield, #3)

By: Richard Stark

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark, offers the third Alan Grofield novel of suspense. Gro… read more

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  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53) by Donald E. Westlake

9. The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.26

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Originally published in 1960 as The Mercenaries. SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY Mavis St. P… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Sunset Key by Blake Crouch

10. Sunset Key

By: Blake Crouch

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Letty Dobesh is coming off a bender and hasn't had a job in months when she gets a very enticing of… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Good Behavior (Dortmunder, #6) by Donald E. Westlake

11. Good Behavior (Dortmunder, #6)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

(6th Title in the Dortmunder series) John Dortmunder's one of the slyest burglars going. But by God… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Why Me? (Dortmunder, #5) by Donald E. Westlake

12. Why Me? (Dortmunder, #5)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Byzantine Fire: 90 carats of flawless ruby with great national and religious significance. It's… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Out on the Cutting Edge (Matthew Scudder, #7) by Lawrence Block

13. Out on the Cutting Edge (Matthew Scudder, #7)

By: Lawrence Block

3.92

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

It isn't called Hell's Kitchen for nothing - a gritty landscape of dark doorways and dirty alleys i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1) by Lawrence Block

14. The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)

By: Lawrence Block

3.92

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Hooker was young, pretty...and dead, butchered in a Greenwich village apartment. Prime suspect, a m… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Mr Majestyk by Elmore Leonard

15. Mr Majestyk

By: Elmore Leonard

3.90

Format: 77 pages, Paperback

Once, Vincent Majestyk crashed through a jungle with an M-15 and a sack of grenades. Now he works u… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime

16. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Matthew Scudder, #6)

By: Lawrence Block

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Downing a bourbon or two with a couple of cronies, Scudder witnesses a heist. The Morrisey brothers… read more

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17. A Stab in the Dark (Matthew Scudder, #4)

By: Lawrence Block

3.87

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended Icepick Prowler, freely admits to having slain seven young w… read more

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18. A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder, #8)

By: Lawrence Block

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Matt Scudder put the brilliant and elusive James Leo Motley behind bars - for good, or so he hoped.… read more

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19. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit

By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

3.50

Format: 519 pages,

After he evens the score with those who betrayed him and recovers the money he was cheated out of f… read more

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Cover of The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark

20. The Mourner (Parker, #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4) book and Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • hard boiled
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

Cover of Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2) by Donald E. Westlake

21. Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.03

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When John Dortmunder sets out to rob a bank, he really means it. He steals the whole thing. With th… read more

Similar categories in Donald E. Westlake's Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2) book and Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime

22. Nobody's Angel (Hard Case Crime, #65)

By: Jack Clark

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

While Chicago cabbie Eddie Miles drives the city streets at midnight, two killers--one targeting pr… read more

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23. 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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24. The Busy Body

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Previously published in paperback by Ballantine. read more

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25. Somebody Owes Me Money (Hard Case Crime #44)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.86

Format: 144 pages,

read more

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26. 52 Pick Up

By: Elmore Leonard

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years an… read more

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27. Nobody's Perfect (Dortmunder, #4)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.10

Format: None pages,

The priceless painting is titled "Folly Leads to Man's Ruin," and its owner, the rich and careless … read more

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28. Jimmy The Kid (Dortmunder, #3)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here's the five-member Dortmunder Gang trying to achieve the perfect crime by following a paperback… read more

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29. In the Midst of Death (Matthew Scudder, #3)

By: Lawrence Block

3.79

Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bad cop Jerry Broadfield didn't make any friends on the force when he volunteered to squeal to an a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • hard boiled
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Everybody's weird, fundamentally everybody is a snap. Sometimes it's a sexual thing and sometimes it's a different kind of weirdness, but one way or another everybody's nuts."

-Lawrence Block, In the Midst of Death (Matthew Scudder, #3)

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30. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak

31. Charlesgate Confidential

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.10

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

"CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL is terrific" - Stephen KingA breathtakingly clever, twist-filled narrativ… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I’ve got the Halloween soundtrack here somewhere,"

-Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

"It was all like a movie—hell, it was a whole damn film festival."

-Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

"His story was incredible—literally, in the sense that it was not credible."

-Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

"Jackie wasn’t just out of my league—we weren’t even playing the same sport."

-Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

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