14 Best crime books like Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) by Ed McBain

Cover of Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) by Ed McBain

Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

By: Ed McBain

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen....And yet appearances can be more than deceivi…

If you liked the crime plot in Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) by Ed McBain , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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

1. 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

Similar categories in Giles Blunt's The Delicate Storm (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #2) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Detroit Is Our Beat : Tales of the Four Horsemen by Loren D. Estleman

2. Detroit Is Our Beat : Tales of the Four Horsemen

By: Loren D. Estleman

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The place: Detroit. The time: World War II. While most of the police department is fighting over… read more

Similar categories in Loren D. Estleman's Detroit Is Our Beat : Tales of the Four Horsemen book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Hard Currency (Porfiry Rostnikov, #9) by Stuart M. Kaminsky

3. Hard Currency (Porfiry Rostnikov, #9)

By: Stuart M. Kaminsky

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When a former Russian advisor stands accused of murdering a female citizen in Cuba, Inspector Porfi… read more

Similar categories in Stuart M. Kaminsky's Hard Currency (Porfiry Rostnikov, #9) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. Lacey and His Friends

By: David Drake

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tells the stories of Jed Lacey, a twenty-first century policeman, Carl, a young man who joins the c… read more

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  • fiction
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5. The Last One Left

By: John D. MacDonald

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of Cop Killer (Martin Beck, #9) by Alan Blair, Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

6. Cop Killer (Martin Beck, #9)

By: Alan Blair , Maj Sjöwall , Per Wahlöö

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

A woman is found dead in Anderslo]v, a small village in southern Sweden. While Martin Beck investig… read more

Similar categories in Alan Blair's Cop Killer (Martin Beck, #9) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Compulsion

By: Meyer Levin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Judd Steiner and Artie Straus have it all: wealth, intelligence, and the world at their feet as par… read more

Similar categories in Meyer Levin's Compulsion book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

8. 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

Similar categories in Joseph Wambaugh's Hollywood Hills (Hollywood Station, #4) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

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

9. 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 Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • fiction
Cover of Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1) by Qiu Xiaolong

10. Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

By: Qiu Xiaolong

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A youn… read more

Similar categories in Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark

11. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • 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)

12. Hollywood Station (Hollywood Station, #1)

By: Joseph Wambaugh

3.92

Format: 256 pages,

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13. Death of a Nurse

By: Ed McBain , Richard Marsten

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

The Navy brass is satisfied when a yeoman, the prime suspect in the murder of beautiful, dedicated … read more

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14. Rather Be the Devil (Inspector Rebus, #21)

By: Ian Rankin

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

Ian Rankin returns with his superb new novel, set in the dark heart of Edinburgh. John Rebus, now a… read more

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15. 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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16. The Laughing Policeman (Martin Beck, #4)

By: Alan Blair , Maj Sjöwall , Per Wahlöö

4.07

Format: 640 pages,

In this classic police procedural, the ever-dyspeptic Martin Beck has nothing to be amused about, e… read more

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Cover of Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) by Ed McBain

17. Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

By: Ed McBain

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen....And yet appearances can be more than deceivi… read more

Similar categories in Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • american
  • police
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) by Lee Matthew Goldberg

18. Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

By: Lee Matthew Goldberg

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

A PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER THAT ASKS HOW FAR WE'RE WILLING TO SHED OUR MORALS IN ORDER TO HELP THE O… read more

Similar categories in Lee Matthew Goldberg's Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • thriller
  • novels
  • fiction
"Any wish fulfilled...for the right price."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"Honey, I'm Marilyn Fucking Monroe. And don't you forget it."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"On an unseasonably warm winter's morning, I took my first life."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

Cover of Beholden (Marlowe Black Mystery, #1) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

19. Beholden (Marlowe Black Mystery, #1)

By: Gabriel F.W. Koch

4.29

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Marlowe Black, a WWII combat veteran, walks the streets of New York with a PI license to serve just… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel F.W. Koch's Beholden (Marlowe Black Mystery, #1) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
Cover of Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

20. Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

By: Gabriel F.W. Koch

4.30

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fiancée has committed suicide. Marlowe simply … read more

Similar categories in Gabriel F.W. Koch's Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"Death is the ultimate test of faith."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

Cover of Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) by Behcet Kaya

21. Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.25

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

While enjoying his usual Friday night after dinner beer at a local restaurant, Jacques (Jack) Ludef… read more

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"Jack? It’s Margeaux."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Ludicrous? Seems like wherever you go, trouble follows you."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"What is it about being ill and wanting to go home? This time there was no Katy to boat sit, so I left Emma out on the deck where she had access to her Emma cage. I closed up as best I could and decid…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to s…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

Cover of Murder At The Fort: A Double Homicide Cold Case And Cover Up! by Bob Marmion

22. Murder At The Fort: A Double Homicide Cold Case And Cover Up!

By: Bob Marmion

4.37

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Early one cold, wintry morning in late May 1942, the bullet-ridden body of Driver Roy Willis was fo… read more

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Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

23. 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 Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
  • novels
"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

Cover of Killing Johnny Miracle by J.K. Franko

24. 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 Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • 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 Call Me a Cab by Donald E. Westlake

25. Call Me a Cab

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.00

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

In 1977, one of the world’s finest crime novelists turned his pen to suspense of a very different s… read more

Similar categories in Donald E. Westlake's Call Me a Cab book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

26. 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 Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • novels
"Swamp."

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

"How was he murdered?"

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

"Why was bail denied?"

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

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

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

Cover of The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17) by Robert Goldsborough

27. 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 Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
Cover of Trouble at the Brownstone (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #16) by Robert Goldsborough

28. Trouble at the Brownstone (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #16)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.13

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront in a new mystery by the author who “does a masterl… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Trouble at the Brownstone (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #16) book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

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

29. 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 Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Doors

By: Ezra Hannon

3.54

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Alex Hardy is the finest thief in New York City. A crib burglar, he robs apartments—never hotels, n… read more

Similar categories in Ezra Hannon's Doors book and Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg

31. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years

By: Carl Sandburg

4.38

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln … read more

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