19 Top crime books like The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly

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The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

By: John Connolly

4.44

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and…

"You didn’t have to look very hard to be disappointed by human beings. We were not all bad, just enough of us, although the rest had to work very hard to make up for that minority."

-John Connolly, The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

If you liked the crime plot in The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

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

3. 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 John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's A Calamity of Souls book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Extinction

By: Douglas Preston

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, … read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Extinction book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If something can be done, it will be done-no matter how dangerous."

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan, in Extinction by Douglas Preston"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"You actually think we want to be like you? You Sapiens, with your bleak and apocalyptic history? What a grim and self-loathing species you are! Look at what you worship as progress. The agricultural …"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

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6. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly

7. The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

By: John Connolly

4.44

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and… read more

Similar categories in John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You didn’t have to look very hard to be disappointed by human beings. We were not all bad, just enough of us, although the rest had to work very hard to make up for that minority."

-John Connolly, The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

8. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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10. I Will Ruin You

By: Linwood Barclay

3.98

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of hero… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27) by Randy Wayne White

11. One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27)

By: Randy Wayne White

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

After the deadliest hurricane to hit Sanibel Island in a century, Doc Ford must stop a gang of thie… read more

Similar categories in Randy Wayne White's One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)

By: Greg Iles

4.15

Format: 966 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

13. Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s never easy working fire scenes.   Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Reichs's Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of This Is Why We Lied (Will Trent, #12) by Karin Slaughter

14. This Is Why We Lied (Will Trent, #12)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.42

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The next thrilling suspense featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Karin Slaughter's This Is Why We Lied (Will Trent, #12) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

16. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's In a Place of Darkness book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Don't Let the Devil Ride

By: Ace Atkins

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's Don't Let the Devil Ride book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) by Daniel Silva

19. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)

By: Daniel Silva

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Silva's A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5) by Jonathan Kellerman

20. The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The gripping new Clay Edison thriller from the bestselling father-son team who write "brilliant, pa… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22) by Douglas Preston

21. Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22)

By: Douglas Preston

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Con… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22) book and John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

Transform Your Habits

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

John Sandford

4.45

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A Calamity of Souls

David Baldacci

4.53

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19 best-selling fiction books like One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27) by Randy Wayne White

Transform Your Habits

Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

Transform Your Habits

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

John Sandford

4.45

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Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

John Grisham

4.26

Transform Your Habits

First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

Craig Johnson

4.37

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