6 must-read detective books like The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) by James Crumley

Cover of The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) by James Crumley

The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

By: James Crumley

3.74

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

An unforgettable detective story starring C.W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by wo…

If you liked the detective plot in The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) by James Crumley , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of King Suckerman (D.C. Quartet, #2) by None, George P. Pelecanos

1. King Suckerman (D.C. Quartet, #2)

By: None , George P. Pelecanos

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's the week leading up to the Bicentennial celebration in Washington, D.C., and King Suckerman is… read more

Similar categories in None's King Suckerman (D.C. Quartet, #2) book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Nick's Trip (Nick Stefanos #2) by None, George P. Pelecanos

2. Nick's Trip (Nick Stefanos #2)

By: None , George P. Pelecanos

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The private eye business is in a slump, and Nick Stefanos is keeping bar. It stops him drinking wh… read more

Similar categories in None's Nick's Trip (Nick Stefanos #2) book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2) by Elmore Leonard

3. Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

By: Elmore Leonard

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ordell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2) book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"He sat in the living room in the dark, an expert at waiting, a nineteen-year veteran of it, waiting for people who failed to appear, missed court dates because they forgot or didn't care, and took of…"

-Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

Cover of Swag by Elmore Leonard

4. Swag

By: Elmore Leonard

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

This "brilliant caper" (New York Times) from bestselling author Elmore Leonard is a rollicking tale… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Swag book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Savage Night

By: Jim Thompson

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he'd worked his way to the top of a … read more

Similar categories in Jim Thompson's Savage Night book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) by James Crumley

6. The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

By: James Crumley

3.74

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

An unforgettable detective story starring C.W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by wo… read more

Similar categories in James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Hollywood Crows (Hollywood Station, #2) by Joseph Wambaugh

7. Hollywood Crows (Hollywood Station, #2)

By: Joseph Wambaugh

2.50

Format: None pages,

When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Wambaugh's Hollywood Crows (Hollywood Station, #2) book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

8. The Killer Inside Me

By: Jim Thompson

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to … read more

Similar categories in Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Miami Blues

By: Elmore Leonard , Charles Willeford

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Miami Blues book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go by None

10. Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go

By: None

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

"You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man." Then a dull popping sound and a q… read more

Similar categories in None's Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Barbarous Coast by Ross Macdonald

11. The Barbarous Coast

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Barbarous Coast book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald

12. The Moving Target

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshi… read more

Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Moving Target book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

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

13. A Firing Offense

By: None

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Trade Paperback

As advertising director of Nutty Nathan's, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics bu… read more

Similar categories in None's A Firing Offense book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

14. The Galton Case

By: Ross Macdonald

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetw… read more

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15. The Sweet Forever

By: None

3.62

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Marcus Clay's record store is at the epicenter of the drug trade in Washington, D.C., in the mid-19… read more

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16. The Way Some People Die

By: Ross Macdonald

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In a rundown house in Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crumpled bills into Lew Arch… read more

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17. The Chill

By: Ross Macdonald

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In The Chilla distraught young man hires Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has … read more

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18. The Ivory Grin

By: Ross Macdonald

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and dripping with diamonds hires Lew Archer to track d… read more

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19. The Big Blowdown

By: None

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

Washington DC, 1946. For two local young men, Pete Karras and Joey Recevo, the easiest way to find … read more

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20. A Hell of a Woman

By: Jim Thompson

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Frank "Dolly" Dillon has a job he hates, working sales and collections for Pay-E-Zee Stores, a wife… read more

Similar categories in Jim Thompson's A Hell of a Woman book and James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)

21. Killshot

By: Elmore Leonard

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

"[Leonard has] written so many first-rate crime stories that it would be fatuous to say Killshotis … read more

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12 must-read fiction books like The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) by James Crumley

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King Suckerman (D.C. Quartet, #2)

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3.98

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Nick's Trip (Nick Stefanos #2)

None , George P. Pelecanos

3.84

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Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

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3.93

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Swag

Elmore Leonard

3.90

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Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

Elmore Leonard

3.93

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Swag

Elmore Leonard

3.90

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Jim Thompson

2.67

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Nothing More Than Murder

Jim Thompson

3.61

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