27 must-read thriller books like Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22) by Sara Paretsky

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Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

By: Sara Paretsky

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in t…

If you liked the thriller plot in Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22) by Sara Paretsky , here is a list of 27 books like this:

1. The Murder Book (Alex Delaware, #16)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In seventeen consecutive bestselling novels, Jonathan Kellerman has distinguished himself as the ma… read more

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Cover of Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery) by Marcia Muller

2. Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

By: Marcia Muller

3.57

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

In this twisting mystery in a New York Times bestselling series, pranks escalate into a deadly sche… read more

Similar categories in Marcia Muller's Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) by Anne Hillerman

3. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3) by Lisa Gardner

4. Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Gardner's Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You're not a killer," I whisper one last time. Then I drop to the ground, twisting as I roll to light up his form with my flashlight. Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger. A single crack. …"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

"Honest to God, I'm a complete stranger to you. How hard is it to just walk away? She has me there. So much so I feel profoundly stupid. Even ashamed. During all my years trying to save the world, I n…"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

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5. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

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

7. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

10. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

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

11. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

12. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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13. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The 24th Hour (Women’s Murder Club, #24) by James  Patterson

14. The 24th Hour (Women’s Murder Club, #24)

By: James Patterson

4.13

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Trouble always finds the Women's Murder Club... Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The 24th Hour (Women’s Murder Club, #24) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • detective
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Stuart Woods' Smolder (Stone Barrington #65) by Brett Battles

15. Stuart Woods' Smolder (Stone Barrington #65)

By: Brett Battles

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In this latest adrenaline-fueled adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, … read more

Similar categories in Brett Battles's Stuart Woods' Smolder (Stone Barrington #65) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Truth about the Devlins

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's The Truth about the Devlins book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22) by Sara Paretsky

17. Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

By: Sara Paretsky

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • detective
  • mystery thriller
  • police
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder Inn by James  Patterson

18. The Murder Inn

By: James Patterson

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Returning to the rocky shores of Massachusetts, Bill Robinson has to solve a string of murders if h… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Forget Me Never

By: Susan Wittig Albert

4.24

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Olivia Andrews is locally famous for her blog and podcast, “Forget Me A Crime Victim’s Storyboard,… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wittig Albert's Forget Me Never book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

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

20. 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 Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) by Linda  Castillo

21. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)

By: Linda Castillo

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more

Similar categories in Linda Castillo's The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) by Walter Mosley

22. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

23. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Flashback (Kendra Michaels, #11) by Iris Johansen

24. Flashback (Kendra Michaels, #11)

By: Iris Johansen

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Kendra Michaels—formerly blind and now with uniquely insightful observational skills i… read more

Similar categories in Iris Johansen's Flashback (Kendra Michaels, #11) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29) by David Rosenfelt

25. Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Paterson, New Jersey’s favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the n… read more

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

26. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

27. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • adult fiction
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Let the Devil Ride by Ace Atkins

28. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Flashpoint (FBI Thriller, #27) by Catherine Coulter

29. Flashpoint (FBI Thriller, #27)

By: Catherine Coulter

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter’s #1 New York Ti… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Coulter's Flashpoint (FBI Thriller, #27) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hard to Kill (Jane Smith, #2) by James  Patterson

30. Hard to Kill (Jane Smith, #2)

By: James Patterson

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jane Smith is being hailed as James Patterson’s greatest character yet, a tough-as-nails attorney u… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Hard to Kill (Jane Smith, #2) book and Sara Paretsky's Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

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

31. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

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4.29

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