29 best-selling mystery thriller books like The Local by Joey Hartstone

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The Local

By: Joey Hartstone

4.12

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The Lincoln Lawyer in the land of Friday Night Lights, where a freewheeling patent attorney must ta…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Local by Joey Hartstone , here is a list of 29 books like this:

1. The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing

By: Dan Morse

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

The full true story of the Lululemon murder and what really happened to Jayna Murray and Brittany N… read more

Similar categories in Dan Morse's The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

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2. Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels

By: Paul Pringle

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal … read more

Similar categories in Paul Pringle's Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. All the Sinners Bleed

By: S.A. Cosby

4.24

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"In the former capital of the confederacy, equalities surest foothold was found on the autopsy table."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

"It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

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5. Suspect (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #12)

By: Scott Turow

3.82

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent and The Last Trial returns with a riv… read more

Similar categories in Scott Turow's Suspect (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #12) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Exchange

By: John Grisham

3.69

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a … read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Exchange book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Winning was always fun, but winning with class was far more important."

-John Grisham, The Exchange

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7. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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8. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37) by Michael    Connelly

9. Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)

By: Michael Connelly

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch’s “white… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's An Honest Man book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

12. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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13. All That Is Mine I Carry with Me

By: William Landay

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the chi… read more

Similar categories in William Landay's All That Is Mine I Carry with Me book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"When a writer goes quiet, nothing is blocking and nothing is being blocked. He is just empty."

-William Landay, All That Is Mine I Carry with Me

"In small letters, now a little blurry, it read Omnia mea mecum porto, Latin for “All that is mine I carry with me."

-William Landay, All That Is Mine I Carry with Me

"What about you, Mr. Glover. The smartest man in the room is usually the quietest. What do you think about all this?"

-William Landay, All That Is Mine I Carry with Me

"Who among you would stand up, step out of that jury box, and trade places with me? Who would be accused of a violent murder based on…nothing? How would you prove your innocence when there was never a…"

-William Landay, All That Is Mine I Carry with Me

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14. Winter Work

By: Dan Fesperman

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"Winter Work is an exhilarating spy thriller set in East Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall, abo… read more

Similar categories in Dan Fesperman's Winter Work book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. The Local

By: Joey Hartstone

4.12

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The Lincoln Lawyer in the land of Friday Night Lights, where a freewheeling patent attorney must ta… read more

Similar categories in Joey Hartstone's The Local book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Boys from Biloxi

By: John Grisham

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Boys from Biloxi book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The ship was sinking and the rats were jumping overboard."

-John Grisham, The Boys from Biloxi

"Great trial lawyers aren't born; they're made. The great ones simply tell the jury a story..."

-John Grisham, The Boys from Biloxi

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17. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) by Jane Harper

18. Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)

By: Jane Harper

4.05

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. A Line in the Sand

By: Kevin Powers

3.88

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

In this “spellbinding and totally original thriller” (Philipp Meyer, author of The Son ) a lonely v… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Powers's A Line in the Sand book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Murder Book

By: Thomas Perry

3.87

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

An ex-cop takes on a widespread criminal organization targeting Midwestern towns in this "master cl… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Murder Book book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Everybody Knows

By: Jordan Harper

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You have to be invited in. Cops are like vampires that way."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"What she tells him after that blows out the back of Chris’s head like a book-depository bullet."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"Brass and the DAs are the true villains in a cop’s life. The knuckleheads are just the product they trade in."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"His hands in his lap grasp and clench the air like he’s trying to find the world’s throat and choke it until it’s dead."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

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22. 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 Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. Drowning

By: T.J. Newman

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman—whose first book Falling was… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Newman's Drowning book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Small Mercies book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Plinko Bounce by Martin   Clark

25. The Plinko Bounce

By: Martin Clark

3.73

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the po… read more

Similar categories in Martin Clark's The Plinko Bounce book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of An Honest Living by Dwyer Murphy

26. An Honest Living

By: Dwyer Murphy

3.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"Like the best noir practitioners, Murphy uses the mystery as scaffolding to assemble a world of fa… read more

Similar categories in Dwyer Murphy's An Honest Living book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blaze Me a Sun (Hallandssviten, #2) by Christoffer Carlsson

27. Blaze Me a Sun (Hallandssviten, #2)

By: Christoffer Carlsson

3.93

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the sa… read more

Similar categories in Christoffer Carlsson's Blaze Me a Sun (Hallandssviten, #2) book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Kill Show

By: Daniel Sweren-Becker

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Sweren-Becker's Kill Show book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Some people chalk up every violent act against women to a boy who never got kissed in Middle School...I hate that framework because it implies it's somehow every teenage girl's responsibility to dole…"

-Daniel Sweren-Becker, Kill Show

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29. Reef Road

By: Deborah Goodrich Royce

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two w… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Goodrich Royce's Reef Road book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Take No Names by Daniel Nieh

30. Take No Names

By: Daniel Nieh

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A riveting thriller about a fugitive in search of a quick payday in Mexico City who finds himself i… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Nieh's Take No Names book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of With Prejudice by Robin Peguero

31. With Prejudice

By: Robin Peguero

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The "exciting" and "clever" debut thriller ( New York Times Book Review ): No one knows what happen… read more

Similar categories in Robin Peguero's With Prejudice book and Joey Hartstone's The Local

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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Suspect (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #12)

Scott Turow

3.82

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John Grisham

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Amy Tintera

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Alex Finlay

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Sally Hepworth

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