21 must-read crime books like A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker

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A Thousand Steps

By: T. Jefferson Parker

3.67

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A Thousand Steps is a gripping thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of t…

If you liked the crime plot in A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. LOVE & OTHER WOUNDS

By: Jordan Harper

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In the hard-edged tradition of Hubert Selby Jr., Daniel Woodrell, and Donald Ray Pollock, and with … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Harper's LOVE & OTHER WOUNDS book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Sometimes I hear Mark laugh, and some days in the car the right song will come on the satellite radio and I'll feel him there tingling like a phantom limb. Like he's sitting there next to me in the d…"

-Jordan Harper, LOVE & OTHER WOUNDS

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2. Black Water (Merci Rayborn #3)

By: T. Jefferson Parker , Jefferson Parker

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Barnes & Noble Review Every appearance by T. Jefferson Parker's protagonist Merci Rayborn is a … read more

Similar categories in T. Jefferson Parker's Black Water (Merci Rayborn #3) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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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 T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

By: John Sandford

4.36

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

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

5. 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 T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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 T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Missing Piece (Dismas Hardy #19)

By: John Lescroart

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The beloved New York Times bestselling Dismas Hardy series returns with this relentlessly twisty mu… read more

Similar categories in John Lescroart's The Missing Piece (Dismas Hardy #19) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. City of the Dead (Alex Delaware, #37)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis when they invest… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's City of the Dead (Alex Delaware, #37) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • 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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10. Two Nights in Lisbon

By: Chris Pavone

3.73

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

Tautly wound and expertly crafted, Two Nights in Lisbon is a riveting thriller about a woman under … read more

Similar categories in Chris Pavone's Two Nights in Lisbon book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)

By: Robert Crais

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this bri… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. A Thousand Steps

By: T. Jefferson Parker

3.67

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A Thousand Steps is a gripping thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of t… read more

Similar categories in T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

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16. 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 T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Goodbye Coast

By: Joe Ide

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Chandler's iconic detective, Philip Marlowe, gets a dramatic and colorful reinvention at th… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's The Goodbye Coast book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family Saga, #4)

By: James Lee Burke

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga … read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family Saga, #4) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Investigator (Letty Davenport, #1)

By: John Sandford

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investi… read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's The Investigator (Letty Davenport, #1) book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Don't Know Tough

By: Eli Cranor

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Southern Gothic, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and … read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Don't Know Tough book and T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was drunk, and even NyQuil make a man brave if he drink enough of it."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

"The boys gather around their coach. They're breathing heavy, pupils big and black like drops of ink, a high they'll try and return to the rest of their lives."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

Cover of The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5) by Jonathan Kellerman

21. 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 T. Jefferson Parker's A Thousand Steps

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

21 best-selling fiction books like A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker

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LOVE & OTHER WOUNDS

Jordan Harper

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Black Water (Merci Rayborn #3)

T. Jefferson Parker , Jefferson Parker

3.70

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Missing Piece (Dismas Hardy #19) by John Lescroart

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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Suspect (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #12)

Scott Turow

3.82

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Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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

Michael Connelly

4.49

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