Crime Mystery Thriller Writers-fiction and non-fiction (my favorites)
Discover top crime, mystery, and thriller writers—both fiction and non-fiction! Explore a curated list of gripping books from my favorite authors in the genre.
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The Analyst
by John Katzenbach
Happy fifty third birthday, Doctor. Welcome to the first day of your death. Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, has just received a mysterious, …
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a …
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Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • James M. Cain, virtuoso of the roman noir, gives us a …
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Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
The award-winning thriller that became an international bestseller and a distinguished film and launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett.
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The Getaway
by Jim Thompson
Doc McCoy knows everything there is to know about pulling off the perfect bank job. But there are some things he has forgotten--such as a …
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Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again." So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter remembered the chilling events that led her down the …
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A Place of Execution
by Val McDermid
Winter 1963: two children have disappeared in Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, …
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The Grifters
by Jim Thompson
Roy DIllon seems too handsome and well-mannered to be a professional con man. Lilly Dillon looks too young--and loves Roy a little too intensely--to be …
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
The true story of the Manson murders.
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A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring …
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A Touch of Frost
by R.D. Wingfield
‘A funny, frantic, utterly refreshing brew’ – Sunday Telegraph Detective Inspector Jack Frost, officially on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a colleague's …
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Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
“Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist.”—Dan Brown For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight …
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Wicked Prey
by John Sandford
Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the new thriller by the New York Times best-selling author of Phantom …
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BoneMan's Daughters
by Ted Dekker
They call him BoneMan, a serial killer who's abducted six young women. He's the perfect father looking for the perfect daughter, and when his victims …
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Adam
by Ted Dekker
It takes an obsessive mind to know one. And Daniel Clark knows the elusive killer he's been stalking. He's devoted every waking minute as a …
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South -- and the heroism of one man in the face of blind …
