Ed Lynskeys Favorite Crime Fiction
Discover Ed Lynskey's top picks in crime fiction with this curated list of his favorite books. Explore thrilling reads and must-have titles for any crime fiction enthusiast.
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Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
Two years after losing her husband of twenty-five years, Lisey looks back at the sometimes frightening intimacy that marked their marriage, her husband's successes as …
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Kiss Her Goodbye
by Allan Guthrie
Joe Hope is a loan shark's enforcer. When his wife and young daughter die, he'll stop at nothing to bring down the man responsible.
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Two-Way Split
by Allan Guthrie
Edinburgh, dead of winter Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping …
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The Men from the Boys
by Ed Lacy
Marty Bond Was Rotten To The Core A few years back, he had been a famous cop in New York. Not a gentle or an …
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Rain Dogs
by Sean Doolittle
It was one hell of an inheritance for former Chicago reporter Tom Coleman: a broken-down pickup truck, ramshackle campground, a canoe livery—and one pot-smoking, barely …
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Calibre
by Ken Bruen
Somewhere in the teeming heart of London is a man on a lethal mission. His cause: a long-overdue lesson on the importance of manners. When …
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The Crimes of Jordan Wise
by Bill Pronzini
Obsessed by the gorgeous Annalise Bonner, who cares only for adventure and the good life, accountant Jordan Wise uses his bookkeeping skills to embezzle half …
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Spiral
by Jeremiah Healy
Still reeling from an unfathomable tragedy, Boston P.I. John Francis Cuddy agrees to help a former Vietnam-era comrade who is searching for his granddaughter's killer. …
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Bad Blood
by Linda A. Fairstein
In the middle of a trial involving a businessman charged with murdering his wife, Manhattan prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is summoned to investigate an explosion of …
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A Stolen Season
by Steve Hamilton
Alex McKnight has to deal with drug dealers after rescuing three men from a boating accident.
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Bronx Angel
by Ed Dee
A wall in the Bronx has suddenly started seeping holy water, and the faithful mob the place, lining up for their share. When a car …
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Murder Among the OWLS
by Bill Crider
Sheriff Dan Rhodes investigates the death of Helen Harris, a neighbour who belonged to the Older Women's Literary Society.
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Shakedown
by Charlie Stella
Get married, have a kid-it's not much to ask. Unless you've got to first divorce the mob. For three months now, ex-bookmaker Bobby G has …
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The Hunt Club
by John T. Lescroart
Filled with New York Timesbestselling author John Lescroart's trademarks'rich characters, masterful pacing, and nail-biting suspense?The Hunt Clubintroduces one of the most compelling new characters in …
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Cold Granite
by Stuart MacBride
DCI Logan McRae returns to his job in Aberdeen CID after recuperating from a stab wound and finds himself assigned to a brutal serial killer …
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The Two Minute Rule
by Robert Crais
Devastated by the murder of his estranged police officer son on the day of his own release from prison, former bank robber Max Holman launches …
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Radio Activity
by Bill Fitzhugh
When a DJ stops showing up for work at WAOR-FM, Rick Shannon moves back to Mississippi to take the night shift. No sooner than he …
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Butchers Hill
by Laura Lippman
Tess Monaghan has finally made the move and hung out her shingle as a p.i.-for-hire, complete with an office in Butchers Hill. Maybe it's not …
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Every Secret Thing
by Laura Lippman
Two little girls banished from a neighborhood birthday party take a wrong turn down an unfamiliar Baltimore street—and encounter an abandoned stroller with an infant …
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New Orleans Beat
by Julie Smith
Detective Skip Langdon is sent to investigate the death of thirty-one-year-old Geoff Kavanagh, victim of an accidental fall from a ladder. But as Skip pursues …
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Tidewater Blood
by William Hoffman
The black sheep of a prosperous Virginia family, Charles LeBlanc must elude the law while he investigates a mass murder at his family's annual reunion, …
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Sideswipe
by Charles Willeford
Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job …
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Dirty White Boys
by Stephen Hunter
They busted out of McAlester State Penitentiary--three escaped convicts going to ground in a world unprepared for anything like them.... Lamar Pye is prince of …
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When Last Seen Alive
by Gar Anthony Haywood
A man disappears at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., but Aaron Gunner soon discovers that isn't just another missing persons case. The web …
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Back-Door Man
by Rob Kantner
Detroit private detective Ben Perkins takes on the case of a wealthy widow swindled out of a fortune, but his investigation is complicated by the …
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Chinatown Beat
by Henry Chang
This debut mystery powerfully conveys the sights, sounds, and smells of Chinatown, as well as the attitudes of its inhabitants. Detective Jack Yu is assigned …
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Earthquake Weather
by Terrill Lee Lankford
Frustrated in his job working for a despised producer, would-be filmmaker Mark Hayes finds his ambitions further compromised when a major earthquake rocks the movie …
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The Blade Itself
by Marcus Sakey
On the South Side of Chicago, you're only as strong as your reputation. Danny Carter and his best friend Evan earned theirs knocking over pawnshops …
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Clockers
by Richard Price
Rocco Klein, veteran homicide detective, has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug-related murder, he has …
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Iron Lake
by William Kent Krueger
A hated judge is found dead in suspicious circumstances in a town in Minnesota with an Indian casino and a young Ojibwe Indian leaves home …
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Cold Steel Rain
by Kenneth Abel
Violence, betrayal and institutionalised corruption pervade this scorching new thriller set in New Orleans.
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Captains Outrageous
by Joe R. Lansdale
Hapless chicken-plant guard Hap Collins gets into trouble when he takes his best friend Leonard on a Caribbean cruise. The two find themselves abandoned in …
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Gorky Park
by Martin Cruz Smith
"Brilliant...One of the best books of the season." ASSOCIATED PRESS A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, …
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Matala
by Craig Holden
National bestselling author Holdens latest work is a stylish yet harrowing tale of sex, deception, and international smuggling.
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Dirty Money
by Richard Stark
A follow-up to Nobody Runs Forever finds master criminal Parker and his cohorts returning to an abandoned country church where they had been forced to …