18 books like Badlands

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Double Barrel Bluff

Double Barrel Bluff Lou Berney · 2016 · ★ 4.5 Multi-award winning and USA Today bestselling crime writer Lou Berney returns to his critically acclaimed thriller series starring former mob wheelman Shake Bouchon, who finds himself dragged into a high-stakes hostage rescue, among the mighty temples and shadowy underground of Cambodia.During his years as a wheelman for the Armenian mob in Los Angeles, Shake Bouchon didn’t think of himself… Shares Crime

Web of deceit Katherine Howell · 2013 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Shortlisted for the 2013 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction Often compared to Karin Slaughter and Patricia Cornwell, prize-winning author Katherine Howell thrills readers in this gripping novel featuring a determined homicide detective and a team of emergency medics. When frantic man refuses to leave the car that witnesses say he deliberately crashed, paramedics Jane and Alex think it's a… Shares Policewomen, Crime

Chilled to the bone Quentin Bates · 2013 · ★ 3.8 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "When Sergeant Gunnhildur Giacute;sladottir of the local police force is called in to investigate the death of a man found tied to a bed in one of Reykjaviacutek's nicest hotels, she finds no sign of criminal activity but suspects there may be more to the case than meets the eye. Could the death of the shipowner be related to a local gangster's recent return to Iceland after many years abroad?… Shares Policewomen, Crime

Once Bitten

Once Bitten Bianca D'Arc · 2010 · ★ 4.9 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Thrills, chills, and a smoldering sexy hero combine to unforgettable effect in Bianca D'Arc's irresistible new novel of paranormal romance...When police officer Sarah Petit investigates a disturbance in an abandoned building, she expects to find a few underage drinkers. Instead, she's attacked by creatures straight out of a horror movie. Waking a week later in a hospital, Sarah is visited by… Shares Policewomen

The Angel of Terror Edgar Wallace · 1923 · ★ 3.6 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Angel of Terror aka The Destroying Angel Jack Glover of Rennet, Glover and Simpson does not believe his cousin Meredith killed Bulford. Meredith's father was an eccentric and unless Meredith is married by the age of thirty his sister inherits everything. She is dead and Meredith, now in prison, is thirty next Monday. Meanwhile Lydia Beale is struggling to pay her dead father's creditors. When… Shares Crime

Tombstone courage J. A. Jance · 1994 · ★ 4.5 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate With grit, courage and dogged determination, Joanne challenged the status quo -- and won. Now, as newly elected Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, she must battle the prejudice and hostility of a mistrustful, male-dominated police force -- and solve a grisly double homicide that threatens to tear the sleepy desert community to pieces. For the two bodies baking in the harsh Southwestern sun are… Shares Policewomen, Crime

Catching heat Janice Cantore · 2016 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Twenty-seven years after the deaths of Detective Abby Hart's parents, she's desperate to find the proof that will put the mastermind-the governor's wife-behind bars. When she joins a newly formed task force and teams up with PI Luke Murphy, Abby is sent to San Luis Obispo to work the cold case of a murdered college student. Realizing their investigation will bring them near the town where Alyssa… Shares Policewomen, Crime

Seven Bones

Seven Bones Peter Seymour · 2011 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Crime with this book.

Long Gone

Long Gone Alafair Burke · 2011 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate After months of unemployment, Alice Humphrey lands her dream job - managing a Manhattan art gallery near the trendy Meatpacking District. According to recruiter Drew Campbell, the gallery is a passion of its anonymous owner, who remains uninvolved in its daily operations. When Alice arrives one morning, she walks into a nightmare: the gallery is empty, except for the dead body of Drew. Before she… Shares Crime

Against the paw Diane Kelly · 2016 · ★ 4.0 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate While trying to find a convicted burglar who has broken his parole, rookie cop Megan Luz and her K-9 partner try to stop a Neighborhood Watch group on Peeping Tom patrol before they take the law into their own hands. Shares Policewomen, Crime

Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel) Michael Connelly · 2018 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Policewomen, Crime with this book.

The Adventures of Amanda Love Devlin Church · 2011 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Joss Whedon's Firefly meets Flash Gordon as con-artist and adventurer Amanda Love travels the star systems of the frontier. Amanda's ample charms include the face of an angel, the bluest eyes west of Delta Vega, and a body that could give a pious man a wet dream in a skin-tight spacesuit. She and her crew of loyal misfits take their traveling 'pay to pray' Salvation Show out to the lonely,… Shares Crime

Creation in Death Nora Roberts · 2007 · ★ 4.6 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A Eve Dallas Investigation In Death NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't save-and the killers she couldn't capture. When the body of a young brunette is found in East River Park, Eve has seen this crime scene before: the artfully arranged body of a… Shares Policewomen, Crime

Grave doubts Elizabeth Corley · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 538p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "Viciously attacked by a serial rapist, intent on murder, Sergeant Louise Nightingale is recovering from her ordeal, relieved that the psychopath has been put behind bars for a very long time. Escaping to a remote family home for a well-earned rest, she is unaware that her nightmare has only just begun. When a nameless, faceless terror starts terrorising the country, her colleague, Detective… Shares Policewomen, Crime

Bonded in Death

Bonded in Death J. D. Robb · 2025 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war…His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within… Shares Policewomen

Hangman

Hangman Stephan Talty · 2014 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Pursuing an escaped serial killer to the city limits of Buffalo, homicide detective Abbie Kearney is horrified when teenage girls begin to go missing, a situation that reveals precinct corruption and suggests that the killer is being helped. Shares Policewomen

A Talent to Deceive William Norris · 2006 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's infant son, and the subsequent trial and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, have been a source of fascination for more than 70 years. Now, for the first time, William Norris delves into sources of information ignored by previous investigators and comes up with the identity of the true culprit. Lindbergh is exposed as having obstructed the… Shares Crime

Koukaku Kidoutai Masamune Shirow · 2017 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A mediados del siglo XXI, las personas dependen de implantes mecánicos y los robots reciben tejido humano como mejora. En este contexto, la mayor Motoko Kusanagi tiene la tarea de perseguir a los más peligrosos terroristas y cibercriminales, incluyendo a unos hackers capaces de explotar la interfaz humano/máquina y reprogramarlos para transformarlos en sus marionetas. Shares Crime

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