18 books like Blood Test

L.A. Outlaws
L.A. Outlaws T. Jefferson Parker · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Investigating the latest crime scene of a celebrity thief who has been staging lucrative heists and donating the spoils to charity, rookie deputy Charlie Hood is forced to make an ethics-testing decision when the thief is targeted by a professional killer. Shares Los angeles
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Time bomb Jonathan Kellerman · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The cheerful chaos of a California schoolyard is shattered one autumn day by gunfire. No children are hurt, but a sniper is shot down -- and psychologist Dr Alex Delaware is called in to help the kids cope with the trauma. Then comes another stunning surprise: the identity of the sniper. Delaware is intrigued by the chance to explore intimately the forces that created such a twisted personality.… Shares Psychologists, Los angeles
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Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim) Richard Kadrey · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "James Stark is back from Hell, trailing more trouble in his wake. To return to L.A., he had to make a deal with the evil power brokers, Wormwood--an arrangement that came with a catch. While he may be home, Stark isn't quite himself... because he's only partially alive. There's a time limit on his reanimated body, and unless Stark can find the people targeting Wormwood, he will die again--and… Shares Los angeles
Trunk Music
Trunk Music Michael Connelly · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously… Shares Los angeles, Police
The Law of Innocence
The Law of Innocence Michael Connelly · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The inspiration for the hit Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back on the job in this heart-stopping thriller from a renowned #1 New York Times bestselling author. “One of the finest legal thrillers of the last decade.” —Associated Press On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former… Shares Los angeles
Amateur City
Amateur City Katherine V. Forrest · 1984 · ★ 4.3 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Tough and demanding LAPD Detective Kate Delafield is the leader of the investigation into a high-rise office building murder. The case is intriguing but routine—until Kate interviews the only witness, Ellen O'Neil. When Ellen O'Neil took her new job over the objections of her lover, she wasn't expecting to become embroiled in murder. The curiosity that Kate Delafield rouses is equally… Shares Los angeles, Police
The Concrete Blonde
The Concrete Blonde Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare.But the dead man's widow is suing Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-- an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is… Shares Los angeles, Police
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Dark Blood John Meaney · 2008 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Police with this book.
The Blood Royal
The Blood Royal Barbara Cleverly · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Police with this book.
A Long Shadow
A Long Shadow Charles Todd · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate It's New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the home of mutual friends for dinner but gets a call from the office and has to leave. On the steps outside, he sees a brass cartridge casing, like countless others he's seen during the war. But this one has an engraving in the metal. Curious, he pockets it.Soon after, Rutledge is on the southern coast… Shares Police
The Ghostway
The Ghostway Tony Hillerman · 1984 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One dies. The other drives off into the dry lands of the Big Reservation, but not before he shows the old Navajo a photo of the man he seeks. This is all Tribal Policeman Jim Chee needs to set him off on an odyssey that moves from a trapped ghost in an Indian hogan to the seedy underbelly of L.A. to an ancient… Shares Los angeles, Police
Proof of Guilt
Proof of Guilt Charles Todd · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the world's best Madeira wine, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor, who has his own suspect. Shares Police
The Black Ice
The Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Los angeles, Police with this book.
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Farewell, My Lovely Raymond Chandler · 1940 · ★ 4.1 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is one of Chandler’s most famous crime novels featuring the detective Philip Marlowe, who’s about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard. Shares Los angeles
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In this #1 New York Times bestseller, California's newest private investigator, Detective Harry Bosch, must track down a missing heir while helping a police department connect the dots on a dangerous cold case.Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty… Shares Los angeles, Police
The Black Ice
The Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1993 · ★ 4.1 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate LAPD detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch returns in a procedural thriller set in and around the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner-city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico. Shares Los angeles, Police
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Radical Gratitude Andrew Bienkowski · 2008 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Psychologists with this book.
The Night Fire
The Night Fire Michael Connelly · 2019 · ★ 4.5 A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARA CrimeReads Best Crime Novel Notable selection Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him---new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael ConnellyBack when Harry Bosch was just a rookie… Shares Los angeles

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