18 books like Next in Line

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Mystic river Dennis Lehane · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave is trying to… Shares: Thriller

Presumed Innocent Scott Turow · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder. Shares: Thriller

Red Dragon Thomas Harris · 1981 · ★ 4.1 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy". The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial-killer, whom Graham reluctantly turns to for advice and… Shares: Thriller

Prayers for rain Dennis Lehane · 1999 · ★ 4.1 · 478p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane delivers a shattering tale of evil, depravity, and justice that captures the dark realism of Boston’s gritty blue-collar streets.Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why a former client, a perky woman in love with life, could, within six months, jump naked from a Boston landmark -- the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction. What he finds… Shares: Community pick

The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst · 2004 · ★ 3.8 · 501p · ≈ 16h · Moderate It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby--whom Nick had idolized at Oxford--and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions, who becomes both a friend to Nick and his uneasy… Shares: Community pick

Murder on Brittany shores Jean-Luc Bannalec · 2016 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Ten miles off the coast of Brittany lie the fabled Glenan Islands. Boasting sparkling white sands and crystal clear waters, they seem perfectly idyllic, until one day in May three bodies wash up on shore. At first glance the deaths appear accidental, but as the identities of the victims comes to light, cantankerous Commisaire Dupin is pulled back into action for a case of what seems to be… Shares: Traditional British, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime

Death of a liar Marion Chesney · 2015 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation, Hamish discovers that she was lying about the crime. So when the same woman calls him back about an intruder, he simply marvels at her compulsion to lie. This time, though,… Shares: Traditional British, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime

Shoot 'em up Janey Mack · 2016 · 341p · ≈ 11h · Moderate An assassination attempt on the mayor brings the ATF and DEA to Chicago, and they're counting on meter-maid turned undercover cop Maisie McGrane's underworld connections to help them infiltrate and cripple a cartel running guns and drugs into the city. The DEA has hand-selected charismatic hard-case Lee Sharpe as her partner and protector. And he's taking his assignment seriously ... in every… Shares: Contemporary Women, Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective

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: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime

Silent Scream Angela Marsons · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood… Years later, a headmistress is found strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders which shock the Black Country. But when human remains are discovered at a former… Shares: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime

Dead to me Cath Staincliffe · 2012 · ★ 4.2 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "A riveting, sharply observed and thoroughly modern police procedural featuring a stellar but unlikely female dectective team, perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen and Deborah Crombie Detective Constable Janet Scott is subtle and reliable, a diplomatic thinker with a wry sense of humor. She's put in the time and seen it all, but has no desire for the boss's job--she loves her own too much. Rachel… Shares: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime

Boar Island Nevada Barr · 2016 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyber-bullying and stalking is a new one. The target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage daughter of her friend Heath Jarrod. Elizabeth is driven to despair by the disgusting rumors spreading online and bullying texts. Until, one day, Heath finds her daughter Elizabeth in… Shares: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective

Into Oblivion Arnaldur Indriðason · 2016 · ★ 3.8 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Into Oblivion, the follow-up to the gritty prequel Reykjavik Nights, gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective. A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A… Shares: Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Thriller

The Inheritance Charles Finch · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "A mysterious bequest of money leads to a murder in this new novel in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series whose last installment The New York Times called "a sterling addition to this well-polished series." Charles Lenox has received a cryptic plea for help from an old Harrow schoolmate, Gerald Leigh, but when he looks into the matter he finds that his friend has suddenly disappeared.… Shares: Traditional British, Mystery & Detective

The silent dead Tetsuya Honda · 2016 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "When a body wrapped in a blue plastic tarp and tied up with twine is discovered near the bushes near a quiet suburban Tokyo neighborhood, Lt. Reiko Himekawa and her squad take the case. The victim was slaughtered brutally--his wounds are bizarre, and no one can figure out the "what" or the "why" of this crime. At age twenty-nine, Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Homicide… Shares: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective

The Stranger You Know Jane Casey · 2013 · ★ 4.4 He meets women. He gains their trust. He kills them. That's all London police detective Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been strangled in their homes, and it appears to be the work of the same sadistic killer. With no sign of break-ins, every indication shows that the women let their attacker in willingly. The victims' neighbors and friends don't seem to… Shares: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective

The Branson Beauty Claire Booth · 2016 · ★ 3.8 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Branson Beauty, an old showboat, has crashed in the waters of an Ozark mountain lake just outside the popular tourist destination of Branson, Missouri. More than one hundred people are trapped aboard. Hank Worth is still settling into his new role as county sheriff, and when he responds to the emergency call, he knows he’s in for a long winter day of helping elderly people into rafts and… Shares: Traditional British, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, 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: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime

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