18 books like Persuader

What to read after Persuader — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

One Shot Lee Child · 2005 · ★ 4.4 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooter—a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is… Shares: Military police, Reacher, American Detective and mystery stories, Thriller

Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child · 1984 · ★ 4.2 · 439p · ≈ 14h · Moderate From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night…. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher—soldier, cop, hero—is pulled out of his wandering life by a code that few other people could understand. From the first shocking scenes in Lee… Shares: Military police, Reacher, Private investigators, Thriller

Without Fail Lee Child · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Skilled, cautious, and anonymous, Jack Reacher is perfect for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. Theoretically, of course. A female Secret Service agent wants Reacher to find the holes in her system, and fast—because a covert group already has the vice president in their sights. They’ve planned well. There’s just one thing they didn’t plan on: Reacher. Shares: Military police, American Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Thriller

The Monkey's Raincoat Robert Crais · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's seamy underworld. Shares: Drug traffic, Missing persons, Private investigators

Owls Don't Blink Erle Stanley Gardner · 1942 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Cool & Lam Mystery #6 (1942) New York lawyer Emory Hale hires Los Angeles duo Bertha Cool and Donald Lam to find person-of-interest Roberta Fenn in New Orleans. For a client Hale refuses to name. Because there's nothing shady about that set-up, right? Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Thriller

The Hard Way Lee Child · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In Lee Child's astonishing new thriller, ex--military cop Reacher sees more than most people would...and because of that, he's thrust into an explosive situation that's about to blow up in his face. For the only way to find the truth--and save two innocent lives--is to do it the way Jack Reacher does it best: the hard way.... Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot,… Shares: Reacher, American Detective and mystery stories, Thriller, Mystery

A Walk Among the Tombstones Lawrence Block · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #10. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Shares: Drug traffic, Private investigators, Mystery

The enemy Lee Child · 2004 · ★ 4.2 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.New Year's Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming… Shares: Military police, Reacher, Thriller, Mystery

Don’t Know Jack Diane Capri · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate 297 pages ; 22 cm Shares: Reacher, Private investigators

Private Berlin James Patterson & Mark Sullivan · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Berlin office of the world's most renowned investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a seedy nightclub owner. Chris, a superstar agent at Private Berlin, tackles the most high-profile cases, and when Chris disappears, the investigation becomes dangerous. The plot contains… Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Missing persons, Private investigators, Thriller

The Missing Sarah Langan · 2007 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 2007 Bram Stoker Award winner. A remote and affluent Maine community, Corpus Christi was untouched by the environmental catastrophe that destroyed the neighboring blue-collar town of Bedford. But all that will change in a heartbeat . . .The nightmare is awakened when third-grade schoolteacher Lois Larkin takes the children on a field trip to Bedford. There in the abandoned woods, a small, cruel… Shares: Maine, Missing persons

Crimes by Moonlight Charlaine Harris · 2010 · ★ 3.6 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes an all-new story-set in her Sookie Stackhouse universe-to this anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. Other authors include:Steve BrewerDana… Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

Choppy Water Stuart Woods · 2020 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington must go up against an enemy with deadly intentions--and ideologies.Stone Barrington and his friends are vacationing in Maine when their leisure is suddenly disrupted by extreme weather. To make matters worse, the inclement conditions allow for a menacing adversary to sneak in unnoticed and… Shares: Maine, Private investigators

Haunted James Patterson & James O. Born · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic, small town in the beautiful Maine woods, a recommendation from a former colleague. But just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing left and right with no explanation --… Shares: Maine, Missing persons, Thriller

The Simple Art of Murder Raymond Chandler · 1950 · ★ 4.1 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Mystery Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Mystery

The Border Don Winslow · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 752p · ≈ 25h · Moderate ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Washington Post • NPR • Financial Times • The Guardian • Booklist • New Statesman • Daily Telegraph • Irish Times • Dallas Morning News • Sunday Times • New York Post"A big, sprawling, ultimately stunning crime tableau." – Janet Maslin, New York Times"You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment." – Stephen… Shares: Drug traffic, United States, Thriller

Tripwire Lee Child · 1999 · ★ 4.1 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is lying low in Key West, digging up swimming pools by hand. He is not at all pleased when a private detective starts asking questions about him. But when the detective, Costello, turns up dead with his fingertips sliced off, Reacher realizes it is time to move on. Shares: Reacher, Private investigators, Thriller, Mystery

Dark Harbor Stuart Woods · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In Stuart Woods's perfect mix of sexy intrigue and swift suspense, Stone Barrington investigates the suicide of a CIA officer-his cousin. Shares: Maine, Private investigators, Mystery

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