18 books like The Glass Key

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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

Night school Lee Child · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "Discover the thriller series that The New York Times calls "utterly addictive." After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, Lee Child sends readers back to school with the most explosive Jack Reacher novel yet. It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he's off the grid. Out of sight, out of… Shares: Extortion, American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

Injustice for All J. A. Jance · 1988 · ★ 4.5 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A gripping tale of bloodlust and terror from the New York Times bestselling author of Exit WoundsIt was a scene from a "slasher flick" -- a beautiful woman's terrified screams piercing the air, a dead body sprawled at her feet, blood staining the pristine sands of a Washington beach. But the blood is real, and the victim won't be rising when a director yells, "Cut!" In one horrific instant, a… Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

Breach of Duty J. A. Jance · 1999 · ★ 4.5 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance presents another extraordinary adventure featuring hard-bitten homicide detective J.P. Beaumont, in the series that earned Jance the American Mystery Award. Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

The Drop Dennis Lehane · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Originall published in slightly different form as "Animal Rescue" in Boston Noir, published in 2009 by Akashic Books. Shares: Gangsters, American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

The up and comer Howard Roughan · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate eBook Special Feature: Includes a chapter excerpt from THE PROMISE OF A LIE. On an island of glitz, in a season of ambition, Philip Randall is getting what everyone wants. A rising career in a big New York law firm. A rich and beautiful wife. A cavernous downtown loft. And enough disposable income to turn Manhattan into a movable feast. So why is Philip testing fate by sleeping with his best… Shares: Extortion, Mystery

Taking the Fifth J. A. Jance · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings another stunning novel of passion, violence, and dreams turned deadly, featuring Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont.There are many bizarre and terrible ways to die. Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont thought he had seen them all - until he saw this body, its wounds, and the murder weapon: an elegant woman’s shoe, its stiletto… Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

Minor in Possession J. A. Jance · 1990 · ★ 4.5 · 362p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A gripping story of buried truths, deceit, andsudden, brutal death from the New York Timesbestselling author of Long Time Gone.All manner of sinners and sufferers come to the rehab ranch in Arizona when they hit rock bottom. For Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont, there is a deeper level of Hell here: being forced to room with teenage drug dealer Joey Rothman. An all-around punk, Joey deserves… Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

Long Time Gone J. A. Jance · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Moderate After more than twenty years of distinguished service with the Seattle Police Department, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont is now working for the Washington State Attorney's Special Homicide Investigation Team or, as it's more commonly called, the SHIT squad. But the more things change, the more they stay the same.An eyewitness to a fifty-year-old murder has just come forward, and Beau has been… Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

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

Proof of life J. A. Jance · 2017 · ★ 4.2 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn't suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retired Seattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in whats officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased… Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

The beautiful cigar girl Daniel Stashower · 2006 · ★ 3.5 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rogt." Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

Mortal Stakes Robert B. Parker · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past...or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16.… Shares: Extortion, Mystery

Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake! Donald J. Sobol · 1983 · ★ 3.2 · 121p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The ten-year-old detective solves "The Case of the Missing Garlic Bread" and other food-related mysteries. Includes menus and recipes for a Fourth-of-July party, a birthday brunch, and other occasions. Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

Improbable Cause J. A. Jance · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Perhaps it was fitting justice: a dentist who enjoyed inflicting pain was murdered in his own chair. The question is not who wanted Dr. Frederick Nielsen dead, but rather who of the many finally reached the breaking point. The sordid details of this case, with its shocking revelations of violence, cruelty, and horrific sexual abuse, would be tough for any investigator to stomach. But for Seattle… Shares: Beaumont, Mystery

No Orchids for Miss Blandish James Hadley Chase · 1939 · ★ 3.9 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Miss Blandish - innocent, exquisite, vulnerable heiress - is kidnapped by a gang of ruthless hoods who've never tried big-time crime. Foiled by their own vicious ineptitude and the greed of a superior mob, the kidnappers lose their million dollar prize. Blandish, terrified and broken, is now the captive of Ma' Grisson and her sadistic, sexually deviant son Slim. When Dave Fenner was hired to… Shares: Gangsters, Mystery

The Professional Robert B. Parker · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named… Shares: Extortion, Mystery

Tishomingo Blues Elmore Leonard · 1975 · ★ 3.9 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Dennis Lenahan is a daredevil and the girls love him. Things are going along okay with his gig at the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, "the Casino Capital of the South," until the day he looks down from the high-dive platform and witnesses a mob hit -- Dixie style. The killer looks up and says, "Let's see you dive." Suddenly, being a daredevil has lost its kick. Leonard calls… Shares: Gangsters, Mystery

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