18 books like The Weekend

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

The Blue Ice Hammond Innes · 1948 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert finds himself caught in a maze of ambition and treachery. Shares Thriller

The Color of Bone

The Color of Bone V. J. Chambers Shares Thriller with this book.

Never Forgive Never Forget (Jack Reacher's Special Investigators #4)

Never Forgive Never Forget (Jack Reacher's Special Investigators #4) Dan Ames Shares Thriller with this book.

The Lies We Bury

The Lies We Bury Stacy Green It’s the case that has tormented him for years… Detective Cage Foster’s past has come back to haunt him. It’s been seven years since two girls disappeared because of his rookie mistake, and since then he’s lived under the weight of guilt. Now Annabeth, one of the girls, has been found, but with her comes more unanswered questions. Cage realizes this time there’s no room for error because the… Shares Thriller

The Dog Who Knew Too Much

The Dog Who Knew Too Much Spencer Quinn The fourth installment in the irresistible New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring canine narrator Chet and his human companion Bernie—“the coolest human/pooch duo this side of Wallace and Gromit” (Kirkus Reviews).Humor and intrigue combine for a “thoroughly entertaining comic mystery” (Booklist) as Spencer Quinn’s engaging and unlikely team of crime solvers takes on the case of a boy… Shares Thriller

The Green Wound Contract

The Green Wound Contract Philip Atlee Shares Thriller with this book.

Jack and Kill

Jack and Kill Diane Capri · 2014 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Light New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again! NEW Hunt for Jack Reacher book! "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers Jack Reacher: Friend or Enemy? FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar get a lead on Jack Reacher. New Hope,… Shares Thriller

Her Final Confession

Her Final Confession Lisa Regan · 2018 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who… When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs… Shares Thriller

The Mercy Chair

The Mercy Chair M W Craven Winner of the Fingerprint Award 2025 for Crime bookShortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel 2025 ----'Macabre and wry' Telegraph'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime… Shares Thriller

Soldiers of Babylon

Soldiers of Babylon Dan Flanigan Shares Thriller with this book.

In a Hard Wind

In a Hard Wind David Housewright · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Once a homicide detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie is, through a series of unlikely events, both a millionaire and an occasional private investigator. As an unofficial PI, McKenzie only looks into the occasional situation for friends or friends of friends. Jeanette Carrell stretches McKenzie’s guidelines but she's in a bind. She's been arrested, indicted, and about to go on… Shares Thriller

Her Last Kiss

Her Last Kiss Lisa Regan Shares Thriller with this book.

The Hadacol Boogie

The Hadacol Boogie James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke’s iconic detective, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman, pulling him into a vortex of corruption and violence in the Louisiana bayouWhen a cloaked, disfigured man leaves a dead woman in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux’s property, he knows his world and family are about to change.With Valerie Benoit, a detective new to the Iberia Parish… Shares Thriller

Breathe Your Last

Breathe Your Last Lisa Regan · 2020 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Josie presses her hands into the center of the drowned girl’s chest and pumps, counting off compressions. She takes in the girl’s beautiful face, her brown eyes glassy. Breathe. Just breathe…   The body of a young girl lying face down in a swimming pool—white tennis shoes still on her feet, chestnut hair fanned out like a halo—is the last thing Detective Josie Quinn expects to find on an… Shares Thriller

The Workers of Iniquity: A C.T. Ferguson Private Investigator Mystery

The Workers of Iniquity: A C.T. Ferguson Private Investigator Mystery Tom Fowler A bankrupt client. A missing husband. One cyber sleuth will follow the money trail to the root of all evil. Private investigator C.T. Ferguson believes justice shouldn't come with a price tag. As a trust fund baby and former hacker, he uses his resources to track down criminals who prey on society's most vulnerable members.When an old acquaintance falls on hard times, he vows to solve… Shares Thriller

The Beach House

The Beach House Nina Manning Shares Thriller with this book.

Nightmare in Pink

Nightmare in Pink John D. MacDonald & Lee Child Shares Thriller with this book.

A Deadly Shade of Gold

A Deadly Shade of Gold John D. MacDonald & Lee Child “John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen KingWith an Introduction by Lee ChildWhen Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can’t help it: He has to meddle. Especially when he has the chance to reunite Sam Taggart, a reckless, restless man like himself, with the woman who’s still waiting for him. But what begins as… Shares Thriller

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