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115 past books matching Police Procedural
Good for readers who want psychological thrillers built around disbelief, surveillance, and escalating threats.
I Know What I Saw
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural
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Called “A page turner of a read that it kept me guessing until the very end,” I Know What I Saw follows Ria as she witnesses a murder in her gated community, but when police find no evidence, she receives a threatening video showing her own death, warning her to stop investigating. Good for readers who want psychological thrillers built around disbelief, surveillance, and escalating threats.
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YOU WITNESSED A MURDER.
NO ONE BELIEVES YOU.
When Ria moves with her husband to Silverleaf Heights, she hopes to recover from the incident that nearly took her life. Everything seems perfect - the houses are beautiful, the neighbours welcoming and the locked gate keeps the danger out.
Or does it?
Late one night, Ria sees a woman being attacked. When she raises the alarm, there's no evidence. No crime. No victim. But Ria knows what she saw - and she won't let it go.
Then an anonymous text appears on her phone, a video of another woman being murdered. Looking closer, Ria realises the woman is her. The message vanishes without a trace, but its meaning is clear: stop searching for the dead woman, or you'll be next.
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A rescue becomes a calculated trap when a kidnapper turns one child’s life into a test designed for a fallen agent.
The Devoted Game
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A rescue becomes a calculated trap when a kidnapper turns one child’s life into a test designed for a fallen agent. In The Devoted Game, former FBI agent Ryan McBride is pulled back into the Bureau when an abductor will only speak to him. This thriller builds around puzzles, buried guilt, and a ticking case with ties to the past.
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A disgraced FBI agent is challenged to a life-or-death match by a deviously clever kidnapper in this propulsive novel by USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb.
Former FBI agent Ryan McBride crashed and burned three years ago after a case took a fatal turn. He swore he was done with the Bureau forever—until Special Agent Vivian Grace shows up at his door with a new case he can’t refuse.
Six-year-old Alyssa Byrne has been kidnapped, and her abductor, alias Devoted Fan, has threatened to kill her in twenty-four hours. He promises to reveal the girl’s location to the FBI on one condition: He’ll only talk to McBride.
With the clock ticking, Grace and McBride race to solve Devoted Fan’s puzzles, each more twisted than the last. But when another victim goes missing, with a promise of more to come, they realize that Devoted Fan is not just a stranger with a deranged obsession. His sick game is somehow connected to both their pasts—but around which dark corner lies the answer?
Revised edition: Previously published as Nameless, this edition of The Devoted Game includes editorial revisions.
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Shadow Falls begins with a missing twelve-year-old girl and a detective who knows too much about the cost of losing a child.
Shadow Falls
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural
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Shadow Falls begins with a missing twelve-year-old girl and a detective who knows too much about the cost of losing a child. Madison Harper enters a shaken lakeside community where delayed alarms, a disturbing drawing, and family secrets complicate the search for Jenny Lucas. This crime thriller pairs a vulnerable child investigation with personal stakes, buried danger, and a case that keeps tightening.
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‘Absolutely amazing!… It’s a rollercoaster of a read. I absolutely loved it… actually made me scream NOOOOO out loud!... I didn’t want to put it down… addictive.’ Between The Pages Book Blog, 5 stars
The little girl drags her eyes open, realizing she’s starting to fade. Using all her remaining strength, she tries calling out for help. But she’s too late and her voice just isn’t loud enough…
Detective Madison Harper’s heart shatters when she searches the bedroom of twelve-year-old Jenny Lucas, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake at Shadow Falls, northern California, with her friends before she vanished. A notebook decorated with stickers pokes out beneath a pink cowboy hat on the bed, which is neatly made up, ready for her return. Madison can’t help wondering why it took their close-knit community so long to raise the alarm.
The girl’s parents are distraught, and the local police have no leads—they desperately need Madison’s help. She knows better than most what it’s like to lose a child, and she won’t let it happen again, even if that means pressing Jenny’s grieving family for answers.
Then, canvassing the local area for hidden leads, Madison discovers a disturbing portrait Jenny drew at the local library. Was this angelic girl more troubled than anybody knew? Was she in danger from those she trusted most? If Madison’s instincts are right, then the life of another innocent child could also be at risk—she must find Jenny fast…
An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller that will keep you up all night! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Melinda Leigh.
Everyone is talking about Shadow Falls:
‘Wow, wow, wow!... A read-all-night page-turner of the highest order… I was hooked from page one… I was kept guessing until the very end.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘Wow!… Awesome!… I was on the edge of my seat… getting whiplash from reading so fast!!’ Barbs Beautiful Bookshelf, 5 stars
‘I LOVED THIS BOOK!… I was hooked… It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through… so many twists and turns that keep you guessing.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘Wow, just wow.’ Spooky's Maze Of Books, 5 stars
‘Wow… an absolutely thrilling read… unpredictable and brilliant. I LOVED IT!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘OH MY DAYS!!!!… Gah, I am still thinking about this book!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
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Surveillance turns predatory when the man watching the city starts choosing victims from behind the screen.
I’ll Be Watching You
Thriller · Mystery · Police Procedural
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Surveillance turns predatory when the man watching the city starts choosing victims from behind the screen. I’ll Be Watching You fits Scottish crime thriller readers through its chilling focus on Casey, a CCTV operator whose access to private routines becomes a weapon for revenge, obsession, and control in a story built around the terror of being seen too closely.
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'A gripping story by a true rising star. Deborah Masson, I'll be watching you too...' PETER JAMES
Prepare to be hooked by the gripping thriller from an award winning Scottish author, a tale of obsession, power and control for fans of Steve Cavanagh and Dexter.
‘Chilling and impossible to put down.’
‘Not for the faint hearted. I raced through it.’
'Very possibly the most original and memorable psychological fiction I have ever read.'
He sees everything.
As a CCTV operator, Casey can monitor the streets of Aberdeen and keep people safe, all from the comfort of his chair.
He knows your secrets.
You are one of his favourite people to follow. He keeps an eye on you even in your most private moments, when you think you’re alone.
But now he wants more.
There's a reason he’s learnt your routine like the back of his hand. Casey wants revenge. And when you know as much as he does, it’s easy to take advantage…
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Sun, Sand, Murder turns a quiet island posting into a murder case with a victim who may not exist.
Sun, Sand, Murder
Mystery · Police Procedural
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Sun, Sand, Murder turns a quiet island posting into a murder case with a victim who may not exist. Teddy Creque, the only police presence on Anegada, finds a biologist shot dead on a remote beach, then uncovers a missing identity that makes the case stranger than expected. This is island-set mystery fiction with a warm voice, local color, and a puzzle built around secrets beneath the surface.
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Written with a wry, witty narrative voice and a plot full of twists and turns, John Keyse-Walker's Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut is a pure delight.
As a Special Constable, Teddy Creque is the only police presence on the remote, sun-drenched island of Anegada, nestled in the heart of the British Virgin Islands. In all his years on the job, Teddy has never considered the possibility that he might have to address an actual crime on his peaceful island. That is, until he receives a hysterical call about a dead man on the beach.
Indeed, Teddy is shocked to discover Paul Kelliher, a biologist who traveled to the island every winter for research, lying dead on the sands of the island's most remote beach, killed by a single shot to the head. And when the BVI's "real police" task Teddy with informing Kelliher's nearest kin of his death, Teddy makes an even more surprising discovery: there's no record that Paul Kelliher ever existed.
Suddenly Teddy's routine life is thrown into tumult as he tries to track a killer—against his boss's wishes—while balancing his complicated family life, three other jobs, and the colorful characters populating the island around him.
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A remote island death begins as an accident but refuses to stay buried as unease spreads through the tight-knit community.
The Scattering Murders
Mystery · Detective Fiction · Police Procedural
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A remote island death begins as an accident but refuses to stay buried as unease spreads through the tight-knit community. In The Scattering Murders, Inspector Torquil McKinnon investigates a farmer’s suspicious end alongside a missing woman tied to the island’s secrets. This police procedural delivers atmospheric tension, layered motives, and a mystery shaped by isolation and mistrust.
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Follow Detective Inspector McKinnon in another thrilling case! Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride, L J Ross and Faith Martin.
When missing turns to murder…
West Uist, Scotland
Local farmer Hector MacFarlane has been found dead, trampled by his own cattle.
A well-liked man in the community, at first there is no suspicion surrounding his death.
But when an urn containing some of his ashes is found broken and defiled, doubt starts to creep in.
And when a man arrives on the island looking for a missing woman, Detective Inspector Torquil McKinnon soon finds himself with more than one mystery to solve.
With thick mist shrouding the remote island in gloom and rumours circulating about the death of the farmer, Torquil finds it increasingly difficult to get answers.
Is there a connection between the dead man and the missing woman? Could anyone else be in danger?
And is the local community once more under threat…?
THE SCATTERING MURDERS is the eighth crime thriller in the detective series featuring Inspector Torquil McKinnon: an action-packed police procedural full of suspense.
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A rescue in the middle of violence pulls a woman with nothing to spare into the path of something far more dangerous.
Race Against Time
Romantic Suspense · Thriller · Police Procedural
Our take
A rescue in the middle of violence pulls a woman with nothing to spare into the path of something far more dangerous. Race Against Time follows Quinn O'Meara after she finds a crying baby at a burning crime scene and becomes entangled in a human-trafficking ring, while homicide detective Nick Saldano fights to protect the woman he never forgot. This is an emotional thriller with high stakes, second-chance tension, and a deeply personal sense of danger.
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"An emotional thriller, packed with action, love, regrets, and criminal activity that will make your blood boil . . . a phenomenal story." —Fresh Fiction
Sometimes fate brings you together—only to tear you apart . . .
Growing up in the foster system, Quinn O'Meara made a point of never getting involved. But when she discovers a crying baby amid a fiery crime scene, she knows she has no choice. Suddenly in way over her head, Quinn turns to the police, unintentionally positioning herself in the crosshairs of a deadly human-trafficking ring.
The last time homicide detective Nick Saldano saw Quinn, she was still the young girl he'd shared a foster home with. The girl who'd loved and cared for him when no one else had. Now here she was, gorgeously all grown-up—and in terrible danger.
Unwilling to lose her again, Nick insists on keeping Quinn close, especially when the bond they once shared heatedly slides into desire. Quinn finally has someone worth holding on to, but what kind of future can they have when she might not live to see tomorrow?
Praise for Sharon Sala
"If you can stop reading, then you are a better woman than me." —Debbie Macomber, New York Times–bestselling author
"Sala is a master at telling a story that is both romantic and suspenseful . . . one of the best writers in the genre." —RT Book Reviews
"Sala's characters are vivid and engaging." —Publishers Weekly
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Grief has left Ally looking for quiet, but the Cornish coast offers anything but peace.
The Shell House Detectives
Mystery · Police Procedural
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Grief has left Ally looking for quiet, but the Cornish coast offers anything but peace. In The Shell House Detectives, a troubled young man appears at her door one night and turns up dead the next morning, drawing Ally into an investigation with an ex-cop who senses the case runs deeper than it seems. This is a coastal mystery with emotional weight, a close-knit community, and dark secrets hidden beneath a beautiful setting.
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"A cleverly plotted and thoroughly enjoyable book about dark deeds in beautiful places."—Elly Griffiths
Welcome to the coastal paradise of Porthpella, where murder lurks among the dunes…
Late one night, a distraught young man knocks on the door of retired and recently widowed Ally Bright’s remote home on the Cornish coast. But before she can make sense of his confused words, he’s gone—not to be seen again until he’s found the next morning at the foot of the nearby cliffs.
In an instant, the peace of Ally’s beachcombing life is shattered. Feeling responsible for the young man’s fate, she wants to help find answers—as does ex-cop Jayden Weston, whom Ally meets at the scene. He shares her certainty that there’s more to the story than attempted suicide. When it emerges that the man is newly released ex-offender Lewis Pascoe, and that Helena, the wealthy new owner of his grandmother’s home, has subsequently disappeared, the tight-knit community of Porthpella is thrown into turmoil.
Driven by their need to know more, the duo decide to investigate the mystery together. Is there a connection between the Pascoe family’s tragic history and Helena’s disappearance? And if there is a killer stalking Porthpella, do Ally and Jayden have what it takes to catch them?
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It fits readers who want forensic detail, fast-moving police procedure, and a capable lead facing a methodical, unnerving killer.
SERIAL
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A fresh start in Dublin turns deadly in Steel when forensic investigator Reilly Steel lands in the path of a serial killer staging increasingly disturbing crimes. As the bodies mount, the investigation tightens around a pattern designed to provoke and unsettle. It fits readers who want forensic detail, fast-moving police procedure, and a capable lead facing a methodical, unnerving killer.
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A killer dies on the anniversary of a crime everyone thought was buried, and the evidence points somewhere impossible.
Blood Ties
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A killer dies on the anniversary of a crime everyone thought was buried, and the evidence points somewhere impossible. In Blood Ties, Ben Devlin investigates the murder of a man once imprisoned for killing his girlfriend, only to find traces of the dead woman’s blood at the new crime scene. This fits police procedural with its methodical investigation, emotional weight, and unsettling cold-case echoes.
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'A clever, engaging and beautifully crafted police procedural' Irish Independent
'Some of the very best crime fiction being written today' Lee Child on Bad Blood
How can a dead woman avenge herself on her killer twenty years after her murder?
This is the puzzle facing Ben Devlin in his latest case. He is called to the scene of a murder - a man has been stabbed to death in his rented room and when his identity is discovered Devlin feels a ghost walk over his grave as he knows the name Brooklyn Harris well. As a teenager, Harris beat his then-girlfriend Hannah Row to death, and then spent twelve years in prison for the murder.
As Devlin investigates the dead man's movements since his release it becomes apparent Harris has been grooming teenage girls online and then arranging to meet them. But his activities have been discovered by others, notably a vigilante, who goes straight to the top of Devlin's list of suspects... until he uncovers that Harris was killed on the anniversary of Hannah's death - just too big a coincidence in Devlin's books. So Hannah's family join the ever-growing list of suspects being interviewed by his team. And then forensics contact Devlin with the astounding news that blood found on Harris's body is a perfect match to that of Hannah Row's. Yet how can this be; the girl was murdered many years ago - and Devlin doesn't believe in ghosts.
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It fits crime thriller readers who want a damaged investigator, coastal atmosphere, and a case shaped by both violence and personal trauma.
The Lines
Mystery · Police Procedural
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The sea offers no peace when a murder drags an already haunted detective back into danger. In The Lines, DS Liam Kilshaw returns to a rugged Cornish community where bodies, gang ties, and local suspicion keep tightening the pressure. It fits crime thriller readers who want a damaged investigator, coastal atmosphere, and a case shaped by both violence and personal trauma.
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Once you cross the wrong lines, there’s no turning back.
For DS Liam Kilshaw, a former marine who almost died on a mission gone wrong, returning to the sea was meant to help combat his PTSD. But when he’s called out with the lifeboat crew off the rugged Cornish coast at night, the dark danger of the waves comes crashing back. The body of a young man is floating in the water, and the zip-tie marks on his wrists show this is no tragic drowning—it’s murder.
It’s not the first suspicious death to shock the tight-knit community: the identical discovery of a young woman with connections to a county lines drugs gang leads Kilshaw to suspect the killings must be linked. But as the brooding Cornish coast and whispered local rumours fold darkly around him, he starts to feel he can’t trust the water or anyone in town.
As the bodies keep coming, he must confront a sinister gangland underworld as well as his own demons—before tragedy strikes even closer to home.
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A brutal murder in an isolated town forces a man who studies violent minds to step back into darkness he hoped to leave behind.
Impostor
Thriller · Mystery · Police Procedural · Psychological Thriller
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A brutal murder in an isolated town forces a man who studies violent minds to step back into darkness he hoped to leave behind. In Impostor, psychologist Alexander Gregory is drawn into a small-town investigation where fear spreads quickly and the killer may be hiding in plain sight. This psychological thriller pairs an eerie setting with criminal profiling, suspicion, and inward unease.
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From internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a tense, atmospheric thriller that explores how far we'll go to understand—and survive—the darkness around us.
There's a killer inside all of us…
In the remote hills of western Ireland, fear spreads as the locals struggle to make sense of a killer who is seemingly one of their own...
Dr. Alexander Gregory, a psychologist recovering from the collapse of a high-profile criminal profiling unit, wants nothing more than a quiet life to finally sit and think things through. But his rare ability to understand the minds of violent offenders makes him hard to ignore—especially when a small town is shaken by a brutal murder. Reluctantly pulled into the case, Gregory finds himself confronting not only a cunning predator, but the darker corners of his own mind.
From internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a tense, atmospheric thriller that explores how far we'll go to understand—and survive—the darkness around us.
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