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115 past books matching Police Procedural
This one is a good fit for readers who want a sharp police procedural with high stakes, familiar series chemistry, and a mystery rooted in secrets that refuse…
Big Jack
Mystery · Romance · Police Procedural
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Big Jack follows Eve Dallas into a deadly hunt for missing diamonds tied to an old heist that never stopped causing damage. Set in a futuristic New York where advanced tech meets old-fashioned greed, the story blends murder, danger, and a fast-moving investigation. This one is a good fit for readers who want a sharp police procedural with high stakes, familiar series chemistry, and a mystery rooted in secrets that refuse to stay buried.
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Lieutenant Eve Dallas's search for a precious fortune leads her into untold danger in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.
In New York City in 2059, someone is pursuing missing gems from a decades-old heist...someone who’s willing to kill for them. Sharp-witted and sexy, Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas is used to traveling in the shadowy corners outside the law. And in a future where crime meets cutting-edge technology, she will attempt to track down the diamonds once and for all—and stop the danger and death that has surrounded them for years.
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Big Jack was previously published in Remember When
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It fits classic detective readers who want clever plotting, old-school intrigue, and a case driven by deduction.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A prison escape, a locked-room murder, and a trail of strange details turn this classic mystery into a puzzle built to keep readers guessing. In The Clue of the Twisted Candle, a Scotland Yard commissioner investigates the murder of a feared criminal found dead inside his sealed bedroom, only to uncover disappearances, suspicious allies, and clues that raise more questions than answers. It fits classic detective readers who want clever plotting, old-school intrigue, and a case driven by deduction.
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A novelist escapes from prison and a Scotland Yard commissioner investigates the locked-room murder of an Albanian criminal in this classic mystery.
John Lexman has a knack for crafting clever plots for his crime novels. But he has no idea what to do when he finds himself caught up in the real thing—framed, convicted, and imprisoned for murdering a dangerous money lender. Luckily, Lexman's best friend, Thomas Xavier Meredith, is the assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard and is determined to get him released from prison. But before T. X. can do so, Lexman's enigmatic acquaintance, Remington Kara, helps him escape. Both John and his wife, Grace, disappear . . .
Two years later, T. X. has had no word from John or Grace. He has, however, kept a watchful eye on Kara, regularly checking up on him. Although the man lives the high life in London, he lives in fear of his enemies. One of the many features of his home is his impregnable bedroom, so it is certainly puzzling when Kara is found stabbed to death inside behind the locked door.
Unfortunately for T. X., more mysteries arise when he begins to investigate the murder. Like what happened to Kara's secretary and his manservant? And why would anyone kill the dog in the basement? And what's with the candles in the bedroom? It's up to T. X. to find the answers and bring the killer to justice before it's too late . . .
Originally published in 1918, The Clue of the Twisted Candle was the basis for the 1960 film
Clue of the Twisted Candle starring Bernard Lee as T. X. Meredith.
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When a supposed suicide exposes a hidden pattern of disappearances, Sergeant Nicky Matthews senses something far darker in Hearts of the Missing.
Hearts of the Missing
Mystery · Police Procedural
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When a supposed suicide exposes a hidden pattern of disappearances, Sergeant Nicky Matthews senses something far darker in Hearts of the Missing. Assigned to investigate, she uncovers a killer targeting members of the Fire-Sky tribe because of their ancestry, threatening both the living and the spirits of the dead. As pressure mounts from every side, this mystery confronts justice, loyalty, and cultural survival.
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When an outside evil preys on the people she's charged to protect, will she sacrifice everything to keep them safe?
Members of the Fire-Sky tribe have disappeared with a trace, but no one takes notice except a young woman who turns up dead by suicide. Pueblo Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews is assigned to the case but nothing adds up ... until the suicide becomes a murder to hide the trail of a killer connected to dozens of missing tribe members.
As Nicky delves deeper, she discovers a chilling threat that strikes at the very heart of what it means to be Fire-Sky: the missing were murdered because of ancestry, and, in a vengeful twist, the killer ensures the spirits of those taken will wander forever, lost to their People.
With a hostile captain, interference by a politically powerful ex-lover, and a burgeoning relationship with an undercover agent investigating the murders, Nicky doesn't know who she can trust. And when those closest to her are put in jeopardy, Nicky must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the people she loves.
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Face of Greed begins with a home invasion that looks random and turns anything but.
Face of Greed
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural · Political Thriller
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Face of Greed begins with a home invasion that looks random and turns anything but. When Detective Emily Hunter investigates the murder of a prominent businessman, she uncovers layers of corruption reaching into Sacramento’s political elite and criminal underworld. As she balances the case with caring for her mother’s declining health, this police procedural delivers high-stakes tension and moral complexity.
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Greed, corruption, and betrayal—no murder is as simple as it seems
When a prominent Sacramento businessman is killed and his wife injured in a brutal home invasion, Detective Emily Hunter and her partner, Javier Medina, are called to investigate. At first glance, it seems like a crime of opportunity gone horribly wrong, but Emily soon finds there might be more to both the crime and the dead man.
The high-stakes investigation also comes at a time when Emily is caring for her mother, who has early-onset Alzheimer's, and Emily struggles to balance her job with her personal life. The city's political elite seem to want the case solved quickly, but darker forces want it buried.
Could there have been a motive behind the attack, making it more than a random home invasion? Emily uncovers clues that cause her to reconsider her understanding of the crime. A deadly game of greed and deception pulls Emily deeper into the shadowy world of gang violence and retribution. She has to walk the razor's edge to identify the killer—without becoming the next victim.
Perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Karin Slaughter
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A body discovered in a quiet Lancashire village forces a detective to confront a past he never escaped.
The Icehouse
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural · Suspense
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A body discovered in a quiet Lancashire village forces a detective to confront a past he never escaped. DCI Jonathan Walker returns from leave to lead the investigation, only to find echoes of his sister’s decades-old murder in the case. As victims multiply and pressure mounts, this police procedural blends personal reckoning, serial crime, and a race against time.
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An Amazon NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER!
Previously hit #1 in Overall Amazon US Kindle Store (For Free E-Books)
"A moody, enveloping crime thriller." (SPR Editorial Review)
A Murderer on the Loose.
A Detective Haunted by the Past.
A Race Against Time.
DCI Jonathan Walker is a senior detective for the Lancashire Constabulary in North West England. He’s haunted by events of the past and hell bent on redemption, if he can stay healthy for long enough that is.
After a body turns up in the sleepy village of Rufford, Walker returns from his leave of absence early, his experience deemed crucial for the case. But when it transpires the crime may be linked to a decades old cold case involving the murder of his sister, the crime becomes personal: he needs this—for his wife and kids, to make amends for past mistakes, and for the current victim—but he must toe the line if he isn’t to be thrown off the case.
When more people start to go missing and bodies turn up with the same bizarre signature, Walker and his team realise they have a serial killer on their hands. But time is running out if they want to save more people from dying, and one in particular, and Walker has to consider breaking the law himself to make things right, once and for all.
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A whirlwind romance unravels into violence, leaving a young woman permanently scarred.
What Lies Beneath
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural · Psychological Thriller
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A whirlwind romance unravels into violence, leaving a young woman permanently scarred. After discovering her fiancé’s dark side, Cassie McGraw rebuilds her life with a psychology degree and a mission to help other women escape abuse. When a client’s daughter is kidnapped, Cassie must confront her past and step into danger once more in this suspense-driven thriller of survival and reckoning.
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IT ISN'T WHAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE THAT COUNTS...BUT WHAT LIES BENEATH...
Fresh out of high school and off to college, Cassie thought she had the world by its tail, and then she met Mike. Tall, handsome and a police detective to boot, he swept her off her feet and into a whirlwind relationship that led to an engagement ring.
But things aren't always as they seem, and Cassie comes to discover that Mike has a dark side. When she learns just how dark it can be, she comes face-to-face with the greatest forward she could imagine, and it leaves her burned and scarred for the rest of her life.
Cassie isn't one to wallow in misery. She takes her experiences and a degree in psychology and sets out to help other women avoid the kind of thing that happened to her, but then one of her clients comes to her in desperation. Her abusive husband has kidnapped her daughter, and it's up to Cassie to find the girl before it's too late.
Of course, then the only trick is how to survive.
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Violence exposes what power works hardest to hide.
Vanished
Mystery · Police Procedural
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Violence exposes what power works hardest to hide. When a brutal murder shatters the calm of Cheyenne, Detective Kyle Dixon is forced into a partnership that tests his faith in justice itself. As the investigation widens into disappearances and political corruption, Vanished delivers a psychological thriller driven by moral conflict, institutional rot, and the cost of pursuing truth when the system resists it.
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The Cheyenne Police Department doesn't handle many murders. So when a woman is found mutilated and crucified, Detective Kyle Dixon catches a case where all the evidence has long since been destroyed. Any detective would find it a difficult investigation, but to make matters worse, Dixon is paired with Ethan Baudin: a new detective in the unit who doesn't believe the law should apply to those that chase monsters.
They find that the murder is connected to a rash of fraternity rapes and the case becomes highly publicized and politically charged. As Dixon and Baudin unravel the victim's life and follow it to Cheyenne's underbelly, it leads them to a rash of unexplained disappearances of young women, and to the dark tastes of the most powerful men in the city.
The case quickly begins to threaten their careers, and even their lives. Dixon and Baudin will have to decide if the backlash is worth finding out the truth, or if some deaths are better left unexplained.
Bestselling author Victor Methos has created the beginning of a new series that explores the darkness in men's souls. This isn't the typical mystery with procedures and red tape. This is about the shadows that touch all of us...
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Some places never let you leave, even after you escape them.
The Blackhouse
Mystery · Police Procedural · Suspense
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Some places never let you leave, even after you escape them. When a brutal murder shocks the Isle of Lewis, Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is forced to return to the island that shaped and scarred him. As the investigation pulls him deeper into a tight-knit community built on silence and faith, past secrets surface with dangerous consequences. This crime thriller blends atmospheric setting with personal reckoning and slow-burning menace.
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THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021
'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.' Independent
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books
PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES
A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith.
A MURDER
Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past.
A SECRET
Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister.
A TRAP
As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.
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Violence cuts across social lines, pulling damaged lives into the same brutal orbit.
Triptych
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural · Psychological Thriller
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Violence cuts across social lines, pulling damaged lives into the same brutal orbit. In Triptych, a string of murders links Atlanta’s suburbs and inner city, forcing a volatile detective, a conflicted vice cop, and an unlikely ex-con onto the same trail. As the investigation tightens, personal failures and buried resentments shape every choice, turning the case into a study of power, rage, and consequence.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Features a new introduction on the origins of the Will Trent novels and Triptych’s place in the series
“Crime fiction at its finest.”—Michael Connelly
From Atlanta’s wealthiest suburbs to its stark inner-city housing projects, a killer has crossed the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries, too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread—and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael’ s lover before she became his enemy. But unbeknownst to both of them, another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer’s trail in the most coincidental of ways—and who may be the key to breaking the case wide open.
In this gritty, gripping firecracker of a novel, the author of the bestselling Grant County, Georgia, series breaks thrilling new ground, weaving together the threads of a complex, multilayered story with the skill of a master craftsman. Packed with body-bending switchbacks, searing psychological suspense and human emotions, Triptych ratchets up the tension one revelation at a time as it races to a shattering and unforgettable climax.
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An abandoned campsite in the Texas desert hints at a disappearance no one wants to reopen.
Vanishing Hour
Mystery · Romance · Police Procedural
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An abandoned campsite in the Texas desert hints at a disappearance no one wants to reopen. When corporate lawyer Ava Burch joins a search and rescue mission, her discovery pulls her into a cold case tied to a new vanishing. Partnered with a skeptical detective, she navigates buried evidence, growing attraction, and rising danger. Vanishing Hour blends romantic suspense with methodical investigation and relentless tension.
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When a cold case in Texas leads to a sinister string of disappearances, a newcomer to the small town helps a detective piece together the clues in this new romantic thriller from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.
Corporate lawyer Ava Burch has had enough of the big city and the daily grind. She grew up with her father, who raised search-and-rescue dogs, in rural Texas and has moved to the small town of Cuervo to spend time in the dry, rugged wilderness near Big Bend National Park. When she and her dog, Huck, discover an abandoned campsite on a volunteer search-and-rescue mission, she’s perplexed, but she carefully photographs it all the same.
All Grant Wycoff can see when he looks at Ava is a city slicker—with her designer jeans and shiny car—who has no business on a serious team made of seasoned outdoorsmen and retired cops. But when she tells him of her findings on the trail, he sees there’s more to her than meets the eye.
Ava’s discovery reminds Grant of the unsolved case of a young woman who went missing two years ago. As they look into the campsite further, another woman disappears under odd circumstances. With time running out, Ava and Grant must work against the brutal heat from both the Texas sun and their own electric chemistry to solve the case.
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This is a strong pick for readers who like hard-edged crime fiction, compromised systems, and detectives who keep going even when everyone wants them broken.
King City
Mystery · Police Procedural
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Tom Wade already made himself a target by helping expose corruption inside his own department, and now the fallout has shoved him into King City’s most dangerous neighborhood with no backup and even fewer allies. While trying to survive the job, he gets pulled into the murders of young women, uncovering the ugly connection between the city’s most desperate streets and its most polished corners. This is a strong pick for readers who like hard-edged crime fiction, compromised systems, and detectives who keep going even when everyone wants them broken.
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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author
Major Crimes Unit detective Tom Wade secretly worked with the Feds to nail seven of his fellow cops for corruption...turning him into a pariah in the police department. So he's exiled to patrol a beat in King City's deadliest neighborhood... with no back-up, no resources, and no hope of survival.
Now Wade fights to tame the lawless, poverty-stricken wasteland...while investigating a string of brutal murders of young women. It's a case that takes him from the squalor of the inner-city to the manicured enclaves of the privileged, revealing the sordid and deadly ways the two worlds are intertwined...making his enemies even more determined to crush him.
But for Tom Wade, backing down is never an option...even if it will cost him his life. It's one reason why bestselling author Janet Evanovich calls Wade "an unforgettable and deeply compelling character in the most original crime novel to come along in years."
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Coming home means facing the past Hazard tried to leave behind, including the man who once made survival feel impossible.
Pretty Pretty Boys
LGBTQIA+ · Mystery · Gay Romance · Police Procedural
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Coming home means facing the past Hazard tried to leave behind, including the man who once made survival feel impossible. In Pretty Pretty Boys, a burned body pulls Hazard and Somerset into a murder case tangled with local politics, old cruelty, and buried grief. This mystery pairs procedural tension with emotionally charged partnership dynamics, where every clue pushes closer to violence, betrayal, and unfinished history.
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After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown--and to the local police force there. Home, though, brings no happy memories, and the ghosts of old pain are very much alive in Wahredua. Hazard’s new partner, John-Henry Somerset, had been one of the worst tormentors, and Hazard still wonders what Somerset’s role was in the death of Jeff Langham, Hazard’s first boyfriend.
When a severely burned body is discovered, Hazard finds himself drawn deeper into the case than he expects. Determining the identity of the dead man proves impossible, and solving the murder grows more and more unlikely. But as the city’s only gay police officer, Hazard is placed at the center of a growing battle between powerful political forces. To his surprise, Hazard finds an unlikely ally in his partner, the former bully. And as they spend more time together, something starts to happen between them, something that Hazard can’t--and doesn’t want--to explain.
The discovery of a second mutilated corpse, though, reveals clues that the two murders are linked, and as Hazard gets closer to answers, he uncovers a conspiracy of murder and betrayal that goes deeper--and closer to home--than he could ever expect.
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