28 Books like Career of Evil

Rules of Prey

by John Sandford

A Minneapolis detective breaks every rule to catch a killer who lives by his own.

4.11

95k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕶️ Antihero Detective ⚖️ Morally Gray ⚡ Vigilante Justice

Rules of Prey 94%

A Minneapolis detective breaks every rule to catch a killer who lives by his own.

by John Sandford 1989

4.11

95k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕶️ Antihero Detective ⚖️ Morally Gray ⚡ Vigilante Justice

Ragdoll

by Daniel Cole • 2017

A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.

3.87

25k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Haunted Detective 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎯 Detective As Target

Ragdoll 96%

A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.

by Daniel Cole 2017

3.87

25k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Haunted Detective 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎯 Detective As Target

Pop Goes the Weasel

by M.J. Arlidge • 2014

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

4.13

29k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pop Goes the Weasel 95%

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2014

4.13

29k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson • 1993

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

4.13

491k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Along Came a Spider 94%

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

by James Patterson 1993

4.13

491k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Drop Shot

by Harlan Coben • 1996

US Open tennis prodigy shot dead. A sports agent she called digs into a cover-up six years deep.

3.99

50k+

🎾 Sports Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Cold Case Murder 💔 Mother's Sacrifice

Drop Shot 93%

US Open tennis prodigy shot dead. A sports agent she called digs into a cover-up six years deep.

by Harlan Coben 1996

3.99

50k+ ratings

🎾 Sports Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Cold Case Murder 💔 Mother's Sacrifice

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

4.39

6k+

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Haunted Detective 🎩 Aristocratic Villains

Land Rites 93%

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

by Andy Maslen 2021

4.39

6k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Haunted Detective 🎩 Aristocratic Villains

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Flaggermusmannen 93%

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

by Jo Nesbø 1997

3.55

132k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Her Last Move

by John Marrs • 2018

Two detectives with broken lives hunt a killer who marks his victims by their buried sins.

4.05

26k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Damaged Detectives 👁️ Killer Point Of View ⚡ Revenge Thriller

Her Last Move 95%

Two detectives with broken lives hunt a killer who marks his victims by their buried sins.

by John Marrs 2018

4.05

26k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Damaged Detectives 👁️ Killer Point Of View ⚡ Revenge Thriller

Echo Road

by Kendra Elliot • 2024

Two women in law enforcement hunt a serial killer who used to wear the same badge.

4.53

21k+

🎯 Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Fbi Thriller 👩‍👩‍ Female Detective Duo 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game

Echo Road 95%

Two women in law enforcement hunt a serial killer who used to wear the same badge.

by Kendra Elliot 2024

4.53

21k+ ratings

🎯 Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Fbi Thriller 👩‍👩‍ Female Detective Duo 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game

Dead Simple

by Peter James

Buried alive on his stag night, a groom waits for rescue from friends who never return.

4.06

32k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕷️ Black Widow 🕵️ Detective With A Past 🪦 Confinement Thriller 🔎 Missing Person Case

Dead Simple 93%

Buried alive on his stag night, a groom waits for rescue from friends who never return.

by Peter James 2005

4.06

32k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕷️ Black Widow 🕵️ Detective With A Past 🪦 Confinement Thriller 🔎 Missing Person Case

Corn Dolls

by K.T. Galloway • 2021

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child 👩‍💼 Women Investigators 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Corn Dolls 93%

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

by K.T. Galloway 2021

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child 👩‍💼 Women Investigators 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Body Language

by A.K. Turner • 2020

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

3.96

6k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine

Body Language 93%

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

by A.K. Turner 2020

3.96

6k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine

Black Water Rising

by Sean Watkin • 2025

Three dead girls on Liverpool's docks. A retired detective is called back to the water.

3.97

329

🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🔙 Retired Detective 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Black Water Rising 93%

Three dead girls on Liverpool's docks. A retired detective is called back to the water.

by Sean Watkin 2025

3.97

329 ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🔙 Retired Detective 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 👁️ Killer's Perspective

The Surgeon

by Tess Gerritsen • 2001

A killer surgically removes women's wombs in Boston. The only link: a surgeon who barely survived.

4.10

178k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🩺 Medical Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Trauma Survivor 🔍 Female Detective

The Surgeon 93%

A killer surgically removes women's wombs in Boston. The only link: a surgeon who barely survived.

by Tess Gerritsen 2001

4.10

178k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🩺 Medical Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Trauma Survivor 🔍 Female Detective

Triptych

by Karin Slaughter

A paroled man discovers his cop cousin stole his identity, and the murders never stopped.

4.13

131k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🎭 Stolen Identity ⚔️ Rape Revenge

Triptych 93%

A paroled man discovers his cop cousin stole his identity, and the murders never stopped.

by Karin Slaughter 2006

4.13

131k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🎭 Stolen Identity ⚔️ Rape Revenge

Silent Crime

by W.L. Knightly • 2019

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

3.96

2k+

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Silent Crime 94%

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

by W.L. Knightly 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Cat And Mouse

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

4.21

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

Cat And Mouse 94%

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022

4.21

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

So Silent

by Blake Pierce • 2024

An FBI agent hunts a killer who uses inaudible sound to murder women with exceptional hearing.

4.33

163

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🪪 FBI Procedural 🐕 K9 Partner 😔 Haunted Detective 👩‍💼 Female FBI Agent

So Silent 93%

An FBI agent hunts a killer who uses inaudible sound to murder women with exceptional hearing.

by Blake Pierce 2024

4.33

163 ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🪪 FBI Procedural 🐕 K9 Partner 😔 Haunted Detective 👩‍💼 Female FBI Agent

Dark of the Moon

by John Sandford • 2007

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

4.00

43k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

Dark of the Moon 93%

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

by John Sandford 2007

4.00

43k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver • 1997

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

4.20

197k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Mentor And ProtéGé

The Bone Collector 93%

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

by Jeffery Deaver 1997

4.20

197k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Mentor And ProtéGé

Vanishing Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2018

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

4.19

29k+

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

Vanishing Girls 93%

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

by Lisa Regan 2018

4.19

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

Love Me Not

by M.J. Arlidge • 2017

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

4.13

15k+

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing 🔪 Killer Duo 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Love Me Not 94%

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2017

4.13

15k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing 🔪 Killer Duo 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Liar Liar

by M.J. Arlidge • 2015

A damaged detective hunts an arsonist turning Southampton to ash, one family at a time.

4.11

19k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🖤 Damaged Detective 🔥 Serial Arsonist 🔗 Partners In Crime 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Liar Liar 94%

A damaged detective hunts an arsonist turning Southampton to ash, one family at a time.

by M.J. Arlidge 2015

4.11

19k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🖤 Damaged Detective 🔥 Serial Arsonist 🔗 Partners In Crime 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Blindsighted

by Karin Slaughter

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

4.10

123k+

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

Blindsighted 93%

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

by Karin Slaughter 2001

4.10

123k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

The Judge's List

by John Grisham • 2021

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

4.14

122k+

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

The Judge's List 93%

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

by John Grisham 2021

4.14

122k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

When the Bough Breaks

by Jonathan Kellerman • 1985

A retired psychologist probes a child's memory of murder and discovers a ring of predators.

4.02

68k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🕸️ Criminal Conspiracy 🌴 1980s Los Angeles 😬 Reluctant Investigator

When the Bough Breaks 93%

A retired psychologist probes a child's memory of murder and discovers a ring of predators.

by Jonathan Kellerman 1985

4.02

68k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🕸️ Criminal Conspiracy 🌴 1980s Los Angeles 😬 Reluctant Investigator

When the Evil Waits

by M.J. Lee • 2021

A haunted detective tracks a child killer who posed a body in a locked-down Manchester wood.

4.43

2k+

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Damaged Detective 🔎 Missing Child Case 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏙️ Gritty Crime

When the Evil Waits 93%

A haunted detective tracks a child killer who posed a body in a locked-down Manchester wood.

by M.J. Lee 2021

4.43

2k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Damaged Detective 🔎 Missing Child Case 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏙️ Gritty Crime

Naked in Death

by J.D. Robb • 1995

A detective tracking a serial killer of escorts falls for her billionaire prime suspect.

4.13

205k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Haunted Detective ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance

Naked in Death 93%

A detective tracking a serial killer of escorts falls for her billionaire prime suspect.

by J.D. Robb 1995

4.13

205k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Haunted Detective ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance

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