'Tis the season for suspense: bounty hunters, the Army, the F.B.I., the C.I.A., forensics, and judicial corruption.
# Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich, more upbeat, funny suspense:
What Looks Like Crazy by Charlotte Hughes
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Swift Justice by Laura A.H. DiSilverio
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed No Man's Land by David Baldacci, more cold case suspense:
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag
The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Whistler by John Grisham, more legal thrillers set in Florida:
Collateral Damage by H. Terrell Griffin
The Pardon by James Grippando
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiassen
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Night School by Lee Child, more noir suspense:
Red Station by Adrian Magson
The Escape by David Baldacci
Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Chaos by Patricia Cornwell, more forensic suspense:
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
What Lies Behind by J.T. Ellison
Now She's Gone by Gregg Olsen
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