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Books to Read if You Like James Patterson

Books to Read if You Like James Patterson

Looking for a chilling new mystery novel? What about a heart-racing new thriller series? If you love fast-paced stories full of action, surprising twists, and engaging characters, you’ll love these new mystery and thriller releases! Check out these recommended books for fans of James Patterson.


Blood Perfect (A Joe Turner Mystery Book 1)

by T.L. Bequette

Release Date: July 28, 2022

In this gripping courtroom thriller, a young Joe Turner returns to defend a man charged with the bloody attempted murder of a racist caretaker. Penned by a practicing criminal defense attorney, Blood Perfect is a uniquely authentic tale that probes the subconscious mind and depicts an unfiltered view of the modern criminal justice system.

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The Surgeon’s Scalpel (Heinous Crimes Unit Book 1)

by Daniel Scott

Release Date: August 4, 2022

No one was prepared for him. He’s smart, cunning, and unpredictable. Meticulous in his murders, the newspapers call him ‘The Surgeon’. A serial killer like no other. A young genius, Christian Windsor, is tasked with stopping him. The two find themselves in a battle of the mind, a race against time. One searching for answers, the other searching for his next victim…

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The Rising Tide: A Vera Stanhope Novel

by Ann Cleeves

Release Date: September 6, 2022

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the stunning tenth Vera Stanhope novel, The Rising Tide, a powerful novel about guilt, betrayal, and the longheld secrets people keep.

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Oath of Loyalty (A Mitch Rapp Novel Book 21)

by Kyle Mills

Release Date: September 13, 2022

Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in the explosive new thriller in Vince Flynn’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, written by Kyle Mills.

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Undefeated (Sydney Rye Mysteries Book 15)

by Emily Kimelman

Release Date: September 15, 2022

The moon hangs low and full, her silvery light reflecting in the facets of black choppy water. Blue and I sit in the cockpit of a sailboat. My eyes scan the open ocean while female Peshmerga fighters sleep all around me—below deck, across benches on the bow, and one curled up on the stern. My old story starts to ride its rails: Everyone I love dies…

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The Butcher and The Wren

by Alaina Urquhart

Release Date: September 13, 2022

From the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid, a thrilling debut novel told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and the medical examiner following where his trail of victims leads

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