10 Best Detective Mystery Books with Policemen Protagonists!
Hey, fellow sleuths of the mystery genre! You surely love the thrill of a page-turning labyrinth of crime, twists, and in-depth investigations, don't you? And who better to navigate the murky underworld of crime and whodunits than our all-time favorite characters - the hard-nosed, quick-witted police detectives!
In the spotlight are ten exceptional detective mystery books featuring the crime-solving prowess of police enforcement heroes - individuals who dedicate their lives to maintaining law and order. These protagonists are the epitome of bravery and wisdom, their intricate personalities painted in tones of gray as they face off against criminal masterminds across the pages.
Not only are these books adrenaline-packed and captivating, but they also provide you with an immersive glance into the police detective's world - the tension-filled crime scenes, the labyrinthine world of investigations, and the mind games they play with deadly perps. Immense dedication, sweat, and wisdom are poured into solving these mysteries that make our heart race.
So, grab a cuppa, snuggle into your favorite reading corner, and brace yourselves for gut-wrenching suspense, unpredictable twists, and the relentless fight between justice and crime. Here's our hand-picked selection of ten of the best detective mystery books with police protagonists. Let the investigation begin!
『The Day of the Jackal』
SOON TO BE A PEACOCK ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE—THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH “The Day of the Jackal makes such comparable books such as The Manchurian Candidate and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold seem like Hardy Boy mysteries.”—The New York Times The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man. One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.
Author | Frederick Forsyth |
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Price | $8.99 |
Publisher | Penguin |
Release Date | Sep 04, 2012 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Night Bird』
Homicide detective Frost Easton does not like coincidences, so when a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco--during which seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks--Frost looks for a connection that leads him to controversial psychiatrist Francesca Stein.
Author | Brian Freeman |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | |
Release Date | Jan 01, 2017 |
Source | Google Books |
『My Sister's Grave』
Twenty years after Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite's sister, Sarah, was murdered, Tracy sees a chance to find the real killer when Sarah's remains are discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade mountains of Washington State.
Author | Robert Dugoni |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | |
Release Date | Jan 01, 2014 |
Source | Google Books |
『Blindsighted』
Gillian Flynn says, "Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today." A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation—a trail of terror that grows increasingly macabre when another local woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective, Lena Adams—the first victim's sister—want to serve her own justice. But it is Sara who holds the key to finding the killer. A secret from her past could unmask the brilliantly malevolent psychopath .. or mean her death.
Author | Karin Slaughter |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Harper |
Release Date | May 26, 2015 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Rosary Girls』
In his sleek, visceral novels Deviant Way, Kiss of Evil, and The Violet Hour, Richard Montanari slammed into the suspense field like a force of nature. Now Montanari has written an astounding novel that pits two besieged detectives against a fiercely intelligent serial killer. Sprawling beneath the statue of William Penn, Philadelphia is a city of downtrodden crack houses and upscale brownstones. Somewhere in this concrete crazy quilt, one teenage Catholic girl is writing in her diary, another is pouring her heart out to a friend, and yet another is praying. And somewhere in this city is a man who wants these young women to make his macabre fantasy become reality. In a passion play of his own, he will take the girls–and a whole city–over the edge. Kevin Byrne is a veteran cop who already knows that edge: He’s been living on it far too long. His marriage failing, his former partner wasting away in a hospital, and his heart lost to mad fury, Byrne loves to take risks and is breaking every rule in the book. And now he has been given a rookie partner. Jessica Balzano, the daughter of a famous Philly cop, doesn’t want Byrne’s help. But they will need each other desperately, since they’ve just caught the case of a lifetime: Someone is killing devout young women, bolting their hands together in prayer, and committing an abomination upon their otherwise perfect bodies. Byrne and Balzano spearhead the hunt for the serial killer, who leads them on a methodically planned journey. Suspects appear before them like bad dreams–and vanish just as quickly. And while Byrne’s sins begin to catch up with him, and Balzano tries to solve the blood-splattered puzzle, the body count rises. Meanwhile, the calendar is approaching Easter and the day of the resurrection. When the last rosary is counted, a madman’s methods will be revealed, and the final crime will be the one that hurts the most. Relentlessly paced and vividly told, The Rosary Girls is a smart, emotionally complex, fiercely gripping thriller from an author who takes chances, breaks new ground, and leaves readers haunted and moved long after the last page is turned.
Author | Richard Montanari |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Release Date | Feb 28, 2006 |
Source | Google Books |
『Now You See Me』
Now You See Me is the first in the Lacey Flint series, followed by Dead Scared and Lost. "Bolton is changing the face of crime fiction—if you only read one crime novel this year, make it this." —Tess Gerritsen on Now You See Me "Really special: multi-layered and sophisticated, but tough too." —Lee Child on Now You See Me One night after interviewing a reluctant witness at a London apartment complex, Lacey Flint, a young detective constable, stumbles onto a woman brutally stabbed just moments before in the building's darkened parking lot. Within twenty-four hours a reporter receives an anonymous letter that points out alarming similarities between the murder and Jack the Ripper's first murder—a letter that calls out Lacey by name. If it's real, and they have a killer bent on re-creating London's bloody past, history shows they have just five days until the next attempt. No one believes the connections are anything more than a sadistic killer's game, not even Lacey, whom the killer seems to be taunting specifically. However, as they investigate the details of the case start reminding her more and more of a part of her past she'd rather keep hidden. And the only way to do that is to catch the killer herself. Fast paced and completely riveting, S. J. Bolton's Now You See Me is a modern gothic novel that is nothing less than a masterpiece of suspense fiction. A Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Mysteries title and one of Library Journal's Best Mystery Books of 2011.
Author | Sharon Bolton/S. J. Bolton |
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Price | $11.99 |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Release Date | Jun 07, 2011 |
Source | Google Books |
『Cover Her Face』
Sally Jupp was a sly and sensuous young woman who used her body and her brains to make her way up the social ladder. Now she lies across her bed with dark bruises from a strangler’s fingers forever marring her lily-white throat. Someone has decided that the wages of sin should be death...And it is up to Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find out who that someone is.
Author | P. D. James |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Release Date | Jan 25, 2011 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Mermaids Singing』
This was the summer he discovered what he wanted--at a gruesome museum of criminology far off the beaten track of more timid tourists. Visions of torture inspired his fantasies like a muse. It would prove so terribly fulfilling. The bodies of four men have been discovered in the town of Bradfield. Enlisted to investigate is criminal psychologist Tony Hill. Even for a seasoned professional, the series of mutilation sex murders is unlike anything he's encountered before. But profiling the psychopath is not beyond him. Hill's own past has made him the perfect man to comprehend the killer's motives. It's also made him the perfect victim. A game has begun for the hunter and the hunted. But as Hill confronts his own hidden demons, he must also come face-to-face with an evil so profound he may not have the courage--or the power--to stop it... The Mermaids Singing is a chilling and taut psychological mystery from Val McDermid.
Author | Val McDermid |
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Price | $12.99 |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Release Date | Apr 01, 2007 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Broken Window』
SOON TO BE A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC, STARRING RUSSELL HORNSBY, ARIELLE KEBBEL, AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI. Lincoln Rhyme faces “an Orwellian nightmare” (The New York Times) as a twisted techno-genius destroys lives with impunity by stealing personal information from behind the impenetrable walls of cyberspace. Rhyme’s cousin Arthur has been arrested on murder charges, and the evidence against the estranged relative Lincoln hasn’t seen in years is perfect—too perfect. Lincoln and his partner Amelia Sachs piece together a deadly pattern of similarly vicious frame-ups that leads them to the imposing Strategic Systems Datacorp—and a master of identity theft and manipulation known only as “522.” But cracking this ingenious killer’s realm places Rhyme and Sachs exactly where “522” wants them—in line to be the next victims.
Author | Jeffery Deaver |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Release Date | Oct 22, 2019 |
Source | Google Books |
『A Fatal Grace』
Read the series that inspired Three Pines on Prime Video. From the #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny comes the second Armand Gamache mystery set in the stunning countryside of Quebec. Winner of the 2007 Agatha Award for Best Novel! Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where the villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and someone is preparing for murder. No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic daughter—and certainly none of the residents of Three Pines. CC de Poitiers managed to alienate everyone, right up until the moment of her death. When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Sûreté du Quebec, is called to investigate, he quickly realizes he's dealing with someone quite extraordinary. CC de Poitiers was electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake, in front of the entire village, as she watched the annual curling tournament. And yet no one saw anything. Who could have been insane enough to try such a macabre method of murder—or brilliant enough to succeed? With his trademark compassion and courage, Gamache digs beneath the idyllic surface of village life to find the dangerous secrets long buried there. For a Quebec winter is not only staggeringly beautiful but deadly, and the people of Three Pines know better than to reveal too much of themselves. But other dangers are becoming clear to Gamache. As a bitter wind blows into the village, something even more chilling is coming for Gamache himself.
Author | Louise Penny |
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Price | $12.99 |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Release Date | May 15, 2007 |
Source | Google Books |
And there you have it, folks! Ten powerhouse detective novels that gloriously place our uniformed heroes at the center stage. If you're anything like me, a sucker for a good 'who-dun-it' plot, then these classics are sure to keep you gripped from start to finish. What makes these books stand out is not just the thrill of solving a mystery, but getting a sneak peek into the lives and minds of our beloved law enforcers as they do their damnedest to serve justice. So, slip into the shoes of these hard-boiled investigators, experience their relentless pursuit for truth and the adrenaline rush that comes from cracking the case before the final chapter. After all, who doesn't like a spine-chilling betrayal, cryptic clues and the surprising revelation of the culprit riding the rollercoaster of a well-constructed mystery? So, gear up to explore the grimy underbelly of crime and embrace the sheer excitement these tales of deduction, intrigue and suspense have to offer. Nothing beats the satisfaction of solving a devilishly clever murder mystery, right! Now, go ahead and dive into these stories. As always, happy reading, my fellow sleuths!
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