Crime, Mystery, & Thrillers Featuring and Written by African-American Men

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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
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A Red Death (Easy Rawlins, #2)
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,117 ratings
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White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3)
White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
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Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 5,571 ratings
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A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins, #5)
A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 4,479 ratings
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Gone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins, #6)
Gone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins, #6) 3.90 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
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Blue Like Me
Blue Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 631 ratings
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Under Color of Law
Under Color of Law 4.07 avg rating — 3,808 ratings
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The Science of Paul (Paul Little, #1)
The Science of Paul (Paul Little, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 40 ratings
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A Healthy Fear of Man (Paul Little, #2)
A Healthy Fear of Man (Paul Little, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1)
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 7,183 ratings
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They Can't Take Your Name (A Wrongful Conviction Novel 1)
They Can't Take Your Name (A Wrongful Conviction Novel 1) 3.84 avg rating — 550 ratings
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Backslide
Backslide 4.52 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Razorblade Tears
Razorblade Tears 4.11 avg rating — 130,665 ratings
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Backslide 2
Backslide 2 4.43 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Under Color of Law (Trevor Finnegan, #1)
Under Color of Law (Trevor Finnegan, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,808 ratings
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Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7)
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7) 3.99 avg rating — 3,296 ratings
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The Jook
The Jook 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8)
Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8) 4.13 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
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Violent Spring (Ivan Monk, #1)
Violent Spring (Ivan Monk, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)
Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) 4.07 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
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Perdition, U.S.A. (Ivan Monk, #2)
Perdition, U.S.A. (Ivan Monk, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10)
Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10) 3.98 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
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Bad Night Is Falling (Ivan Monk, #3)
Bad Night Is Falling (Ivan Monk, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11)
Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11) 4.03 avg rating — 3,266 ratings
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Only the Wicked (Ivan Monk, #4)
Only the Wicked (Ivan Monk, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Little Green
Little Green 4.10 avg rating — 3,608 ratings
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Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs 3.61 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13)
Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13) 4.03 avg rating — 2,815 ratings
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Love Is a Racket
Love Is a Racket 3.62 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14)
Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14) 4.10 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
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Everybody Smokes in Hell
Everybody Smokes in Hell 3.49 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Blood Grove (Easy Rawlins, #15)
Blood Grove (Easy Rawlins, #15) 4.04 avg rating — 3,225 ratings
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The Morning Show Murders (Billy Blessing, #1)
The Morning Show Murders (Billy Blessing, #1)
by: Al Roker
3.36 avg rating — 1,287 ratings
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The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing, #2)
The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing, #2)
by: Al Roker
3.54 avg rating — 551 ratings
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The Talk Show Murders (Billy Blessing, #3)
The Talk Show Murders (Billy Blessing, #3)
by: Al Roker
3.45 avg rating — 573 ratings
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Too Beautiful to Die
Too Beautiful to Die 3.51 avg rating — 47 ratings
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As Wrong As Two Left Shoes
As Wrong As Two Left Shoes liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Man in My Basement
The Man in My Basement 3.69 avg rating — 5,646 ratings
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The Blackbird Papers
The Blackbird Papers 3.82 avg rating — 615 ratings
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Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street 3.07 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Blood Red Blues: A Devil Barnett Novel
Blood Red Blues: A Devil Barnett Novel 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Long Mile
The Long Mile 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Deuce's Wild
Deuce's Wild 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Red Herring (Charlie Noble Mystery #1)
Red Herring (Charlie Noble Mystery #1) 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Precious Cargo
Precious Cargo 3.48 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Whiskey Gulf (Charlie Noble Mystery #3)
Whiskey Gulf (Charlie Noble Mystery #3) 3.54 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Devil's Hatband
The Devil's Hatband 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Devil's Red Nickel
Devil's Red Nickel 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone 3.74 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Resurrecting Langston Blue (CJ Floyd Mystery Series)
Resurrecting Langston Blue (CJ Floyd Mystery Series) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Fourth Perspective
The Fourth Perspective 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Mongoose Deception
The Mongoose Deception 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Blackbird, Farewell
Blackbird, Farewell 3.51 avg rating — 41 ratings
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First of State (The C. J. Floyd Mysteries Book 5)
First of State (The C. J. Floyd Mysteries Book 5) 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)
The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 5,493 ratings
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Known to Evil (Leonid McGill, #2)
Known to Evil (Leonid McGill, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 3,151 ratings
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When the Thrill Is Gone (Leonid McGill, #3)
When the Thrill Is Gone (Leonid McGill, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,677 ratings
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All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)
All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 2,624 ratings
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And Sometimes I Wonder About You (Leonid McGill #5)
And Sometimes I Wonder About You (Leonid McGill #5) 4.14 avg rating — 2,225 ratings
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Trouble Is What I Do (Leonid McGill #6)
Trouble Is What I Do (Leonid McGill #6) 3.97 avg rating — 3,011 ratings
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The Accidental Hunter: A D Hunter Mystery
The Accidental Hunter: A D Hunter Mystery 3.52 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Plot Against Hip Hop
The Plot Against Hip Hop 3.30 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Lost Treasures of R&B
The Lost Treasures of R&B 3.53 avg rating — 85 ratings
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To Funk and Die in LA
To Funk and Die in LA 3.65 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Darkest Hearts
The Darkest Hearts 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Fear of the Dark (Aaron Gunner, #1)
Fear of the Dark (Aaron Gunner, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Not Long for This World (Aaron Gunner, #2)
Not Long for This World (Aaron Gunner, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 46 ratings
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You Can Die Trying (Aaron Gunner, #3)
You Can Die Trying (Aaron Gunner, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings
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It's Not a Pretty Sight (Aaron Gunner, #4)
It's Not a Pretty Sight (Aaron Gunner, #4) 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings
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When Last Seen Alive (Aaron Gunner, #5)
When Last Seen Alive (Aaron Gunner, #5) 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
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All the Lucky Ones Are Dead (Aaron Gunner, #6)
All the Lucky Ones Are Dead (Aaron Gunner, #6) 3.80 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Good Man Gone Bad (Aaron Gunner #7)
Good Man Gone Bad (Aaron Gunner #7) 3.93 avg rating — 88 ratings
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If 6 Were 9: A "Militant" Mystery
If 6 Were 9: A "Militant" Mystery 3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Blowback
Blowback 3.58 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Zero Day Event
The Zero Day Event 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Scene
The Scene 3.82 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Syndicate
The Syndicate 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Farm
The Farm 4.17 avg rating — 69 ratings
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A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 7,429 ratings
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The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)
The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 2,546 ratings
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The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3)
The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 779 ratings
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The Big Gold Dream (Harlem Cycle #4)
The Big Gold Dream (Harlem Cycle #4) 3.70 avg rating — 472 ratings
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All Shot Up (Harlem Cycle, #5)
All Shot Up (Harlem Cycle, #5) 3.86 avg rating — 771 ratings
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The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6)
The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 775 ratings
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7) 3.81 avg rating — 2,454 ratings
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Blind Man with a Pistol (Harlem Cycle, #8)
Blind Man with a Pistol (Harlem Cycle, #8) 3.58 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
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Blood on the Leaves
Blood on the Leaves 4.02 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Casanegra (Tennyson Hardwick, #1)
Casanegra (Tennyson Hardwick, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
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In the Night of the Heat (Tennyson Hardwick, #2)
In the Night of the Heat (Tennyson Hardwick, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 517 ratings
91.
From Cape Town with Love (Tennyson Hardwick, #3)
From Cape Town with Love (Tennyson Hardwick, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 464 ratings
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South by Southeast (Tennyson Hardwick, #4)
South by Southeast (Tennyson Hardwick, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 281 ratings
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The Coyotes of Carthage
The Coyotes of Carthage 3.49 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
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Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland 4.07 avg rating — 52,040 ratings
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Ace Boon Coon
Ace Boon Coon 4.46 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Unspoken
The Unspoken 4.03 avg rating — 8,435 ratings
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Wolf Point (Ashe Cayne #2)
Wolf Point (Ashe Cayne #2) 4.26 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
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Astride a Pink Horse
Astride a Pink Horse 3.57 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Parishioner
Parishioner 4.16 avg rating — 553 ratings
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Scavenger
Scavenger 4.11 avg rating — 65 ratings
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