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Books like Marvel Crime: 9 series to read next

Marvel Crime is mystery & detective, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Marvel Crime is 3 books, 2024–2026.

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The Curse Workers
Daniel McEvoy
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine
Charlie Hood
Effective Engineering Solutions
Sonny Baca Mysteries
Spook Squad
Red Letter Days

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about family secrets.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

Daniel McEvoySeries

seriesEoin Colfer2 books2011

Mystery & detective and noir, tense in tone, about organized crime and murder investigation, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Plugged →

Finders Keepers (Stephen King)Series

seriesStephen King7 books2014

Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and north america.

“The mix of true-crime procedural instincts and creeping horror is a hallmark of King's later work with the character.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Outsider →

Hap Collins and Leonard PineSeries

seriesJoe R. Lansdale & Andrew Vachss46 books1990

About friendship.

“The long-running series mixes hardboiled crime plotting with the two leads' running banter and loyalty to each other.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Savage Season →

Charlie HoodSeries

seriesT. Jefferson Parker6 books2008

Thriller & suspense, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with L. A. Outlaws →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and north america.

“Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ice Limit →

Sonny Baca MysteriesSeries

seriesRudolfo Anaya4 books1995

Urban fantasy.

“The man is Sonny Baca, a small-time private eye with big-time dreams.”
from the catalogue description of Zia Summer

Start with Zia Summer →

Spook SquadSeries

seriesKeri Arthur3 books2004

Tense in tone, about identity and murder investigation, set in contemporary and our world.

“For the ten years that Sam's been with the State Police, she's searched for clues to her identity.”
from the catalogue description of Memory Zero

Start with Memory Zero →

Red Letter DaysSeries

seriesRachel Caine2 books2005

About deal with the devil.

“Jazz Callender is an ex-cop struggling to prove her partner's innocence after he is sent to prison for murder, and she's willing to take whatever help comes along ... but she's about to make a bargain with the devil.”
from the catalogue description of Devil's Bargain

Start with Devil's Bargain →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Marvel Crime?: The Curse Workers — the closest match to Marvel Crime on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Marvel Crime?: Breaking the Dark. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Marvel Crime.
How big is Marvel Crime?: Marvel Crime is 3 books, 2024–2026.

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