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Across Suspense, Mystery & Detective, and Thrillers — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Ambush by Paul Carson.

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The Thieves of Heaven

Richard Doetsch

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Hard Stuff — David Gordon

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Cold Black — Alex Shaw

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Ozarks Witness Protection / Under Colton’s Watch Ozarks Witness Protection (Arkansas Special Agents) / Under Colton’s Watch (the Coltons of New York) — Maggie Wells

Ozarks Witness Protection / Under Colton’s Watch Ozarks Witness Protection (Arkansas Special Agents) / Under Colton’s Watch (the Coltons of New York)

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Make Them Cry A Novel — Smith Henderson

Make Them Cry A Novel

Smith Henderson

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Hollow Man — T. McNee

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Patience of the Spider — Andrea Camilleri

The Patience of the Spider

Andrea Camilleri

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Ignorance of Blood — Robert Wilson

The Ignorance of Blood

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

A Shot of Trouble: A Cassidy Adventure Novel — Kelly Rysten

A Shot of Trouble: A Cassidy Adventure Novel

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Fly Away, Jill — Max Byrd

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Murder Rule A Novel — Dervla McTiernan

The Murder Rule A Novel

Dervla McTiernan

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Burning — Sue Walker

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Silent Bones — Val McDermid

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Child Wore Pearls — Morgan Matthews

The Child Wore Pearls

Morgan Matthews

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Loyalty — Kathleen Helms

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

The Abomination A Novel — Jonathan Holt

The Abomination A Novel

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Flood Risk — Sandy Nork

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Racing the Devil An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery — Charles Todd

Racing the Devil An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna — Mario Giordano

Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Benbecula Darkland Tales — Graeme Macrae Burnet

Benbecula Darkland Tales

Graeme Macrae Burnet

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Making a Killing — Cara Hunter

Making a Killing

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

I’ll Be Seeing You A Novel — Mary Higgins Clark

I’ll Be Seeing You A Novel

Mary Higgins Clark

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Worst Fear — Matt Hilton

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor A Covert-One Novel — Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor A Covert-One Novel

Themes: Suspense • Mystery & Detective • Thrillers

If Ambush by Paul Carson is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Suspense, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Richard Doetsch, David Gordon, Alex Shaw, Maggie Wells, and others.

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