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Readers who finished Carnal Acts by Sam Alexander and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Psychological, and Crime.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

This is Why We Lied — Karin Slaughter

This is Why We Lied

Karin Slaughter

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Fever of the Bone — Val McDermid

Fever of the Bone

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Gone, Baby, Gone A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel — Dennis Lehane

Gone, Baby, Gone A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Remnants A Gripping and Heart-pounding Serial Killer Thriller — Carolyn Arnold

Remnants A Gripping and Heart-pounding Serial Killer Thriller

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

She Lies in Wait A Novel — Gytha Lodge

She Lies in Wait A Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

The Night Man — Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Shadowheart — Meg Gardiner

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Birdman — Mo Hayder

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

The Little Sleep A Novel — Paul Tremblay

The Little Sleep A Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Silent Graves A Totally Chilling Crime Thriller Packed with Suspense — Carolyn Arnold

Silent Graves A Totally Chilling Crime Thriller Packed with Suspense

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Cat and Mouse The Addictive and Gripping Crime Thriller Of 2025 — M. J. Arlidge

Cat and Mouse The Addictive and Gripping Crime Thriller Of 2025

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Redemption — Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

The Lost Girls of Penzance A Totally Gripping and Unputdownable Crime Thriller — Sally Rigby

The Lost Girls of Penzance A Totally Gripping and Unputdownable Crime Thriller

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Beautiful Remains A Totally Captivating Mystery That Will Hook You from the Start — Gwyn Bennett

Beautiful Remains A Totally Captivating Mystery That Will Hook You from the Start

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Bad Blood — Mark Sennen

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Blood Games — Faye Kellerman

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Moonlight Mile — Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Still Life — Louise Penny

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

The Dark Corners of the Night — Meg Gardiner

The Dark Corners of the Night

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

How the Dead Speak — Val McDermid

How the Dead Speak

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Day of the Dead — J. A. Jance

Day of the Dead — J. A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

To the Power of Three — Laura Lippman

To the Power of Three

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

The Fourth Monkey — J. D. Barker

The Fourth Monkey

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

Lullaby Town — Robert Crais

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural • Psychological

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Carnal Acts by Sam Alexander. Connected by Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Psychological. Authors featured include Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid, Dennis Lehane, Carolyn Arnold, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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