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Books like Cold Iron

If you loved Cold Iron by Alex Blakely, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Women Sleuths, and Mystery & Detective.

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Top related books to Cold Iron

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Cold Iron.

Another Thing to Fall A Novel — Laura Lippman

Another Thing to Fall A Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Coyote — Linda Barnes

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Wolf in the Shadows — Marcia Muller

Wolf in the Shadows

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Wild Kat — Karen Kijewski

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Fever of the Bone — Val McDermid

Fever of the Bone

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Call of the Void A Sloane Donovan Mystery — J. T. Siemens

Call of the Void A Sloane Donovan Mystery

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Brush Back — Sara Paretsky

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

“B” is for Burglar — Sue Grafton

“B” is for Burglar

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Overboard — Sara Paretsky

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

What Meets the Eye A Mystery — Alex Kenna

What Meets the Eye A Mystery

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

We Last Saw Jane — Stacy M. Jones

We Last Saw Jane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

“N” is for Noose A Kinsey Millhone Novel — Sue Grafton

“N” is for Noose A Kinsey Millhone Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Follow Her Home — Steph Cha

Follow Her Home

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Camino Ghosts — John Grisham

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Alley Kat Blues — Karen Kijewski

Alley Kat Blues

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Day of the Dead — J. A. Jance

Day of the Dead — J. A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Double — Marcia Muller

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Broken Places — Tracy Clark

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

By a Spider’s Thread — Laura Lippman

By a Spider’s Thread

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

The Shoal of Time — J. M. Redmann

The Shoal of Time

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Killer Chameleon — Chassie West

Killer Chameleon

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Murder on the Champ de Mars — Cara Black

Murder on the Champ de Mars

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Murder at the Lanterne Rouge — Cara Black

Murder at the Lanterne Rouge

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Women Sleuths

Fans of Cold Iron by Alex Blakely will find 24 titles here, all united by Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Women Sleuths. Authors represented include Laura Lippman, Linda Barnes, Marcia Muller, Karen Kijewski, and others.

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