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Explore 24 books like The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry — a handpicked selection united by Private Investigators, Crime, Suspense, and Mystery & Detective.

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Top related books to The Boyfriend

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Pro Bono — Thomas Perry

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Sad Cypress A Hercule Poirot Mystery: the Official Authorized Edition — Agatha Christie

Sad Cypress A Hercule Poirot Mystery: the Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Prayers for Rain — Dennis Lehane

Prayers for Rain

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

End of Watch — Stephen King

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Holmes, Marple & Poe The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century — James Patterson

Holmes, Marple & Poe The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century

James Patterson

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

The Paris Apartment A Novel — Lucy Foley

The Paris Apartment A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Jolie Blon’s Bounce A Dave Robicheaux Novel — James Lee Burke

Jolie Blon’s Bounce A Dave Robicheaux Novel

James Lee Burke

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel — Laura Lippman

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Naked Came the Florida Man — Tim Dorsey

Naked Came the Florida Man

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Many Rivers to Cross A DCI Banks Novel — Peter Robinson

Many Rivers to Cross A DCI Banks Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Killing the Lawyers — Reginald Hill

Killing the Lawyers

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Mr Mercedes — Stephen King

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Awakening — Sharon Bolton

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

No Sleep Till Wonderland A Novel — Paul Tremblay

No Sleep Till Wonderland A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

The Man in the Crooked Hat — Harry Dolan

The Man in the Crooked Hat

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

The Match — Harlan Coben

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

The Kind Worth Saving A Novel — Peter Swanson

The Kind Worth Saving A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Crooked Little Vein A Novel — Warren Ellis

Crooked Little Vein A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

The Night Man — Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Not Dark Yet A DCI Banks Novel — Peter Robinson

Not Dark Yet A DCI Banks Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Banana Hammock A “Write Your Own Damn Story” Harry McGlade Adventure — Joe Konrath

Banana Hammock A “Write Your Own Damn Story” Harry McGlade Adventure

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Overboard A V. I. Warshawski Novel — Sara Paretsky

Overboard A V. I. Warshawski Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

Persuader (Jack Reacher 7) — Lee Child

Persuader (Jack Reacher 7)

Themes: Private Investigators • Crime • Suspense

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Private Investigators, Crime, Suspense — the same threads that run through The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry. Among the authors featured: Thomas Perry, Agatha Christie, Dennis Lehane, Stephen King, and others.

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