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Books like The Devil May Care

If you loved The Devil May Care by David Housewright, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Criminology, and Traditional.

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Top related books to The Devil May Care

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to The Devil May Care.

The Last Kind Word

David Housewright

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Criminology

Moonlight Mile

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Best Assassination in the Nation

Joshua Cohen

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Traditional

The Chill

Ross Macdonald

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Waiting

Michael Connelly

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Criminology

Blood Grove

Walter Mosley

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

Damage Control A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel

Laura Lippman

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#10

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#11

Killer Chameleon

Chassie West

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#12

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) Gilded Pocket Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#13

A Morning for Flamingos

James Lee Burke

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#14

Dead Wrong A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#15

A Fatal Inversion

Barbara Vine

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Traditional

#16

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: Criminology • Traditional • Crime

#17

The Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh Book One: Did Jeffrey Dahmer kidnap Adam Walsh?

Arthur Jay Harris

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Criminology

#18

The Gods of Guilt

Michael Connelly

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Criminology • Crime

#19

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#20

Careless Love A DCI Banks Novel

Peter Robinson

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#21

Many Rivers to Cross A DCI Banks Novel

Peter Robinson

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#22

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#23

A Strange Habit of Mind

Andrew Klavan

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#24

The Shades Dripped Red A Nick Montaigne Mystery

Peter Kurtz

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Crime

Fans of The Devil May Care by David Housewright will find 24 titles here, all united by Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Criminology. Authors represented include David Housewright, Dennis Lehane, Joshua Cohen, Ross Macdonald, and others.