10 books for fans of From a Buick 8
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The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine
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Holmes ventures beyond Victorian London into horror, science fiction, and fantasy realms crafted by modern masters like Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. Each story tests the detective's methods against supernatural and futuristic mysteries.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (22.7K ratings) - 2
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[Dolores Claiborne] [By: King, Stephen] [July, 2011]
by Stephen King
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Told entirely in Dolores's voice during police interrogation, this confession reveals how she survived an abusive marriage and protected her daughter through desperate measures. King strips away supernatural elements for raw psychological realism and small-town claustrophobia.
★ 3.95 Goodreads (172.3K ratings) - 3
Desperation in Death
In Death • Book 55
by J.D. Robb
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Thirteen-year-old Dorian escapes a horrific training facility where abducted girls are broken into compliance. Eve uncovers an exploitation network that tests even her hardened detective's resolve.
★ 4.57 Goodreads (26.8K ratings) - 4
Treachery in Death
In Death • Book 32
by J.D. Robb
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What begins as a simple case of teen thugs murdering a shopkeeper exposes a network of dirty cops using their badges to run drugs and eliminate witnesses.
★ 4.48 Goodreads (33.4K ratings) - 5
Random in Death
In Death • Book 58
by J.D. Robb
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At an Avenue A concert, death strikes randomly and silently, leaving Dallas to hunt a killer who turns crowds into hunting grounds. The 58th In Death novel examines how evil hides in plain sight among innocent faces.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (27.1K ratings) - 6
Payback in Death
In Death • Book 57
by J.D. Robb
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A retired Internal Affairs captain's staged suicide exposes decades of police corruption as Dallas investigates enemies within her own department's history.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (26.0K ratings) - 7
Echoes in Death
In Death • Book 44
by J.D. Robb
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Dallas encounters a predator who breaks into homes, tortures couples, then leaves them alive to relive the nightmare. The 44th In Death novel proves Robb can still find new depths of darkness in her futuristic police procedural.
★ 4.43 Goodreads (27.8K ratings) - 8
Promises in Death
In Death • Book 28
by J.D. Robb
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A transferred Atlanta cop dies from her own gun outside her New York apartment, hitting Eve Dallas personally when the victim was dating Chief Medical Examiner Morris. Robb explores police family bonds.
★ 4.42 Goodreads (39.7K ratings) - 9
Survivor in Death
In Death • Book 20
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Robb crafts her most emotionally complex case as Eve Dallas adopts a young witness to a family massacre, balancing her investigation with unexpected maternal instincts in 2059 New York.
★ 4.42 Goodreads (35.7K ratings) - 10
Brotherhood in Death
In Death • Book 42
by J.D. Robb
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Dennis confronts his cousin about selling their grandfather's brownstone and ends up unconscious; when he wakes, the cousin has vanished without a trace. Robb explores how family bonds can hide the deepest betrayals and darkest secrets.
★ 4.41 Goodreads (30.5K ratings)