Fast-paced Suspense

Try these books if you're looking for:

• Suspense
• Fast pace
• Well-developed characters
• Read-alikes for James Patterson or Harlen Coben

13 Steps Down
By Ruth Rendell
MYSTERY RENDELL
Elderly Gwendolyn Chawcer and her colorful group of friends become increasingly suspicious of her tenant, Michael "Mix" Cellini, an eccentric who idolizes serial killer Reggie Christie, as his odd behavior and obsessions take an ever darker turn.

Blind Justice
By William Bernhardt
F BERNHARD
Formerly a corporate lawyer, Ben Kincaid now works for himself defending the dregs of society, but he begins to see the justice system for what it really is when he defends a friend who has been framed for murder.

Everywhere that Mary Went
By Lisa Scottoline
F SCOTTOLI
While trying to become a partner in the cutthroat Philadelphia law firm where she works, Mary DiNunzio begins to receive threatening phone calls from a dangerous stalker.

A Share in Death
By Deborah Crombie
MYSTERY CROMBIE
Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Duncan Kincaid vacations incognito at a time-share house in the north of England but must assume his true identity once again when a new acquaintance is found murdered in the hotel whirlpool.