The most popular police procedural books of 2021

Police procedurals follow a case the way the police work it. You see the interviews, the forensics, the dead ends and the pressure from above, usually alongside a team of detectives you come to know across a series. A good fit if you like crime stories that feel real and methodical. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Cut-Throat
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Cut-Throat

Bill Kitson

Published 2021

265 pages

Above the Law
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Above the Law

Lorhainne Eckhart

Published 2021

195 pages

Little Bones
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Little Bones

Patricia Gibney

Published 2021

407 pages

Lost Angels
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Lost Angels

Stacy Green

Published 2021

350 pages