Books like Code Name Hélène
12 books with a reading profile close to Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
thriller, narrative
On a foggy night, a private jet carrying two influential families and a struggling painter named Scott Burroughs crashes into the Atlantic Ocean.
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2
Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
thriller, narrative
Will Chen, a senior at Harvard, is recruited by a shadow corporation to spearhead a heist reclaiming five looted zodiac fountainheads from European museums.
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3
When No One Is Watching
by Alyssa Cole
thriller, narrative
Sydney Green is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn who watches her neighborhood rapidly transform through aggressive gentrification.
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4
The most dangerous game
thriller, narrative
Sanger Rainsford, a celebrated big-game hunter, falls overboard while traveling to the Amazon and washes ashore on Ship-Trap Island.
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5
Blacktop Wasteland
by S.A. Cosby
thriller, narrative
Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a mechanic in rural Virginia struggling to keep his family business afloat while facing mounting household debts.
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6
The Reckoning
by John Grisham
thriller, narrative
Pete Banning, a decorated war hero and prominent farmer in Clanton, Mississippi, walks into his pastor’s office in 1946 and shoots him dead.
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7
White Ivy
by Susie Yang
thriller, narrative
Ivy Lin grew up in Chinese immigrant poverty in suburban America, raised by a mother who steals and a grandmother who pushes her to succeed.
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8
The Force
by Don Winslow
thriller, narrative
Sergeant Denny Malone leads the Manhattan North Special Task Force, an elite NYPD unit authorized to operate with autonomy to disrupt gang violence and drug trafficking.
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9
American Dirt
thriller, narrative
Lydia Quixano Pérez, a bookstore owner in Acapulco, survives a mass shooting that kills sixteen members of her family, including her journalist husband.
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10
From the Corner of His Eye
by Dean Koontz
thriller, narrative
Three babies are born in California on the same night, and the lives of the three families touch in unexpected ways.
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11
All the Sinners Bleed
by S.A. Cosby
thriller, narrative
Titus Crown, the first Black sheriff of Charon County, Virginia, confronts a crisis when a school shooting leads to the death of a beloved teacher and the shooter himself.
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12
The Paris Architect
thriller, narrative
In Nazi-occupied Paris, Lucien Bernard is an architect who maintains a public facade of neutrality to secure commissions from German officers.
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