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12 books with a reading profile close to Cop Town by Karin Slaughter. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Nothing Man

    The Nothing Man

    by Catherine Ryan Howard

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    At age twelve, Eve Black was the sole survivor of a home invasion committed by a serial predator known as the Nothing Man.

  2. 2 The Woods

    The Woods

    by Harlan Coben

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    County prosecutor Paul Copeland lives under the shadow of a summer camp tragedy that occurred twenty years ago.

  3. 3 This Book Will Bury Me

    This Book Will Bury Me

    by Ashley Winstead

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Deep in the Texas wilderness, a former journalist uncovers a vintage manuscript that implicates a high-profile political dynasty in a decades-old disappearance.

  4. 4 Six Years

    Six Years

    by Harlan Coben

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Jake Fisher watched the love of his life, Natalie, marry another man six years ago.

  5. 5 Those Empty Eyes

    Those Empty Eyes

    by Charlie Donlea

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Alex Garrilley is the sole survivor of a brutal family massacre that left her orphaned and under a cloud of public suspicion.

  6. 6 Alex

    Alex

    by Pierre Lemaître

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    After a woman named Alex Prévost is violently abducted from a Parisian street and imprisoned in a wooden cage, Commandant Camille Verhoeven faces a race against time with zero forensic leads.

  7. 7 Black-Eyed Susans

    Black-Eyed Susans

    by Julia Heaberlin

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    At sixteen, Tessa Cartwright was discovered in a Texas field, breathing but buried among the skeletal remains of several other girls.

  8. 8 The Other Daughter

    The Other Daughter

    by Lisa Gardner

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Melanie Stokes was adopted into a prestigious Boston family following the tragic death of their biological daughter.

  9. 9 The Last Temptation

    The Last Temptation

    by Val McDermid

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Clinical psychologist Tony Hill faces a personal crisis when a serial killer begins targeting his professional peers across Europe.

  10. 10 The Reapers

    The Reapers

    by John Connolly

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    The narrative pivots away from private investigator Charlie Parker to focus on his recurring companions, Louis and Angel.

  11. 11 The Book of Cold Cases

    The Book of Cold Cases

    by Simone St. James

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Shea Collins spends her nights running a true crime website, driven by a childhood brush with a serial killer.

  12. 12 Last Girl Ghosted

    Last Girl Ghosted

    by Lisa Unger

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Wren Greenlee, a woman in her thirties, is on an online date with a man named Adam Ford, who vanishes after a few dates and is later reported missing.

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