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12 books with a reading profile close to Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Secrets She Keeps

    The Secrets She Keeps

    by Michael Robotham

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Meghan Shaughnessy and Agatha Fyfe are both pregnant and due at the same time, but their lives occupy opposite ends of the social spectrum.

  2. 2 The Collective

    The Collective

    by Alison Gaylin

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Camille Gardner remains trapped in grief five years after her daughter’s death, an incident involving a privileged young man who escaped legal consequences.

  3. 3 Let Me Lie

    Let Me Lie

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    One year after her mother and father died in apparent suicides at Beachy Head, Anna Ballard receives an anonymous note claiming their deaths were not what they seemed.

  4. 4 Her Every Fear

    Her Every Fear

    by Peter Swanson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Kate Priddy, a Londoner struggling with a history of trauma and panic attacks, attempts to reset her life by swapping apartments with her distant cousin, Corbin Dell.

  5. 5 The Hunting Wives

    The Hunting Wives

    by May Cobb

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    After moving from Chicago to a quiet Texas town, Sophie O’Meara becomes obsessed with Margot Banks, the charismatic leader of an elite social clique known as the Hunting Wives.

  6. 6 What Have We Done

    What Have We Done

    by Alex Finlay

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Twenty-five years ago, five teenagers lived at Savior House, a group home for foster children that hid a history of institutional abuse.

  7. 7 They Wish They Were Us

    They Wish They Were Us

    by Jessica Goodman

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Jill Newhouse is a senior at an elite Long Island prep school, where she belongs to the Players, a secret group of privileged students who run the place.

  8. 8 Six Years

    Six Years

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

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

  9. 9 The Last One

    The Last One

    by Will Dean

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Caz Stephens boards the RMS Atlantic, a luxury ocean liner, for a vacation with her partner, Pete.

  10. 10 Black-Eyed Susans

    Black-Eyed Susans

    by Julia Heaberlin

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

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

  11. 11 This Book Will Bury Me

    This Book Will Bury Me

    by Ashley Winstead

    Also practical and clear-cut · 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.

  12. 12 The Innocent

    The Innocent

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Matt Hunter is a law school graduate whose life was derailed by a freak accident that resulted in a manslaughter conviction.

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