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12 books with a reading profile close to Gone for Good by Harlan Coben. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Missing You

    Missing You

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Kat Donovan is an NYPD detective who discovers her ex-fiancé, Jeff Pray, on a dating site eighteen years after he disappeared from her life without explanation.

  2. 2 THE WIDOW

    THE WIDOW

    by John Grisham

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Simon Latch practices law in a quiet Virginia town until he is formally charged with a homicide he did not commit.

  3. 3 Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

    by Peter Swanson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Nine strangers across America receive a simple sheet of paper in the mail containing a list of nine names, including their own.

  4. 4 56 Days

    56 Days

    by Catherine Ryan Howard

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    At the start of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Dublin, Ciara and Oliver meet in a grocery store queue and decide to move in together to bypass social distancing restrictions.

  5. 5 Stay Close

    Stay Close

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Megan Pierce is a suburban mother hiding a past life as a professional dancer named Cassie.

  6. 6 Roses Are Red

    Roses Are Red

    by James Patterson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Detective Alex Cross faces a series of coordinated bank robberies executed with lethal precision across Washington, D.C.

  7. 7 JUDGE STONE

    JUDGE STONE

    by Viola Davis and James Patterson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Judge Mary Stone presides over a rural courtroom in Union Springs, Alabama, where she manages a legal case tangled in local history and conflicting ethical loyalties.

  8. 8 Greenwich Park

    Greenwich Park

    by Katherine Faulkner

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Helen is a wealthy architect living in a tall Victorian house in London, navigating the final stages of a high-risk pregnancy.

  9. 9 The Last Widow

    The Last Widow

    by Karin Slaughter

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are pulled into a domestic terror plot following the abduction of a CDC scientist and a series of coordinated bombings in Atlanta.

  10. 10 Along Came a Spider

    Along Came a Spider

    by James Patterson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Detective Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist and Washington D.C.

  11. 11 Summit Lake

    Summit Lake

    by Charlie Donlea

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    In the remote Blue Ridge Mountains, the town of Summit Lake is upended by the brutal murder of Becca Eckersley, a promising law student and daughter of a powerful attorney.

  12. 12 The Perfect Stranger

    The Perfect Stranger

    by Megan Miranda

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Leah Stevens is a journalist fleeing a career-ending scandal and a restraining order.

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