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

  1. 1 She Started It

    She Started It

    by Sian Gilbert

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe receive a surprise invitation to a luxurious bachelorette party on a private island off the coast of Croatia.

  2. 2 The Return of Ellie Black

    The Return of Ellie Black

    by Emiko Jean

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Detective Chelsey Calhoun works the missing persons unit in a remote Washington town, fueled by the cold case of her own sister who vanished years ago.

  3. 3 Just One Look

    Just One Look

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Grace Lawson visits a local pharmacy to pick up a stack of developed photographs, only to discover an old, out-of-place picture among her family’s recent vacation shots.

  4. 4 Don't Look for Me

    Don't Look for Me

    by Wendy Walker

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Molly Clarke disappears during a heavy storm after her car runs out of gas in rural Connecticut.

  5. 5 The Stranger in Her House

    The Stranger in Her House

    by John Marrs

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Sarah's life is upended when a mysterious stranger, who claims to be her husband's long-lost twin brother, arrives at her home.

  6. 6 Hostage

    Hostage

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Mina Holbrook is a flight attendant working the inaugural non-stop commercial flight from London to Sydney.

  7. 7 Gone Tonight

    Gone Tonight

    by Sarah Pekkanen

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Catherine Sterling has spent her entire life under the watchful eye of her mother, Ruth, who claims a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s is rapidly eroding her memory.

  8. 8 What Have You Done?

    What Have You Done?

    by Shari Lapena

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    When the body of seventeen-year-old Diana Brewer is discovered in a hayfield in Fairhill, Vermont, the tight-knit community descends into paranoia.

  9. 9 Dear Wife

    Dear Wife

    by Kimberly Belle

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Beth Murphy has meticulously planned her disappearance for over a year, scrubbing her digital footprint and gathering cash to escape an abusive marriage.

  10. 10 We Are All the Same in the Dark

    We Are All the Same in the Dark

    by Julia Heaberlin

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    The narrative centers on a small Texas town haunted by the decade-old disappearance of Trumanell Branson, a local beauty whose brother, Wyatt, remains the primary suspect.

  11. 11 A Good Marriage

    A Good Marriage

    by Kimberly McCreight

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    When high-powered criminal defense attorney Lizzie Kitsakis receives a call from an old friend at Rikers Island, she is pulled into the elite, secretive world of Brooklyn’s Park Slope.

  12. 12 Playing Nice

    Playing Nice

    by J.P. Delaney

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Pete Riley is stunned when an intruder arrives at his door with news that their two-year-old sons were switched at birth due to a hospital error.

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