Books like Mystic river
12 books with a reading profile close to Mystic river by Dennis Lehane. Inward-looking; a moderate read.
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1
Out
thriller, narrative
In the outskirts of Tokyo, four women working the midnight shift at a boxed-lunch factory become entangled in a gruesome cover-up.
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2
The Searcher
by Tana French
thriller, narrative
Cal Hooper, a retired Chicago police officer, moves to a remote Irish village seeking a quiet life after a divorce and a taxing career.
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3
You Don't Know Me
thriller, narrative
In a London courtroom, an unnamed young black man stands accused of murder.
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4
Long Bright River
by Liz Moore
thriller, narrative
Mickey is a patrol officer in a Philadelphia neighborhood struggling with high rates of opioid addiction.
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5
We Begin at the End
thriller, narrative
In Cape Haven, California, thirty years after he killed a young girl, Vincent King returns home following his release from prison.
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6
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
thriller, narrative
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at an Adirondack summer camp.
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7
Defending Jacob
Also inward-looking · thriller, narrative
Andy Barber, a respected Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts, finds his life dismantled when his fourteen-year-old son, Jacob, is indicted for the murder of a classmate.
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8
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
Also inward-looking · thriller, narrative
Oliver Marks has just finished a ten-year prison sentence for a murder he may not have committed.
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9
The Witch Elm
by Tana French
thriller, narrative
Toby Hennessy is a man defined by luck and privilege until a brutal home invasion leaves him physically broken and mentally fragile.
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10
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
by Kevin Wilson
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
In 1996, restless teenagers Frankie Budge and Zeke create a cryptic poster featuring a drawing of a person holding a severed head and a mysterious sentence about a "coal child." They secretly photocopy and distribute th…
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11
The Wonder
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
In the humid summer of 1859, English nurse Lib Wright arrives in a rural Irish village to oversee an eleven-year-old girl named Anna O'Donnell.
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12
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
thriller, narrative
In a rural Virginia town, a pressurized oxygen chamber used to treat autism and infertility explodes, killing two people.
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