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12 books with a reading profile close to Saint Odd by Dean Koontz. Escapist; an easy read.

1

Black house

by Stephen King, Peter Straub

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Retired Los Angeles homicide detective Jack Sawyer lives a quiet life in Tamarack, Wisconsin, until a series of gruesome murders targets the local children.
2

The Lies We Told

by Camilla Way

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

The narrative follows Clara, whose life unravels when her boyfriend Luke vanishes without leaving a trace.
3

Cross Her Heart

by Sarah Pinborough

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Lisa is a single mother whose entire life centers on her teenage daughter, Ava.
4

Fierce Kingdom

by Gin Phillips

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Joan and her four-year-old son, Lincoln, spend their afternoon at the zoo until just before closing time.
5

Blood Sugar

by Sascha Rothchild

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Ruby Simon is a successful marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles, newly engaged to a man she loves.
6

Mother May I

by Joshilyn Jackson

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Bree Cabbat is a mother in Atlanta who is happily married and living an ordinary life.
7

Dear Child

by Romy Hausmann

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Lena Beck disappeared fourteen years ago, leaving her family in a state of permanent grief.
8

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Jude Coyne is a retired heavy metal star who spends his wealth on a collection of genuine macabre artifacts.
9

The Dark Half

by Stephen King

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Thad Beaumont is a successful novelist who maintains a secret career writing violent crime fiction under the pseudonym George Stark.
10

Shadow of the Fox

by Julie Kagawa

Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy

Yumeko is a half-kitsune, half-human girl raised in a hidden temple in a fantasy version of feudal Japan.
11

The Last One

by Will Dean

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Caz Stephens boards the RMS Atlantic, a luxury ocean liner, for a vacation with her partner, Pete.
12

You Will Know Me

by Megan Abbott

Also escapist · thriller, entertainment

Katie and Eric Knox have given everything for their fifteen-year-old daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy with a chance at the Olympics.

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