Books like Shutter Island
12 books with a reading profile close to Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Escapist; an easy read.
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1
Before I Go to Sleep
by S.J. Watson
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Christine Lucas wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar room next to a man she does not recognize.
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2
The Silent Patient
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Alicia Berenson, a successful artist, shoots her husband Gabriel five times in the face and immediately descends into total silence.
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3
Strange Sally Diamond
by Liz Nugent
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Sally Diamond is a social recluse living in rural Ireland who follows her father's instructions to put him out with the trash after his death.
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4
Heridas abiertas
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Camille Preaker, a journalist recently released from a psychiatric ward, returns to her hometown of Wind Gap to report on the murders of two young girls.
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5
Gone Girl
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
On their fifth wedding anniversary in North Carthage, Missouri, Nick Dunne returns home to find his wife, Amy, missing amidst signs of a struggle.
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6
Allegedly
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Mary Addison was convicted of killing a white infant when she was only nine years old.
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7
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Anna Fox is a child psychologist confined to her Harlem townhouse by severe agoraphobia.
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8
Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Amber Reynolds is in a coma, unable to move or speak but capable of hearing everything happening around her.
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9
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Cadence Sinclair Eastman belongs to a wealthy, distinguished family that spends every summer on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts.
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10
The Turn of the Key
by Ruth Ware
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Rowan Caine accepts a high-paying live-in nanny position at Heatherbrae House, a remote Scottish Highlands estate owned by the Elincourt family.
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11
Disclaimer
by Renée Knight
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful television documentary maker, finds a novel on her bedside table that she did not buy.
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12
Big Little Lies
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
In the coastal town of Pirriwee, three mothers find their lives entangled through their children’s kindergarten class.
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