Books like Strangers on a Train
12 books with a reading profile close to Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Sharp Objects
thriller, mystery
Camille Preaker, a journalist recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital, returns to her Missouri hometown to report on the murders of two preteen girls.
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2
Perdida
thriller, mystery
On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne returns to find his wife, Amy, missing from their Missouri home under signs of a violent struggle.
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Disclaimer
by Renée Knight
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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The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
thriller, psychology
Lou Ford is a deputy sheriff in Central City, Texas, who presents himself to the town as a polite, slow-talking, and dull-witted lawman.
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6
Before I Go to Sleep
by S.J. Watson
thriller, mystery
Christine Lucas wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar room next to a man she does not recognize.
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Lady Audley's secret
mystery, classic literature
Lucy Graham, a governess with golden curls and a mysterious past, marries the wealthy widower Sir Michael Audley to secure her social standing.
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8
My Cousin Rachel
thriller, mystery
Philip Ashley, a young Cornish landowner, grows up under the guardianship of his cousin Ambrose.
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9
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
thriller, mystery
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at an Adirondack summer camp.
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10
Endless Night
mystery, classic literature
Michael Rogers, a working-class drifter with expensive tastes, meets wealthy American heiress Ellie Goodman at a cursed plot of land known as Gipsy’s Acre.
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11
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
thriller, mystery
Oliver Marks has just finished a ten-year prison sentence for a murder he may not have committed.
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All the Sinners Bleed
by S.A. Cosby
thriller, mystery
Titus Crown, the first Black sheriff of Charon County, Virginia, confronts a crisis when a school shooting leads to the death of a beloved teacher and the shooter himself.
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