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12 books with a reading profile close to The beach house by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Five Total Strangers

by Natalie D. Richards

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Mira finds herself stranded at a snowy airport three days before Christmas, desperate to reach her grieving mother.
2

Zero Days

by Ruth Ware

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Jack and Gabe are a husband-and-wife team of professional pen-testers hired by companies to hack security systems and physically breach office buildings.
3

No Plan B

by Lee Child, Andrew Child

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Jack Reacher witnesses a woman pushed under a moving bus in Gerrardsville, Colorado, but the local police rule the incident a suicide.
4

Personal

by Lee Child

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

In Lee Child’s nineteenth Jack Reacher novel, the protagonist is recruited by the State Department and the CIA to track down John Kott, a world-class sniper recently released from prison.
5

Velocity

by Dean Koontz

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Billy Wiles, a quiet bartender and aspiring writer, finds a cryptic note tucked under his windshield wiper presenting a lethal ultimatum.
6

The End of Her

by Shari Lapena

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Stephanie and Patrick enjoy a quiet life in suburban New York with their newborn twins until a woman from Patrick's past, Erica, arrives with a blackmail demand.
7

The Escape Room

by Megan Goldin

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

In the competitive world of high-stakes finance at Stanhope & Talbot, four colleagues—Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam—are summoned to a skyscraper for a team-building exercise.
8

Blood Orange

by Harriet Tyce

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Alison Wood is a high-profile criminal defense barrister who receives her first murder brief while her personal life collapses.
9

The Butcher

by Jennifer Hillier

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

In 1985, the Beacon Hill Butcher claimed his final victims before being killed by Edward Shank, a respected socialite.
10

She Didn't See It Coming

by Shari Lapena

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

In this domestic thriller, a quiet suburban neighborhood loses its sense of security when a local woman vanishes without a trace.
11

The Chemist

by Stephenie Meyer

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Alex is a former government interrogator living underground to escape the agency that once employed her.
12

False Memory

by Dean Koontz

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Martie Rhodes experiences a sudden, paralyzing fear of her own reflection, a condition known as autophobia.

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