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12 books with a reading profile close to The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Chill Factor

    Chill Factor

    by Sandra Brown

    Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment

    Lilly Martin attempts to escape her strained personal life by driving to her mountain cabin during a winter storm, but her trip ends in a car accident that leaves her stranded with a mysterious hiker named Ben Tierney.

  2. 2 Two Little Girls in Blue

    Two Little Girls in Blue

    by Mary Higgins Clark

    Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment

    Three-year-old twins Kelly and Kathy Frawley are kidnapped from their suburban Connecticut home following their parents' anniversary dinner.

  3. 3 Headhunters

    Headhunters

    by Jo Nesbø

    Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment

    Roger Brown is a high-level corporate recruiter in Oslo who maintains a lavish lifestyle by stealing expensive artwork from his clients.

  4. 4 The Reapers

    The Reapers

    by John Connolly

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    The narrative pivots away from private investigator Charlie Parker to focus on his recurring companions, Louis and Angel.

  5. 5 Those Empty Eyes

    Those Empty Eyes

    by Charlie Donlea

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Alex Garrilley is the sole survivor of a brutal family massacre that left her orphaned and under a cloud of public suspicion.

  6. 6 GLORIOUS RIVALS

    GLORIOUS RIVALS

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Seven players remain caught in a high-stakes competition on Hawthorne Island, where an eccentric billionaire’s legacy continues to unfold through hidden mechanisms and intellectual trials.

  7. 7 Mother-Daughter Murder Night

    Mother-Daughter Murder Night

    by Nina Simon

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    High-powered Los Angeles businesswoman Lana Rubicon relocates to a quiet coastal town in central California to recover from cancer treatments.

  8. 8 The Son

    The Son

    by Jo Nesbø

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Sonny Lofthus has spent twelve years in an Oslo prison, taking the blame for crimes and becoming a heroin addict while the inmates make him a sort of confessor.

  9. 9 The Missing Half

    The Missing Half

    by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    In a small, insular town, the disappearance of a young woman fractures a local family and exposes long-standing secrets.

  10. 10 JIGSAW

    JIGSAW

    by Jonathan Kellerman

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis investigate a connection between two seemingly unrelated violent incidents.

  11. 11 On the Street Where You Live

    On the Street Where You Live

    by Mary Higgins Clark

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Criminal defense attorney Emily Graham relocates to the coastal town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, seeking a fresh start after her divorce and a terrifying stalking ordeal.

  12. 12 The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    by Tess Gerritsen

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Detective Jane Rizzoli faces a series of gruesome murders in Boston that mirror the surgical precision of the imprisoned serial killer Warren Hoyt, known as the Surgeon.

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