Books like The Chestnut Man
12 books with a reading profile close to The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup. Escapist; an easy read.
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1
King of Ashes
by S.A. Cosby
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set in a fictional county in Virginia, the narrative follows a vengeful protagonist navigating a criminal underworld built on old bloodlines and systemic corruption.
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2
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist receives an unusual assignment from industrialist Henrik Vanger: solve the forty-year-old disappearance of his niece, Harriet, from the family’s private island.
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3
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Jen Jenness stands at her window and watches her seventeen-year-old son, Todd, stab a total stranger to death on the street outside their home.
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4
The Golden Spoon
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Six amateur bakers gather at Grafton Manor, the secluded Vermont estate of legendary cookbook author Betsy Goodman, to film the tenth season of a prestigious televised baking competition.
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5
Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Wren Greenlee, a woman in her thirties, is on an online date with a man named Adam Ford, who vanishes after a few dates and is later reported missing.
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6
Black-Eyed Susans
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
At sixteen, Tessa Cartwright was discovered in a Texas field, breathing but buried among the skeletal remains of several other girls.
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7
The Book of Cold Cases
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Shea Collins spends her nights running a true crime website, driven by a childhood brush with a serial killer.
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8
Cop Town
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In 1974 Atlanta, Kate Murphy begins her first day at the police department during a period of intense social friction and systemic corruption.
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9
Who Is Maud Dixon?
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Florence Darrow is a low-level publishing assistant in New York who feels entitled to a literary career she hasn’t earned.
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10
The Nothing Man
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
At age twelve, Eve Black was the sole survivor of a home invasion committed by a serial predator known as the Nothing Man.
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11
Her Every Fear
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Kate Priddy, a Londoner struggling with a history of trauma and panic attacks, attempts to reset her life by swapping apartments with her distant cousin, Corbin Dell.
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12
They Wish They Were Us
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Jill Newhouse is a senior at an elite Long Island prep school, where she belongs to the Players, a secret group of privileged students who run the place.
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