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Books like The Flight Attendant

12 books with a reading profile close to The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Detective Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist and Washington D.C.
2

The Cheerleaders

by Kara Thomas

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Five years ago, a series of tragedies dismantled the cheerleading squad in Sunnybrook.
3

The Stranger

by Harlan Coben

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Adam Price is a suburban father living a stable life until a stranger approaches him at a local American Legion bar.
4

If Something Happens to Me

by Alex Finlay

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Five years ago, Ryan Richardson’s life shattered when his girlfriend, Ali, vanished during a night out, leaving him as the primary suspect in a high-profile disappearance.
5

Summit Lake

by Charlie Donlea

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

In the remote Blue Ridge Mountains, the town of Summit Lake is upended by the brutal murder of Becca Eckersley, a promising law student and daughter of a powerful attorney.
6

The Perfect Stranger

by Megan Miranda

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Leah Stevens is a journalist fleeing a career-ending scandal and a restraining order.
7

The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Twenty years ago, Arden Maynor survived a literal nightmare after sleepwalking into a storm drain and becoming trapped for days.
8

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

by Lisa Unger

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Hannah and her husband Liam join four others for a luxury weekend at a high-tech, isolated lodge in the Georgia woods.
9

Pretty Girls

by Karin Slaughter

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Two decades after Julia Carroll disappeared without a trace, her remaining sisters, Claire and Lydia, live in an estranged silence shaped by their family’s collapse.
10

The Hunting Party

by Lucy Foley

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Set against the backdrop of a remote Highland estate during a blizzard, the story follows a group of old Oxford friends celebrating New Year’s Eve.
11

Local Woman Missing

by Mary Kubica

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

When Meredith Dickey and her young daughter Delilah vanish shortly after neighbor Shelby Tebow disappears, a quiet suburban community assumes the cases are connected.
12

The Shadows

by Alex North

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Paul Adams returns to his hometown twenty-five years after a teenage friend, Charlie Crabtree, committed a ritualistic murder and vanished.

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