Books like The Herd
12 books with a reading profile close to The Herd by Andrea Bartz. Escapist; an easy read.
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The Weight of Silence: A Stunning Debut Novel of Domestic Suspense and Missing Children
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
On a humid morning in rural Iowa, seven-year-old Calli Clark disappears from her bedroom.
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2
Eight Perfect Murders
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Malcolm Kershaw, a widowed bookstore owner in Boston, once wrote a blog post listing eight classic mystery novels featuring seemingly unsolvable, "perfect" crimes.
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The Last to Vanish
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Abigail Lovett works at the Cutter’s Pass resort, a mountain town near the Appalachian Trail notorious for a string of unsolved disappearances.
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4
The Whisper Man
by Alex North
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Tom Kennedy and his young son, Jake, move to the village of Featherbank seeking a fresh start after the death of Tom’s wife.
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5
The Only Survivors
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Ten years after a fatal van accident claimed the lives of several classmates, the remaining survivors gather at a remote North Carolina beach house for their annual commemorative reunion.
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The Woman in the Library
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In the historic Boston Public Library, a sudden scream interrupts the silence, momentarily binding four strangers sitting at the same wooden table.
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7
None of This Is True
by Lisa Jewell
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Alix Summer is a popular podcaster celebrating her forty-fifth birthday when she encounters Josie Fair, a woman born on the same day in the same hospital.
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Invisible Girl
by Lisa Jewell
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
The narrative centers on Owen Pick, a thirty-year-old virgin living with his aunt who becomes a prime suspect after a local teenage girl, Saffyre Maddox, disappears on Valentine’s Night.
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9
The Girl on the Train
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Rachel Watson lives a fractured life, commuting daily past the suburban house where her ex-husband lives with his new wife.
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10
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
The plot follows four former boarding school friends—Isa, Fatima, Thea, and Kate—who reunite at a coastal reach in Salten after a human bone surfaces in the tidal marshes.
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11
The Good Sister
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Fern Castle is a librarian who relies on a rigid routine and the guidance of her twin sister, Rose, to navigate a world that often feels overwhelming due to Fern's sensory processing struggles.
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12
Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
The Darker family gathers at Seaglass, a crumbling Victorian estate on a tidal island in Cornwall, to celebrate the eightieth birthday of leur matriarch, Nana.
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