Books like The House at Riverton
12 books with a reading profile close to The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Clockmaker's Daughter
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by Edward Radcliffe arrives at Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Thames.
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2
Neverworld Wake
narrative, mystery
Beatrice and four close friends from an elite boarding school reunite a year after the death of her boyfriend, Whit, who was part of their circle.
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3
Crooked House
narrative, mystery
Aristide Leonides, a wealthy Greek businessman, dies from a fatal injection of eserine rather than his usual insulin.
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4
Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
narrative, mystery
When Mia Parkson’s father disappears during a morning hike in Virginia, the only witness is her younger brother, Eugene, who has autism and a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome.
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5
Homecoming
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
On Christmas Eve in 1959, a traveler discovers the Turner family lifeless beside a creek on their South Australian estate.
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6
The Christie Affair
narrative, mystery
In December 1926, the mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears for eleven days, and her car is found abandoned near a chalk pit.
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7
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
narrative, mystery
Cameron Bright is found dead from heat exhaustion at the Stockman’s Grave, a remote landmark in the brutal Australian outback.
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8
The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler
narrative, mystery
Simon Watson, a young librarian in a small New York town, receives a package from an antiquarian bookseller: a fragile, water-damaged ledger from the 1700s, which appears to be a record kept by a traveling circus.
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9
The Survivors
by Jane Harper
narrative, mystery
Kieran Elliott returns to his coastal hometown of Evelyn Bay, Tasmania, to help his parents move while grappling with the guilt of a past boating accident that claimed his brother’s life.
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10
The Muse
narrative, mystery
In 1967 London, Odelle Bastien, a Trinidadian immigrant, begins working at the Skelton Institute under the enigmatic Marjorie Quick.
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11
Sunburn
narrative, mystery
Polly is a woman who leaves her husband and child and settles in a small Delaware town, Belleville, where she meets Adam, a man with his own secrets.
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12
Motherless Brooklyn
narrative, mystery
Lionel Essrog has Tourette's syndrome, which makes him blurt, count and tap compulsively.
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