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12 books with a reading profile close to The Innocent by Harlan Coben. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Passenger

    The Passenger

    by Lisa Lutz

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    After her husband dies from a fall down the stairs, Tanya Dubois flees her home and begins a sequence of identity thefts to evade a past that predates her marriage.

  2. 2 Don't Believe It

    Don't Believe It

    by Charlie Donlea

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    True-crime filmmaker Sidney Ryan arrives in St.

  3. 3 Let Me Lie

    Let Me Lie

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    One year after her mother and father died in apparent suicides at Beachy Head, Anna Ballard receives an anonymous note claiming their deaths were not what they seemed.

  4. 4 The Other Daughter

    The Other Daughter

    by Lisa Gardner

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Melanie Stokes was adopted into a prestigious Boston family following the tragic death of their biological daughter.

  5. 5 Woman in Suite 11

    Woman in Suite 11

    by Ruth Ware

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Set against the backdrop of a high-end ski resort in the French Alps, the narrative follows Lottie, a housekeeper who discovers a guest has vanished from a supposedly vacant room.

  6. 6 The Night Shift

    The Night Shift

    by Alex Finlay

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    In 1999, four teenagers were attacked while working the late shift at a Blockbuster Video in Linden, New Jersey.

  7. 7 This Book Will Bury Me

    This Book Will Bury Me

    by Ashley Winstead

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Deep in the Texas wilderness, a former journalist uncovers a vintage manuscript that implicates a high-profile political dynasty in a decades-old disappearance.

  8. 8 All Around the Town

    All Around the Town

    by Mary Higgins Clark

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Twenty-one-year-old Laurie Kenyon is accused of murdering her popular English professor, Allan Grant.

  9. 9 What Have We Done

    What Have We Done

    by Alex Finlay

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Twenty-five years ago, five teenagers lived at Savior House, a group home for foster children that hid a history of institutional abuse.

  10. 10 You Belong To Me

    You Belong To Me

    by Mary Higgins Clark

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Psychologist and Manhattan radio host Susan Chandler begins a series of broadcasts focusing on women who disappear and are later found dead.

  11. 11 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.

  12. 12 The Collective

    The Collective

    by Alison Gaylin

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Camille Gardner remains trapped in grief five years after her daughter’s death, an incident involving a privileged young man who escaped legal consequences.

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