Books like The Lake House
12 books with a reading profile close to The Lake House by Kate Morton, Caroline Lee. Escapist; a moderate read.
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1
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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2
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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3
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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4
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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5
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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6
Lady in the Lake
narrative, mystery
In 1966 Baltimore, Maddie Schwartz walks out of her marriage at thirty-seven, determined to become a journalist.
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7
The Distant Hours
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
Edmund's daughter, Katherine, receives a cryptic letter leading her to Milderhurst, a crumbling castle filled with secrets.
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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
Motherless Brooklyn
narrative, mystery
Lionel Essrog has Tourette's syndrome, which makes him blurt, count and tap compulsively.
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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
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
narrative, mystery
In a small Mississippi town, two boys grew up on opposite sides of a divide: Larry Ott, a white loner whose father owned a garage, and Silas Jones, a Black boy who became friends with him.
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12
The House We Grew Up In
by Lisa Jewell
narrative, mystery
Lorelei Bird has raised her children in a sprawling house where nothing is thrown away and every room is full.
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