Books like The Lying Game
12 books with a reading profile close to The Lying Game by Ruth Ware. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Whisper Man
by Alex North
Also practical and 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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2
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Ten years ago, Quincy Carpenter survived a mass slaying at Pine Cottage, earning her the media label of Final Girl alongside two other women, Sam and Lisa, who survived similar horror-movie scenarios.
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3
Watching You
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Joey Mullen becomes obsessed with her neighbor, Tom Fitzwilliam, a headmaster whose charisma masks a history of boundary-crossing with his students.
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4
Little Secrets
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Marin Machado’s life collapses during a crowded Christmas market when her four-year-old son, Sebastian, vanishes while she is distracted by a phone call.
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5
The Fury
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Lana Farrar, a retired movie star, invites a small group of friends to her private Greek island, Aura, to escape the London damp.
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6
The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Emma Davis, a professional painter, remains haunted by the disappearance of her three cabin mates from Camp Nightingale fifteen years ago.
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7
All the Missing Girls
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
When Nicolette Farrell returns to her rural North Carolina hometown to care for her ailing father, she is forced to confront the disappearance of her friend Corinne a decade prior.
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8
Everyone Here Is Lying
by Shari Lapena
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
In the affluent neighborhood of Stanhope, nine-year-old Avery Wooler goes missing shortly after her father, William, returns home in a rage following the end of his extramarital affair.
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9
Not a Happy Family
by Shari Lapena
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Fred and Sheila Merton are found brutally murdered in their upscale Brecken Hill home the night after a tense Easter dinner with their three adult children.
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10
The Night She Disappeared
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
In 2017, teenage parents Tallulah and Zach go to a local pub for a date night in the village of Upwell but never return home.
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11
Such a Quiet Place
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Hollow’s Edge is a secluded lakeside community defined by its proximity to neighbors and shared surveillance.
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12
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Belding Price disappeared sixteen years ago from a roadside car while her infant daughter, Annabel, sat in the backseat.
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