Books like The Mother-in-Law
12 books with a reading profile close to The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
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1
I Found You
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Alice Fane, a single mother living in an English seaside town, discovers a man sitting on the beach during a rainstorm with no memory of his identity.
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2
Family of Liars
by E. Lockhart
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Carrie Sinclair is the eldest daughter of a wealthy, prestigious family that spent every summer on Beechwood Island.
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3
Invisible Girl
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and 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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4
The death of Mrs. Westaway
by Ruth Ware
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Harriet Westaway, a struggling tarot reader in Brighton, receives a letter claiming she has inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother in Cornwall.
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5
The Sun Down Motel
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Vivian Delaney disappears in 1982 while working the night shift at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York.
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6
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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7
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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8
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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9
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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10
I Let You Go
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
After a hit-and-run accident kills her young son in a rain-slicked Bristol street, Jenna Gray flees to a remote Welsh coastal village to escape her grief.
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11
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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12
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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