Books like The Scarred Woman
12 books with a reading profile close to The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Apprentice
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Detective Jane Rizzoli faces a series of gruesome murders in Boston that mirror the surgical precision of the imprisoned serial killer Warren Hoyt, known as the Surgeon.
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2
The Mephisto Club
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Maura Isles investigate a crime scene where a woman has been dismembered and drained of blood, with Latin messages written in gore.
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3
THE SECRET OF SECRETS
by Dan Brown
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon returns in this thriller centered on the disappearance of a prominent noetic scientist.
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4
The Reapers
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
The narrative pivots away from private investigator Charlie Parker to focus on his recurring companions, Louis and Angel.
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5
GLORIOUS RIVALS
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Seven players remain caught in a high-stakes competition on Hawthorne Island, where an eccentric billionaire’s legacy continues to unfold through hidden mechanisms and intellectual trials.
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6
I Will Find You
by Harlan Coben
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
David Burroughs is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison for the murder of his young son, Matthew.
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7
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
by Anne Holt
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
In a stifling Oslo heatwave, Detective Hanne Wilhelmsen investigates a sequence of gruesome crime scenes where mysterious eight-digit numbers are scrawled in blood on apartment walls.
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8
JIGSAW
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis investigate a connection between two seemingly unrelated violent incidents.
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9
On the Street Where You Live
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Criminal defense attorney Emily Graham relocates to the coastal town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, seeking a fresh start after her divorce and a terrifying stalking ordeal.
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10
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Neeve Kearney, the owner of a boutique on Madison Avenue, becomes entangled in a criminal investigation after the murder of gossip columnist Ethel Lambston.
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11
The Last Temptation
by Val McDermid
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Clinical psychologist Tony Hill faces a personal crisis when a serial killer begins targeting his professional peers across Europe.
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12
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.
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