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12 books with a reading profile close to The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Last Widow

    The Last Widow

    by Karin Slaughter

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are pulled into a domestic terror plot following the abduction of a CDC scientist and a series of coordinated bombings in Atlanta.

  2. 2 THE CROSSROADS

    THE CROSSROADS

    by C.J. Box

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    In this twenty-sixth installment of the Wyoming-based series, game warden Joe Pickett survives a targeted sniper attack that leaves him with a severe head wound and a fractured memory.

  3. 3 Roses Are Red

    Roses Are Red

    by James Patterson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Detective Alex Cross faces a series of coordinated bank robberies executed with lethal precision across Washington, D.C.

  4. 4 JUDGE STONE

    JUDGE STONE

    by Viola Davis and James Patterson

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Judge Mary Stone presides over a rural courtroom in Union Springs, Alabama, where she manages a legal case tangled in local history and conflicting ethical loyalties.

  5. 5 4th of July

    4th of July

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    In this installment of the Women’s Murder Club series, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer faces a legal crisis after a pursuit ends in a fatal shooting.

  6. 6 Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

    by Peter Swanson

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Nine strangers across America receive a simple sheet of paper in the mail containing a list of nine names, including their own.

  7. 7 Missing You

    Missing You

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Kat Donovan is an NYPD detective who discovers her ex-fiancé, Jeff Pray, on a dating site eighteen years after he disappeared from her life without explanation.

  8. 8 THE WIDOW

    THE WIDOW

    by John Grisham

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Simon Latch practices law in a quiet Virginia town until he is formally charged with a homicide he did not commit.

  9. 9 If Something Happens to Me

    If Something Happens to Me

    by Alex Finlay

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Five years ago, Ryan Richardson’s life shattered when his girlfriend, Ali, vanished during a night out, leaving him as the primary suspect in a high-profile disappearance.

  10. 10 Gone for Good

    Gone for Good

    by Harlan Coben

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    Will Klein’s life shattered eleven years ago when his brother, Ken, was accused of murdering a neighbor and fled.

  11. 11 Angels and Demons

    Angels and Demons

    by Dan Brown

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon travels to CERN in Switzerland to investigate the murder of a physicist branded with the word Illuminati.

  12. 12 56 Days

    56 Days

    by Catherine Ryan Howard

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

    At the start of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Dublin, Ciara and Oliver meet in a grocery store queue and decide to move in together to bypass social distancing restrictions.

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