Books like The Whisper Man
12 books with a reading profile close to The Whisper Man by Alex North. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
The plot follows four former boarding school friends—Isa, Fatima, Thea, and Kate—who reunite at a coastal reach in Salten after a human bone surfaces in the tidal marshes.
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2
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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3
None of This Is True
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Alix Summer is a popular podcaster celebrating her forty-fifth birthday when she encounters Josie Fair, a woman born on the same day in the same hospital.
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4
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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5
The Last to Vanish
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Abigail Lovett works at the Cutter’s Pass resort, a mountain town near the Appalachian Trail notorious for a string of unsolved disappearances.
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6
The Mother-in-Law
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Lucy has always struggled to bridge the cold emotional distance between herself and her mother-in-law, Diana.
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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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8
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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9
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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10
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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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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12
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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