Books like THE WIDOW
12 books with a reading profile close to THE WIDOW by John Grisham. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
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.
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2
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.
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3
Nine Lives
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.
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4
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.
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5
You'll Be the Death of Me
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Three former friends, Ivy, Mateo, and Cal, decide to ditch class and recreate a perfect day from their shared past.
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6
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a murder at the Louvre Museum, where a curator’s body is surrounded by complex riddles and Fibonacci sequences.
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7
Roses Are Red
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.
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8
The Surgeon
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In Boston, a serial killer nicknamed The Surgeon targets women, performing invasive surgical procedures on them without anesthesia before killing them.
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9
56 Days
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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10
Greenwich Park
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Helen is a wealthy architect living in a tall Victorian house in London, navigating the final stages of a high-risk pregnancy.
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11
The Guest List
by Lucy Foley
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
On a desolate island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather for the high-profile wedding of a digital magazine publisher and a rising television star.
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12
Along Came a Spider
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Detective Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist and Washington D.C.
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