Books like The Wife
12 books with a reading profile close to The Wife by Alafair Burke. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Therapist
by B.A. Paris
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Leo and Alice move into a renovated house within a private, gated community in London called The Circle.
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2
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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3
The Chalk Man
by C.J. Tudor
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
In 1986, Eddie Adams and his childhood friends use chalk stick figures as a secret code to leave messages for one another around their English village.
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4
The Missing Half
by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
In a small, insular town, the disappearance of a young woman fractures a local family and exposes long-standing secrets.
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5
Woman in Suite 11
by Ruth Ware
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Set against the backdrop of a high-end ski resort in the French Alps, the narrative follows Lottie, a housekeeper who discovers a guest has vanished from a supposedly vacant room.
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6
Those Empty Eyes
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Alex Garrilley is the sole survivor of a brutal family massacre that left her orphaned and under a cloud of public suspicion.
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7
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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8
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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9
The Collective
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Camille Gardner remains trapped in grief five years after her daughter’s death, an incident involving a privileged young man who escaped legal consequences.
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10
Don't Believe It
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
True-crime filmmaker Sidney Ryan arrives in St.
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11
The Other Daughter
by Lisa Gardner
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Melanie Stokes was adopted into a prestigious Boston family following the tragic death of their biological daughter.
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12
The Woods
by Harlan Coben
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
County prosecutor Paul Copeland lives under the shadow of a summer camp tragedy that occurred twenty years ago.
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