21 must-read mystery books like The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White

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The Maid's Diary

By: Loreth Anne White

4.24

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She’s the “invisible girl,” compelled to poke into h…

"A human can take only so much depravity and senseless loss of life."

-Loreth Anne White, The Maid's Diary

"A human can take only so much depravity and senseless loss of life."

-Loreth Anne White, The Maid's Diary

"A human can take only so much depravity and senseless loss of life."

-Loreth Anne White, The Maid's Diary

If you liked the mystery plot in The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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2. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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4. The Drowning Woman

By: Robyn Harding

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Drowning Woman book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Coworker

By: Freida McFadden

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back Dawn Schif… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Coworker book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

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7. The Wrong Daughter

By: Dandy Smith

4.11

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The phone starts vibrating in my hand. It's my father. He never calls. Pulse racing in trepidation,… read more

Similar categories in Dandy Smith's The Wrong Daughter book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"That’s the thing with breakups- you aren’t just mourning the person you loved but also the life you planned together. Lost on the wind."

-Dandy Smith, The Wrong Daughter

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8. The Stranger in Her House

By: John Marrs

3.97

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A stranger has infiltrated your family…and now he’s taking over. Paul’s just here to help, or so… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Stranger in Her House book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Keep It in the Family

By: John Marrs

4.09

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible se… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's Keep It in the Family book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"...we're only ever our true selves when we think we are alone."

-John Marrs, Keep It in the Family

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10. The Maid's Diary

By: Loreth Anne White

4.24

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She’s the “invisible girl,” compelled to poke into h… read more

Similar categories in Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A human can take only so much depravity and senseless loss of life."

-Loreth Anne White, The Maid's Diary

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11. The Girl Who Was Taken

By: Charlie Donlea

4.20

Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition

Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn’t.   The night they go missing, high school sen… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A life might end, but sometimes their case lives forever."

-Charlie Donlea, The Girl Who Was Taken

"You go through life doing all the things everyone else wants you to do, and you'll wake up one day realizing your life's passed you by and you've got a list of stuff you've never gotten to do."

-Charlie Donlea, The Girl Who Was Taken

"Yeah, the club was dark but so's the whole country. When someone important goes missing, or the case is interesting enough, everybody has the same fetish. Whole world, really. No one admits it, but i…"

-Charlie Donlea, The Girl Who Was Taken

"If she were a broken girl whose life was a wreck and would never be the same, their vigor for her story would simply be unacceptable. They couldn't allow themselves to be so attracted to her narrativ…"

-Charlie Donlea, The Girl Who Was Taken

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12. Don't Let Her Stay

By: Nicola Sanders

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone inside your house wants you dead, but no one believes you… Joanne knows how lucky she is… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Sanders's Don't Let Her Stay book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)

By: Freida McFadden

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. All the Little Raindrops

By: Mia Sheridan

4.05

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

The chilling story of the abduction of two teenagers, their escape, and the dark secrets that, year… read more

Similar categories in Mia Sheridan's All the Little Raindrops book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. What Lies Between Us

By: John Marrs

4.05

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's What Lies Between Us book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Gray After Dark

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.26

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape. When a tragic accident sidelines… read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Gray After Dark book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. Keep Your Friends Close

By: Lucinda Berry

3.78

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

When Kiersten McCann, president of the West Hollywood Moms’ Club, turns up dead in her own pool, it… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's Keep Your Friends Close book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Good Lie

By: A.R. Torre

4.13

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Six teens murdered. A suspect behind bars. A desperate father. In a case this shadowy, the truth is… read more

Similar categories in A.R. Torre's The Good Lie book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Stillwater Girls

By: Minka Kent

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Two sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense … read more

Similar categories in Minka Kent's The Stillwater Girls book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. If You Tell a Lie

By: Lucinda Berry

3.54

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Lucinda Berry serves up a haunting thriller about four friends sworn to secrecy … read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's If You Tell a Lie book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Ask for Andrea

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Meghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in common. They were all murdered by the same man. … read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Ask for Andrea book and Loreth Anne White's The Maid's Diary

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

21 Best fiction books like The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Drowning Woman

Robyn Harding

4.07

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21 Top fiction books like The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

Transform Your Habits

The Elephant Tree

R.D. Ronald

3.41

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Unquiet Bones

Loreth Anne White

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Want to Know a Secret?

Freida McFadden

3.97

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