15 must-read psychological thriller books like The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

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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…

"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 it's true."

-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 narrative if it ended any way but beautifully."

-Charlie Donlea, The Girl Who Was Taken

If you liked the psychological thriller plot in The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Elephant Tree

By: R.D. Ronald

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Mark Fallon is an overworked detective investigating a spate of attacks at a string of high profile… read more

Similar categories in R.D. Ronald's The Elephant Tree book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Unquiet Bones

By: Loreth Anne White

4.21

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the … read more

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

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Want to Know a Secret?

By: Freida McFadden

3.97

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone has secrets. YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect g… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's Want to Know a Secret? book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. One by One

By: Freida McFadden

3.93

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

One by one, they will get what they deserve... A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's One by One book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"For the last week, Emma has crawled into our queen-sized bed every single night to sleep. Fortunately, Noah and I sleep with a gap the size of the Atlantic Ocean between us."

-Freida McFadden, One by One

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6. 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Perfect Son

By: Freida McFadden

4.10

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

"Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared las… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Perfect Son book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • 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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9. Unmissing

By: Minka Kent

4.01

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

A return from the past knocks a family dangerously off-balance in a novel of spiraling suspense by … read more

Similar categories in Minka Kent's Unmissing book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • 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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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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • 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. The Orphanage By The Lake

By: Daniel G. Miller

4.02

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A MISSING GIRL AN ORPHANAGE FULL OF SECRETS Hazel wants a new life. She’s thirty years old… read more

Similar categories in Daniel G. Miller's The Orphanage By The Lake book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. Nowhere to Hide

By: Keri Beevis

4.35

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Duncan Stone is one of the country's most eligible and handsome bachelors, and he wants to take me,… read more

Similar categories in Keri Beevis's Nowhere to Hide book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. The Favorite Girl

By: Monica Arya

3.79

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

Every family has secrets—dark ones, twisted ones, ones they hide. The Ivory family is no different.… read more

Similar categories in Monica Arya's The Favorite Girl book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. All the Lies

By: Nicola Sanders

4.00

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

She thought he was the perfect husband. Now she’s running for her life. On the surface, Amy and … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Sanders's All the Lies book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Trust No One

By: Keri Beevis

4.17

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A long, long time ago, you did a bad, bad thing, Now it’s time to pay...’ When I first found t… read more

Similar categories in Keri Beevis's Trust No One book and Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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 Charlie Donlea's The Girl Who Was Taken

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

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