5 must-read mystery thriller books like The Key by Kathryn Hughes

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The Key

By: Kathryn Hughes

4.28

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter Kathryn Hughes comes The Key, an unforgettable story o…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Key by Kathryn Hughes , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Girl in the Letter

By: Emily Gunnis

3.99

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Girl in the Letter book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Manai, kad ilgėsiesi tik gerųjų žmogaus savybių, bet iš tiesų pasiilgsti visko."

-Emily Gunnis, The Girl in the Letter

"Pavojinga lyginti save su kitais. Visą tiesą galime žinoti tik apie savo pačių gyvenimą."

-Emily Gunnis, The Girl in the Letter

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2. The American Girl

By: Rachael English

4.17

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's The American Girl book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Lost Letters of Aisling

By: Cynthia Ellingsen

4.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman faces the past she fled in a heart-stirring novel about unforgettable love and indomitable … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ellingsen's The Lost Letters of Aisling book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Key

By: Kathryn Hughes

4.28

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter Kathryn Hughes comes The Key, an unforgettable story o… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Hughes's The Key book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
  • historical
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • historical fiction
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5. The Paris Affair

By: Melanie Hudson

4.44

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Nurse Edith Cavell, o… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Hudson's The Paris Affair book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Midwife's Secret

By: Emily Gunnis

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A little girl goes missing from Yew Tree Manor - the same house from which a girl vanished decades … read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Midwife's Secret book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. The Lighthouse Sisters

By: Gill Thompson

4.39

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

1996: An elderly lady looks back at her life, remembering her experiences during the war on Jersey,… read more

Similar categories in Gill Thompson's The Lighthouse Sisters book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Girls Left Behind

By: Emily Gunnis

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Daisy, I miss you so much. I'm sorry I broke my promise to never be separated from you. I have… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Girls Left Behind book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. The Girl With No Name

By: Reine Andrieu

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She may not remember her name, but her body knows. 1940. When a French family is forced to hous… read more

Similar categories in Reine Andrieu's The Girl With No Name book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Girl Behind the Gates

By: Brenda Davies

4.52

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happ… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Davies's The Girl Behind the Gates book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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11. Svört dögun (Icelandic Edition)

By: Rolf og Cilla Börjlind

4.03

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Fjórir menn hittast á bar í Stokkhólmi vegna fyrirhugaðra áætlana samtaka um þjóðernissósíalíska by… read more

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12. The Life I Stole

By: Nikola Scott

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1953. England is finally starting to recover from World War Two. Shop shelves are filling, the … read more

Similar categories in Nikola Scott's The Life I Stole book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. The Missing Daughter

By: Emily Gunnis

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the runaway bestseller The Girl in the Letter comes a heartwrenching, twisting n… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Missing Daughter book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • historical fiction
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14. The Paper Bracelet

By: Rachael English

4.33

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Every baby's bracelet held a mother's secret... Inspired by heartrending real events, the grippi… read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's The Paper Bracelet book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. My Mother's Shadow

By: Nikola Scott

4.14

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

Addie thinks she knows everything about her mother. But when a stranger appears claiming to be her … read more

Similar categories in Nikola Scott's My Mother's Shadow book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Lost Sister

By: Kathleen McGurl

4.27

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Three sisters. Three ships. One heartbreaking story. 1911. As Emma packs her trunk to join the o… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen McGurl's The Lost Sister book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Letter Home

By: Rachael English

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A rich, heartbreaking novel, moving between west of Ireland and Boston, of a mother's love, a baby … read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's The Letter Home book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. The Orchard Girls

By: Nikola Scott

4.31

Format: 503 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 2004. Frankie didn't always have it easy. Growing up motherless, she was raised by her gran… read more

Similar categories in Nikola Scott's The Orchard Girls book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Night of The Party

By: Rachael English

3.97

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The American GirlJanuary 1982: In the village of Kilmitten, the Cros… read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's The Night of The Party book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Summer of Secrets

By: Nikola Scott

4.11

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

August 1939At peaceful Summerhill, orphaned Maddy hides from the world and the rumours of war. Then… read more

Similar categories in Nikola Scott's Summer of Secrets book and Kathryn Hughes's The Key

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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21. Týndur

By: Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir

3.70

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

Lögreglan í Reykjavík lýsir eftir Einari Starra Ólafssyni, sjö ára. Einar Starri er 125 sentimetra… read more

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The Girl in the Letter

Emily Gunnis

3.99

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The American Girl

Rachael English

4.17

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The Lost Letters of Aisling

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4.34

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4.28

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3.78

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4.47

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4.17

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