6 must-read true crime books like The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind

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The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Red Zone: The San Francisco Dog Mauling Case by Aphrodite Jones

1. Red Zone: The San Francisco Dog Mauling Case

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.00

Format: 371 pages,

It was the story that shocked the nation and captured headlines for more than a year. In January 20… read more

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's Red Zone: The San Francisco Dog Mauling Case book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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2. The Bad Weather Friend

By: Dean Koontz

3.89

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell … read more

Similar categories in Dean Koontz's The Bad Weather Friend book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports

By: Guy Lawson

3.96

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more

Similar categories in Guy Lawson's Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • amazon
  • crime
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4. The County Line

By: Steve Weddle

3.41

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Life has never been easy for Cottonmouth Tomlin. Raised by an uncle in a hardscrabble Arkansas town… read more

Similar categories in Steve Weddle's The County Line book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Vacation Rental

By: Katie Sise

4.03

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A summer getaway triggers a psychological game of cat and mouse in a novel about the frightening da… read more

Similar categories in Katie Sise's The Vacation Rental book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • adult
  • amazon
  • audiobook
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6. Girl, Missing

By: Dreda Say Mitchell

3.86

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

What really happened to Sara-Jane? It’s been fifteen years since Gem’s eight-year-old daughter S… read more

Similar categories in Dreda Say Mitchell's Girl, Missing book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
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7. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's The Amish Wife book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Matterhorn (Mac Dekker, #1)

By: Christopher Reich

4.26

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this al… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Reich's Matterhorn (Mac Dekker, #1) book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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9. The Alone Time

By: Elle Marr

3.58

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

For two sisters, confronting the past could come at a terrible price in a riveting novel about a fa… read more

Similar categories in Elle Marr's The Alone Time book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Nadine Nettmann

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Prohibition-era Los Angeles, two women on opposite sides of the law must take control of their l… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Nettmann's The Bootlegger's Daughter book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • amazon
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

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12. Cut and Thirst

By: Margaret Atwood

3.15

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Cut and Thirst book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Friends in Napa by Sheila Yasmin Marikar

13. Friends in Napa

By: Sheila Yasmin Marikar

3.10

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

“Smart and wildly entertaining…like drinking a glass of wine with an endlessly witty, scandalous fr… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Yasmin Marikar's Friends in Napa book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Almost Surely Dead

By: Amina Akhtar

3.70

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A psychological thriller with a twist, Almost Surely Dead is a chilling account of how one woman’s … read more

Similar categories in Amina Akhtar's Almost Surely Dead book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. My Favorite Terrible Thing

By: Madeleine Henry

3.52

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

The world’s most famous author has vanished. A thrilling hunt of mind games and twisting suspense b… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Henry's My Favorite Terrible Thing book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind

16. The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col… read more

Similar categories in Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • amazon
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial by Emilio Corsetti III

17. I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial

By: Emilio Corsetti III

4.30

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Lb>Did the State of Kentucky convict an innocent man? Moments before boarding a passenger flight… read more

Similar categories in Emilio Corsetti III's I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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18. Lake County

By: Lori Roy

3.84

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in the 1950s, this Southern Gothic thriller by Edgar Award–winning author Lori Roy reimagines t… read more

Similar categories in Lori Roy's Lake County book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • amazon
  • audiobook
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19. We Ate the Dark

By: Mallory Pearson

2.77

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Four women investigating the haunting murder of their friend discover more than they ever imagined … read more

Similar categories in Mallory Pearson's We Ate the Dark book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • adult
Cover of Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1) by Debra Webb

20. Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1)

By: Debra Webb

4.07

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone’s found the skeleton in the closet, and it’s not the only one. Wall Street Journal bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Debra Webb's Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1) book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • amazon
Cover of Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five by Tony       Wright

21. Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five

By: Tony Wright

4.03

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Things Aren’t The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five explores the bizarre and tragic 1978 disap… read more

Similar categories in Tony Wright's Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five book and Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

7 must-read adult books like The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind

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The Vacation Rental

Katie Sise

4.03

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The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

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The Alone Time

Elle Marr

3.58

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Friends in Napa

Sheila Yasmin Marikar

3.10

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The Ghost Writer

Loreth Anne White

3.96

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The Other Side of the Road

Andrea Bartz

3.73

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Everywhere You Look (Never Tell Collection, #1)

Liv Constantine

3.48

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Elle Marr

3.58

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