19 Best suspense books like The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding

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The Housekeeper

By: Joy Fielding

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their liv…

If you liked the suspense plot in The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. She's Not Sorry

By: Mary Kubica

3.81

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Megha… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Everyone Here Is Lying

By: Shari Lapena

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.William Wooler is a family man, on… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's Everyone Here Is Lying book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Everyone Is Watching

By: Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants hav… read more

Similar categories in Heather Gudenkauf's Everyone Is Watching book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Guest

By: B.A. Paris

3.59

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere … read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's The Guest book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...regret is such a waste of emotion. No matter how much we want to, we can't change the past. We need to acknowledge the mistakes we've made but not allow them to cloud every moment of every day." -…"

-B.A. Paris, The Guest

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5. The New Couple in 5B

By: Lisa Unger

3.63

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this binge-worthy thriller from the Ne… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The New Couple in 5B book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We're always drawn back to our family of origin, aren't we? No matter how much pain they've caused, no matter how far we've run from them."

-Lisa Unger, The New Couple in 5B

"I remember wondering if anything was real, anything was true or if every place, every reality, was just another story you choose to believe."

-Lisa Unger, The New Couple in 5B

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6. It's One of Us

By: J.T. Ellison

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Everybody lies. Even the ones you think you know best of all . . . Olivia Bender designs exquisite … read more

Similar categories in J.T. Ellison's It's One of Us book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Just the Nicest Couple

By: Mary Kubica

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two couples, two close friends, one missing husband… Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's Just the Nicest Couple book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Truth about the Devlins

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's The Truth about the Devlins book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. I Will Ruin You

By: Linwood Barclay

3.98

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of hero… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. The Blame Game

By: Sandie Jones

3.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

She knows she’s telling the truth. But the evidence says she’s lying. As a psychologist speciali… read more

Similar categories in Sandie Jones's The Blame Game book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Der Trip: Du hast dich frei gefühlt. Bis er dich fand

By: Arno Strobel

3.28

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Seit zwei Jahren wartest du auf ein Lebenszeichen von deinem Bruder. Sein Wohnmobil-Trip sollte unv… read more

Similar categories in Arno Strobel's Der Trip: Du hast dich frei gefühlt. Bis er dich fand book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. The Prisoner

By: B.A. Paris

3.62

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

With Behind Closed Doors, B.A. Paris takes the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now … read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's The Prisoner book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Die Einladung

By: Sebastian Fitzek

4.06

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

​Sebastian Fitzek ist zurück!Der  #1-Bestseller-Autor Sebastian Fitzek schickt uns in seinem neuen … read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Fitzek's Die Einladung book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Second Husband

By: Kate White

3.38

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A woman's seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first h… read more

Similar categories in Kate White's The Second Husband book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Emma cocked her head, a little surprised. Are you two thinking about getting back together? Not sure yet. I'm still trying to decide if his shitty behavior last spring qualifies as a go or a gone. Sh…"

-Kate White, The Second Husband

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15. The Housekeeper

By: Joy Fielding

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their liv… read more

Similar categories in Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Stay Awake

By: Megan Goldin

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s… read more

Similar categories in Megan Goldin's Stay Awake book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Personal Assistant

By: Kimberly Belle

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the … read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Belle's The Personal Assistant book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Gone Tonight

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.82

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's Gone Tonight book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

By: Lisa Unger

3.45

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling lo… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The whole catalogue of humanity was online, feeling entitled to their opinions and to their right to share. It could be brutal."

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

"From where I stand, hidden, watching them through the glass, they are the picture of the perfect family. But I know better. What people show the world is rarely the whole truth, especially these days…"

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

"...there is nothing certain in life but death. We may labour under the delusion that we know what the day ahead of us holds, what the hour holds. But we do not. We may think our death, our very certa…"

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

"Privilege. A word that suddenly inspired jealousy, resentment, rage. Some people were born with it, that beautiful ease, that aura of never worrying about making it, surviving. Some stood on the othe…"

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

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20. My Wife is Missing

By: D.J. Palmer

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two childr… read more

Similar categories in D.J. Palmer's My Wife is Missing book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's What Have You Done? book and Joy Fielding's The Housekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

20 Top mystery thriller books like The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

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The Guest

B.A. Paris

3.59

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21 best-selling suspense books like The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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Only If You're Lucky

Stacy Willingham

3.56

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