13 Best thriller books like The Current by Tim Johnston

Cover of The Current by Tim Johnston

The Current

By: Tim Johnston

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When two young women leave their college campus in the dead of winter for a 700-mile drive north to…

"A professor of mine used to say justice is blind,' he said, 'but she also can't see worth a shit."

-Tim Johnston, The Current

"A professor of mine used to say justice is blind,' he said, 'but she also can't see worth a shit."

-Tim Johnston, The Current

"A professor of mine used to say justice is blind,' he said, 'but she also can't see worth a shit."

-Tim Johnston, The Current

If you liked the thriller plot in The Current by Tim Johnston , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Destroyers

By: Christopher Bollen

3.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Arriving on the Greek island of Patmos broke and humiliated, Ian Bledsoe is fleeing the emotional a… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Bollen's The Destroyers book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes

By: Per Petterson

3.67

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

Arvid is six years old and lives on the outskirts of Oslo. His father works in a shoe factory; his … read more

Similar categories in Per Petterson's Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook

3. The Kremlin Letter

By: Noel Behn

3.71

Format: 208 pages,

"De infiltranten" (The Kremlin Letter) zal ongetwijfeld de geschiedenis ingaan als de origineelste … read more

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4. Before He Finds Her

By: Michael Kardos

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Everyone in the quiet Jersey Shore town of Silver Bay knows the story: on a Sunday evening in Septe… read more

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5. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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8. The Caretaker

By: Ron Rash

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Caretaker book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Paper Cage

By: Tom Baragwanath

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride… read more

Similar categories in Tom Baragwanath's Paper Cage book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's An Honest Man book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

11. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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12. Sipsworth

By: Simon Van Booy

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more

Similar categories in Simon Van Booy's Sipsworth book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

Cover of Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen

14. Dixon, Descending

By: Karen Outen

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, heartrending debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibilities to one anot… read more

Similar categories in Karen Outen's Dixon, Descending book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"This was the feel at the top of the world. He waited. For something... But the mountain dismissed him like an unwanted suitor. There was nothing here that cared for him. He was king of small purchase…"

-Karen Outen, Dixon, Descending

Cover of The Madstone by Elizabeth   Crook

15. The Madstone

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Crook's The Madstone book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

Cover of Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

16. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Small Mercies book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Wolf at the Table

By: Adam Rapp

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more

Similar categories in Adam Rapp's Wolf at the Table book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Current by Tim Johnston

18. The Current

By: Tim Johnston

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When two young women leave their college campus in the dead of winter for a 700-mile drive north to… read more

Similar categories in Tim Johnston's The Current book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A professor of mine used to say justice is blind,' he said, 'but she also can't see worth a shit."

-Tim Johnston, The Current

Cover of Calico by Lee Goldberg

19. Calico

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigat… read more

Similar categories in Lee Goldberg's Calico book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Tim Johnston's The Current

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi

21. The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius

By: Kendra Adachi

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way brings her beloved Kind Big Sister Ene… read more

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Christopher Bollen

3.39

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Per Petterson

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Michael Connelly

4.56

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Ariel Lawhon

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C.J. Box

4.36

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4.56

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4.36

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