9 Top mystery thriller books like The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

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The Magnolia Palace

By: Fiona Davis

3.88

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantali…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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2. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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3. 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 Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The First Ladies book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

By: Lisa See

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more

Similar categories in Lisa See's Lady Tan’s Circle of Women book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Hang the Moon

By: Jeannette Walls

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Most folk … read more

Similar categories in Jeannette Walls's Hang the Moon book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • 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 Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 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 Lost Summers of Newport

By: Beatriz Williams

3.71

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a nov… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's The Lost Summers of Newport book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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10. Hester

By: Laurie Lico Albanese

3.97

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The letter A is red,"

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

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11. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

By: Allison Pataki

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average ev… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Good Left Undone

By: Adriana Trigiani

3.98

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

From Adriana Trigiani, "a master of visual and palpable detail" (The Washington Post), comes a lush… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Trigiani's The Good Left Undone book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.09

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

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14. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Magnolia Palace

By: Fiona Davis

3.88

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantali… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • art
  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti

17. Advika and the Hollywood Wives

By: Kirthana Ramisetti

3.14

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning tale of marriage, scandal, and fame, perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid: “Th… read more

Similar categories in Kirthana Ramisetti's Advika and the Hollywood Wives book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Everyone's grief is on a different timetable. You'll know when you're ready. ... I lost my grandmother when I was nine, and while it's not the same as your grief, the loss was like a piece of gum. Th…"

-Kirthana Ramisetti, Advika and the Hollywood Wives

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18. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Christie Affair

By: Nina de Gramont

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desp… read more

Similar categories in Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It seemed an important lesson for a young person. It wasn't only the angry people that should make one wary. The jolly ones could be even more dangerous."

-Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

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20. The Golden Couple

By: Greer Hendricks

3.98

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

The next electrifying novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind The Wife Betwe… read more

Similar categories in Greer Hendricks's The Golden Couple book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There is more than just infidelity here. Marissa’s cheating is a symptom, not the source of their fundamental breakdown."

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

"Grief is a shape-shifter, it defies logic, sneaking up on you when you least expect it and leaving you empty-handed and hollow when you go searching for it."

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

"Grief isn’t linear, it isn’t logical. There’s no structure or civility to it. It grabs you when you least expect it and it digs in its nails until you succumb."

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

"Time is a chameleon. It's ever changing, cannily adapting to circumstances. It stretches out some tiny moments for an eternity. Then it shifts course and swallows up whole days, years even, as if the…"

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

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21. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

21 best-selling fiction books like The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

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4.64

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Kristin Harmel

4.25

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Marie Benedict

4.04

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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