24 must-read mystery books like The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin

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The Starter Wife

By: Nina Laurin

3.38

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen comes "a spine-tingler" (Booklist) of a psychological…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. A Necessary End

By: Holly Brown

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

How far would you go to get what you wanted? The author of Don't Try to Find Mereturns with a taut,… read more

Similar categories in Holly Brown's A Necessary End book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

2. All Day and a Night (Ellie Hatcher, #5)

By: Alafair Burke

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads a young defense lawyer and an NYPD homic… read more

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3. The Killing Lessons (Valerie Hart, #1)

By: Saul Black

3.86

Format: 536 pages,

When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper's isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly … read more

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4. 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 Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. When the Lights Go Out

By: Mary Kubica

3.19

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller. … read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's When the Lights Go Out book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • 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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8. The Night Before

By: Wendy Walker

3.67

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

First dates can be murder. Riveting and compulsive, national bestselling author Wendy Walker’s … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Walker's The Night Before book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Girl in the Rearview Mirror

By: Kelsey Rae Dimberg

3.23

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

 -- Megan Abbott, bestselling author of Dare Me and Give Me Your Hand I never meant to lie. That… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rae Dimberg's Girl in the Rearview Mirror book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. He Said He Would Be Late

By: Justine Sullivan

3.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A twisty psychological debut about marriage, motherhood, and the search for truth at all costs. … read more

Similar categories in Justine Sullivan's He Said He Would Be Late book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"His love ballooned my promise, and then carried me to the stars with no return ticket."

-Justine Sullivan, He Said He Would Be Late

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11. Perfect Happiness

By: Kristyn Kusek Lewis

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of Half of What You Hear, a perceptive and poignant novel about a woman dis… read more

Similar categories in Kristyn Kusek Lewis's Perfect Happiness book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Starter Wife

By: Nina Laurin

3.38

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen comes "a spine-tingler" (Booklist) of a psychological… read more

Similar categories in Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. House of Glass

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.99

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perf… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's House of Glass book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Because You're Mine

By: Rea Frey

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An “insidious, suspenseful tale” (J.T. Ellison) with a “shocker of an ending you won’t see coming” … read more

Similar categories in Rea Frey's Because You're Mine book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. Her New Best Friend

By: Penny Batchelor

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

Mum-of-two Audrey only looks away from the stroller for a moment, as her daughter runs off across t… read more

Similar categories in Penny Batchelor's Her New Best Friend book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • audiobook
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16. A Stranger on the Beach

By: Michele Campbell

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There is a stranger outside Caroline's house. Her spectacular new beach house, built for hosting… read more

Similar categories in Michele Campbell's A Stranger on the Beach book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Deepest Lake

By: Andromeda Romano-Lax

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric thriller set at a luxury memoir-writing workshop on the shores of Lake Atitlán,… read more

Similar categories in Andromeda Romano-Lax's The Deepest Lake book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Last Wife

By: Karen Hamilton

3.07

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend. Two women. A dying wish. … read more

Similar categories in Karen Hamilton's The Last Wife book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. You Were Made for This

By: Michelle Sacks

3.38

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A gripping page-turner for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, Michelle Sacks's You Were Made For This pr… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Sacks's You Were Made for This book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"They cut you open and scrape it all out, scoop it from you like the innards of a melon. The knots of flesh and malevolent cells. Scoop, scratch, snip. It's all gone. Everything that sat there, waitin…"

-Michelle Sacks, You Were Made for This

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20. The Stranger Inside

By: Laura Benedict

3.45

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Kimber Hannon's belief that she has complete control over her life is shattered the night that she … read more

Similar categories in Laura Benedict's The Stranger Inside book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. I Spy

By: Claire Kendal

3.54

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Someone is watching your every move… Holly Lawrence always wanted to be a spy, but the experienc… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kendal's I Spy book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. One House Left

By: Vincent Ralph

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

R.L. Stine meets Urban Legend in the next twisty horror novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's One House Left book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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23. My Perfect Sister

By: Penny Batchelor

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

'Omg what an ending, I did not see that coming! What a brilliantly gripping book... I loved it!' Re… read more

Similar categories in Penny Batchelor's My Perfect Sister book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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24. The Murder List

By: Hank Phillippi Ryan

3.59

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart,… read more

Similar categories in Hank Phillippi Ryan's The Murder List book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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25. Tell Her No Lies

By: Kelly Irvin

3.80

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

In Tell Her No Lies, a new romantic suspense novel, talented author Kelly Irvin explores the questi… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Irvin's Tell Her No Lies book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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26. Only Sisters

By: Lilian Nattel

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

One sister runs away and the other stays behind. But what happens when the dutiful sister has to im… read more

Similar categories in Lilian Nattel's Only Sisters book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. The Woman in My Home

By: C.R. Howell

3.74

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

I thought I could never leave my little girls. But I had to.My husband told me that the accident wa… read more

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28. The Truth Hurts

By: Rebecca Reid

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this twisty, compelling thriller, a young woman quickly embarks on what she thinks is the relati… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Reid's The Truth Hurts book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. The Bitter Truth

By: Shanora Williams

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An upstanding political candidate. A determined stalker. A shattering lost weekend. Now, when his w… read more

Similar categories in Shanora Williams's The Bitter Truth book and Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. 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 Nina Laurin's The Starter Wife

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. My Sister's Boyfriend

By: Nicola Marsh

3.78

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

“I’m going to make you like me, Lizzie,” my sister’s new boyfriend sneers. I arrange my features in… read more

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A Necessary End

Holly Brown

3.50

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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3.65

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