20 best-selling mystery books like The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

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The Turn of the Key

By: Ruth Ware

3.92

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too…

"Kindness is as kindness does."

-Ruth Ware, The Turn of the Key

"People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough..."

-Ruth Ware, The Turn of the Key

If you liked the mystery plot in The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Behind Closed Doors

By: B.A. Paris

3.98

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. H… read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's Behind Closed Doors book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What colour was Millie's room Grace?' 'Red, Millie's room was red."

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

"Do I detect a renewal of your fighting spirit? I'm so glad. To tell the truth, I've been getting quite bored. Bring it on, Grace--I'm waiting for you."

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

"I look around at everybody laughing and joking together and struggle to understand my life has become a living hell that nobody present could even begin to imagine"

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

"I cry even harder, thinking of how it could have been, of how I thought it would be. For the first time, I want to give up, to die, because suddenly everything is too much and there is no solution in…"

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

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2. Then She Was Gone: A Novel

By: Lisa Jewell

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single fathe… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone: A Novel book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

3. Final Girls

By: Riley Sager

4.47

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back al… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Final Girls book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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 Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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6. Good Bad Girl

By: Alice Feeney

3.66

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Alice Feeney, ret… read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Good Bad Girl book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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9. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Only One Left book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

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10. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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11. All the Dangerous Things

By: Stacy Willingham

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his c… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's All the Dangerous Things book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"People tend to stash their dirtiest secrets in the most common of places."

-Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

"At the time, it reminded me of the stars: how two can collide and fuse into one—bigger, brighter, stronger than before. But what I didn’t know then was that when they collide too fast, they don’t fus…"

-Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

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12. Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

By: Agata Romaniuk

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

O pierwszych miłościach powiedziano prawie wszystko – powstało już wiele filmów, piosenek i wierszy… read more

Similar categories in Agata Romaniuk's Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • audiobook
"Póki ktoś na nas patrzy z czułością, póty istniejemy."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"- Byliśmy we dwoje. Razem można wszystko przetrwać - mówi Luba, a Dmytro potwierdza, kiwając głową."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"Problemy zaczęły się, kiedy Wiesława, pięćdziesięcioletnia księgowa z Iławy, wybrała ciało Zdzisława zamiast ciała Chrystusa."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"Wtedy i ona się zdenerwowała. Żeby tak ją naciskać? Zapadło milczenie. Zacięli się oboje, jak potrafią tylko dzieci i uparci starsi ludzie. A na pewno, niezależnie od wieku - zakochani."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

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13. Rock Paper Scissors

By: Alice Feeney

3.92

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wrigh… read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Rock Paper Scissors book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"My fingerprints are all over his heartbreak"

-Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

"Sometimes home is more of a memory than a place."

-Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

"Marriage is either a winning lottery ticket or a straitjacket"

-Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

"We are our parents echoes and sometimes they don't like what they hear"

-Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

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14. The Midnight Feast

By: Lucy Foley

3.64

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin... It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Midnight Feast book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Lock Every Door

By: Riley Sager

3.90

Format: 381 pages, ebook

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of who… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Lock Every Door book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I'm the kind of girl you don't want to fuck with."

-Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

"We grow up expecting our parents to live forever until, one day, they’re suddenly gone."

-Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

"She's fascinating in the same way tornadoes are fascinating. You want to see how much they're going to spin."

-Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

"Why do boys totally suck? I'm starting to think it might be ingrained in them. Like, they're taught at a young age that they can be assholes because most women will let them get away with it."

-Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

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16. The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

By: Lisa Jewell

3.96

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthd… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's very strange, looking back, how accepting children can be of the oddest scenarios."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

"But, what if it's not a mistake? What if it's true? Well then, my angel... you'll be a very rich woman indeed."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

"But, what if it's not a mistake? What if it's true?" "Well then, my angel... you'll be a very rich woman indeed."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

"Libby can hear the whisper of every moment that this room has existed. Feel every breath of every person who has ever sat where she is sitting."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

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17. Uśpiona

By: Alicja Sinicka

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Najnowsza książka autorki bestsellerowych thrillerów Stażystka, Obserwatorka i Służąca, które sprze… read more

Similar categories in Alicja Sinicka's Uśpiona book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Turn of the Key

By: Ruth Ware

3.92

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Kindness is as kindness does."

-Ruth Ware, The Turn of the Key

"People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough..."

-Ruth Ware, The Turn of the Key

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19. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Last Time I Lied

By: Riley Sager

4.03

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifteen years ago, summer camper Emma Davis watched sleepily as her three cabin mates snuck out of … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Last Time I Lied book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Boys can break your heart and betray you, but not in the same stinging way girls can."

-Riley Sager, The Last Time I Lied

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21. Home Before Dark

By: Riley Sager

4.07

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Home Before Dark book and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Every house has a story to tell."

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

"I long for the quiet camaraderie only a library can provide."

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

"Every house has a story. Ours is a ghost story. It’s also a lie. And now that yet another person has died within these walls, it’s finally time to tell the truth."

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

"What I do recall is colored by what’s in the Book. Instead of memories, I have excerpts. It’s like looking at a photograph of a photograph. The framing is off. The colors are dulled. The image is sli…"

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

20 must-read fiction books like The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Transform Your Habits

Behind Closed Doors

B.A. Paris

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Then She Was Gone: A Novel

Lisa Jewell

3.54

Final Girls

Riley Sager

4.47

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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21 best-selling fiction books like All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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