29 Top mystery books like Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin

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Never Look Back

By: Alison Gaylin

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of the bestsellers of Laura Lippman and Harlan Coben—with a Serial-esque podcast twist—…

If you liked the mystery plot in Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin , here is a list of 29 books like this:

1. If You Knew Her

By: None , Emily Elgar

3.65

Format: 304 pages,

The perfect life? Or the perfect lie . . . When Cassie Jensen arrives on the intensive care ward in… read more

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2. The Wife

By: Alafair Burke

4.50

Format: None pages,

When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their roman… read more

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3. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You're not a killer," I whisper one last time. Then I drop to the ground, twisting as I roll to light up his form with my flashlight. Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger. A single crack. …"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

"Honest to God, I'm a complete stranger to you. How hard is it to just walk away? She has me there. So much so I feel profoundly stupid. Even ashamed. During all my years trying to save the world, I n…"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

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8. Long Time Gone

By: Charlie Donlea

4.21

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby ne… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Procrastination is the devil's way of stealing your time."

-Charlie Donlea, Long Time Gone

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9. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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11. The Vacancy in Room 10

By: Seraphina Nova Glass

3.75

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. If Something Happens to Me

By: Alex Finlay

3.79

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. One Perfect Couple

By: Ruth Ware

3.68

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Runtime: 14 hours and 9 minutes Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. Daughter of Mine

By: Megan Miranda

3.95

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All th… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

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16. What Have We Done

By: Alex Finlay

3.54

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Safe and Sound

By: Laura McHugh

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out… read more

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  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • drama
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18. The Red Hunter

By: Lisa Unger

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

What is the difference between justice and revenge? In this “heart-stopping thriller” (Publishers W… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. A Lovely Lie

By: Jaime Lynn Hendricks

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Is it better to believe a lovely lie or know the horrible truth? 1999: The night of their senior… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. The Return of Ellie Black

By: Emiko Jean

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl w… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"you cannot save yourself from heartbreak. You cannot save yourself from grief."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

"When you study what you’ve been through, what happened to you, it loses its power, and then you have a choice: stay or move on."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

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23. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. The Stranger Inside

By: Lisa Unger

3.78

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“Brilliant.” —The New York Times Book Review When former journalist Rain Winter was twelve years… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. Confessions on the 7:45

By: Lisa Unger

3.91

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."

-Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45

"Write it, said Beth. When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."

-Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45

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26. Never Look Back

By: Alison Gaylin

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of the bestsellers of Laura Lippman and Harlan Coben—with a Serial-esque podcast twist—… read more

Similar categories in Alison Gaylin's Never Look Back book and Alison Gaylin's Never Look Back

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • drama
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27. The Nature of Disappearing

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

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28. She Was the Quiet One

By: Michele Campbell

3.72

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

From the author of It’s Always the Husband comes a riveting new suspense novel about privilege, pow… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. On the Surface

By: Rachel McGuire

3.62

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A YouTubing cruiser couple sails the world living their best life—until one of them goes missing an… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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30. You'll Never Find Me (Angelhart Investigations, #1)

By: Allison Brennan

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nothing brings family together like crime. Working alone as a private investigator is tough. Est… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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31. A Friend Indeed

By: Elka Ray

3.91

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Twisty and ingenious, A Friend Indeed is an engrossing psychological thriller perfect for fans of L… read more

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

29 Top fiction books like Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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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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