14 Best crime books like Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz

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Going Dark

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“An intense rollercoaster of a thriller and a searing indictment of which victims get our attention…

If you liked the crime plot in Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Missing Clarissa

By: Ripley Jones

3.49

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

In a gripping novel perfect for fans of Sadie and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, two best friends s… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. The Legacies

By: Jessica Goodman

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Old money. New secrets. One killer party. Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Legacies book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
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3. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. The Other Lola

By: Ripley Jones

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the people you love the most are the people you can trust the least? In the mo… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's The Other Lola book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Four Found Dead

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.45

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning. … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Four Found Dead book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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7. Suddenly a Murder

By: Lauren Muñoz

3.65

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it's all pretend--until one of them is murdered. On… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Muñoz's Suddenly a Murder book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
"He’s a Darcy in the streets but a Wickham in the sheets."

-Lauren Muñoz, Suddenly a Murder

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8. Their Vicious Games

By: Joelle Wellington

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A Black teen desperate to regain her Ivy League acceptance enters an elite competition only to disc… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's Their Vicious Games book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. The Black Queen

By: Jumata Emill

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. M… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's The Black Queen book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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10. Girl Forgotten

By: April Henry

3.67

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Piper Gray starts a true-crime podcast investigating a seventeen-year-old cold case.  Seventeen … read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Girl Forgotten book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Night in Question (The Agathas #2) book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. Tell Me What Really Happened

By: Chelsea Sedoti

3.44

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek, about the people who have gone missing. N… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Sedoti's Tell Me What Really Happened book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
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13. They're Watching You

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege... or death. It's… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's They're Watching You book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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14. We'll Never Tell

By: Wendy Heard

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A whodunit doused in Hollywood lore. No one at Hollywood High knows who’s behind We'll Never Tel… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's We'll Never Tell book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) by Jessie Weaver

15. Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You)

By: Jessie Weaver

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds hide the darkest—and bloodiest—secrets.Social media influen… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • mystery
Cover of Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz

16. Going Dark

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“An intense rollercoaster of a thriller and a searing indictment of which victims get our attention… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • social media
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
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17. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. The Reunion

By: Kit Frick

3.39

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A doomed family reunion at a posh Caribbean resort, where old grudges and dangerous secrets culmina… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's The Reunion book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. Two Sides to Every Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who retur… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's Two Sides to Every Murder book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Even strong people need to fall apart."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

"You have to feel your feelings, even the unpleasant ones."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

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20. My Flawless Life

By: Yvonne Woon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A narrator grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life. … read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's My Flawless Life book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Lie Until It's True by Jessie Weaver

21. Lie Until It's True

By: Jessie Weaver

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets Knives Out in this haunting YA thriller. To redeem herself, tru… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Lie Until It's True book and Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

10 Best murder mystery books like Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz

Transform Your Habits

The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

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Suddenly a Murder

Lauren Muñoz

3.65

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Girl Forgotten

April Henry

3.67

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The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

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21 Top fiction books like They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

Transform Your Habits

The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

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Lying in the Deep

Diana Urban

3.61

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