20 Best suspense books like Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering

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Can't Look Away

By: Carola Lovering

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's 2013, and twenty-three-year-old Brooklyn barista Molly Diamond has just locked eyes with Jake …

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1. 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 Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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3. Only If You're Lucky

By: Stacy Willingham

3.56

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, wh… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's Only If You're Lucky book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...with an entire year lost since I lost Eliza, I don't just need to be saved anymore. I need to be resuscitated."

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"How interesting: that female instinct to duck, to hide, like prey catching sight of glowing eyes in the night. Something inherent in our very genes, our very DNA"

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"She's all the way in the front, perched on the bow like a figurehead pulling us forward. Or maybe a siren, seductive and dangerous, her little lies fooling us all."

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"And if Eliza was adrenaline, that makes Lucy something even more. Something more addicting, more dangerous. Something I probably shouldn't be dabbling in -- but at the same time, something impossible…"

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

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4. Stone Cold Fox

By: Rachel Koller Croft

3.67

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

A compelling debut novel about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mo… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Koller Croft's Stone Cold Fox book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

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

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's If Something Happens to Me book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. 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

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Heiress

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.87

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Heiress book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

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8. Expiration Dates

By: Rebecca Serle

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

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9. 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

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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10. My Summer Darlings

By: May Cobb

3.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in town add up to a scorching summer of … read more

Similar categories in May Cobb's My Summer Darlings book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Favor

By: Nora Murphy

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping debut domestic suspense novel, The Favor explores with compassion and depth what can hap… read more

Similar categories in Nora Murphy's The Favor book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Next Mrs. Parrish (Mrs. Parrish, #2)

By: Liv Constantine

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forg… read more

Similar categories in Liv Constantine's The Next Mrs. Parrish (Mrs. Parrish, #2) book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Soulmate

By: Sally Hepworth

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge... … read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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

Similar categories in Megan Goldin's Stay Awake book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Things We Do in the Dark

By: Jennifer Hillier

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hillier's Things We Do in the Dark book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Gone Tonight

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.82

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's Gone Tonight book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Senator's Wife

By: Liv Constantine

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A D.C. philanthropist suspects that her seemingly perfect employee is secretly plotting to steal he… read more

Similar categories in Liv Constantine's The Senator's Wife book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Social Climber

By: Amanda Pellegrino

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When you’re on top, you can get away with anything... It’s the week before her wedding, and all … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Pellegrino's The Social Climber book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Last Housewife

By: Ashley Winstead

3.70

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Winstead's The Last Housewife book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She thrust a pamphlet at me. Suicide Prevention Hotline , it said. Her voice was soaked in reassurance, "No matter what you're feeling, I promise it gets better." I stared at her until she staggered …"

-Ashley Winstead, The Last Housewife

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21. Can't Look Away

By: Carola Lovering

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's 2013, and twenty-three-year-old Brooklyn barista Molly Diamond has just locked eyes with Jake … read more

Similar categories in Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away book and Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

20 must-read mystery thriller books like Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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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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Stone Cold Fox

Rachel Koller Croft

3.67

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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One Perfect Couple

Ruth Ware

3.68

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Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

4.04

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Caro Carver

3.69

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