25 must-read mystery books like The Intangible by C.J. Washington

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The Intangible

By: C.J. Washington

3.77

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

C.J. Washington’s riveting debut novel dives into the raw emotions of a grieving mother whose quest…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Intangible by C.J. Washington , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. City People

By: Elizabeth Topp

3.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

From Perfectly Impossible author Elizabeth Topp comes an unforgettably searing novel about a band o… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Topp's City People book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Strangers We Know

By: Elle Marr

3.81

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The search for a serial killer leads a woman into the twisted tangle of her own family tree in a ch… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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3. The Vacation Rental

By: Katie Sise

4.03

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A summer getaway triggers a psychological game of cat and mouse in a novel about the frightening da… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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4. Like Me

By: Hayley Phelan

3.31

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A propulsive psychological thriller that follows an aspiring model down a social media-fuelled rabb… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Phelan's Like Me book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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5. Family Money

By: Chad Zunker

4.07

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead man’s secrets put a family in peril in a twisting novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bes… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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6. Last Night

By: Luanne Rice

4.06

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Box and Last Day comes a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. Good as Dead

By: Susan Walter

4.09

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

It all starts with a promise from a stranger: We’ll take care of everything. Holly Kendrick’s hu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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8. What Never Happened

By: Rachel Howzell Hall

3.64

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Colette “Coco” Weber has relocated to her Catalina Island home, where, twenty years before, she was… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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9. Under Her Care

By: Lucinda Berry

3.88

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Perfect Child comes a shocking thriller about the disturbing com… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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10. The Last One Home

By: Victoria Helen Stone

3.94

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A razor-sharp novel of suspense about the lies families tell—and those we choose to believe—by the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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11. Impossible to Forget

By: Imogen Clark

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In this poignant novel from million-copy bestselling author Imogen Clark, an extraordinary final wi… read more

Similar categories in Imogen Clark's Impossible to Forget book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Lobotomist's Wife

By: Samantha Greene Woodruff

4.04

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling historical novel of a compassionate and relentless woman, a cutting-edge breakthroug… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Greene Woodruff's The Lobotomist's Wife book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mental health
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13. Or Else

By: Joe Hart

3.99

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A secret love becomes a fatal affair in a twisting novel of suspense by Wall Street Journal bestsel… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Of course I wouldn't do anything stupid. I was going to do something very stupid."

-Joe Hart, Or Else

"After a breathless moment, I gave her a smile. Slowly she returned it. Somewhere, I felt that everything was going to be all right. See, my problem is I'm a romantic."

-Joe Hart, Or Else

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14. Full

By: Julia Spiro

3.91

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

To her followers, she advocates for an authentic and transparent life. In reality, she’s living a p… read more

Similar categories in Julia Spiro's Full book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mental health
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15. Into the Sound

By: Cara Reinard

3.77

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrified voice on the phone. The line goes dead. The mystery begins. During a superstorm, Hol… read more

Similar categories in Cara Reinard's Into the Sound book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Someone Else’s Life

By: Lyn Liao Butler

3.44

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

A new life in paradise should have healed her wounds. But for a woman struggling to hold on to her … read more

Similar categories in Lyn Liao Butler's Someone Else’s Life book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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17. Three More Months

By: Sarah Echavarre

3.83

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you woke up one day and the loved one you’d lost was suddenly, inexplicably alive again? … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Echavarre's Three More Months book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Blackout

By: Erin Flanagan

3.58

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unforgettable psychological thriller, the dark is a terrifying mystery for a woman on the e… read more

Similar categories in Erin Flanagan's Blackout book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. The Passing Storm

By: Christine Nolfi

4.12

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, openhearted novel about family, reconciliation, and bringing closure to the secrets of … read more

Similar categories in Christine Nolfi's The Passing Storm book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Flight Risk

By: Joy Castro

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is forced to face her past in a heartbreaking and triumphant novel of old wounds and family… read more

Similar categories in Joy Castro's Flight Risk book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It's a hard fact, Daughter, but pretend love feels better than no love at all."

-Joy Castro, Flight Risk

"I didn't want to go inside, to nod at condolences, to taste that mixture of casseroles and grief."

-Joy Castro, Flight Risk

"Perhaps it is impossible for people who don't have younger siblings - or, to be more precise, people never charged in childhood with complete responsibility for their younger siblings - to imagine th…"

-Joy Castro, Flight Risk

"Sometimes I think of us all, temporarily inhabiting the same vehicles, the same streets, but with our networks of love overlapping, like layers upon layers of spiderwebs until the whole thing is a de…"

-Joy Castro, Flight Risk

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21. Real Bad Things

By: Kelly J. Ford

3.56

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Cottonmouths, a Los Angeles Review Best Book of 2017, comes an evocative suspens… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Ford's Real Bad Things book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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22. Say Her Name

By: Dreda Say Mitchell

4.04

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare Room, one woman just wants the trut… read more

Similar categories in Dreda Say Mitchell's Say Her Name book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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23. Mother of All Secrets

By: Kathleen M. Willett

3.90

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Her freedom, her sanity, her life. How much will a young mother sacrifice to protect her secrets? … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen M. Willett's Mother of All Secrets book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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24. At the Quiet Edge

By: Victoria Helen Stone

3.99

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A young mother has done everything possible to put the past behind her, but it might not be enough … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Helen Stone's At the Quiet Edge book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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25. The Intangible

By: C.J. Washington

3.77

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

C.J. Washington’s riveting debut novel dives into the raw emotions of a grieving mother whose quest… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Washington's The Intangible book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • suspense
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
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26. A Gracious Neighbor

By: Chris Cander

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Tod… read more

Similar categories in Chris Cander's A Gracious Neighbor book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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27. The Break

By: Katie Sise

4.09

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Can she trust the people she loves? Can she trust herself? A new mother is pushed to the edge in a … read more

Similar categories in Katie Sise's The Break book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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28. Like Wind Against Rock

By: Nancy Kim

3.94

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

A novel of explosive family secrets, regret, and all the little decisions that shape our lives and … read more

Similar categories in Nancy Kim's Like Wind Against Rock book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. The Night Burns Bright

By: Ross Barkan

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

In this coming-of-age thriller, a twelve-year-old boy’s spark of courage to question the harmonious… read more

Similar categories in Ross Barkan's The Night Burns Bright book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"We keep the memory, but the memory isn’t only us. We aren’t just an accumulation of bad memories."

-Ross Barkan, The Night Burns Bright

"[...] believe it or not [...] sometimes we think we are the weakest people, the most alone, the most crushed, but we aren’t. We never are."

-Ross Barkan, The Night Burns Bright

"But he couldn't think of it that way. Evie and Samantha weren't dead. They were just somewhere else. Somewhere he couldn't go. What was the difference between that and death?"

-Ross Barkan, The Night Burns Bright

"On one hand, it’s empty, vacant, nothing—on the other, well, it’s like staring into the sun. I’m blinded. There’s so much, and I’m just bent over and crouching there, in the light."

-Ross Barkan, The Night Burns Bright

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30. Friends with Secrets

By: Christine Gunderson

4.16

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In a funny and suspenseful debut, Christine Gunderson explores the myth of the perfect mother, the … read more

Similar categories in Christine Gunderson's Friends with Secrets book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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31. The Spires

By: Kate Moretti

4.00

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

A troubled woman becomes consumed by a past she’s desperate to forget in this unsettling psychologi… read more

Similar categories in Kate Moretti's The Spires book and C.J. Washington's The Intangible

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult

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