15 must-read suspense books like The Good Teacher by Petronella McGovern

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The Good Teacher

By: Petronella McGovern

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A good teacher can change lives... Every evening, Allison watches her husband's new house, despe…

"No-one is too little to do good. Every act of kindness, even a small one, can really matter."

-Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher

"No-one is too little to do good. Every act of kindness, even a small one, can really matter."

-Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher

"No-one is too little to do good. Every act of kindness, even a small one, can really matter."

-Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher

If you liked the suspense plot in The Good Teacher by Petronella McGovern , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
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2. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • audiobook
  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • audiobook
  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Accident

By: Fiona Lowe

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrible crash... but the facts don't add up. Worlds converge and two women's lives are torn … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Accident book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's The Other Bridget book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.00

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

'Dinuka McKenzie has talent to burn' Dervla McTiernan A parent's worst nightmare. A case that's … read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Gone

By: Glenna Thomson

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing girl ... a cold case ... a sister who won’t give up … 'I was there on the day Rebecca … read more

Similar categories in Glenna Thomson's Gone book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The School Run

By: Ali Lowe

3.86

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to protect your children? For parents living in the beautiful coastal town … read more

Similar categories in Ali Lowe's The School Run book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

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

By: Shelley Burr

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Murder Town book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Money Club

By: Fiona Lowe

3.94

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A gripping exploration of modern greed as bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe unpicks the mora… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Money Club book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. What I Would Do to You

By: Georgia Harper

3.92

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

A near-future Australia. The death penalty is back. But if the victim’s family wants the perpetr… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Harper's What I Would Do to You book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
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14. Seven Sisters

By: Katherine Kovacic

3.92

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Men get away with murder all the time. Now it's our turn ... A twisty, intriguing crime novel for f… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Kovacic's Seven Sisters book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The House of Now and Then

By: Jo Dixon

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's The House of Now and Then book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eleventh Floor: a darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love SALLY HEPWORTH, PIP DRYSDALE and ADELE PARKS by Kylie Orr

16. The Eleventh Floor: a darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love SALLY HEPWORTH, PIP DRYSDALE and ADELE PARKS

By: Kylie Orr

3.65

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The view is a killer ... Darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Austr… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Orr's The Eleventh Floor: a darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love SALLY HEPWORTH, PIP DRYSDALE and ADELE PARKS book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Running Club

By: Ali Lowe

3.92

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The rules of the running club are the same as they have always been: keep your breath steady, keep … read more

Similar categories in Ali Lowe's The Running Club book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
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18. Daisy and Kate

By: Meredith Appleyard

4.13

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

Friendship lost and found again. Jealousy destroyed their friendship decades ago, but now they n… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Appleyard's Daisy and Kate book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. A Shadow at the Door

By: Jo Dixon

3.84

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that revea… read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's A Shadow at the Door book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
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20. Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.06

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

A suicide. A shooting. And a reckoning, decades in the making. The must-read new Detective Kate M… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Drowning Girls

By: Veronica Lando

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

One simple sacrifice is all they need. 'Eerie, atmospheric and addictive, The Drowning Girls shimme… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Lando's The Drowning Girls book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. The Dinner Party

By: Rebecca Heath

3.60

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Four Couples. It's Summer 1979 in the idyllic suburban neighbourhood of Ridgefield, during a scorc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Heath's The Dinner Party book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. The Fall Between

By: Darcy Tindale

3.93

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a hot November morning, the first body lies in a cattle trough . . . It will be another two hour… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Tindale's The Fall Between book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. Sidelines

By: Karen Viggers

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemp… read more

Similar categories in Karen Viggers's Sidelines book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Every Last Suspect

By: Nicola Moriarty

3.95

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Moriarty's Every Last Suspect book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Teacher by Petronella McGovern

27. The Good Teacher

By: Petronella McGovern

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A good teacher can change lives... Every evening, Allison watches her husband's new house, despe… read more

Similar categories in Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
"No-one is too little to do good. Every act of kindness, even a small one, can really matter."

-Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher

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28. One of Us is Missing

By: B.M. Carroll

3.96

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

There's no such thing as safety in numbers ...Rachel and Rory Sullivan decide to celebrate making i… read more

Similar categories in B.M. Carroll's One of Us is Missing book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • crime
  • fiction
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29. 17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Is the truth sometimes best left buried? A crime masterpiece by bestselling author J. P. Pomare… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's 17 Years Later book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel

By: Sophie Green

3.98

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Sophie Green, Top Ten bestselling author of The Bellbird River Country Choir and Weekends with the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Green's Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. Girl Falling

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Girl Falling book and Petronella McGovern's The Good Teacher

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Shankari Chandran

4.18

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The Things That Matter Most

Gabbie Stroud

4.44

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What Happened to Nina?

Dervla McTiernan

4.11

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4.13

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4.04

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