26 Top mystery books like The Palisades by Gail Lynn Hanson

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The Palisades

By: Gail Lynn Hanson

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Dorothy Fiske, eighty-three, adores movie stars, jewelry, murder mysteries, and men. At twenty-five…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Palisades by Gail Lynn Hanson , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Death by Pantyhose (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #6) by Laura Levine

1. Death by Pantyhose (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #6)

By: Laura Levine

3.92

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Freelance writer Jaine Austen has never been able to resist the siren call of an Eskimo Pie, just l… read more

Similar categories in Laura Levine's Death by Pantyhose (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #6) book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • fiction
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2. Keep Your Friends Close

By: Leah Konen

3.67

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

With friends like these, who needs enemies? Isolated and embroiled in a custody battle, Mary nee… read more

Similar categories in Leah Konen's Keep Your Friends Close book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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3. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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4. The Fiction Writer

By: Jillian Cantor

3.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fiction Writer follows a writer hired by a handsome billionaire to write about his family histo… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Cantor's The Fiction Writer book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"That's what writing fiction was, wasn't it? Processing your own life, answering all those questions in any way you wanted to, since fictional worlds operated with their own language and their own rul…"

-Jillian Cantor, The Fiction Writer

Cover of Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne

5. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

By: Kerryn Mayne

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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6. The President’s Wife

By: Tracey Enerson Wood

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the First Lady who clandestinely assumed the presidency, from the USA Today… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Enerson Wood's The President’s Wife book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • fiction
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7. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Gathering book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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8. 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 Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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9. Once a Monster

By: Robert Dinsdale

3.78

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames alon… read more

Similar categories in Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • fiction
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10. The Sleepwalkers

By: Scarlett Thomas

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Thomas's The Sleepwalkers book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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11. The Vacation House

By: Jane Shemilt

3.73

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Two women. Two secrets. One terrible night. PAXOS, GREECE The vacation house is a luxurious ge… read more

Similar categories in Jane Shemilt's The Vacation House book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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12. What Mother Won't Tell Me

By: Ivar Leon Menger

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Raised on a remote island, a young woman soon realizes the most dangerous strangers are the ones in… read more

Similar categories in Ivar Leon Menger's What Mother Won't Tell Me book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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13. The Tiffany Girls

By: Shelley Noble

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble wows with a gripping historical novel about the rea… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Noble's The Tiffany Girls book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • fiction
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14. Mercury

By: Amy Jo Burns

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more

Similar categories in Amy Jo Burns's Mercury book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • fiction
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15. What Kind of Mother

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

3.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Bran… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's What Kind of Mother book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller

16. The Curse of Pietro Houdini

By: Derek B. Miller

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving Wor… read more

Similar categories in Derek B. Miller's The Curse of Pietro Houdini book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Fear is the enemy of art because it hinders us from creation. Anyone who uses fear to stop an artist from creating is an enemy of life."

-Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

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17. Let Him In

By: William Friend

3.36

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

William Friend’s haunting debut Let Him In is a creeping, gothic psychological suspense about a you… read more

Similar categories in William Friend's Let Him In book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"They say that grief numbs, but I still feel everything and mostly it hurts."

-William Friend, Let Him In

Cover of Peril in Pink (Hudson Valley B&B Mystery, #1) by Sydney   Leigh

18. Peril in Pink (Hudson Valley B&B Mystery, #1)

By: Sydney Leigh

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Everything is coming up rosé for innkeeper Jess Byrne until a murder on opening weekend gives her B… read more

Similar categories in Sydney Leigh's Peril in Pink (Hudson Valley B&B Mystery, #1) book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • fiction
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19. When She Was Me

By: Marlee Bush

3.43

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There's only one way out of these woods… Ever since that night, twin sisters Cassie and Lenora h… read more

Similar categories in Marlee Bush's When She Was Me book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. Granite Harbor

By: Peter Nichols

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A small town in coastal Maine is shaken to its core by a serial killer in this crime novel from Pet… read more

Similar categories in Peter Nichols's Granite Harbor book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh

21. The Night of the Storm

By: Nishita Parekh

3.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Nishita Parekh, a fresh take on the classic locked-room thriller, about a multige… read more

Similar categories in Nishita Parekh's The Night of the Storm book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall

22. One of the Good Guys

By: Araminta Hall

3.52

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

If most men claim to be good, why are most women still afraid to walk home alone at night? Despe… read more

Similar categories in Araminta Hall's One of the Good Guys book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Off the Air by Christina Estes

23. Off the Air

By: Christina Estes

3.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introdu… read more

Similar categories in Christina Estes's Off the Air book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"My serial killer radar starts screaming."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"His eyes conduct a polygraph of my face."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Might I interest you in murder and a meal?"

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Attention is the drug of choice in local news."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

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24. Devils Kill Devils

By: Johnny Compton

3.46

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern g… read more

Similar categories in Johnny Compton's Devils Kill Devils book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips

25. When We Were Silent

By: Fiona McPhillips

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this suspenseful debut no… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McPhillips's When We Were Silent book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"The body remembers everything the mind wants to forget."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"In the end, we're the ones who have to live with the stories we tell ourselves."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"That was always the one thing Highfield valued more than grades, more than silverware or celebrity alumni: silence."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

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26. Ladykiller

By: Katherine Wood

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When an heiress goes missing, her best friend races to unravel the secrets behind her disappearance… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Wood's Ladykiller book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3) by Jackson Ford

27. Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3)

By: Jackson Ford

4.00

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Teagan Frost might be getting better at moving sh*t with her mind – but her job working as a teleki… read more

Similar categories in Jackson Ford's Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3) book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of All I Want for Christmas Is Utahraptor (Dinosaur Erotica) by Lola Faust

28. All I Want for Christmas Is Utahraptor (Dinosaur Erotica)

By: Lola Faust

3.16

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

This big-city hottie is home for the holidays... but will she rekindle romance with her high-school… read more

Similar categories in Lola Faust's All I Want for Christmas Is Utahraptor (Dinosaur Erotica) book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • fiction
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29. Society of Lies

By: Lauren Ling Brown

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a young woman is found dead on her college campus, her sister doesn't believe it was an accide… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Ling Brown's Society of Lies book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"That’s the thing about love, isn’t it? When you find someone who sees you in a way no one else does, who understands you and makes you feel like you can’t be whole without them, it wraps you in a vis…"

-Lauren Ling Brown, Society of Lies

"I would remember her hair first: frozen solid and dark red with blood, matted with twigs and dirt. A bloody gash split her head, and yet her expression was calm and serene, as if she were asleep, her…"

-Lauren Ling Brown, Society of Lies

Cover of The Palisades by Gail Lynn Hanson

30. The Palisades

By: Gail Lynn Hanson

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Dorothy Fiske, eighty-three, adores movie stars, jewelry, murder mysteries, and men. At twenty-five… read more

Similar categories in Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Becoming Marlow Fin by Ellen Won Steil

31. Becoming Marlow Fin

By: Ellen Won Steil

4.00

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The pieces of a troubled actress’s mysterious life come together in a riveting novel about family s… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Won Steil's Becoming Marlow Fin book and Gail Lynn Hanson's The Palisades

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

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Death by Pantyhose (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #6)

Laura Levine

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3.64

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