25 Top mystery books like The Shadow People by Joe Clifford

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The Shadow People

By: Joe Clifford

3.40

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, twisty psychological thriller from acclaimed author Joe Clifford, perfect for fans of T…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Shadow People by Joe Clifford , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Geek Love

By: Katherine Dunn

3.95

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out ― wi… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Dunn's Geek Love book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

"You must have wished a million times to be normal."

-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

"A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born."

-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

"There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough."

-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

"It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me."

-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

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2. The Chalk Man

By: C.J. Tudor

3.71

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days bik… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Chalk Man book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
"Love isn’t a choice. It’s a compulsion."

-C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man

"All the stuff we take for granted can just be ripped away"

-C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man

"muitas vezes, o que a idade traz não é sabedoria, mas sim intolerância"

-C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man

"Nunca presupongas nada. Duda de todo. Mira siempre más allá de lo evidente."

-C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man

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3. Down a Dark Hall

By: Lois Duncan

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

Why does the exclusive boarding school Blackwood have only four students? Kit walks the dark halls … read more

Similar categories in Lois Duncan's Down a Dark Hall book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller

4. Emma in the Night

By: Wendy Walker

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of All Is Not Forgottencomes a thriller about two missing sisters, a tw… read more

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5. Superposition

By: David Walton

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Jacob Kelley's family is turned upside down when an old friend turns up, waving a gun and babbling … read more

Similar categories in David Walton's Superposition book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

6. Within These Walls

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From indie horror author and bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn, this brand-new supernatural thrill… read more

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7. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
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8. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

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9. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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10. Just Like Mother

By: Anne Heltzel

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl would be such a blessing... The last time Maeve saw her cousin was the night she escaped … read more

Similar categories in Anne Heltzel's Just Like Mother book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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11. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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12. I Am Not Who You Think I Am

By: Eric Rickstad

3.53

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

One secret. Eight cryptic words. Lifetimes of ruin. Wayland Maynard is just eight years old when… read more

Similar categories in Eric Rickstad's I Am Not Who You Think I Am book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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13. Piñata

By: Leopoldo Gout

3.67

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

A Head Full of Ghosts meets Hereditary in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist… read more

Similar categories in Leopoldo Gout's Piñata book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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14. Tell No Lies (Quinn & Costa #2)

By: Allison Brennan

4.09

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

Something mysterious is killing the wildlife in the mountains just south of Tucson. When a college … read more

Similar categories in Allison Brennan's Tell No Lies (Quinn & Costa #2) book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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15. A Lullaby for Witches

By: Hester Fox

3.59

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Two women. A history of witchcraft. And a deep-rooted female power that sings across the centuries.… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's A Lullaby for Witches book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

"But what I'm beginning to realize is that I don't need to find myself. I've been here all along."

-Hester Fox, A Lullaby for Witches

"Here is what I know to be true: we are part of something larger, something more beautiful than we could ever comprehend. During our brief tenure on this earth, we see but only a glimpse of the world …"

-Hester Fox, A Lullaby for Witches

"Perhaps if my mother had been a witch like me with powers of her own, she would have taken me under her wing and guided me on my singular path. But she did not, and I was left to discover what made m…"

-Hester Fox, A Lullaby for Witches

Cover of Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2) by Attica Locke

16. Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2)

By: Attica Locke

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird: Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is on… read more

Similar categories in Attica Locke's Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2) book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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17. The Book of Accidents

By: Chuck Wendig

3.73

Format: 530 pages, Hardcover

Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his fam… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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18. Black Tide

By: K.C. Jones

3.59

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A story with a cinematic feel, Black Tide is Cujo meets A Quiet Place. It was just another day a… read more

Similar categories in K.C. Jones's Black Tide book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • thriller
"We're alive. And we have hope. I say, no matter what, we're heading in the right direction."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"Stories explained the unknowable before the advent of science. What happens when science is left shrugging its shoulders?"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"I'm a liar, but I'm telling you the truth about this: I want to stay on the road. I want to go as far as these wheels and gears can take me."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"My dad always used to say it's important that people never stop appreciating sunsets. As long as we can still be stopped in our tracks and remember what a big deal it is that we're even here, there's…"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

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19. The Whistling

By: Rebecca Netley

3.69

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Whistling book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
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20. The Children of Red Peak

By: Craig DiLouie

3.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Craig DiLouie brings a new twist to the cult horror story in a h… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's The Children of Red Peak book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
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21. The Island

By: Adrian McKinty

3.77

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

It was just supposed to be a family vacation. A terrible accident changed everything. You don't k… read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Island book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
"the difference between a physiotherapist and a terrorist is that you might have a chance of negotiating with a terrorist."

-Adrian McKinty, The Island

Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

22. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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23. The Red Hunter

By: Lisa Unger

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

What is the difference between justice and revenge? In this “heart-stopping thriller” (Publishers W… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The Red Hunter book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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24. Chasing the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this s… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Chasing the Boogeyman book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong

25. Hemlock Island

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.45

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Laney Kilp… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Hemlock Island book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
"Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am sca…"

-Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

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26. Leave No Trace

By: Mindy Mejia

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the “compelling” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) and critically acclaimed Everything… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Mejia's Leave No Trace book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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27. The Last to Vanish

By: Megan Miranda

3.55

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller tha… read more

Similar categories in Megan Miranda's The Last to Vanish book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
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28. Elevator Pitch

By: Linwood Barclay

3.83

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each pre… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's Elevator Pitch book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Who to Believe by Edwin   Hill

29. Who to Believe

By: Edwin Hill

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

In this twisting domestic suspense thriller from the acclaimed author of The Secrets We Share , the… read more

Similar categories in Edwin Hill's Who to Believe book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
Cover of The Shadow People by Joe Clifford

30. The Shadow People

By: Joe Clifford

3.40

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, twisty psychological thriller from acclaimed author Joe Clifford, perfect for fans of T… read more

Similar categories in Joe Clifford's The Shadow People book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Billie Starr's Book of Sorries by Deborah Elaine Kennedy

31. Billie Starr's Book of Sorries

By: Deborah Elaine Kennedy

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes, a woman has to rescue herself.Jenny Newberg, Queen of Bad Decisions, is about to make an… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Elaine Kennedy's Billie Starr's Book of Sorries book and Joe Clifford's The Shadow People

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller

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