12 must-read mystery thriller books like The Creation of Marla Adams: Just When You Thought It Was Safe by Patrick Hanford

The Creation of Marla Adams: Just When You Thought It Was Safe

By: Patrick Hanford

3.80

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

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If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Creation of Marla Adams: Just When You Thought It Was Safe by Patrick Hanford , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. Will to Live (Detective Kay Hunter #2)

By: Rachel Amphlett

4.31

Format: 32 pages,

Reputation is everything. When a packed commuter train runs over a body on a stretch of track known… read more

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2. The Last Night

By: Harvey Church

3.85

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

An Ambulance Took Her Away . . . And He Never Saw Her Again Seven and a half years ago, Ethan's wif… read more

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3. The Night Of (A Burke and Blade Mystery, #1)

By: Michael Lister

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

“No badge, no problem. Michael Lister’s first swing at the modern private eye novel is a home run. … read more

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4. The Girl in the Blue Blazer

By: Alretha Thomas

4.18

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women. One powerful man. A decades-old secret binds them together. In 2019, Pamela Carter is… read more

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5. The One Who Fell (A Whitecliff Bay Mystery, #1)

By: Kerry Wilkinson

3.92

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

In the seaside town of Whitecliff, everyone looks out for each other. Everyone knows your name. And… read more

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6. Frozen Stiff (Chase Adams #1)

By: Patrick Logan

3.95

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The two corpses are mutilated. Naked. Frozen solid. It's only a matter of time before the killer s… read more

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7. In His Blood (Eve Hope, #1)

By: Kate Bold

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI Special Agent Eve Hope can’t escape the shadow of her notorious serial killer father—though he … read more

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8. Perfect Record (The DCI Jones Casebook #1)

By: Kerry J. Donovan

4.55

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

A case of diamonds, deception and death for DCI Jones London mobster and diamond enthusiast DB P… read more

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9. What Will Be (Will Peters #2)

By: Linda Coles

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder. A friend in jeopardy. A steadfast sleuth. When a new cold case initiative is la… read more

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10. An Unkindness of Ravens (Birdwatcher #1)

By: European P. Douglas

4.17

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A Serial Killer from her past; an FBI Agent with a personal agenda, and an Investigative Journalist… read more

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11. Can't Stop Me

By: James Scott Bell

4.17

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

How far will a man go to protect his family? For lawyer Sam Trask, it is farther than he ever thou… read more

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12. Night Song (Serenity's Plain Secrets, #14)

By: Karen Ann Hopkins

4.28

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

After the bishop’s younger sister, Martha Mast, makes a plea for help, the holy man asks a favor of… read more

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13. Dark Hollow Road (Possum Gap, #2)

By: Karen Ann Hopkins

4.43

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Surrounded by wilderness is Possum Gap, the isolated town in Kentucky where dark secrets and violen… read more

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14. Hunter By Name (Addison Hunter #1)

By: A.J. Swann

4.33

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

This edition is rewritten and revised, republished April 2022. Would you trust a sociopath to ca… read more

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15. Everybody Lies (Talkeetna #1)

By: L.J. Breedlove

4.30

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Alaska's most hated lobbyist is dead. To State Patrol Lieutenant Paul Kitka, it seems simple -- abu… read more

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16. Watch Your Back (Ariana Jones #1)

By: Stacy Claflin

3.52

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Even perfect neighborhoods have deadly secrets. Ariana and Damon moved to the gated neighborhood… read more

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17. Capitol Break (Chris Collins CIA Thriller #1)

By: David F. Berens

4.07

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Could you save the world, if your world was falling apart?Chris Collins is a CIA Deputy Director wi… read more

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18. Shot to the Heart (The Fighting Detective, #4)

By: Blair Denholm

4.19

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing daughter A desperate father A kidnapper with no identity After a five-year absence f… read more

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19. Quiet Kill (Troy and Eva Winters Deadly Motives #2)

By: K.J. North

4.04

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

The Unexpected Gift… Troy receives a phone call from his great-uncle Jack. He has a gift for Troy … read more

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20. Four Cold Months (Detective Max Grady #1)

By: K.J. Kalis

4.16

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Max Grady’s past haunts him every single day.The day he finds out Macy Chandler has been … read more

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21. Someone Savage

By: Mike McCrary

4.32

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, fast-paced thriller for fans of Harlan Coben, Karin Slaughter, and Rachel Abbott. La… read more

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22. The Killer in Me (Benoit and Dayne Mystery, #1)

By: Winter Austin

4.34

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

What price is too great to stop a killing spree? Elizabeth Benoit ran for sheriff to wipe out th… read more

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23. Dark Lies (Logan Cooper #1)

By: Elliot York

4.50

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Relax, this won’t be so bad. After all, this isn’t the first time you’ve died. She was the girl… read more

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24. The Hunted: Sins of the Father (Duality, #2)

By: Sara Ennis

4.29

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

What do you do when the person that is supposed to help is the one you’re running from? Angel Evans… read more

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25. Unsympathetic Victims (Ashley Montgomery #1)

By: Laura Snider

4.13

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When successful public defender Ashley Montgomery helps acquit yet another client, people in small-… read more

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26. A Lie Worth Living (Grace Miller, #1)

By: Simon King

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

An island paradise with all the trimmings. Gossip, lies, and murder. With the tragic passing of … read more

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27. Blood Reckoning (John Jordan Mysteries Book 29)

By: Michael Lister

4.31

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

John has been like a father to her since she was 16. Now she is missing.He’s still grieving the los… read more

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28. Vegas Lies (Lies, #3)

By: Andrew Cunningham

4.33

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Five teenage girls from a small town in Oregon disappear without a trace. Were they kidnapped, or … read more

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29. Echoes of Thunder (FBI Agent Domini Walker #4)

By: H.N. Wake

4.47

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

A cold case. A long-missing boy. And a rush of new discoveries come together in this white-knuckled… read more

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30. The Day We Died (Sydney Booth #1)

By: Wendy Owens

4.09

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Almost two decades after Sydney Booth’s father was imprisoned for being the ‘Lipstick Killer,’ she … read more

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