24 must-read thriller books like Children of the Lake: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery (A Joana and Mark Kidnapping Mystery Thriller Book 1) by James Hunt

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Children of the Lake: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery (A Joana and Mark Kidnapping Mystery Thriller Book 1)

By: James Hunt

4.43

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Panic grips the small town of Minneola, GA, when a young child goes missing at the lake. Newly pair…

If you liked the thriller plot in Children of the Lake: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery (A Joana and Mark Kidnapping Mystery Thriller Book 1) by James Hunt , here is a list of 24 books like this:

1. Mailboat: Book One

By: Danielle Lincoln Hanna

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

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2. Last Place You Look (Butler & West #1)

By: Louisa Scarr

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The man you love has been murdered. You’d do anything to find out the truth. Wouldn’t you? A man… read more

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3. Girl Without a Chance (A Tara Strong Mystery #1)

By: Rylie Dark

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman escapes from the clutches of a serial killer in a small, mountain town, and Deputy Sheriff … read more

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4. Beyond Reason (Reese Link, #1)

By: Molly Black

4.12

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

In a small harbor town in Maine, police officer Reese Link’s first day on the force begins with a … read more

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5. Absent Pity (Amber Young, #1)

By: Blake Pierce

4.07

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

When Amber Young, a quiet, brilliant newspaper puzzle editor, detects a hidden cypher, she realizes… read more

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6. Not This Way (Rachel Blackwood #1)

By: Blake Pierce

4.06

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Texas Ranger (and part Native American) Rachel Blackwood, fierce and resilient, must cross the hars… read more

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7. Nearly Mine (Grace Ford, #1)

By: Molly Black

4.04

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

With a string of unsolved murders up and down the Mississippi River, the FBI assembles a task force… read more

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8. Come Get Me (Caitlin Dare, #1)

By: Molly Black

3.93

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

When two dead bodies are found oddly staged on trains across the country, the FBI realizes a serial… read more

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9. The Little Grave (Detective Amanda Steele #1)

By: Carolyn Arnold

4.16

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Amanda Steele stops just inside the doorway, recognizing the victim’s face instantly. He … read more

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"Lead sank in Amanda’s gut, a premonition setting that everything was about to come crumbling down on top of her."

-Carolyn Arnold, The Little Grave (Detective Amanda Steele #1)

"In that moment there was an unmistakable bond between the two women made of pain that no one should ever need endure."

-Carolyn Arnold, The Little Grave (Detective Amanda Steele #1)

"Law enforcement might still mostly be a man’s world, but the women who did the job weren’t ones you wanted to mess with."

-Carolyn Arnold, The Little Grave (Detective Amanda Steele #1)

"Once you saw an image of that, there was no going back, and the one Amanda had just seen would be burned on her brain for life."

-Carolyn Arnold, The Little Grave (Detective Amanda Steele #1)

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10. Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer

By: Michael Stockham

4.17

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Battling against a Texas prison, a young lawyer fights for a fair trial in a prison-friendly town a… read more

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11. The Perfect Death (Brannon House #1)

By: Stacy Claflin

4.14

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

Suicide or the perfect cover-up? Kenzi Brannon loves the single life in California. She hasn't l… read more

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12. The Other Mother

By: Miranda Rijks

4.07

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Four-year-old Florrie is missing. Who has taken her, and what do they want? When Jane is asked to p… read more

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13. Nothing to Fear (Juliette Hart #1)

By: Blake Pierce

4.09

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

A frozen street performer turned serial killer eludes the FBI and escapes to Paris—where he kills a… read more

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Cover of Night Song (Serenity's Plain Secrets, #14) by Karen Ann Hopkins

14. 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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15. 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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16. The Valley of Lost Children (Tye Caine Wilderness Mysteries, #1)

By: David Barbur

4.13

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

It starts with a footprint. It ends with a murder. Wildlife tracker and wilderness survival expert… read more

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17. Death Hampton (Detective Jericho, #1)

By: Walter Marks

4.15

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian note: An older cover for this edition can be found here: 28-May-2014. Burnt out after … read more

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18. 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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19. What Happened at the Lake

By: Phil M. Williams

4.00

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

They went on vacation. Not everyone made it back. The Palmers went to the lake for a week of fun… read more

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20. Buried Secrets (McKenna Mystery #2)

By: Kate Anslinger

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Grace McKenna has a gift. When she looks into the eyes of criminals, she is inundated with glimpses… read more

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21. Cemetery View: A Novel

By: A.M. Caplan

4.19

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

When a shocking discovery unearths an old secret, can Stella expose a killer?Abandoned by her mothe… read more

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22. The Only Death That Matters (The 509 Crime Stories Book 9)

By: Colin Conway

4.23

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

AN ELECTRIFYING PAGE-TURNER THAT WILL KEEP YOU RIVETED! The police say Margaret Kelly drowned, but… read more

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23. Final Belongings

By: Sarah Beauchemin

4.18

Format: 374 pages, ebook

An eerie photo with a cryptic note unearthed 50 years later. A woman driven to solve a family myste… read more

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24. Dead Beach

By: Brian Bowers

4.11

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful woman disappears in the dead of night, and a frantic search begins to find her.Ernie Th… read more

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25. The Killing Woods (Sidney Becker, #1)

By: Linda Berry

4.40

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

(Formerly published as Girl with the Origami Butterfly) Homicide Detective Sidney Becker is burned… read more

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26. A Cold Secret: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery Thriller (A Riveting Kidnapping Mystery Series Book 58)

By: Marie Wilkens

3.93

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

When Avery vanishes, every tick of the clock, every silent plea, draws her family deeper into a web… read more

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27. The Abduction:A Riveting Small Town Kidnapping Mystery (A Riveting Kidnapping Mystery Series Book 46)

By: Robert J. Walker

4.37

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

A small town detective is pulled back into the game when a child is kidnapped from a redeye flight … read more

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28. Our Wicked Lies

By: Glede Browne Kabongo

4.24

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Alicia Gray knows she's a lucky woman. With a gorgeous, successful husband who whisks her away on r… read more

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Cover of Children of the Lake: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery (A Joana and Mark Kidnapping Mystery Thriller Book 1) by James  Hunt

29. Children of the Lake: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery (A Joana and Mark Kidnapping Mystery Thriller Book 1)

By: James Hunt

4.43

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Panic grips the small town of Minneola, GA, when a young child goes missing at the lake. Newly pair… read more

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Cover of Lost Town (A Riveting Kidnapping Mystery #45) by Marie Wilkens

30. Lost Town (A Riveting Kidnapping Mystery #45)

By: Marie Wilkens

3.91

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Allison Flynn loves her son Danny and her job as a nurse in the small town of Bitter, North Dakota.… read more

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31. Paper Birds

By: James Hunt

4.00

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

When eight-year-old Casey vanishes from her grandmother’s backyard, Detectives Joanna Wiles and Mar… read more

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