29 Best thriller books like The Waking Place by Emerald O'Brien

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The Waking Place

By: Emerald O'Brien

4.32

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Follow Her Home and What She Found comes a heart-clenching, atmospheric and unpr…

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Cover of Hush (Mason Black, #1) by Adam Nicholls

1. Hush (Mason Black, #1)

By: Adam Nicholls

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"It started with a bloody corpse." Two years ago, Mason Black was a detective, a husband, and a fat… read more

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2. Birds in Flight

By: Anni Taylor

4.18

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Two estranged sisters reunite to solve the harrowing mystery of their missing mother. In 1998, t… read more

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3. Don't Go Down There

By: Kiersten Modglin

3.90

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable, totally twisted domestic thriller from bestselling author Kiersten Modglin.Spence… read more

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4. I Know Where You Live

By: Gregg Olsen

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Revenge, justice, or closure? Family crimes can’t be hidden forever in this provocative novel of su… read more

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Cover of The One Who Fell (A Whitecliff Bay Mystery, #1) by Kerry Wilkinson

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. Little Girls Sleeping (Detective Katie Scott, #1)

By: Jennifer Chase

4.15

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

He looked down at the little girl, sleeping peacefully, her arms wrapped around a teddy bear. He kn… read more

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7. All The Pretty People

By: Barbara Freethy

4.05

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, I was seventeen, spending summers with my wealthy family and friends on Hawk Island.… read more

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8. When I Was You

By: Amber Garza

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Sve je počelo jednog običnog jesenjeg jutra, kada je Keli Medina primila poziv pedijatra svog sina,… read more

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9. You Can Run (Laurel Snow, #1)

By: Rebecca Zanetti

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Fans of Laura Griffin and Jayne Ann Krentz won’t want to miss this brand new thriller series by Ne… read more

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10. The Other Mistress

By: Shanora Williams

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Shanora Williams expertly drops hints and clues as she spins and twists this psychological thrille… read more

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11. Wrong Alibi (Murder in Alaska, #1)

By: Christina Dodd

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

WRONG JOBEighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small-town Alaska, working for a man in his … read more

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12. Keep Your Friends Close

By: Joanne Ryan

3.92

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

She knows your darkest secret… Can she keep it? It’s a normal sunny day when Mia sees her ex-boy… read more

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13. All That Was Left Unsaid

By: Jacquie Underdown

4.08

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

A vicious small-town murder, two unusual suspects, one big lie… Tina is terrified when mysteriou… read more

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14. The Woman at Number 19

By: J.A. Baker

3.82

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Esther lost her husband, Julian, and her children, Harriet and Dexter, in a car accident and is str… read more

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15. If She Wakes (Harlow #2)

By: Erik Therme

3.96

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Tess is picking up the pieces of a devastating car crash that rendered her sister-in-law, Torrie, c… read more

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16. The New Friends

By: Daniel Hurst

3.74

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

They are fun, wealthy, fabulous. Pray you never meet them. Becky and Jamie are an ordinary hard-… read more

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17. Aisle of Malice (Detective Kendall Halsrud Series Book 5)

By: Marla Madison

4.03

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Book five in the Detective Kendall Halsrud series. Only weeks before her wedding, Detective Kendal… read more

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18. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

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"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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19. The Hunted (Black Carbon #1)

By: A.J. Scudiere

4.06

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

First they noticed the pets were missing, then the neighborhood of Rowena Heights started losing…pe… read more

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20. Off Target

By: Eve Smith

4.03

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

When a one-night stand leads to a long-desired pregnancy, Susan will do anything to ensure her husb… read more

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21. Off The Grid

By: John Hunt

4.26

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

Graham Richards was shopping with his family at an outlet mall when an active shooter began indiscr… read more

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22. Stolen in the Night

By: Patricia MacDonald

4.15

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

What really happened that night? They said he killed her sister. They lied. TWENTY YEARS AGO. … read more

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23. Let Them Lie

By: Florence Gillan

4.04

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

'Fans of Liane Moriarty, Mary Kubica and Lisa Gray will love this.'There’s no such thing as a perfe… read more

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24. The Midwives

By: Duncan Ralston

4.20

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

An Edge-of-Your-Seat Folk Horror Novel from the Author of Woom.On tour with his latest book, true c… read more

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25. The New Friend

By: S.L. Harker

4.01

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

You saved her life. You gave her a home. You know nothing about her… Divorcee Claire is learning… read more

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26. A Man Downstairs

By: Nicole Lundrigan

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

What if the childhood you remember isn’t really what happened at all? From the acclaimed author … read more

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Cover of Violet Is Nowhere (Jolvix Episodes, #2) by Faith   Gardner

27. Violet Is Nowhere (Jolvix Episodes, #2)

By: Faith Gardner

3.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Two strangers. One phone. Everything on the line. Rising rock star Violet is kidnapped from her… read more

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28. Tell Me A Secret

By: Samantha Hayes

3.84

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Tell her all your secrets and she’ll tell you all her lies… Everything in Lorna’s life runs like c… read more

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29. The Waking Place

By: Emerald O'Brien

4.32

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Follow Her Home and What She Found comes a heart-clenching, atmospheric and unpr… read more

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30. His Hidden Wife

By: Wendy Clarke

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you’ll think they’re the perfec… read more

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31. Her Perfect Revenge

By: Lesley Sanderson

3.99

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

On the surface we were the perfect couple, but no one knows what we’ve been hiding… Just six hours … read more

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A.B. Whelan

4.06

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Caleb Stephens

3.89

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Steph Nelson

3.85

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