15 must-read crime books like The Rival by Charlotte Duckworth

The Rival

By: Charlotte Duckworth

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NOW: Living in her home in the countryside HELENA is a career woman without a job and a mother wit…

If you liked the crime plot in The Rival by Charlotte Duckworth , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Bad Little Girl

By: Frances Vick

3.70

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I’m not safe – you have to help me…’ Little Lorna Bell is from a notorious family on a rundown … read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

2. Shopaholic to the Stars (Shopaholic, #7)

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Sophie Kinsella returns to her beloved Shopaholic series with Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) newly a… read more

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adult
fiction

3. The Other Passenger

By: Louise Candlish

3.78

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

From the bestselling author of Our House, winner of the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year Award Y… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

4. Friend Request

By: Laura Marshall

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Maria Weston wants to be friends. But Maria Weston is dead. Isn't she?1989. When Louise first notic… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

5. The Fake Wife

By: Sharon J. Bolton

3.96

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Olive Anderson is dining alone at a hotel when a glamourous stranger joins her table, pretending to… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

6. The Trial

By: Jo Spain

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

7. Not Her Daughter

By: Rea Frey

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Gripping, emotional, and wire-taut, Not Her Daughter raises the question of what it means to be a m… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
fiction
thriller
adult

8. The Perfect Marriage

By: Adam Mitzner

3.72

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

James and Jessica Sommers are celebrating their first blissful year together, an unexpected second … read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
fiction
thriller
adult

9. The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the dark and stunning sequel to The Initial Insult, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis conclude… read more

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mystery thriller
fiction
thriller
suspense

"Tress nods, unsurprised. Her life has taken so many turns for the worse I guess at some point you just don't expect the road signs to offer you anything better."
-Mindy McGinnis, The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

10. The Villa

By: Ruth Kelly

3.60

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

A Villa in Paradise It’s destined to be the ultimate reality show: Ten contestants. A luxurious … read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

11. The Wrong Child

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A MOTHER WITH A DARK SECRET. A DAUGHTER DYING TO TELL . . . When 3-month-old Max is abducted, h… read more

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thriller
crime

12. Hide and Seek

By: Andrea Mara

4.15

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

CLOSE YOUR EYESThe game of hide and seek is over, everyone has gone home, but little Lily Murphy ha… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

13. The Other Wife (Joseph O'Loughlin, #9)

By: Michael Robotham

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated s… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

14. The Other Mrs. Miller

By: Allison M. Dickson

3.55

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women are watching each other. Phoebe Miller isn't sure when the rusty car started showing u… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

15. What Lies in Darkness (Jess Lambert, #2)

By: Christina McDonald

4.40

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A missing family. A traumatized detective. The past and present collide in a riveting novel of susp… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

16. Sun Damage

By: Sabine Durrant

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of the works of Patricia Highsmith and Lucy Foley, a compulsive psychological thriller—… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
fiction
thriller
adult

17. The Life She Left Behind

By: Nicole Trope

4.19

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

When I wake up in the middle of the night, it’s not a sound that disturbs me. It’s a feeling. Sile… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

18. Tell Me No Lies

By: Alex Sinclair

3.40

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

How well do you really know your husband? Grace Dalton is trying to put her life back together afte… read more

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psychological thriller
thriller
fiction

19. First Wife's Shadow

By: Adele Parks

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Emma, a wealthy, independent, sensible CEO, has long put her chaotic childhood at the hands of alco… read more

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psychological thriller
mystery thriller
thriller
fiction

20. The Vacancy

By: Elisabeth Carpenter

3.31

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Running from her past, Rachel answers an advert to be a live-in assistant to glamorous and eccentri… read more

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psychological thriller
mystery thriller
thriller
fiction

21. Single

By: K.L. Slater

3.96

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I keep feeling like I’m being watched – dropping the boys off at school, choosing wine at the supe… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

22. Through the Wall

By: Caroline Corcoran

3.57

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Lexie loves her home. She feels safe and secure in it – and loved, thanks to her boyfriend Tom.But … read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
adult

"Isn’t that what matters now, anyway? Behind closed doors can be flawed, as long as Facebook says joy."
-Caroline Corcoran, Through the Wall
"Whatever I had, it turns out, I would look over my shoulder to see what someone else had and want it, too. This is me. Perhaps it is everyone."
-Caroline Corcoran, Through the Wall

23. Temper

By: Layne Fargo

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

For fans of the high-stakes tension of the New York Times bestsellers Luckiest Girl Alive and The L… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
adult

24. Nasty Little Cuts

By: Tina Baker

3.45

Format: 368 pages, ebook

WHEN YOUR MARRIAGE IS THIS BROKEN, YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. A nightmare jolts Debs awake. … read more

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mystery thriller
thriller
fiction

25. Pretty Revenge

By: Emily Liebert

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The name of the game is revenge—no matter the cost—in this emotionally charged thriller reminiscent… read more

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mystery thriller
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
adult

26. The Wife's House

By: Arianne Richmonde

3.88

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The perfect house or the perfect lie? The moment my husband showed me Cliffside—a sleek and mode… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
adult

27. The Liar's Wife

By: Samantha Hayes

3.85

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

When Ella wakes up in a hospital following a hit-and-run incident, she is scared and confused. Clos… read more

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mystery thriller
suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
adult

28. The Rival

By: Charlotte Duckworth

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NOW: Living in her home in the countryside HELENA is a career woman without a job and a mother wit… read more

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mystery thriller
adult
suspense
mental health
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime
book club

29. The Perfect Liar

By: Beverley Harvey

3.90

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Harry is the perfect holiday romance. He’s handsome, charming, great company. Except everything he’… read more

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thriller
mystery thriller

30. The Family Lie

By: Jake Cross

3.59

Format: 305 pages, ebook

You whispered goodnight to your daughter. You didn’t know that would be your last goodbye. You wak… read more

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suspense
psychological thriller
fiction
thriller
crime

31. The Daughter She Lost

By: Lauren Westwood

4.10

Format: 378 pages, ebook

How much would you sacrifice for the mother you never met? Amanda always knew that she was adopt… read more

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fiction