15 Best crime books like The Playroom by Frances Fyfield

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The Playroom

By: Frances Fyfield

2.98

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable psychological thriller reminiscent of Emma Donoghue's Room and V. C. Andrews' Flow…

If you liked the crime plot in The Playroom by Frances Fyfield , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. A Natural

By: Ross Raisin

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others lo… read more

Similar categories in Ross Raisin's A Natural book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Siglufjordur: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible o… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21) by Patricia Cornwell

3. Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Cornwell's Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Pym's Quartet in Autumn book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
  • british literature

5. Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (Vivian Apple, #2)

By: Katie Coyle

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

"GET ANGRY. We should all be so pissed at the Church of America that we're willing to break our han… read more

Similar categories in Katie Coyle's Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (Vivian Apple, #2) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

6. Love in a Cold Climate

By: Nancy Mitford

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  One of Nancy Mitford's most beloved nov… read more

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7. Murder at the Royal Ruby

By: Nita Prose

3.17

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

The curtain rises, and the chandelier falls—taking the star of the show down with it. An ambitious … read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's Murder at the Royal Ruby book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. Slot Machine Fever Dreams

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.14

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s called Sin City for a reason. Dark secrets emerge when a young bartender meets a stranger on a… read more

Similar categories in Chris Bohjalian's Slot Machine Fever Dreams book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. The Mosquito

By: B.A. Paris

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

After his marriage fails, he hopes a vacation in France will relax and restore him. But fate has so… read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's The Mosquito book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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11. Just a Girl

By: Alyssa Cole

3.49

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

Social media can be a dangerous game. A young woman’s world teeters on the verge of implosion when … read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Cole's Just a Girl book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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12. Too Bright to See

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identity … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Too Bright to See book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
"I've only known what that truth is for a morning, but can't imagine waiting another second to start the rest of my life as myself."

-Kyle Lukoff, Too Bright to See

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13. Hunted

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's Hunted book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. The Exhibitionist

By: Charlotte Mendelson

3.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The longer the marriage, the harder truth becomes . . . Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Mendelson's The Exhibitionist book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
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15. Bad for Good

By: Graham Bartlett

3.95

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

How far would you go? The murder of a promising footballer and, crucially, the son of the Brigh… read more

Similar categories in Graham Bartlett's Bad for Good book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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16. The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

By: Louise Kennedy

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The End of the World is a Cul de Sac the political is intertwined with the personal, as Louise K… read more

Similar categories in Louise Kennedy's The End of the World is a Cul de Sac book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
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17. The New Year's Party

By: Daniel Hurst

3.83

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you share your New Year's resolution with a stranger? When Carrie and Andy attend a high-c… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Hurst's The New Year's Party book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • fiction
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18. The Heart of a Mother

By: Julie Clark

3.67

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

A fateful decision from the past haunts a wealthy Californian. Desperate to make things right, she … read more

Similar categories in Julie Clark's The Heart of a Mother book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2) by Seanan McGuire

19. Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.83

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Melanie has a destiny, though it isn’t the one everyone assumes it to be. She’s delicate; she’s fra… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
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20. Zenith Man

By: Jennifer Haigh

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Whatever had been going on inside the shuttered old house, the couple who lived there kept it to th… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Haigh's Zenith Man book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • fiction
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21. One of Our Kind

By: Nicola Yoon

3.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propuls… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's One of Our Kind book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook

22. If We're Being Honest

By: Cat Shook

3.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook’s deb… read more

Similar categories in Cat Shook's If We're Being Honest book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
"As it turns out porn does not automatically make a computer implode."

-Cat Shook, If We're Being Honest

Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

23. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of He Knows Your Secrets (Maddie Ives, #4) by Charlie Gallagher

24. He Knows Your Secrets (Maddie Ives, #4)

By: Charlie Gallagher

4.48

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women: One Will sacrifice her life to stop him. One is his next victim. One must try to put h… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Gallagher's He Knows Your Secrets (Maddie Ives, #4) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. Clara Reads Proust

By: Stéphane Carlier

3.59

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, pep… read more

Similar categories in Stéphane Carlier's Clara Reads Proust book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
Cover of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) by Benjamin   Stevenson

26. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

4.30

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, “deviously good fun” (Nita… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2) by Fiona Barton

27. Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2)

By: Fiona Barton

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who in… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barton's Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Guilty One by Kiersten Modglin

28. The Guilty One

By: Kiersten Modglin

4.08

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Your husband was involved in a fatal accident.One horrific sentence, delivered in an impersonal pho… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten Modglin's The Guilty One book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Playroom by Frances Fyfield

29. The Playroom

By: Frances Fyfield

2.98

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable psychological thriller reminiscent of Emma Donoghue's Room and V. C. Andrews' Flow… read more

Similar categories in Frances Fyfield's The Playroom book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Jingle Bell Mingle (A Christmas Notch, #3) by Julie   Murphy

30. A Jingle Bell Mingle (A Christmas Notch, #3)

By: Julie Murphy

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What happens when there’s no room at the inn and you and your potentially demonic cat become roomma… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's A Jingle Bell Mingle (A Christmas Notch, #3) book and Frances Fyfield's The Playroom

  • fiction
Cover of As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts by Matthew Burgess

31. As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts

By: Matthew Burgess

4.14

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From an acclaimed author and illustrator team, here is a definitive picture book biography about a … read more

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28 Best fiction books like The Playroom by Frances Fyfield

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A Natural

Ross Raisin

3.71

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Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2)

Ragnar Jónasson

4.18

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Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21)

Patricia Cornwell

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Quartet in Autumn

Barbara Pym

3.90

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By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Someone in the Attic

Andrea Mara

3.96

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This Is Why We Lied (Will Trent, #12)

Karin Slaughter

4.42

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