8 Best suspense books like The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine

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The House of Stairs

By: Barbara Vine

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The House of Stairs - an unputdownable crime classic from bestselling author Barbara Vine Lizzie ha…

If you liked the suspense plot in The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9) by None, P.D. James

1. Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)

By: None , P.D. James

3.90

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

The literary world is shaken when a murder takes place at the Peverell Press, an old-established pu… read more

Similar categories in None's Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9) book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one."

-None, Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)

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2. Thirteen Steps Down

By: Ruth Rendell

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-award-winning author of The Babes in the Woodand The Rottweiler, a chilling new nove… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell

3. Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

By: Ruth Rendell

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

With consummate skill, Ruth Rendell pulls the colorful strands of this harrowing story ever tighter… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine

4. The House of Stairs

By: Barbara Vine

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The House of Stairs - an unputdownable crime classic from bestselling author Barbara Vine Lizzie ha… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Demon in My View

By: Ruth Rendell

3.82

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

She waits for him in the dark, her mind and body perfect, passive, until one day, when he goes to t… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's Demon in My View book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Crocodile Bird

By: Ruth Rendell

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A mother and a daughter live quietly in the rustic gatehouse of Shrove House, an isolated British e… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. The Bridesmaid

By: Ruth Rendell

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Philip Wardman's feminine ideal, a Greek goddess, appears in the flesh as Senta Pelham, Philip… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's The Bridesmaid book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

8. No More Dying Then (Inspector Wexford, #6)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

What kind of a person would kidnap two children? That is the question that haunts Wexford when a fi… read more

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9. Going Wrong

By: Ruth Rendell

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses… read more

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10. Live Flesh

By: Ruth Rendell

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Victor Jenner is a sociopath. After ten years in prison for shooting - and permanently crippling - … read more

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11. Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh #3)

By: None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

AN ADAM DALGLIESH MYSTERY Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday… read more

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12. A Sight for Sore Eyes

By: Ruth Rendell

4.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. The Water's Lovely

By: Ruth Rendell

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of The Babes in the Woodand The Rottweilerbrings us another terrifically p… read more

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14. Death Notes (Inspector Wexford, #11)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Sir Manuel Camargue, yesterday one of the most celebrated musicians of his time, today floats face … read more

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15. The Babes in the Wood (Inspector Wexford, #19)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in si… read more

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16. An Unkindness of Ravens (Inspector Wexford, #13)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to Chief Inspector Wexford -- a simple case of a man … read more

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17. The Lake of Darkness

By: Ruth Rendell

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he u… read more

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18. End in Tears (Inspector Wexford, #20)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspec… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's End in Tears (Inspector Wexford, #20) book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) by Barry Kirwan

19. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

By: Barry Kirwan

4.23

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more

Similar categories in Barry Kirwan's The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • fiction
"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

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20. The Sacred Well Murders

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young Ame… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Sacred Well Murders book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"Take it away,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"I EAT THE DARK"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"So, Mr. Jeffreys,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"Wife of Lir eat horse."

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

Cover of An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1) by Douglas Skelton

21. An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

1715. A tale of two cities, and the man caught between them. The Kingdom is riddled with a rumou… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Skelton's An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1) book and Barbara Vine's The House of Stairs

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

11 must-read fiction books like The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine

Transform Your Habits

Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)

None , P.D. James

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Thirteen Steps Down

Ruth Rendell

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Ruth Rendell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The House of Stairs

Barbara Vine

4.17

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12 Top fiction books like The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) by Barry Kirwan

Transform Your Habits

Fluency (Confluence, #1)

Jennifer Foehner Wells

3.83

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Rewrite Redemption

J.H. Walker

3.60

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Bound By Blood

Danielle Bourdon , Kimberly Hoyt

5.00

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A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court

Mari Mancusi

3.48

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