21 best-selling thriller books like The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell

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The Third Wife

By: Lisa Jewell

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early hours of an April morning, Maya stumbles into the path of an oncoming bus. A tragic ac…

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1. The Third Wife

By: Lisa Jewell

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early hours of an April morning, Maya stumbles into the path of an oncoming bus. A tragic ac… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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2. She's Not Sorry

By: Mary Kubica

3.81

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Megha… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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3. Good Bad Girl

By: Alice Feeney

3.66

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Alice Feeney, ret… read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Good Bad Girl book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. Everyone Here Is Lying

By: Shari Lapena

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.William Wooler is a family man, on… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's Everyone Here Is Lying book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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6. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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9. Only If You're Lucky

By: Stacy Willingham

3.56

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, wh… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's Only If You're Lucky book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"...with an entire year lost since I lost Eliza, I don't just need to be saved anymore. I need to be resuscitated."

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"How interesting: that female instinct to duck, to hide, like prey catching sight of glowing eyes in the night. Something inherent in our very genes, our very DNA"

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"She's all the way in the front, perched on the bow like a figurehead pulling us forward. Or maybe a siren, seductive and dangerous, her little lies fooling us all."

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"And if Eliza was adrenaline, that makes Lucy something even more. Something more addicting, more dangerous. Something I probably shouldn't be dabbling in -- but at the same time, something impossible…"

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

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10. Zero Days

By: Ruth Ware

3.65

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race against time to clea… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's Zero Days book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The wall around the perimeter was child's play."

-Ruth Ware, Zero Days

"... they were just one part of a vast dark web of unseen players ... And yes, they could be fought, maybe some individuals might even be arrested, but you might as well try to prosecute cancer. They …"

-Ruth Ware, Zero Days

"If I shut my eyes, I could picture him... The thought gave me a kind of peace, the idea that he could be out there somewhere-just beyond my reach. But it was a dishonest peace, and I knew that as muc…"

-Ruth Ware, Zero Days

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11. Just Another Missing Person

By: Gillian McAllister

3.66

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong T… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McAllister's Just Another Missing Person book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Parenthood is beautiful, but hard, too. It’s tough to exist in the world when there is someone going about their business who you would die for."

-Gillian McAllister, Just Another Missing Person

"How much I love you. You'll never know it, either. You will only have some idea, if you have a child of your own one day, of the things you will do to protect them, of how deep and pure your love for…"

-Gillian McAllister, Just Another Missing Person

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12. The Guest

By: B.A. Paris

3.59

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere … read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's The Guest book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"...regret is such a waste of emotion. No matter how much we want to, we can't change the past. We need to acknowledge the mistakes we've made but not allow them to cloud every moment of every day." -…"

-B.A. Paris, The Guest

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13. The New Couple in 5B

By: Lisa Unger

3.63

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this binge-worthy thriller from the Ne… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The New Couple in 5B book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"We're always drawn back to our family of origin, aren't we? No matter how much pain they've caused, no matter how far we've run from them."

-Lisa Unger, The New Couple in 5B

"I remember wondering if anything was real, anything was true or if every place, every reality, was just another story you choose to believe."

-Lisa Unger, The New Couple in 5B

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14. Two Dead Wives (DCI Clements, #2)

By: Adele Parks

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An overprotective father has lived as a recluse until his adult daughter – Stacie Jones – returns f… read more

Similar categories in Adele Parks's Two Dead Wives (DCI Clements, #2) book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. Just the Nicest Couple

By: Mary Kubica

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two couples, two close friends, one missing husband… Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's Just the Nicest Couple book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. The Coworker

By: Freida McFadden

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back Dawn Schif… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Coworker book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. One Perfect Couple

By: Ruth Ware

3.68

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Runtime: 14 hours and 9 minutes Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. The Heiress

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.87

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Heiress book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

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19. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

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20. The Woman Who Lied

By: Claire Douglas

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two chil… read more

Similar categories in Claire Douglas's The Woman Who Lied book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. The End of Her

By: Shari Lapena

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It starts with a shocking accusation... Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-bor… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's The End of Her book and Lisa Jewell's The Third Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"It makes her wonder if love is just an illusion, one that disappears when reality gets too dark. No, she decides. Love is real. The love she feels for her baby daughters is real. But romantic love - …"

-Shari Lapena, The End of Her

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