21 must-read thriller books like Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea

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Long Time Gone

By: Charlie Donlea

4.21

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby ne…

"Procrastination is the devil's way of stealing your time."

-Charlie Donlea, Long Time Gone

"Procrastination is the devil's way of stealing your time."

-Charlie Donlea, Long Time Gone

If you liked the thriller plot in Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. The Five Year Lie

By: Sarina Bowen

3.96

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen’s debut thriller, about one woman’s search for the truth af… read more

Similar categories in Sarina Bowen's The Five Year Lie book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Long Time Gone

By: Charlie Donlea

4.21

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby ne… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Procrastination is the devil's way of stealing your time."

-Charlie Donlea, Long Time Gone

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4. The Vacancy in Room 10

By: Seraphina Nova Glass

3.75

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2… read more

Similar categories in Seraphina Nova Glass's The Vacancy in Room 10 book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. If Something Happens to Me

By: Alex Finlay

3.79

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open… read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's If Something Happens to Me book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Daughter of Mine

By: Megan Miranda

3.95

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All th… read more

Similar categories in Megan Miranda's Daughter of Mine book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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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9. The Next Mrs. Parrish (Mrs. Parrish, #2)

By: Liv Constantine

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forg… read more

Similar categories in Liv Constantine's The Next Mrs. Parrish (Mrs. Parrish, #2) book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Kill for Me, Kill for You

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.20

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological th… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cavanagh's Kill for Me, Kill for You book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3)

By: Peter Swanson

3.61

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

A newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer—in this spectacularl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3) book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. A Lovely Lie

By: Jaime Lynn Hendricks

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Is it better to believe a lovely lie or know the horrible truth? 1999: The night of their senior… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Lynn Hendricks's A Lovely Lie book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. House of Glass

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.99

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perf… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's House of Glass book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Return of Ellie Black

By: Emiko Jean

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Emiko Jean's The Return of Ellie Black book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"you cannot save yourself from heartbreak. You cannot save yourself from grief."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

"When you study what you’ve been through, what happened to you, it loses its power, and then you have a choice: stay or move on."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

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15. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Nature of Disappearing

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more

Similar categories in Kimi Cunningham Grant's The Nature of Disappearing book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

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17. The Last Party

By: A.R. Torre

4.22

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of e… read more

Similar categories in A.R. Torre's The Last Party book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Paris Widow

By: Kimberly Belle

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in t… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Belle's The Paris Widow book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Haters

By: Robyn Harding

3.67

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Party and The Drowning Woman returns with a twisted tale of fame, obs… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Haters book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's What Have You Done? book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Best Lies

By: David Ellis

4.02

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will s… read more

Similar categories in David Ellis's The Best Lies book and Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

21 Best mystery thriller books like Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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The Five Year Lie

Sarina Bowen

3.96

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Long Time Gone

Charlie Donlea

4.21

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The Vacancy in Room 10

Seraphina Nova Glass

3.75

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19 must-read contemporary books like House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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One Perfect Couple

Ruth Ware

3.68

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Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

4.04

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Bad Tourists

Caro Carver

3.69

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