17 Best fiction books like The Widows (Kinship #1) by Jess Montgomery

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The Widows (Kinship #1)

By: Jess Montgomery

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Kinship, Ohio, 1924: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town’s widely respect…

"The stiff night smells like the promise of coming rain, though its scent is doused by the strong odor of corn mash fermenting with yeast. Afar off a coyote howls, then a bit later a screech owl, and in between shivers and sighs of smaller night creatures."

-Jess Montgomery, The Widows (Kinship #1)

"The stiff night smells like the promise of coming rain, though its scent is doused by the strong odor of corn mash fermenting with yeast. Afar off a coyote howls, then a bit later a screech owl, and in between shivers and sighs of smaller night creatures."

-Jess Montgomery, The Widows (Kinship #1)

If you liked the fiction plot in The Widows (Kinship #1) by Jess Montgomery , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Killing Season (Killing Season, #1-3) by Faye Kellerman

1. Killing Season (Killing Season, #1-3)

By: Faye Kellerman

3.66

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman delivers an electrifying novel of suspense as a yo… read more

Similar categories in Faye Kellerman's Killing Season (Killing Season, #1-3) book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. No Easy Target

By: Iris Johansen

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Iris Johansen returns with another thriller, No Easy Target Margar… read more

Similar categories in Iris Johansen's No Easy Target book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2) by Ragnar Jónasson

3. 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 Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction

4. Wicked

By: Joanne Fluke

4.12

Format: 206 pages, ebook

A Killer Rivalry. . . When Eve Carrington is chosen to participate in an exclusive writers workshop… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Fluke's Wicked book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

Cover of The Widows (Kinship #1) by Jess Montgomery

5. The Widows (Kinship #1)

By: Jess Montgomery

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Kinship, Ohio, 1924: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town’s widely respect… read more

Similar categories in Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1) book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The stiff night smells like the promise of coming rain, though its scent is doused by the strong odor of corn mash fermenting with yeast. Afar off a coyote howls, then a bit later a screech owl, and …"

-Jess Montgomery, The Widows (Kinship #1)

Cover of Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts

6. Finding Dorothy

By: Elizabeth Letts

4.18

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

A richly imagined novel that tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Letts's Finding Dorothy book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. What We Buried

By: Robert Rotenberg

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Toronto homicide detective is attacked at his doorstep when his investigation into possible links… read more

Similar categories in Robert Rotenberg's What We Buried book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore

8. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Where Coyotes Howl

By: Sandra Dallas

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Dallas's Where Coyotes Howl book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Glovemaker

By: Ann Weisgarber

3.82

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In the inhospitable lands of the Utah Territory, during the winter of 1888, thirty-seven-year-old D… read more

Similar categories in Ann Weisgarber's The Glovemaker book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2) by Anastasia Hastings

11. Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2)

By: Anastasia Hastings

3.67

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

The second in the delightful Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings—when you rep… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Hastings's Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2) book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (An Emily Dickinson Mystery, #2) by Amanda Flower

12. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (An Emily Dickinson Mystery, #2)

By: Amanda Flower

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Flower's I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (An Emily Dickinson Mystery, #2) book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) by Linda  Castillo

13. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)

By: Linda Castillo

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more

Similar categories in Linda Castillo's The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Zipora Klein Jakob

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents… read more

Similar categories in Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • audiobook
"Born in fire and died in fire."

-Zipora Klein Jakob, The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

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15. The Eulogist

By: Terry Gamble

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Water Dancers and Good Family, an exquisitely crafted novel, set in Ohio in … read more

Similar categories in Terry Gamble's The Eulogist book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hole in the Woods by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush

16. Hole in the Woods

By: Jennifer Graeser Dornbush

4.16

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

July 1989, in a sleepy Michigan town, high school grad Nina Laramie heads out with her friends and … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Graeser Dornbush's Hole in the Woods book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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17. Today We Go Home

By: Kelli Estes

4.07

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

Seattle, Washington Larkin Bennett has always known her place, whether it's surrounded by her lovin… read more

Similar categories in Kelli Estes's Today We Go Home book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"May we all grow up to be strong like her"

-Kelli Estes, Today We Go Home

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18. Malas

By: Marcela Fuentes

3.96

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a c… read more

Similar categories in Marcela Fuentes's Malas book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Desperation Reef

By: T. Jefferson Parker

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this high-stakes thriller by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author… read more

Similar categories in T. Jefferson Parker's Desperation Reef book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

20. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer by Rick Jervis

21. The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer

By: Rick Jervis

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking true-crime story of a Texas border patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex wor… read more

Similar categories in Rick Jervis's The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer book and Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1)

  • audiobook

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Lucy Connelly

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Jenn McKinlay

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