16 must-read thriller books like The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2) by Allen Eskens

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The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

By: Allen Eskens

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Joe Talbert investigates the murder of the father he never knew, and must reckon with hi…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2) by Allen Eskens , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Life We Bury: by Allen Eskins | Chapter Compilation

By: John Lenen

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Joe Talbert is a college student who just wants to find a viable subject to write a biography on fo… read more

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2. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

By: Kevin O'Brien

4.08

Format: 544 pages, ebook

No ForgivenessAndrea Boyle moved to Seattle to give her seventeen-year-old nephew, Spencer, a fresh… read more

Similar categories in Kevin O'Brien's You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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3. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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4. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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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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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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11. 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

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

-Charlie Donlea, Long Time Gone

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12. 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. The Truth about the Devlins

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's The Truth about the Devlins book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

By: Allen Eskens

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Joe Talbert investigates the murder of the father he never knew, and must reckon with hi… read more

Similar categories in Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2) book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • 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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17. It Was Always You

By: Sarah K. Stephens

3.62

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Love hurts but the truth can kill.Morgan isn’t sure about her new boyfriend, Justin. Considering th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah K. Stephens's It Was Always You book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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19. The Life We Bury: A Novel by Allen Eskens | Conversation Starters

By: Daily Books

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

The Life We Bury: by Allen Eskens | Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK … read more

Similar categories in Daily Books's The Life We Bury: A Novel by Allen Eskens | Conversation Starters book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

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20. All the Colors of the Dark

By: Chris Whitaker

4.44

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an e… read more

Similar categories in Chris Whitaker's All the Colors of the Dark book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

21. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and Allen Eskens's The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)

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

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