21 must-read mystery books like The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson

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The Girl in the Castle

By: James Patterson

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Beloved #1 bestselling authors James Patterson and Emily Raymond deliver a thrilling novel about a …

"Have you ever felt a beloved hand grow cold in yours? If not, then I don’t expect you to understand."

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

"And the deepest, most terrible. truth is this: the number of things we understand will always be dwarfed by the quantity of things that we don't."

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

"Dreams don’t have anything to do with wish fulfillment. They’re more like—well, like your mind takes a giant dump every night, and the result is a bunch of weird, nonsensical stories that happen to you while you’re sleeping"

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

If you liked the mystery plot in The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Eruption by Michael Crichton

1. Eruption

By: Michael Crichton

3.91

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A history-making once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crichton's Eruption book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

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 James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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3. 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 James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

4. 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 James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3) by Lisa Gardner

5. Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Gardner's Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"You're not a killer," I whisper one last time. Then I drop to the ground, twisting as I roll to light up his form with my flashlight. Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger. A single crack. …"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

"Honest to God, I'm a complete stranger to you. How hard is it to just walk away? She has me there. So much so I feel profoundly stupid. Even ashamed. During all my years trying to save the world, I n…"

-Lisa Gardner, Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

Cover of After That Night (Will Trent, #11) by Karin Slaughter

6. After That Night (Will Trent, #11)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

After that night, nothing was ever the same again Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed … read more

Similar categories in Karin Slaughter's After That Night (Will Trent, #11) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) by Harlan Coben

7. Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

By: Harlan Coben

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

9 hours, 41 minutes Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III​ reunite to find a dead man co… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Mind Games

By: Nora Roberts

4.40

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy an… read more

Similar categories in Nora Roberts's Mind Games book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) by David Baldacci

9. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) by David Baldacci

10. Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7)

By: David Baldacci

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the myster… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) by David Baldacci

11. Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1)

By: David Baldacci

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A twisting new psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a danger… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's A Calamity of Souls book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

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 James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • 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

Cover of Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) by John Grisham

14. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Coworker by Freida McFadden

15. 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 James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

16. You Shouldn't Have Come Here

By: Jeneva Rose

3.34

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbn… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's You Shouldn't Have Come Here book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"I knew it was just a dream but it felt real, and sometimes there wasn't a difference between the two."

-Jeneva Rose, You Shouldn't Have Come Here

Cover of The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline

17. 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 James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girl in the Castle by James  Patterson

18. The Girl in the Castle

By: James Patterson

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Beloved #1 bestselling authors James Patterson and Emily Raymond deliver a thrilling novel about a … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • time travel
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Have you ever felt a beloved hand grow cold in yours? If not, then I don’t expect you to understand."

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

"And the deepest, most terrible. truth is this: the number of things we understand will always be dwarfed by the quantity of things that we don't."

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

"Dreams don’t have anything to do with wish fulfillment. They’re more like—well, like your mind takes a giant dump every night, and the result is a bunch of weird, nonsensical stories that happen to y…"

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

Cover of NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority (NYPD Red #7) by Marshall Karp

19. NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority (NYPD Red #7)

By: Marshall Karp

4.50

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Finding a single assassin in a city of nine million people is daunting. Finding five is a nightmare… read more

Similar categories in Marshall Karp's NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority (NYPD Red #7) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of It Had to Be You (Under Suspicion, #8) by Mary Higgins Clark

20. It Had to Be You (Under Suspicion, #8)

By: Mary Higgins Clark

4.16

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

In the latest thrilling entry in the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary H… read more

Similar categories in Mary Higgins Clark's It Had to Be You (Under Suspicion, #8) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) by Freida McFadden

21. The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)

By: Freida McFadden

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) book and James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson

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Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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21 best-selling suspense books like The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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Only If You're Lucky

Stacy Willingham

3.56

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