9 Best suspense books like Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman

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Carolina Moonset

By: Matt Goldman

4.08

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Both suspenseful and deeply moving, Carolina Moonset is an engrossing novel about family, memories …

If you liked the suspense plot in Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Stalking Susan (Riley Spartz, #1)

By: Julie Kramer

4.17

Format: 427 pages,

Inside the desperate world of TV news, a reporter discovers a serial killer is targeting women name… read more

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2. 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 Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • 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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3. 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 Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • 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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5. The Caretaker

By: Ron Rash

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Caretaker book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • southern
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's An Honest Man book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.21

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19) book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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10. Carolina Moonset

By: Matt Goldman

4.08

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Both suspenseful and deeply moving, Carolina Moonset is an engrossing novel about family, memories … read more

Similar categories in Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Last Carolina Girl

By: Meagan Church

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Unforgettable, this a powerful debut to savor." — Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Church's The Last Carolina Girl book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • southern
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes the strength you need comes in silence."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes tears are the only words worth sharing."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes yuh gotta love even when it don't make sense."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes family's not who you've been given. It's who you choose."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

Cover of Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) by Allen Eskens

12. Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5)

By: Allen Eskens

4.24

Format: None pages, Audiobook

11 hours, 9 minutes Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this bre… read more

Similar categories in Allen Eskens's Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #5) book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2) by Allen Eskens

13. Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2)

By: Allen Eskens

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A lawyer's race to reveal a wrongful conviction collides with the dark shadow of a murder in his ow… read more

Similar categories in Allen Eskens's Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2) book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • crime
  • audiobook
"There are no miracles, my friend. God's hand is in everything; it's only when we can't explain it that we call it a miracle."

-Allen Eskens, Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2)

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14. The Kingdoms of Savannah

By: George Dawes Green

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Savannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and… read more

Similar categories in George Dawes Green's The Kingdoms of Savannah book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. My Magnolia Summer

By: Victoria Benton Frank

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Benton Frank's My Magnolia Summer book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • southern
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Omitting the truth is also lying."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Are you planning on kissing me behind a haystack or something?" "Oh, I plan on a lot worse, Maggie."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Maybe violets don't have thorns like roses, or heavy fragrances like lilies or magnolias, but they are just as strong."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"I unrolled my knife bag and saw all my old friends staring back at me. Some girls liked diamonds, some liked pearls, but just give me a good knife. Knives are sexy, that's all there is to it."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

Cover of In a Hard Wind (Mac McKenzie #20) by David Housewright

16. In a Hard Wind (Mac McKenzie #20)

By: David Housewright

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When asked to investigate a murder in a seemingly idyllic Minnesota town, Rushmore McKenzie finds t… read more

Similar categories in David Housewright's In a Hard Wind (Mac McKenzie #20) book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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17. 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 Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • 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

Cover of A Kiss of Sand and Sorrow (Garrison Gage Series #9) by Scott William Carter

18. A Kiss of Sand and Sorrow (Garrison Gage Series #9)

By: Scott William Carter

4.60

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing man. A frantic young wife.  A tormented police chief facing a troubling past.Gage might g… read more

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Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

19. 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 Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Man in the Water (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie, #21) by David Housewright

20. Man in the Water (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie, #21)

By: David Housewright

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in David Housewright's Man in the Water (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie, #21) book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Storybook Ending by Poppy Alexander

21. Storybook Ending

By: Poppy Alexander

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Littlest Library —a heartwarming novel about a widowed children’s book autho… read more

Similar categories in Poppy Alexander's Storybook Ending book and Matt Goldman's Carolina Moonset

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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4.64

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4.43

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William Kent Krueger

4.29

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