15 must-read suspense books like The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

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The Helsinki Affair

By: Anna Pitoniak

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati…

If you liked the suspense plot in The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. 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 Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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2. 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 Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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3. No One Can Know

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.68

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's No One Can Know book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"A pregnancy wasn’t a promise."

-Kate Alice Marshall, No One Can Know

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4. The Mayor of Maxwell Street

By: Avery Cunningham

3.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

When a rich Black debutante enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head … read more

Similar categories in Avery Cunningham's The Mayor of Maxwell Street book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Fury

By: Alex Michaelides

3.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneo… read more

Similar categories in Alex Michaelides's The Fury book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Character is fate"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Do not despair at being different. For that very difference, initially such a source of shame, so humiliating, and painful, will one day become a badge of honor and pride"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"I'd never seen Lana lose control. I won't say it wasn't frightening; but then, uncontained emotion is always distressing to be around, isn't it? Particularly when it's from someone you love."

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

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6. The Resort

By: Sara Ochs

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A searing vacation thriller set on a remote island in Thailand following two mysterious women, a ch… read more

Similar categories in Sara Ochs's The Resort book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"There isn't a flood that will not subside."

-Sara Ochs, The Resort

Cover of The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

7. The Helsinki Affair

By: Anna Pitoniak

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati… read more

Similar categories in Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Northwoods

By: Amy Pease

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dark underbelly of an idyllic Midwestern resort town is revealed in the aftermath of a murder w… read more

Similar categories in Amy Pease's Northwoods book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Besides, I have my pepper spray." When his expression turned skeptical, she looked at him as if he was utterly clueless. "I'm from Chicago," she said, slowly, as if explaining something to a backward…"

-Amy Pease, Northwoods

Cover of Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

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 Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. The Kingdom of Sweets

By: Erika Johansen

3.24

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of the Queen of the Tearling series, Erika Johansen, journeys to a new kingdom i… read more

Similar categories in Erika Johansen's The Kingdom of Sweets book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Names are only a lessening, child. They do not describe us. Before my real life began, I was enslaved, but I have left that time behind. In the years since, I have been called many things by many peo…"

-Erika Johansen, The Kingdom of Sweets

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12. Mercury

By: Amy Jo Burns

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more

Similar categories in Amy Jo Burns's Mercury book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3) by Peter  Swanson

13. 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 Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. A Winter in New York

By: Josie Silver

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been… read more

Similar categories in Josie Silver's A Winter in New York book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It's the swoon-worthy climax of our showreel moment, this beautiful, achingly sexy kiss, slow and electric, full of pure, vulnerable kiss-me-forever magic."

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"You guys have enough baggage to fill a gosh dang carousel at JFK, but isn't that kind of the point of love, that you help each other carry the bags? Fresh starts are for Hallmark movies, not real lif…"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"By my reckoning, everyone gets a handful of movie-worthy moments in their lives. Some people would probably pick out their wedding day or the birth of their child for their showreel, but for most of …"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

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15. 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 Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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

Cover of When I'm Dead (Black Harbor, #3) by Hannah Morrissey

17. When I'm Dead (Black Harbor, #3)

By: Hannah Morrissey

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl murdered. Another one missing. And a medical examiner desperate to uncover the truth in th… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Morrissey's When I'm Dead (Black Harbor, #3) book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. Middletide

By: Sarah Crouch

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crouch's Middletide book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

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20. The Intern

By: Michele Campbell

3.80

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a charismatic judge in this timely and thrilli… read more

Similar categories in Michele Campbell's The Intern book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight

21. Like Mother, Like Daughter

By: Kimberly McCreight

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance in this thril… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly McCreight's Like Mother, Like Daughter book and Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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Listen for the Lie

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4.13

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No One Can Know

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3.68

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3.68

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