20 Top crime books like This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher

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This Lie Will Kill You

By: Chelsea Pitcher

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

“Will keep readers on edge from start to finish.” — Kirkus Reviews Tell the truth. Or face the con…

"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness."

-Chelsea Pitcher, This Lie Will Kill You

"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness."

-Chelsea Pitcher, This Lie Will Kill You

If you liked the crime plot in This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Girl, Missing (Girl, Missing, #1)

By: Sophie McKenzie

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Lauren has always known she was adopted but when a little research turns up the possibility that sh… read more

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2. Nothing More to Tell

By: Karen M. McManus

3.90

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teach… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Nothing More to Tell book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Because you can make a real difference with every story, and give a voice to people who don’t have one."

-Karen M. McManus, Nothing More to Tell

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3. One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.91

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this. A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2) book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"And the way he made me laugh when i thought I‘d forgotten how."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)

"But can‘t change the past, you know? All you can do is try harder next time."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)

"I think the two of them are the real deal. She‘s still the one he wants. She‘ll probably always be the one he wants"

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)

"People like to think they're open-minded, but if you toss a tired gender stereotype on their path they'll run with it every time."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)

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4. You'll Be the Death of Me

By: Karen M. McManus

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's You'll Be the Death of Me book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Silence falls as we get lost in our own regrets."

-Karen M. McManus, You'll Be the Death of Me

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5. The Cheerleaders

By: Kara Thomas

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident—two g… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Cheerleaders book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"At some time you have to choose to live in the light."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"A migraine coming on. She got them when she was stressed."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"It shouldn't be this easy. Grief isn't supposed to be easy."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"My bike in one of those old-fashioned cruisers, with a mint-green body."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

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6. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's The Reappearance of Rachel Price book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

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7. Good Girls Die First

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Mind games. Murder. Mayhem. How far would you go to survive the night? Blackmail lures sixteen-… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's Good Girls Die First book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
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8. One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive third and final thrilling instalment in the acclaimed One of Us... series. Ever since… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3) book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What is Bayview best known for? Revenge."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"There has to be a whole other level of pain when your soul gets ripped in half."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"It's unreal how fast the inner voice you thought was gone can jump back into your head to tell you how much you suck."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

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9. This Lie Will Kill You

By: Chelsea Pitcher

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

“Will keep readers on edge from start to finish.” — Kirkus Reviews Tell the truth. Or face the con… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness."

-Chelsea Pitcher, This Lie Will Kill You

Cover of Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthia Murphy

10. Win Lose Kill Die

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.61

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

An explosive new YA thriller, from the author of Last One To Die. The students at Morton Academy ar… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Win Lose Kill Die book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Two Can Keep a Secret

By: Karen M. McManus

3.93

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Two Can Keep a Secret book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Welcome to life in a small town. You’re only as good as the best thing your family’s done. Or the worst."

-Karen M. McManus, Two Can Keep a Secret

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12. Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

By: Holly Jackson

3.78

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out where it all started for Pip in this prequel novella to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5) book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him. 'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said. 'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet."

-Holly Jackson, Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

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13. Five Survive

By: Holly Jackson

4.08

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a r… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Five Survive book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"That's what she said -Simon"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"She wasn’t fine but she was alive and, really, how was that much different from the rest of her life?"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"His whole life has been a war, that does something to your head, I think. It's done something to my head."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"Trapped. Shut in. Only thirty-one feet to share between them, that extra foot important enough not to round down."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

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14. I Know You Did It

By: Sue Wallman

3.69

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A secret from her past threatens to detonate her present... On her first day at a new school, Ruby … read more

Similar categories in Sue Wallman's I Know You Did It book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's This Book Kills book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

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16. As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

By: Holly Jackson

4.21

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

The finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3) book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Not then and there. Here and now."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"Machines didn’t lie, only people did."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"Well,’ Pip smiled, ‘I’m still me.’ She hoped that was true."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"The game had changed.Her against them.Save herself to save herself."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

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17. The Cousins

By: Karen M. McManus

3.77

Format: 337 pages, Library Binding

Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each other, and they've never even… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's The Cousins book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It feels erratic ... But Alison knew what the problem was with her mother's heart: it was broken."

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

"this dress is the most perfect article of clothing I've ever worn - not only because it's beautiful and fits me like a dream, but also because it has deep pockets that hold a phone and some lipstick …"

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

"You have a very interesting look. Where are you from?' Ugh. That's marginally better than the What are you? question I get sometimes, but still gross. 'New York,' I say pointedly. 'You?' 'I mean orig…"

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

"It's been creeping up on me ever since I got to the island what my relationship with Thomas really is: something that should've ended a few months after it began in eighth grade, when he started trea…"

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

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18. It's Behind You

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the reality game show that'll scare you to death! Have you got what it takes to last the… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's It's Behind You book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
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19. Five Little Liars

By: Amanda K. Morgan

3.27

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets One of Us is Lying in this fast-paced suspense thriller follo… read more

Similar categories in Amanda K. Morgan's Five Little Liars book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Rock Paper Killers

By: Alexia Mason

2.39

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The brand-new addictive thriller that fans of Karen M. McManus and Holly Jackson will be DYING to r… read more

Similar categories in Alexia Mason's Rock Paper Killers book and Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You

  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Getting Away with Murder

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Cabin in the Woods meets Squid Game - a girl playing a game with a supercomputer unwittingly traps … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime

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