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What to Read While You Wait for "Girl on the Train"
Still waiting for your hold on Girl on the Train to come in? Don't fret! Here are other suspenseful page-turners to keep you happily reading while you wait.
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The Other Woman's House
2011 by Sophie HannahGet this itemHere's a freak out for you. First you find a random address listed as "home" in your husband's GPS. Then when you look at pictures online of the house, you see a woman in a pool of blood. Then when you get your husband to show him, there is no sign of the body or the blood. Are you crazy? Is your husband involved in clandestine activities? Whatever it is - get ready for some heart-pounding suspense.
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Before I Go to Sleep : a novel
2011 by S. J. WatsonGet this itemChristine is the ultimate unreliable narrator. After an accident over twenty years ago, she can no longer form new memories. We see everything through her eyes and it quickly becomes apparent that she doesn't know who to trust, which means neither do you. This terrifying situation is frighteningly feasible and made all the more real by believable, richly drawn characters.
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The Kind Worth Killing
2015 by Peter SwansonGet this itemIt's Strangers on a Train except it's a plane and there is only one murder. The lovely red-haired stranger that Ted meets on his flight is oddly willing to help him plan a foolproof murder of his cheating wife. Who is this stranger--is she dangerous? Deranged? Duplicitous? The one thing she is, is weirdly likable even as things get more and more twisted.
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Losing You
2008 by Nicci FrenchGet this itemIt’s Nina’s birthday, she is leaving on vacation in a matter of hours and her 15-year-old daughter, Charlie, has yet to return from a sleepover. What starts as anger at Charlie turns to fear as the time to depart for the airport comes and goes. This book has a clever device that never turns gimmicky--it takes place over the course of 24 hours which is the most critical time after a child goes missing. I bet you finish it within 24 hours!
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Into the darkest corner
2012 by Haynes, Elizabeth.Get this itemOh Lee, we thought you were the one! But instead the handsome dreamboat turned into a manipulative and abusive nightmare. Catherine found this out the hard way after an incident that put Lee behind bars and sent Catherine down a spiral of paranoia and psychosis. Now it is just a matter of time before Lee is released from jail and Catherine is sure that he means to kill her. Told in one of my favorite styles, alternating between the past and the present with each story line creating its own suspense and intensity, Haynes pulls off a convincing portrait of obsession and fear.
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Among the Missing : a novel
2011 by Morag JossGet this itemDo you like your suspense more literary? Then "Among the Missing" might be the book for you. Two women and one man meet in the wake of tragedy, forming an uneasy alliance. Unfortunately, it is built on secrets, guilt and lies which we all know is a great foundation…for terrible consequences. Watch in horrific fascination as lives unravel, accusations are thrown and madness takes hold.
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The Silent Wife : a novel
2013 by A. S. HarrisonGet this itemIf twisted marriage dynamics is what you like about thrillers like Gone Girl and Girl on the Train, then try The Silent Wife. Jodi is all about appearances, she is able to overlook her husband Tom’s indiscretions to maintain the façade. But when Tom tells her he is leaving her, that façade starts to crumble very quickly along with Jodi’s sanity. She will do anything to get back the illusion of her reality. And I mean anything!
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