18 books like Disclosure

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Presumed Innocent Scott Turow · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder. Shares: Legal Fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Legal stories, Mystery

Putting Lipstick on a Pig Michael Bowen · 2006 · ★ 4.8 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "Bowen effectively captures his Midwestern locale and takes readers on a fast-paced, exciting ride."—Publishers WeeklyVance Hayes died while joyriding on a snowmobile late one night near the Wisconsin Dells. The cold-hearted, hard-headed lawyer goes unmourned by clients, colleagues, or anyone else—including his reluctant eulogist, fellow attorney Rep Pennyworth.In fact, interest in Hayes' death… Shares: Legal stories, Mystery

A Drop of Corruption Robert Jackson Bennett · 2025 · ★ 4.5 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate NATIONAL BESTSELLER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF BOOKPAGE’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup.“Wonderfully clever and compulsively readable . . . another winning blend of fantasy and classic detection.”—Publishers… Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

Second wind Dick Francis · 1832 · ★ 3.7 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Perry Stuart, TV meteorologist, chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle, with bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow. His life calm and ordered, his face familiar to every British household, Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but no physical baptism by storm.Not, that is, until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean… Shares: Conspiracy, Mystery

Destination Unknown Agatha Christie · 1954 · ★ 3.7 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Hilary Craven has lost the will to live, Mrs Betterton is already dead. Then Hilary is asked to impersonate the dead woman and to trace her husband - a missing nuclear scientist - and her will to live returns. A faked air disaster, a string of radio-active pearls, a leper colony floundering in the dry heat of the Moroccan desert. Hilary is lead towards a terrifying discovery and her new found… Shares: Conspiracy, Mystery

Salvation Boulevard Larry Beinhart · 2008 · ★ 3.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect-who has confessed-is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic… Shares: Legal stories, Mystery

A dark devotion Clare Francis · 1997 · ★ 3.5 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When the wife of an old friend disappears, criminal lawyer Alex has strong reason to suspect that he had good motives for murdering her and must find out what has happened to her for all their sakes. Shares: Deception, Legal stories

The Scarecrow Michael Connelly · 2009 · 632p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus.… Shares: Computer industry, Mystery

Smash Cut Sandra Brown · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate THE PRINCIPALS Paul Wheeler. CEO of the Wheeler Enterprises empire. At age fifty-two, he's a pillar of Atlanta society and a brilliant businessman. But Paul is out of the picture even before the opening credits -- shot dead during an armed robbery. Julie Rutledge. A savvy, cultured, and attractive Southern woman, seasoned by a stint of study and romance in Paris. She owns the city's most… Shares: Businessmen, Legal stories

Off the Grid C. J. Box · 2016 · ★ 4.3 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate There's no hiding off the grid. Joe Pickett's old friend Nate Romanowski is off the grid, lying low while the FBI search for him. But they're not the only ones looking. Nate finds himself confronted by agents who need his help assessing a potential terror threat in Wyoming's Red Desert – in return they'll make Nate's criminal record disappear. Nate knows they can't be trusted – but with his… Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

The Chamber John Grisham · 1994 · ★ 3.9 · 509p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The Chamber (1994) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham. It is Grisham's fifth novel. ---------- Also contained in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 1 - 1995 Shares: Legal Fiction, Mystery

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 748p · ≈ 24h · Demanding The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors… Shares: Deception, Mystery

The Lace Reader Brunonia Barry · 2006 · ★ 3.5 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Lace Reader (2006) is a novel by Brunonia Barry. The novel is set in Salem, Massachusetts, the American town famous for the Salem witch trials. A crucial plot device is the Ipswich lace that the protagonist's family would make. The novel came to be well known for its unusual route to mainstream publishing. Originally self-published by the author it became a local success story, got rave… Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

Knave of Diamonds Laurie R. King · 2025 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Mary Russell’s allegiances are tested by the reappearance of her long-lost uncle—and a tantalizing case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve.When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn’t heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his ne’er-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhere—until he presents himself at her Sussex door. Yes, Jake is… Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

Murder in the Mews Agatha Christie · 1955 · ★ 3.8 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When a young woman is found in a locked room having been shot, the police assume it’s suicide. However, when Poirot looks further he begins to suspect murder – would a right-handed woman shoot herself from the left? A story of novella length, it was first published in Woman’s Journal in December 1936, and later formed one of four stories the collection, Murder in the Mews, published in 1937 by… Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

The Stepford Wives Ira Levin · 1972 · ★ 3.9 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who suspects the submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands. Also contained in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 1 - 1973 Three by Ira Levin Shares: Conspiracy, Mystery

His Last Bow [8 stories] Arthur Conan Doyle · 1917 · ★ 4.2 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The adventure of Wisteria lodge.--The adventure of the cardboard box.--The adventure of the red circle.--The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans.--The adventure of the dying detective.--The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax.--The adventure of the devil's foot.--His last bow. Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

Find Her Lisa Gardner · 2016 · ★ 4.2 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Flora Dane is a victim. Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure. Flora Dane is a survivor. Miraculously alive after her ordeal, Flora has spent the past five years reacquainting herself with the rhythms of normal life, working with her FBI victim advocate, Samuel Keynes. She has a mother… Shares: Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery

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