18 books like The Stranger
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by…
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Blue Labyrinth
Blue Labyrinth
"A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea, which in turn…
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Moon Rising
The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however.
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The New Girl
The New Girl
An addictive, gripping psychological thriller from TOP TEN BESTSELLER Alison Stockham, author of The Cuckoo Sister The letterbox clatters and sitting on the mat is a piece of paper, in black and white, with everything needed to blow Anna’s perfect life apart.A baby scan photo.Anna and Jon have been trying for a baby with no success, so after years of disappointment, this feels like a kick in the…
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The Incumbent Coroner
The Incumbent Coroner
A beloved mayor. A seedy motel room. And a murder that shakes the town to its core.Coroner Fenway Stevenson thought she was beginning to find her footing in Estancia. The coastal California town still sees her as an outsider—especially with her powerful father pulling strings behind the scenes—but she's starting to earn the trust of her team. Then the mayor is found dead in a run-down motel room,…
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The Turquoise Lament
The Turquoise Lament
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Dress Her in Indigo
Dress Her in Indigo
From a beloved master of crime fiction, Dress Her in Indigo is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee could never deny his old friend anything. So before Meyer even says please, McGee agrees to accompany him to Mexico to reconstruct the last mysterious months of a young woman’s life—on a fat expense account…
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The Accused Coroner
The Accused Coroner
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The Beach House
The Beach House
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The Broken Soul
The Broken Soul
When the party of a lifetime becomes a party to the death, the lines become blurred. Friends become enemies. Drugs become weapons. And that's just the beginning ...Retired medical examiner Maddie LaFoe is in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with her best friend and private investigator, Sloane Monroe. When Sloane leaves to get them fresh drinks, Maddie witnesses what appears to be a body being…
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No Way Jack
No Way Jack
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The Mercy Chair
The Mercy Chair
Winner of the Fingerprint Award 2025 for Crime bookShortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel 2025 ----'Macabre and wry' Telegraph'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime…
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Easy Prey
Easy Prey
A Gripping Mystery Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing Until The Final, Shocking Twist.
A prominent Grosse Pointe doctor is found dead, in his car, in an abandoned section of Detroit with a rope around his neck.
Private Investigator John Rockne knows the victim, and soon finds himself in the middle of an investigation that blows the lid off Grosse Pointe's glamorous façade.
Soon, Rockne becomes…
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Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose
The newest thrilling Beaumont suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, in which Beaumont is approached by a visitor from the past and finds himself drawn into a missing person’s case where danger is lurking and family secrets are exposed.      Years ago, when he was a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, J. P. Beaumont’s partner, Sue…
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Soldiers of Babylon
Soldiers of Babylon
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Hard Money
Hard Money
The thrilling new unputdownable Michael Flint novel from Bestselling Author Diane Capri!
Death stalks the Lyman family. No heir has lived to reach the age of thirty.
Two years ago, the last heir vanished. After an underwater explosion, his body was never found.
Accident, curse, or revenge?
Spencer Lyman managed to break free from his criminal underworld and build a legitimate empire. But…
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The Last Bodyguard
The Last Bodyguard
When fourteen-year-old Kristin Miller goes missing from her quiet home in the San Fernando Valley, her desperate family turn to ex-military bodyguard, Ryan Lock. Along with his partner, Marine Corps veteran Ty Johnson, Lock sets out on a journey that takes him deep into a dark, disturbing and violent world, where young women are selected, groomed and then exploited by ruthless predators.
With law…
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One Child Alive
One Child Alive
One, two, three. She counts the bodies dragged from the burning beach house, smoke rising from their cotton pajamas, and remembers a fourth; red hair, freckles, clinging to his mother’s legs, begging to watch the fireworks a while longer. “Where’s the little boy?” she whispers…
 
In the ashes of the Fox family’s seafront vacation home, Olivia Rockwell can barely hold back her tears as she…
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