18 books like Violet

What to read after Violet — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Perfect Nightmare John Saul · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate If you open your house to strangers, who knows who might come in. And what they might be after. Or whom. Now, ponder the unthinkable and surrender to your darkest dread, as sinister storyteller extraordinaire John Saul weaves a heart-stopping tale of lurking terror and twisted intent.Every parent's nightmare becomes reality for Kara Marshall when her daughter, Lindsay, vanishes from her bedroom… Shares: Mothers and daughters, Girls, Crimes against

Go Set A Watchman Harper Lee · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her.… Shares: Homecoming, Girls

Into the Water Paula Hawkins · 2017 · ★ 3.6 · 391p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 363 pages ; 22 cm Shares: Homecoming, Crimes against

Cherry Beach Express R. D. Cain · 2011 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A police detective is accused of murder in this novel that "delivers on all levels: action, courtroom drama . . . and a show-stopping climax" (The Hamilton Spectator).   Until recently, Steve Nastos was a respected Toronto detective, part of the sexual assault unit. Now he's in custody—accused of killing his young daughter's dentist after learning of the man's unspeakable… Shares: Girls, Crimes against

Loving Natalee Beth Holloway · 1975 · ★ 4.5 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In May of 2005, Beth Holloway received the worst phone call a parent can imagine. Her beautiful daughter, Natalee Holloway, had disappeared without a trace in Aruba during her high school senior class trip. Two years later, for the very first time -- Beth Holloway steps forward -- in this astonishingly candid and inspirational memoir to tell of her harrowing ordeal, and her never-ending belief in… Shares: Crimes against, Missing persons

Lisey's Story Stephen King · 2006 · ★ 3.7 · 608p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Two years after her husband's death, Lisey Landon decides it's time to go through his office to clear out his papers. Scott Landon was a bestselling novelist and Lisey has been besieged by people wanting to buy any of his unpublished work but she is determined not to let that happen. As she begins the process of cleaning, she is contacted by an unsavory character who claims that if she does not… Shares: Widows, Grief

A Widow for One Year John Irving · 1998 · ★ 3.8 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate “One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole woke to the sound of lovemaking—it was coming from her parents’ bedroom.” This sentence opens John Irving’s ninth novel, A Widow for One Year, a story of a family marked by tragedy. Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character—a “difficult” woman. By no means is she conventionally “nice,” but… Shares: Widows, Grief

Entry Island Peter May · 2013 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on a remote island 850 miles away, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness and regret. But what had initially seemed an open-and-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets the prime suspect, the victim's wife, and is convinced that he knows her - even though they have never met. And when his insomnia… Shares: Widows, Crimes against

Rogue Lawyer John Grisham · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who's also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy. He lives alone in a small but extremely… Shares: Girls, Crimes against

A Quiet Flame Philip Kerr · 2009 · ★ 4.2 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Philip Kerr returns with his best-loved character, Bernie Gunther, in the fifth novel in what is now a series: a tight, twisting, compelling thriller that is firmly rooted in history.A Quiet Flame opens in 1950. Falsely fingered a war criminal, Bernie Gunther has booked passage to Buenos Aires, lured, like the Nazis whose company he has always despised, by promises of a new life and a clean… Shares: Girls, Crimes against

Sail James Patterson · 1998 · ★ 3.9 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old… Shares: Widows, Missing persons

The Little Friend Donna Tartt · 2000 · ★ 3.5 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate A young girl with a brother murdered years ago decides to find and punish his killer. Shares: Grief, Girls

The Water Cure Sophie Mackintosh · 2018 · ★ 3.3 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "An extraordinary otherworldly debut... [Mackintosh] is writing the way that Sofia Coppola would shoot the end of the world: everything is luminous, precise, slow to the point of dread." --The Guardian The Handmaid's Tale meets The Virgin Suicides in this dystopic feminist revenge fantasy about three sisters on an isolated island, raised to fear men King has tenderly staked out a territory for… Shares: Mothers and daughters, Crimes against

The Closers Michael Connelly · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed-race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn't - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has… Shares: Girls, Crimes against

Fatal vows Joseph Hosey · 2008 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Stacys friends and family and even Drew himself, Chicago area reporter Joseph Hosey presents the most researched account of the Stacy Peterson case yet. Still, as the charges against Drew Peterson mount, one haunting question remains: Where on earth is Stacy... Shares: Crimes against, Missing persons

Paradise Valley C. J. Box · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "For three years, Investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as The Lizard King. He works as a long haul trucker. His prey are the "lot lizard" prostitutes who frequent truck stops. And she almost caught him...once. Working for the Bakken County, North Dakota sheriff's department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap and she has lured him and his truck… Shares: Crimes against, Missing persons

Conviction Richard North Patterson · 2005 · ★ 3.5 · 482p · ≈ 16h · Moderate When the body of nine-year old Thuy Sen is found in the San Francisco Bay, the police quickly charge Rennell and Payton Price with her grisly murder. A twelve-person jury, abetted by an incompetent defense lawyer, is nearly as quick to find the brothers guilty, and to sentence them both to die for their crimes.Fifteen years later, overworked pro bono laywer Teresa Peralta Paget, her husband… Shares: Girls, Crimes against

NOS4A2 Joe Hill · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 702p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Shares: Crimes against, Missing persons

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