Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: October 22, 2016
Get ready for some nail-biters! It's a suspenseful time of year, with four tense mysteries on the list this week.
#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, more stories told from multiple perspectives:
And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks, more sweet stories about fathers and daughters:
What We Find by Robyn Carr
Fast Track by Julie Garwood
Father's Day by Simon Van Booy
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Missing by James Patterson and Kathryn Fox, more mysteries featuring private eyes:
Charm City by Laura Lippmann
Suspect by Robert Crais
A Hard Ticket Home by David Housewright
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Trespasser by Tana French, more mysteries set in Ireland:
The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes
Killing the Emperors by Ruth Dudley Edwards
Killing Ways by Alex Barclay
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Home by Harlan Coben, more mysteries featuring amateur detectives:
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
New York Dead by Stuart Woods
The Amazing Harvey by Don Passman
Want more? Check out last week's readalikes.
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