Thrillers To Read if You Love Long Bright River
If you loved Long Bright River by Liz Moore, you’ll enjoy these gripping, emotionally complex mysteries and psychological thrillers. These novels weave a deep exploration of family secrets, trauma, and the search for truth. Whether it’s unraveling a sinister past or confronting dark secrets, these books promise to keep you hooked with intricate plots, unforgettable characters, and heart-pounding suspense.
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by Liz Moore
Start here with the book that is now a Peacock limited series. In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don’t speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling. Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey’s district. Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters’ childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.
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The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any 13-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished 14 years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances.
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The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Rattling past stretches of cozy suburban homes and stopping at a signal that allows her to watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She starts to feel like she knows them. Their life — as she sees it — is perfect, not unlike the life she recently lost. Everything has been the same, until today. She sees something shocking. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon, she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but also in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
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The House in the Pines
by Ana Reyes
Seven years after her best friend Aubrey died in front of a mysterious man named Frank, Maya is trying to move on. Living in Boston with a supportive boyfriend, she’s battling a secret addiction tied to the trauma of that summer. When she stumbles upon a YouTube video of a woman dying across from Frank, Maya is forced to confront her past. Returning to her Berkshires hometown, she unravels hidden messages in her late father’s book, uncovering secrets that lead back to Frank’s cabin. To save herself, Maya must piece together a story written before her birth.
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Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: She must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: A beautiful 13-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, in her old bedroom in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her past if she wants to get the story — and survive this homecoming.
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Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
In Happiness Falls, a biracial Korean American family’s life shatters when their father goes missing after a walk in the park. Mia, the sharp-tongued daughter, isn’t worried at first, but when her brother Eugene, who has Angelman syndrome, returns home alone and bloody, the family faces a mystery. Eugene is the only witness, but he can’t speak. As the investigation unfolds, deep family secrets surface, revealing complex questions of love, language, and connection. Angie Kim blends mystery, family drama, and philosophical exploration in this gripping, emotional story.
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The Couple Next Door
by Shari Lapena
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all — a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story, and an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they’ve kept for years. A chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist.
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All the Colors of the Dark
by Chris Whitaker
1975. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges — Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Korede’s sister Ayoola has always been the favorite child, the beautiful one, and possibly sociopathic. Now Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola’s knife. Korede’s practicality is the sisters’ saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood and the best way to move a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her “missing” boyfriend. Korede has long been in love with a kind doctor at the hospital where she works. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola’s phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she’s willing to go to protect her.
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The Long Fall
by Walter Mosley
Leonid McGill is an ex-boxer and a hard drinker looking to clean up his act. He’s an old-school P.I. working in a New York City that’s gotten a little too fancy all around him. But it’s still full of dirty secrets, and as McGill unearths them, his commitment to the straight and narrow is going to be tested to the limit …
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Clark and Division
by Naomi Hirahara
Inspired by historical events, in 1944 Chicago, 20-year-old Aki Ito and her parents are released from the Manzanar internment camp, where they were detained after Pearl Harbor. Resettled in Chicago, they are reunited with Aki’s sister Rose, who has been living there for months. However, on the eve of their reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train. Authorities rule her death a suicide, but Aki, unable to believe it, feels there’s more to the story. Determined to uncover the truth, Aki embarks on a quest to solve the mystery surrounding her sister’s death.
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The Ninja Daughter
by Tori Eldridge
After her sister’s brutal murder, Lily Wong uses her ninja skills to protect women, all while hiding her true identity from her traditional Hong Kong mother. Living above her father’s Chinese-Norwegian restaurant, Lily struggles to balance her secret life with her family’s expectations. When a woman and her son, whom Lily helped escape abuse, face deadly repercussions, she’s forced to confront her past and team up with a dangerous stranger to save them.
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