Books Like The Family Next Door

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The gap between The Family Next Door's Goodreads score (3.82) and its Audible rating (4.23) tells you something useful: this is a story that breathes better in audio, where the slow unraveling of suburban secrets benefits from a holding the tension in her voice rather than leaving it flat on the page. Barrie Kreinik has exactly the right register for Hepworth's brand of domestic unease — steady and composed on the surface while everything underneath quietly comes apart. Every one of the ten recommendations here is also by Kreinik, and four are Hepworth titles, so if you're chasing that precise emotional frequency — polished exteriors, dark undertow — this list doesn't stray far.

10 books for fans of The Family Next Door

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    The Soulmate

    by Sally Hepworth

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    Gabe and Pippa's clifftop cottage comes with a dark side—people use it as a suicide spot, and Gabe talks them down. But when someone jumps anyway, secrets about their marriage surface in this twisty psychological thriller.

    3.78 Goodreads (188.7K ratings)
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    The Younger Wife

    by Sally Hepworth

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    Stephen Aston's plan to divorce his speechless wife and marry his much younger fiancée horrifies his adult daughters, but everyone in this family harbors secrets that could destroy them all—domestic suspense at its most twisted.

    3.78 Goodreads (121.8K ratings)
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    Look Twice

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller • Book 8

    by Eva Hudson

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    An undeveloped roll of film from Agent Skyberg's predecessor contains cryptic photos—a Scotland map, rare bird, office party—that may be clues to crimes he never solved before dying.

    4.57 Goodreads (441 ratings)
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    Code Dead: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 9)

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thrillers • Book 9

    by Eva Hudson

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    A computer virus threatens worldwide digital infrastructure in three days, and only one missing programmer can stop it. Hudson's ninth Skyberg thriller examines how technological dependence creates new vulnerabilities.

    4.55 Goodreads (324 ratings)
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    Flight Risk

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller • Book 7

    by Eva Hudson

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    Ready to abandon her FBI career, Ingrid Skyberg gets arrested for murdering a stranger she's never heard of. Hudson traps her protagonist between unreliable memory and mounting evidence of guilt.

    4.49 Goodreads (334 ratings)
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    Final Offer

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller • Book 6

    by Eva Hudson

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    FBI Agent Ingrid Skyberg must infiltrate super-wealthy circles to uncover who's funding a UK-based election hacking operation. The sixth thriller pits one determined agent against invisible enemies seeking presidential influence.

    4.31 Goodreads (342 ratings)
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    Shoot First

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller • Book 4

    by Eva Hudson

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    Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg has 48 hours to locate a missing teenage witness whose testimony will convict a brutal Chicago murderer.

    4.30 Goodreads (401 ratings)
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    The Girl in the Castle

    by James Patterson, Emily Raymond

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    A teen trapped between psychiatric treatment and her belief that she must time-travel to prevent tragedy. Patterson and Raymond craft a compelling mystery about reality versus delusion.

    3.85 Goodreads (11.9K ratings)
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    An Anonymous Girl

    by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

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    What starts as easy money for participating in a psychology study becomes a suffocating web of manipulation when the researcher begins controlling every aspect of Jessica's life.

    3.79 Goodreads (182.7K ratings)
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    You Are Not Alone

    by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

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    Isolated New Yorker Shay finds the belonging she craves with sophisticated sisters Cassandra and Jane Moore, unaware their friendship comes with deadly strings attached. Hendricks and Pekkanen craft a chilling exploration of female friendship, manipulation, and the desperate need for connection.

    3.75 Goodreads (92.9K ratings)