10 books for fans of The Lying Game
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The Woman in Cabin 10
Lo Blacklock • Book 1
by Ruth Ware
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Lo sees someone thrown from a cruise ship, but the passenger manifest shows no one missing. Ware's claustrophobic thriller traps a unreliable narrator in the middle of the North Sea.
★ 3.72 Goodreads (785.3K ratings) - 2
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In a Dark, Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware
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A hen party in a remote English cottage turns deadly when old grudges surface between former friends. Ware builds tension through fragmented memories and an increasingly claustrophobic woodland setting.
★ 3.71 Goodreads (402.8K ratings) - 4
Into the Water
by Paula Hawkins
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Women keep dying in Beckford's river—suicide, accident, or murder—and each death awakens whispers about the Drowning Pool's centuries-old hold on the town.
★ 3.59 Goodreads (421.9K ratings) - 5
Only the Dead
Terminal List • Book 6
by Jack Carr
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A 1980 political assassination connects to a present-day conspiracy threatening global stability, forcing Navy SEAL James Reece to confront enemies embedded in America's power structure.
★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K ratings) - 6
New York to Dallas
In Death • Book 33
by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
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The monster from Eve's first case as a rookie cop escapes prison and heads straight for her, forcing her to confront the childhood horrors that made her a cop. Robb digs deep into her protagonist's origin story.
★ 4.45 Goodreads (34.8K ratings) - 7
Apprentice in Death
In Death • Book 43
by J.D. Robb
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Three people die from sniper fire at an ice skating rink — apparently random victims until Dallas realizes she's hunting a killer learning the craft under expert guidance. The 43rd In Death novel explores how murder becomes a teachable skill.
★ 4.45 Goodreads (27.5K ratings) - 8
Hellbent
Orphan X • Book 3
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Hurwitz's third Orphan X novel puts Evan Smoak's surrogate father Jack in mortal danger from the same government program that created both mentor and lethal protégé.
★ 4.44 Goodreads (25.3K ratings) - 9
Imitation in Death
In Death • Book 17
by J.D. Robb
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Summer 2059: A caped figure murders a prostitute and leaves Lieutenant Eve Dallas a signed letter from 'Jack,' beginning a twisted game where the killer imitates famous serial murderers throughout history.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (32.8K ratings) - 10
Purity in Death
In Death • Book 15
by J.D. Robb
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Someone has weaponized a computer virus that drives victims into homicidal rage before killing them, forcing Lieutenant Eve Dallas to solve murders where the weapon is pure digital malice.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (33.1K ratings)