Books Like The Neighbor

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The three- cast of The Neighbor — Emily Janice Card, Kirby Heyborne, and Kirsten Potter — splits the domestic thriller's multiple perspectives into distinct emotional registers, each voice carrying a different relationship to the central disappearance across 13 hours of escalating suspicion. Two recommendations are other Lisa Gardner titles, and the broader list shares the book's investment in police procedural depth: investigators who are also flawed people, mysteries that turn on character as much as evidence.

10 books for fans of The Neighbor

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    Love You More

    Tessa Leoni • Book 1

    by Lisa Gardner

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    What would you do to save your child? Gardner traps a police officer between a dead husband and a missing daughter, then watches her squirm through impossible choices.

    4.18 Goodreads (58.0K ratings)
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    Say Goodbye

    FBI Profiler • Book 6

    by Lisa Gardner

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    FBI agent Kimberly Quincy uncovers a horrifying pattern when sex workers start disappearing, leading her into the path of a killer no one else believes exists.

    4.12 Goodreads (28.6K ratings)
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    Right Behind You

    FBI Profiler • Book 7

    by Lisa Gardner

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    Sharlah's brother killed their father to save them both eight years ago—now someone's targeting their new family with deadly precision.

    4.12 Goodreads (37.9K ratings)
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    Tom Clancy Defense Protocol

    Jack Ryan Universe • Book 40

    by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson, Tom Clancy

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    One misstatement from Jack Ryan ignites a powder keg over Taiwan's independence. Andrews and Wilson craft a believable crisis where diplomatic nuance matters as much as military might.

    4.57 Goodreads (6.3K ratings)
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    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)
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    Crusader One

    Tier One • Book 3

    by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

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    Former Navy SEAL John Dempsey confronts his deadliest adversary when a brazen terrorist attack targets Israeli intelligence forces. Andrews and Wilson craft their most personal stakes yet in this high-octane thriller.

    4.51 Goodreads (5.4K ratings)
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    Red Sky Mourning

    Terminal List • Book 7

    by Jack Carr

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    A rogue Chinese submarine navigates toward the US West Coast while a Silicon Valley mogul's quantum computing breakthrough threatens America's very existence.

    4.48 Goodreads (20.4K ratings)
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    War Shadows

    Tier One • Book 2

    by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

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    Former Navy SEAL turned covert operative John Dempsey faces an old nemesis in a relentless chase from Iraqi deserts to suburban streets.

    4.47 Goodreads (7.3K ratings)
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    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)
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    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)