10 books for fans of Zero Days
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The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware
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Boarding school friends reunite when bones are discovered near their old dormitory, threatening to expose the deadly game they played as teenagers. Ware weaves past and present together as childhood lies catch up with adult consequences.
★ 3.52 Goodreads (216.7K ratings) - 2
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) - 3
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
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) - 7
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) - 8
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) - 9
Shadow of Doubt
Scot Harvath • Book 23
by Brad Thor
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Russian fighters escort a cargo plane carrying unknown cargo, launching Harvath into a web of international deception. Thor's 23rd thriller finds fresh angles on global espionage.
★ 4.45 Goodreads (13.5K ratings) - 10
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)