39 Books like All the Dangerous Things

The Divorce

by Freida McFadden

Her husband empties the accounts and buys every lawyer. The other woman isn't after the money.

3.89

253k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 👶 Stolen Child

The Divorce 94%

Her husband empties the accounts and buys every lawyer. The other woman isn't after the money.

by Freida McFadden 2026

3.89

253k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 👶 Stolen Child

The Couple Next Door

by Shari Lapena • 2016

After a dinner party, a couple returns home to find their infant gone. Who took her?

3.80

722k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👶 Missing Child 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Marital Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Setting

The Couple Next Door 95%

After a dinner party, a couple returns home to find their infant gone. Who took her?

by Shari Lapena 2016

3.80

722k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👶 Missing Child 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Marital Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Setting

My Wife is Missing

by D.J. Palmer • 2022

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

3.87

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis

My Wife is Missing 95%

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

by D.J. Palmer 2022

3.87

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Perfect Stranger

by A.J. Carter • 2024

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

4.11

2k+

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Perfect Stranger 94%

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

by A.J. Carter 2024

4.11

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

Hide and Seek

by Andrea Mara • 2022

A mother moves into a house where a child vanished at hide and seek. Neighbors know why.

4.05

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Missing Child 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Hide and Seek 94%

A mother moves into a house where a child vanished at hide and seek. Neighbors know why.

by Andrea Mara 2022

4.05

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Missing Child 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Every Last Lie

by Mary Kubica • 2017

A new mother's four-year-old claims someone was chasing her husband before his fatal crash.

3.33

55k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏘️ Suburban Dread

Every Last Lie 94%

A new mother's four-year-old claims someone was chasing her husband before his fatal crash.

by Mary Kubica 2017

3.33

55k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏘️ Suburban Dread

Pretty Little Wife

by Darby Kane • 2020

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

3.91

76k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Pretty Little Wife 94%

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

by Darby Kane 2020

3.91

76k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Anna O

by Matthew Blake • 2024

A murder suspect has slept four years. One sleep psychologist is determined to wake her.

3.43

32k+

😴 Sleep Disorder 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🏠 Family Secrets ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📺 Trial By Media

Anna O 94%

A murder suspect has slept four years. One sleep psychologist is determined to wake her.

by Matthew Blake 2024

3.43

32k+ ratings

😴 Sleep Disorder 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🏠 Family Secrets ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📺 Trial By Media

Invisible Girl

by Lisa Jewell • 2020

A missing teenager points to a sad teacher, but the family next door hides darker truths.

3.78

192k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Person Mystery ❌ False Accusation 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Neighborhood Secrets

Invisible Girl 93%

A missing teenager points to a sad teacher, but the family next door hides darker truths.

by Lisa Jewell 2020

3.78

192k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Person Mystery ❌ False Accusation 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Neighborhood Secrets

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The New Wife 93%

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

I Am Watching You

by Teresa Driscoll • 2017

On a train, a florist overhears two girls with ex-convicts. She stays silent. One later vanishes.

3.95

185k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 👁️ Witness Guilt 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👥 Multiple Perspectives

I Am Watching You 93%

On a train, a florist overhears two girls with ex-convicts. She stays silent. One later vanishes.

by Teresa Driscoll 2017

3.95

185k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 👁️ Witness Guilt 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👥 Multiple Perspectives

None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell • 2023

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

4.07

1.1M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

None of This Is True 95%

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

by Lisa Jewell 2023

4.07

1.1M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

The Perfect Family Man

by M.M. DeLuca • 2021

Five years after her son vanished, new neighbors move in across the lake, husband's secrets spill.

3.96

2k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Child 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Husband's Double Life 💔 Grieving Mother

The Perfect Family Man 94%

Five years after her son vanished, new neighbors move in across the lake, husband's secrets spill.

by M.M. DeLuca 2021

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Child 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Husband's Double Life 💔 Grieving Mother

Local Woman Missing

by Mary Kubica

A missing mother and daughter. A frantic search. The horror waits behind a neighbor's locked door.

4.11

787k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Crime Cover-Up 💔 Best Friend Betrayal ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Local Woman Missing 93%

A missing mother and daughter. A frantic search. The horror waits behind a neighbor's locked door.

by Mary Kubica 2021

4.11

787k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Crime Cover-Up 💔 Best Friend Betrayal ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Good Bad Girl

by Alice Feeney • 2023

A care home murder pulls a detective into twenty years of missing daughters and family secrets.

3.67

120k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Missing Child 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏥 Care Home Setting 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Good Bad Girl 93%

A care home murder pulls a detective into twenty years of missing daughters and family secrets.

by Alice Feeney 2023

3.67

120k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Missing Child 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏥 Care Home Setting 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Little Secrets

by Jennifer Hillier • 2020

After her son disappears, a mother discovers her husband's affair and hires a hitman.

4.21

220k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👦 Missing Child 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Little Secrets 93%

After her son disappears, a mother discovers her husband's affair and hires a hitman.

by Jennifer Hillier 2020

4.21

220k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👦 Missing Child 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense

I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney • 2019

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

3.42

76k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🧒 Child Abduction

I Know Who You Are 93%

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

by Alice Feeney 2019

3.42

76k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🧒 Child Abduction

Tuesday's Child

by Anya Mora • 2019

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

4.26

8k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Tuesday's Child 93%

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

by Anya Mora 2019

4.26

8k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Her One Regret

by Donna Freitas • 2025

A mother disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby and a secret confession of regret.

3.49

13k+

💔 Maternal Regret 🔍 Missing Mother Mystery 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 📱 Media Scrutiny 👥 Multiple Points Of View

Her One Regret 93%

A mother disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby and a secret confession of regret.

by Donna Freitas 2025

3.49

13k+ ratings

💔 Maternal Regret 🔍 Missing Mother Mystery 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 📱 Media Scrutiny 👥 Multiple Points Of View

Don't Let Her Stay

by Nicola Sanders • 2023

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

3.93

265k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 👩‍🍼 Protective Mother 👧 Manipulative Daughter 🤷‍♂️ Husband In Denial

Don't Let Her Stay 93%

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

by Nicola Sanders 2023

3.93

265k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 👩‍🍼 Protective Mother 👧 Manipulative Daughter 🤷‍♂️ Husband In Denial

It's Not Her

by Mary Kubica

A grieving father arrives at a lake rental convinced the family's teenager is his missing daughter.

3.94

167k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Unreliable Detective 📱 Social Media Fallout 💔 Obsessive Grief

It's Not Her 93%

A grieving father arrives at a lake rental convinced the family's teenager is his missing daughter.

by Mary Kubica 2026

3.94

167k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Unreliable Detective 📱 Social Media Fallout 💔 Obsessive Grief

Everyone Here Is Lying

by Shari Lapena • 2023

His secret affair ends. His difficult daughter vanishes. And the quiet cul-de-sac crawls with lies.

3.78

225k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 📍 Missing Child 👀 Suburban Paranoia 😈 Unsettling Child 💬 Neighborhood Secrets

Everyone Here Is Lying 94%

His secret affair ends. His difficult daughter vanishes. And the quiet cul-de-sac crawls with lies.

by Shari Lapena 2023

3.78

225k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 📍 Missing Child 👀 Suburban Paranoia 😈 Unsettling Child 💬 Neighborhood Secrets

The Perfect Son

by Freida McFadden • 2019

When a girl vanishes from their small town, a mother's suspicions fall on her own son.

3.99

523k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 👤 Missing Girl

The Perfect Son 94%

When a girl vanishes from their small town, a mother's suspicions fall on her own son.

by Freida McFadden 2019

3.99

523k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 👤 Missing Girl

In Her Eyes

by Sarah Alderson • 2019

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

4.13

19k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

In Her Eyes 93%

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

by Sarah Alderson 2019

4.13

19k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

She's Not Sorry

by Mary Kubica • 2024

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

3.79

203k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

She's Not Sorry 93%

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

by Mary Kubica 2024

3.79

203k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

The Push

by Ashley Audrain • 2021

A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.

4.04

448k+

🔗 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Evil Child

The Push 93%

A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.

by Ashley Audrain 2021

4.04

448k+ ratings

🔗 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Evil Child

A Very Bad Thing

by J.T. Ellison • 2024

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

4.13

49k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Family Murder Mystery 🎭 Secret Past Identity 👯 Hidden Sisters

A Very Bad Thing 93%

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

by J.T. Ellison 2024

4.13

49k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Family Murder Mystery 🎭 Secret Past Identity 👯 Hidden Sisters

Before She Knew Him

by Peter Swanson • 2019

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

3.85

70k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Before She Knew Him 93%

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

by Peter Swanson 2019

3.85

70k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

The Night Before

by Wendy Walker • 2019

A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.

3.66

20k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👭 Sister Bond

The Night Before 93%

A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.

by Wendy Walker 2019

3.66

20k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👭 Sister Bond

The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda • 2020

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

3.69

66k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

The Girl from Widow Hills 94%

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

by Megan Miranda 2020

3.69

66k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

Bad Things Happened in This Room

by Marie Still • 2025

She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.

3.33

750

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏡 Domestic Gothic 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 💡 Gaslighting 👧 Missing Child

Bad Things Happened in This Room Summary

Bad Things Happened in This Room 94%

She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.

by Marie Still 2025

3.33

750 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏡 Domestic Gothic 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 💡 Gaslighting 👧 Missing Child

Love, Mom

by Iliana Xander

Her author mother is dead. Letters start arriving in her handwriting, each confessing to a crime.

4.18

208k+

📚 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔄 Identity Swap 🕯️ Gaslighting ⏳ Dual Timelines

Love, Mom 93%

Her author mother is dead. Letters start arriving in her handwriting, each confessing to a crime.

by Iliana Xander 2024

4.18

208k+ ratings

📚 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔄 Identity Swap 🕯️ Gaslighting ⏳ Dual Timelines

Things We Do in the Dark

by Jennifer Hillier • 2022

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

3.94

140k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Things We Do in the Dark 93%

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

by Jennifer Hillier 2022

3.94

140k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Woman Last Seen

by Adele Parks • 2021

Chained to a radiator, she doesn't know which of her two husbands put her there.

3.68

25k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Double Life 🤥 Unreliable Protagonist ⛓️ Captivity

Woman Last Seen 92%

Chained to a radiator, she doesn't know which of her two husbands put her there.

by Adele Parks 2021

3.68

25k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Double Life 🤥 Unreliable Protagonist ⛓️ Captivity

When You Disappeared

by John Marrs • 2013

A husband disappears one morning without a trace. Twenty-five years later, he’s back to explain why.

3.91

81k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 🗣️ Unreliable Narrators 🔒 Family Secrets

When You Disappeared 92%

A husband disappears one morning without a trace. Twenty-five years later, he’s back to explain why.

by John Marrs 2013

3.91

81k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 🗣️ Unreliable Narrators 🔒 Family Secrets

After All I've Done

by Mina Hardy • 2020

After a crash, she can't remember five months, and her family's care feels like a cage.

3.65

3k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🤥 Gaslighting 🔑 Family Secrets

After All I've Done 92%

After a crash, she can't remember five months, and her family's care feels like a cage.

by Mina Hardy 2020

3.65

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🤥 Gaslighting 🔑 Family Secrets

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

3.94

206k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

What Lies in the Woods 92%

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023

3.94

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

Dark Places

by Gillian Flynn • 2009

Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.

3.94

846k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Satanic Panic ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 📖 Literary Thriller

Dark Places 92%

Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.

by Gillian Flynn 2009

3.94

846k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Satanic Panic ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 📖 Literary Thriller

The Wife

by Alafair Burke • 2018

A wife's hidden past resurfaces when her husband is accused of assault and his accuser vanishes.

3.86

50k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Hidden Past 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Woman

The Wife 92%

A wife's hidden past resurfaces when her husband is accused of assault and his accuser vanishes.

by Alafair Burke 2018

3.86

50k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Hidden Past 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Woman

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