38 Books like The Death of Us

Don't Let Him In

by Lisa Jewell

A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.

3.75

265k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Serial Conman 🔗 Coercive Control 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Sisterhood 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Don't Let Him In 92%

A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.

by Lisa Jewell 2025

3.75

265k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Serial Conman 🔗 Coercive Control 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Sisterhood 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Girl A

by Abigail Dean • 2021

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

3.63

92k+

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

Girl A 94%

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

by Abigail Dean 2021

3.63

92k+ ratings

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

The Lying Room

by Nicci French • 2019

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

3.62

16k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

The Lying Room 94%

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

by Nicci French 2019

3.62

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

What Happens in the Dark

by Kia Abdullah • 2025

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

3.95

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

What Happens in the Dark 94%

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

by Kia Abdullah 2025

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Exes

by Leodora Darlington • 2026

Three dead ex-boyfriends. One stolen inheritance. And a memory she can't trust.

3.42

9k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 👯 Protective Sister

The Exes 94%

Three dead ex-boyfriends. One stolen inheritance. And a memory she can't trust.

by Leodora Darlington 2026

3.42

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 👯 Protective Sister

Imperfect Women

by Araminta Hall • 2020

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

3.41

6k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Imperfect Women 94%

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

by Araminta Hall 2020

3.41

6k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 Good Liar

by Denise Mina • 2025

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

3.54

4k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System 🎨 Art As Confession 💔 Sisters And Addiction

The Good Liar 93%

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

by Denise Mina 2025

3.54

4k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System 🎨 Art As Confession 💔 Sisters And Addiction

Missing Parts

by Lucinda Berry • 2016

A mother's secret shatters when her daughter's genetic illness proves he is not the father.

3.74

21k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 😔 Motherhood Guilt 🔐 Family Secrets 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family

Missing Parts 93%

A mother's secret shatters when her daughter's genetic illness proves he is not the father.

by Lucinda Berry 2016

3.74

21k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 😔 Motherhood Guilt 🔐 Family Secrets 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family

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

The Girl Before

by J.P. Delaney • 2017

A beautiful minimalist house. A seductive architect. The woman who lived there before is dead.

3.70

168k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love 🔗 Controlling Relationship

The Girl Before 93%

A beautiful minimalist house. A seductive architect. The woman who lived there before is dead.

by J.P. Delaney 2017

3.70

168k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love 🔗 Controlling Relationship

The Family Upstairs

by Lisa Jewell • 2019

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

3.95

577k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion 🔎 Hidden Siblings 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Family Upstairs 93%

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

by Lisa Jewell 2019

3.95

577k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion 🔎 Hidden Siblings 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

What Happened That Night

by Susanna Beard • 2017

When her best friend is murdered, she survives with no memory of the attack, only guilt.

3.89

3k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😞 Survivor's Guilt 🔒 Repressed Memory 👭 Female Friendship

What Happened That Night 93%

When her best friend is murdered, she survives with no memory of the attack, only guilt.

by Susanna Beard 2017

3.89

3k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😞 Survivor's Guilt 🔒 Repressed Memory 👭 Female Friendship

Five

by Ilona Bannister • 2026

Five strangers converge on a station platform. Before the train arrives, one will be dead.

3.82

14k+

🎭 Ensemble Drama 😈 Difficult Child 💔 Reluctant Mother 🚉 Strangers Collide 🧬 Generational Trauma

Five 93%

Five strangers converge on a station platform. Before the train arrives, one will be dead.

by Ilona Bannister 2026

3.82

14k+ ratings

🎭 Ensemble Drama 😈 Difficult Child 💔 Reluctant Mother 🚉 Strangers Collide 🧬 Generational Trauma

A Beautiful Couple

by Leslie Wolfe • 2024

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

4.06

18k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

A Beautiful Couple 93%

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

by Leslie Wolfe 2024

4.06

18k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

The Love of My Life

by Rosie Walsh • 2022

He drafts his wife's obituary during her cancer remission and finds a stranger in the details.

3.87

98k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤱 Postpartum Psychosis 🔍 Husband Investigates

The Love of My Life 93%

He drafts his wife's obituary during her cancer remission and finds a stranger in the details.

by Rosie Walsh 2022

3.87

98k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤱 Postpartum Psychosis 🔍 Husband Investigates

Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell • 2017

Ten years after her daughter vanishes, Laurel finds love. His child has her missing daughter's face.

4.04

1.0M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 💔 Grieving Mother 🔒 Captive And Captor 👶 Maternal Obsession

Then She Was Gone 93%

Ten years after her daughter vanishes, Laurel finds love. His child has her missing daughter's face.

by Lisa Jewell 2017

4.04

1.0M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 💔 Grieving Mother 🔒 Captive And Captor 👶 Maternal Obsession

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 93%

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

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

by Noah Hawley • 2016

A jet crashes. A painter saves a child. Heroism becomes suspicion under the media's glare.

3.72

133k+

🌊 Literary Thriller 📺 Media Satire 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🏊 Sole Survivor 🎨 Damaged Artist

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 93%

A jet crashes. A painter saves a child. Heroism becomes suspicion under the media's glare.

by Noah Hawley 2016

3.72

133k+ ratings

🌊 Literary Thriller 📺 Media Satire 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🏊 Sole Survivor 🎨 Damaged Artist

The Ex Who Came Back

by Daniel Hurst • 2025

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

3.61

3k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

The Ex Who Came Back 93%

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

by Daniel Hurst 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

All You Took From Me

by Lisa Kenway • 2024

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

3.54

379

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Forbidden Affair

All You Took From Me 93%

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

by Lisa Kenway 2024

3.54

379 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Forbidden Affair

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 93%

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

The Golden Couple

by Greer Hendricks • 2022

She confessed to an affair. He demanded therapy. Now someone is watching their every move.

3.97

243k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Marriage Secrets 👁️ Stalker Plot 🎭 Hidden Villain

The Golden Couple 93%

She confessed to an affair. He demanded therapy. Now someone is watching their every move.

by Greer Hendricks 2022

3.97

243k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Marriage Secrets 👁️ Stalker Plot 🎭 Hidden Villain

Bad Tourists

by Caro Carver • 2024

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

3.65

9k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🃏 Unreliable Narrator 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship

Bad Tourists 92%

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

by Caro Carver 2024

3.65

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🃏 Unreliable Narrator 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship

Girl A

by Dan Scottow • 2021

A suburban mother's new life unravels when a stalker unearths the childhood crime she buried.

4.18

2k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 👀 Stalker Thriller 👧 Childhood Crime

Girl A 92%

A suburban mother's new life unravels when a stalker unearths the childhood crime she buried.

by Dan Scottow 2021

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 👀 Stalker Thriller 👧 Childhood Crime

A Death at the Party

by Amy Stuart • 2023

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

3.55

9k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

A Death at the Party 92%

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

by Amy Stuart 2023

3.55

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Before We Were Innocent

by Ella Berman • 2023

Ten years after covering up a friend's death, Bess's accomplice returns needing another alibi.

3.40

88k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕊️ Survivor's Guilt

Before We Were Innocent 92%

Ten years after covering up a friend's death, Bess's accomplice returns needing another alibi.

by Ella Berman 2023

3.40

88k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕊️ Survivor's Guilt

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 92%

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

Just the Nicest Couple

by Mary Kubica • 2023

A teacher hits her friend's husband in the woods. He disappears. Her husband covers her tracks.

3.56

234k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Husband 💔 Affair Cover-Up 🔥 Slow-Burn Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller

Just the Nicest Couple 92%

A teacher hits her friend's husband in the woods. He disappears. Her husband covers her tracks.

by Mary Kubica 2023

3.56

234k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Husband 💔 Affair Cover-Up 🔥 Slow-Burn Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller

The Child

by Fiona Barton • 2017

An infant's bones in a London garden. A reporter, two mothers, and a forty-year secret.

3.94

58k+

📰 Reporter Mystery 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📂 Cold Case Mystery 👶 Stolen Child 👁️ Multiple Pov Mystery

The Child 92%

An infant's bones in a London garden. A reporter, two mothers, and a forty-year secret.

by Fiona Barton 2017

3.94

58k+ ratings

📰 Reporter Mystery 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📂 Cold Case Mystery 👶 Stolen Child 👁️ Multiple Pov Mystery

Kill Your Darlings

by Peter Swanson • 2025

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

3.30

14k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

Kill Your Darlings 92%

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

by Peter Swanson 2025

3.30

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

The Adulterer's Wife

by Leigh Russell • 2018

Her husband's affair shattered her. His sudden death in their bed made her a murder suspect.

3.57

728

🏠 Domestic Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏃 Woman On The Run 🔪 Hidden Killer 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Adulterer's Wife 92%

Her husband's affair shattered her. His sudden death in their bed made her a murder suspect.

by Leigh Russell 2018

3.57

728 ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏃 Woman On The Run 🔪 Hidden Killer 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

First Wife's Shadow

by Adele Parks • 2024

Her routine was flawless until she married a widower whose dead wife refuses to stay buried.

3.90

18k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 😵 Gaslighting 💍 Deceptive Marriage 🪦 Presumed Dead 💰 Inheritance Scheme

First Wife's Shadow 92%

Her routine was flawless until she married a widower whose dead wife refuses to stay buried.

by Adele Parks 2024

3.90

18k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 😵 Gaslighting 💍 Deceptive Marriage 🪦 Presumed Dead 💰 Inheritance Scheme

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow • 1987

A prosecutor investigates his lover's murder, then the evidence points straight back at him.

4.09

127k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🚨 Wrongfully Accused 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Presumed Innocent 92%

A prosecutor investigates his lover's murder, then the evidence points straight back at him.

by Scott Turow 1987

4.09

127k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🚨 Wrongfully Accused 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Marriage In Crisis

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis • 2023

Her husband's sudden death exposes a secret family, and a friend who knows the truth.

4.10

5k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👥 Multiple Personalities 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Double Life 🧩 Psychological Suspense

No One Saw It Coming 92%

Her husband's sudden death exposes a secret family, and a friend who knows the truth.

by Susan Lewis 2023

4.10

5k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👥 Multiple Personalities 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Double Life 🧩 Psychological Suspense

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