Recommendations based on The One That Got Awayby Simon Wood

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  1. Wreckage

    by Emily Bleeker
    A woman searches for answers about her past, uncovering secrets that will change her life.

    Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her ... (Barnes & Noble)

  2. Wayward

    by Blake Crouch
    A man's desperate mission to rescue his family from a parallel dimension.

    Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden...except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything ... (Goodreads)

  3. Stranger Child

    by Rachel Abbott
    A woman's life is turned upside down when a young girl appears claiming to be her daughter who went missing years ago. Twists and turns abound.

    From the author of number one bestseller,, Sleep Tight., One Dark Secret. One act of revenge. When Emma Joseph met her husband David, he was a man shattered by grief. His first wife had been killed ... (Goodreads)

  4. Follow You Home

    by Mark Edwards
    A couple's European vacation takes a dark turn when they are haunted by a mysterious figure from their past.

    It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, a final adventure before settling down. After a perfect start, Daniel and Laura’s travels end abruptly when they are thrown off a night train in the ... (Goodreads)

  5. The Dead Key

    by D.M. Pulley
    An engineer's investigation of an abandoned bank reveals long-buried secrets.

    2014 Winner — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Grand Prize and Mystery & Thriller Fiction Winner, It’s 1998, and for years the old First Bank of Cleveland has sat abandoned, perfectly preserved, its ... (Barnes & Noble)

  6. Abducted

    by T.R. Ragan
    A woman is abducted and held captive by a serial killer, but she fights back to survive and bring him to justice.

    Lizzy Gardner is a one-million copy bestselling series. When Lizzy Gardner was only seventeen, what should have been the perfect night became the perfect nightmare. Kidnapped just blocks from home ... (Goodreads)

  7. Boundary Crossed

    by Melissa F. Olson
    A woman with a troubled past discovers she's a witch and must navigate the dangerous supernatural world to protect her family.

    After her twin sister’s brutal murder, former US Army Sergeant Allison “Lex” Luther vowed to protect her niece, Charlie. So when two vampires try to kidnap the baby, it quickly turns into a fight to ... (Goodreads)

  8. Whiskey Sour

    by J.A. Konrath
    A serial killer is on the loose and Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels must catch him before he strikes again.

    First in an explosive series, millions sold worldwide... Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has ... (Barnes & Noble)

  9. Sugar

    by Deirdre Riordan Hall
    A young girl struggles with obesity and body image in a society obsessed with thinness. She learns to love herself and find her own path.

    I’m the fat Puerto Rican–Polish girl who doesn’t feel like she belongs in her skin, or anywhere else for that matter. I’ve always been too much and yet not enough., Sugar Legowski-Gracia wasn’t ... (Barnes & Noble)

  10. Play Dead

    by Anne Frasier
    A detective and a serial killer's daughter team up to catch a murderer. But the past haunts them both.

    No one is more familiar with Savannah's dark side than homicide detective and native resident Elise Sandburg. She's been haunted for years by her own mysterious past: she was abandoned as a baby in ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Good Neighbor

    by A.J. Banner
    A psychological thriller about a woman who suspects her neighbor of murder. As she investigates, she uncovers dark secrets about her own past.

    From a phenomenal new voice in suspense fiction comes a book that will forever change the way you look at the people closest to you…, Shadow Cove, Washington, is the kind of town everyone dreams ... (Goodreads)

  12. What She Left Behind

    by Ellen Marie Wiseman
    Abandoned by her mother in a mental institution, Clara uncovers the truth about her family's past.

    In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of THE PLUM TREE merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty—and the lengths we will go to protect those ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Snow Child

    by Eowyn Ivey
    A couple's dream of a child comes true in the Alaskan wilderness, but with unexpected consequences.

    Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she ... (Goodreads)

  14. Sycamore Row

    by John Grisham
    A lawyer in Mississippi must unravel a mysterious will and its secrets.

    The title refers to a row of sycamore trees in the countryside near the fictional town of Clanton, in fictional Ford County, Mississippi . The trees play an important role in the book's plot, though ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Drowning Ruth

    by Christina Schwarz
    A tragic tale of family secrets and tragic consequences.

    Amanda and Mathilda are two sisters who live in rural Wisconsin ; they are very close, but very different. While Mathilda is petite, well-liked, pretty, and adventurous, Amanda is tall, clumsy, ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Her Final Breath

    by Robert Dugoni
    A detective must race against time to uncover the truth behind a mysterious death.

    Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite has returned to the police force after the sensational retrial of her sister’s killer. Still scarred from that ordeal, Tracy is pulled into an investigation that ... (Goodreads)

  17. The Deep End of the Ocean

    by Jacquelyn Mitchard
    A family coping with the loss of their son and their journey to reunite.

    Wisconsin photographer and housewife Beth Cappadora leaves her youngest son, Ben, alone with his older brother for a brief moment in a crowded Chicago hotel lobby, while attending her high school ... (Wikipedia)

  18. The Last Town

    by Blake Crouch
    A small town is cut off from the world by a mysterious barricade and its inhabitants must fight to survive.

    Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. ... (Goodreads)

  19. Hostile Witness

    by Rebecca Forster
    Legal thriller involving a murder trial, where the stakes are high and no one is innocent.

    ASIN moved from, less recent edition, When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her step-grandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Kill Order

    by James Dashner
    Prequel to "The Maze Runner" series, depicting the events leading up to the sun flares and the beginning of the end of the world.

    In the prologue, Thomas goes through the Swipe and is put in the Box, as he is one of the candidates who is needed inside. He is told that Teresa will get the Swipe as well. Thomas is then sent into ... (Wikipedia)

  21. The Butterfly Garden

    by Dot Hutchison
    A young woman's struggle to escape captivity after being imprisoned in a garden of butterflies.

    An Amazon Charts bestseller., Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. Still Alice

    by Lisa Genova
    A woman's struggle to hold on to her identity in the face of a devastating diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Bone Collector

    by Jeffery Deaver
    A detective and a forensic specialist race against time to stop a serial killer.

    Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics – until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging ... (Goodreads)

  24. Wool

    by Hugh Howey
    In a post-apocalyptic world, people live in a giant silo underground, but secrets threaten to unravel their society.

    The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth. , Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending one hundred forty-four stories beneath the surface. The series ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Death Cure

    by James Dashner
    The final installment of the Maze Runner series, where Thomas and his friends must find a cure for the deadly virus that has ravaged the world.

    After being held in solitary confinement , Thomas is eventually released by Janson (nicknamed the "Rat Man"), who is the assistant director of WICKED (World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment ... (Wikipedia)

  26. The Athena Project

    by Brad Thor
    A team of elite female operatives must stop a terrorist group from unleashing a deadly virus. Fast-paced action and espionage.

    The world’s most elite counterterrorism unit has just taken its game to an entirely new level. And not a moment too soon . . . From behind the rows of razor wire, a new breed of counterterrorism ... (Barnes & Noble)

  27. In Twenty Years

    by Allison Winn Scotch
    College friends reunite after 20 years and confront secrets, regrets, and missed opportunities.

    Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. The Nanny Diaries

    by Emma McLaughlin
    A young woman's struggle to balance her professional and personal obligations as a nanny.

    Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless–bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived ... (Goodreads)

  29. The Dirty Parts of the Bible

    by Sam Torode
    A young man travels from the Midwest to the Deep South in search of his estranged father, encountering various adventures and challenges along the way.

    It's 1936, and Tobias Henry is stuck in the frozen hinterlands of Michigan. Tobias is obsessed with two things: God and girls. Mostly girls, of course. But being a Baptist preacher's son, he can't ... (Goodreads)

  30. Not Quite Forever

    by Catherine Bybee
    Romance novel about a woman who falls in love with a man who is afraid of commitment.

    The touching and heartwarming fourth novel in the wildly popular Not Quite series from, New York Times, bestselling author Catherine Bybee, Romance author Dakota Laurens believes that ... (Barnes & Noble)