Recommendations based on Every Secret Thingby Laura Lippman

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  1. What the Dead Know

    by Laura Lippman
    A woman claiming to be a long-missing girl reopens a cold case, forcing detectives to unravel the truth.

    Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two ... (Goodreads)

  2. Wilde Lake

    by Laura Lippman
    A small-town prosecutor uncovers dark secrets from her family's past while working on a high-profile murder case.

    A Best Novel nominee for the 2017 Anthony Award!, An African-American man accused of rape by a humiliated girl. A vengeful father. A courageous attorney. A worshipful daughter., Think you know this ... (Barnes & Noble)

  3. After I'm Gone

    by Laura Lippman
    A man disappears, leaving behind a family and a mistress. Decades later, his secrets are uncovered by his daughter and a retired detective.

    The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Thing , I'd Know You Anywhere , and What the Dead Know returns with an addictive story that explores how one man's disappearance ... (Goodreads)

  4. This Lullaby

    by Sarah Dessen
    A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, learning to let go of the past and embrace love.

    Remy is an eighteen-year-old who is about to leave for college. Her father, a musician, wrote his one and only hit song the day she was born. The song, called "This Lullaby," became extremely ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Shutter Island

    by Dennis Lehane
    A U.S. Marshal investigates a psychiatric hospital on a remote island, uncovering chilling secrets and an unexpected truth.

    In 1954, widower U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, go on a ferry boat to Shutter Island, the home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane, to investigate ... (Wikipedia)

  6. Inland

    by Téa Obreht
    Two women's lives intersect in the Arizona Territory during the late 1800s, as they navigate the harsh desert landscape and their own personal struggles.

    The novel follows two parallel narratives in the American frontier . , Living in the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, 37-year-old frontierswoman Nora Lark waits inside ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Possession

    by A.S. Byatt
    Two modern academics uncover a hidden romance between two Victorian poets.

    Obscure scholar Roland Michell, researching in the London Library , discovers handwritten drafts of a letter by the eminent Victorian poet Randolph Henry Ash, which lead him to suspect that the ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Brideshead Revisited

    by Evelyn Waugh
    A nostalgic reflection on a wealthy family and the enduring power of love.

    The novel is divided into three parts, framed by a prologue and epilogue. The prologue takes place during the final years of the Second World War . Charles Ryder and his battalion are sent to a ... (Wikipedia)

  9. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

    by Joshilyn Jackson
    A young girl's death in a backyard pool leads to family secrets being uncovered.

    Laurel Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she's helping her mother make sure the literal family skeleton stays in the closet or turning scraps of fabric into nationally acclaimed art ... (Barnes & Noble)

  10. The Senator's Wife

    by Sue Miller
    A story of two women, one married to a senator and the other her neighbor, whose lives become intertwined in unexpected ways.

    Once again Sue Miller takes us deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages exposed in all their shame and imperfection, and in their obdurate, unyielding ... (Goodreads)

  11. Island of Lost Girls

    by Jennifer McMahon
    A young girl goes missing on a summer night, and years later, a woman returns to the island to confront her past and find the truth.

    While parked at a gas station, Rhonda sees something so incongruously surreal that at first she hardly recognizes it as a crime in progress. She watches, unmoving, as someone dressed in a rabbit ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Cinderella Pact

    by Sarah Strohmeyer
    Three friends create a pact to lose weight and find love, but their plan takes a dark turn.

    In this funny and big-hearted story by the author of The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives, three best friends make a pact to transform themselves into the glamorous women they've always wanted to be. ... (Goodreads)

  13. She's Come Undone

    by Wally Lamb
    A young woman's trial-filled journey to self-acceptance and self-preservation.

    Dolores Price is heartbroken when her handsome, but irresponsible father, Tony, leaves their suburban home for another woman. She and her mother, Bernice, move into her uptight Catholic grandmother's ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Bloodstream

    by Tess Gerritsen
    A medical thriller about a doctor who discovers a deadly virus outbreak in a small town and races to find a cure before it spreads.

    With her acclaimed novels, Harvest, and, Life Support, Tess Gerritsen has injected a powerful dose of adrenaline into the medical thriller. Now, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense with chilling ... (Goodreads)

  15. Florida

    by Lauren Groff
    A collection of short stories set in Florida, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and the state's unique landscape.

    The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida—its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind—becomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Postcard Killers

    by James Patterson
    NYPD detective and Swedish journalist team up to solve a string of murders across Europe, all connected by postcards left at the crime scenes.

    A young American couple is murdered while vacationing in Europe. The young woman’s father, Jacob Kanon, is a New York City police investigator who travels to Europe to hunt down the murderer. Other ... (Wikipedia)

  17. I Know This Much Is True

    by Wally Lamb
    A man's journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with family trauma and understanding his identity.

    The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut in the early 1990s. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin , Thomas Birdsey, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia . With medication, Thomas is able to ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Fever

    by Mary Beth Keane
    A young Irish immigrant in early 20th century New York becomes a typhoid carrier, causing a public health crisis and personal turmoil.

    From the bestselling author of, Ask Again, Yes,, a novel about the woman known as “Typhoid Mary,” who becomes, “in Keane’s assured hands...a sympathetic, complex, and even inspiring character” (,O, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. The Professor

    by Robert Bailey
    A law professor takes on a wrongful death case, uncovering corruption and facing personal demons along the way.

    Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student ... (Barnes & Noble)

  20. Pretty Baby

    by Mary Kubica
    Psychological thriller of a mysterious woman and her hidden past, and the family that takes her in.

    “Thrilling and illuminating…[,Pretty Baby,] raises the ante on the genre and announces the welcome second coming of a talent well worth watching.” —,LA Times,Heidi Wood has always been a charitable ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. Tick Tock

    by James Patterson
    Detective Michael Bennett races against time to stop a deadly serial killer who is targeting the city's wealthiest families.

    NYC's #1 detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem-the Son of Sam, the Werewolf of Wisteria and the Mad Bomber are all back. The city has never been more terrified! When a rash of horrifying ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. Where They Found Her

    by Kimberly McCreight
    A small town is rocked by the discovery of a dead newborn, and three women's lives become intertwined in the investigation.

    An idyllic suburban town. A devastating discovery. Shocking revelations that will change three lives forever., At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of a newborn ... (Barnes & Noble)

  23. A Gathering of Secrets

    by Linda Castillo
    Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a murder in an Amish community, uncovering dark secrets and long-held grudges.

    A deadly fire exposes the dark side of Amish life in this harrowing thriller by bestselling author Linda Castillo. When a historic barn in Painters Mill burns to the ground in the middle of the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  24. Fly Away Home

    by Jennifer Weiner
    A mother and daughter navigate life after a family scandal, finding solace in each other and their shared love of music.

    Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . . When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as ... (Goodreads)

  25. November Road

    by Lou Berney
    A man flees New Orleans after the JFK assassination and meets a woman on the run. They embark on a road trip, pursued by dangerous men.

    Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America—a story of unexpected connections, daring ... (Goodreads)

  26. You've Been Warned

    by James Patterson
    A young woman's life spirals out of control after she begins experiencing terrifying visions.

    Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy "Don't think, just shoot"–pictures, that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full-time as the nanny for the fabulously wealthy Turnbull ... (Goodreads)

  27. The Middlesteins

    by Jami Attenberg
    A family struggles with the matriarch's obesity and its impact on their relationships. A poignant and humorous exploration of love, addiction, and forgiveness.

    For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. White Oleander

    by Janet Fitch
    A young girl's struggles to survive in a series of foster homes, finding strength in her resilience.

    Astrid Magnussen is a 12-year-old girl living in Los Angeles , California with her mother, Ingrid Magnussen, a self-centered and eccentric poet. Astrid's father, Klaus Anders, left before Astrid was ... (Wikipedia)

  29. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

    by Chris Crutcher
    Eric and Sarah Byrnes, two outcasts, navigate high school and confront their traumatic pasts.

    Eric “Mobe” Calhoune's best friend Sarah Byrnes is catatonic , sitting in the mental ward of Sacred Heart Hospital. The staff there suggests that he recall some moments that may jog her memory and ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Ashes

    by Ilsa J. Bick
    After a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse, a young girl navigates a world filled with danger, death, and supernatural powers.

    An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. When it happens, Alex was hiking in the woods to say ... (Barnes & Noble)