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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
While you’re waiting for Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

 

Are you one of the nearly 600 people on the hold list for Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn? If you are one of those people patiently waiting, try one of these readalikes in the meantime.

Breaker by Minette Walters
In both of these character-driven and intricately plotted psychological suspense stories, seemingly devoted husbands become prime suspects in their wives' disappearances.

 

 


Before I go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson  
Both of these relentlessly suspenseful novels feature fractured narratives and complicated plots. Feelings of unease occur as the reader is unsure as to what appears to be happening and what is actually happening.

 

Die for You by Lisa Unger
Dark and disturbing secrets contradict the seemingly perfect marriages in these two fast paced and compelling psychological suspense novels.

 

 
 

When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson 
If you are looking forward to the character-driven, disturbing and suspenseful aspects of Gone Girl then you may enjoy this selection which also features compelling multiple perspectives as three lives come together in unexpected ways.


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