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Books Like A Reliable Wife

by Robert Goolrick · about this book

Loved A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick? If its historical fiction, secret past and dark hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Simply Lies, Goodnight Beautiful and The Heiress. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Reliable Wife: Historical Fiction · Secret Past · Dark · Psychological Manipulation · Con Artists

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   Simply Lies

   David Baldacci

   Con Artists · Psychological Manipulation · Revenge Plot · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful

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   Goodnight Beautiful

   Aimee Molloy

   Secret Past · Psychological Manipulation · Revenge Plot · Psychological Thriller · Hidden Identity

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   The Heiress

   Rachel Hawkins

   Wealthy Protagonist · Psychological Thriller · Secret Past · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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4. 

   The Family Upstairs

   Lisa Jewell

   Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty

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5. 

   Never Lie

   Freida McFadden

   Snow and Ice · Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful

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   The Last Mrs Parrish

   Liv Constantine

   Psychological Manipulation · Revenge Plot · Psychological Thriller · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful

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7. 

   The Kind Worth Killing

   Peter Swanson

   Wealthy Protagonist · Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Revenge Plot · Tense and Suspenseful

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8. 

   One by One

   Ruth Ware

   Psychological Thriller · Snow and Ice · Twisty · Wealthy Protagonist · Atmospheric

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9. 

   The Wife Between Us

   Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

   Psychological Manipulation · Wealthy Protagonist · Secret Past · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful

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10. 

    The Only One Left

    Riley Sager

    Psychological Thriller · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Atmospheric

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11. 

    A Flicker in the Dark

    Stacy Willingham

    Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Secret Past · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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12. 

    The Clinic

    Cate Quinn

    Psychological Thriller · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Secret Past · Hidden Identity

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13. 

    Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn

    Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Male Lead

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14. 

    Little Secrets

    Jennifer Hillier

    Wealthy Protagonist · Psychological Thriller · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Revenge Plot

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15. 

    The Girl Who Knew Too Much

    Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Secret Past · Historical Fiction · Wealthy Protagonist · Hidden Identity · Thriller

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16. 

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    Iain Reid

    Snow and Ice · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Atmospheric

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17. 

    Strange Sally Diamond

    Liz Nugent

    Secret Past · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Twisty

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18. 

    The Midnight Feast

    Lucy Foley

    Secret Past · Revenge Plot · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Atmospheric

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19. 

    The Woman in the Window

    A.J. Finn

    Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Atmospheric

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20. 

    The Mad Wife

    Meagan Church

    Psychological Thriller · Historical Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful · Secret Past · Thriller

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