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Readers who enjoyed Nothing Left To Lose by A.J. Wills also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“You’re going on a date with someone you’ve just met online?There are a bunch of crazies out there. You need to be careful!”After multiple assassination attempts, FBI agent Emma Griffin is on the road to recovery.At times though, her dreams and reality seem to blur together. Leaving her to question aspects of her life... -
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors... -
Autumn's Game by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratings‘Till death do us part’ has never been so true...Armed with a slew of advanced degrees and powerful intuition, forensic psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent is ready to conquer the world and touch the lives of its seven billion inhabitants. She’s prepared to fight for justice, right the wrongs...because she knows what it’s like to be wronged... -
Here After by Sean Costello
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLOVE. LOSS. OBSESSION. REDEMPTION.Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingly random search for a missing child, risking his sanity, even his life in a grief-induced quest. His journey propels him into the darkest reaches of human suffering, and pits him squarely against an adversary whose own obsession defies all reason... -
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The Llangollen Killings: A Snowdonia Murder Mystery by Simon McCleave
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDI Ruth Hunter and the Llancastell CID team investigate a murder in... -
The Girl in the Sand by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShallow graves scar the desert landscape. A cemetery in the sand. Some of the lost are never found. Thousands of girls go missing every year in Las Vegas. Taken. Bought and sold. Or worse. And now the dead are calling. These lost girls summon FBI Profiler Violet Darger to Sin City -- a new case... -
30 Days of Justis by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe's a daughter he doesn't know he has. Until she calls him...from death row. From USA Today bestselling author John Ellsworth comes another book so thrilling the pages all but turn themselves. Written as a standalone novel. Michael Gresham meets his lost daughter, Cache, in her prison cell. She is scheduled for execution in 30 days. Her other lawyers have given up; there is nothing left to do... -
The Law Partners by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsARRESTED FOR A MURDER YOU DIDN'T COMMIT? Michael Gresham is a criminal attorney who defends his clients with an iron will. They know that when he takes their case they are probably going to leave the courthouse a free man or free woman. But what happens when the defender becomes the defendant himself? A law partner will have to step up and do for him what he can't do for himself... -
Desert Heat by L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe desert holds its kill up to the sun. A human body draped over the limbs of a cactus. Sand scouring the naked flesh every time the wind blows.A shocking death launches Special Agent Victor Loshak on a new investigation with an ominous message: They know everything... -
It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHonorable Mention in the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award Historical Fiction Category2021 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award 2021 Finalist Wishing Shelf Book AwardRiveting Southern Fiction by the award-winning author of When We Were Brave. ~Set in a world where women of the KKK betray their neighbors, horrors of unscrupulous foundling homes come to light, and buried mysteries are not all that hidden... -
Born Evil by Kimberley Chambers
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA wonderfully tough, funny and heartbreaking second novel from the author of Billie Jo. On a nice cul-de-sac in leafy Rainham, June Dawson’s world is turned upside down when her daughter Debbie’s child by her drug-addict boyfriend turns the family inside out... -
Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick's Bambach's new avant-garde film isn't enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noah's dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end, whatever the cost... -
Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome Amish communities aren’t so cozy. Paper Roses is the electrifying new addition to the Serenity’s Plain Secrets’ mystery/crime thriller series. While an archeological team digs up Blood Rock’s sinister past, a forbidden romance begins, and Serenity races to stop a serial killer before he strikes again... -
The Invitation by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen FBI agent Ava James received a call from an ex,she could have never predicted the mayhem that would follow...After receiving an invitation to attend a Christmas themed wedding in the mountains,Ava had planned out her perfect winter escape.However, the getaway turns into a nightmare when she stumbles upon the groom’s sister frozen in the snow... -
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The Contract Lawyer by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lawyer with a contract on his life, the contract lawyer.Thaddeus Murfee is an attorney in San Diego, when he learns from the FBI there is a contract on his life. The FBI can help him discover who wants him dead only so far. The rest is up to him. So Thaddeus gathers his legal team, consisting of investigators Turquoise Murfee and Marcel Rainford... -
Someone Else's Baby by Ruby Speechley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe gave away her children. Now she wants them back.Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved... -
Purgatory by Victor Methos
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJon Stanton should have been living the good life: a beautiful fiancé, a successful career, a home in paradise. But his job in Homicide has served up a bad case of insomnia and hallucinations, and just as his body, mind, and spirit are about to break, he begins investigating an intriguing series of merciless murders... -
Fire by John Boyne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’t always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness... -
An Invisible Murder by Joyce Cato
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen traveling cook Jenny Starling starts her new job for the aristocracy living in a genuine castle, she is thrilled, envisioning nothing more arduous than days spent preparing her beloved recipes... -
Annie's Verdict by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsACE for ASIN B0735NBYD2Washington D.C. Power Brokers High Alert: There's a new prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office...And he's watching you… Michael Gresham has crossed the street and is now putting bad guys in prison, his defense lawyer days at an end. Who could blame him: the love of his life Dania was murdered and has left Michael with a desire to prosecute evil in all its forms... -
Carlos the Ant by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCarlos has a sick daughter and needs money. He's also an upstanding citizen who pays his taxes, puts in his forty hours, doesn't drink and carouse, and loves his wife. Still...he has nowhere else to turn. So Carlos gets money the old-fashioned way--he robs banks. The money comes pouring in but then a new man joins the crew and everything tumbles downhill... -
The Gone Sister by Thomas Fincham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFROM THOMAS FINCHAM, THE NEW VOICE IN CRIME AND SUSPENSE GENRE. A MYSTERY THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING UNTIL THE FINAL PAGES. How do you find someone who doesn’t exist? Isaiah Whitcomb is found dead in a parked car. Isaiah is a promising athlete and he also happens to be Detective Greg Holt’s nephew. It’s personal for Holt and he will stop at nothing to find who is behind his nephew’s murder... -
Walk in Darkness by Victor Methos
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Killer Hunts his Victims. . .A sinister executioner in the grip of frenzy. Self-realized with a penchant for butchery, he finds pleasure in the vicious murders of those most vulnerable and calls himself, The Sandman.A Detective Pulled Into a World he Thought he Left Behind. . -
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEvie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it... -
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Wanted by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life... -
Death by Midnight by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a time for celebration.Unfortunately in Twilight Cove, the festivity is masking something ominous...PI Dean Steele has had to solve many strange mysteries throughout his career.This time he is called to the small seaside town to unmask the truth behind a chilling murder...Categorized as:
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The Garden of Secrets by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a hunter approaches an unattended fire, he sees a hand sticking out of the ground.There's a bracelet around her wrist, adorned with a rose charm.A decade has since passed, and to this day, her identity remains unknown.Dean Steele has spent most of his life in the service of something greater.From serving his country in the military to bringing justice to the evildoers in this world...Categorized as:
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The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect MarriageTill death do us part. Yours. Not Mine. It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers... -
Most Cunning Workmen by Roy Lewis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYOUR NEW CRIME FICTION OBSESSION STARTS HERE.Are you seeking an enticing new mystery series, filled with first-rate characters, and breathtaking twists and turns?Then meet Arnold Landon, mild-mannered history buff turned amateur sleuth.“The skilful Mr Lewis has made Arnold Landon an unforgettable character.” New York Times____________________Originally published as Most Cunning Workmen... -
Sakharov the Bear by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOHN ELLSWORTH A Legal Thriller - in a Russian Courtroom Drama Two CIA field operators obtain a bill of lading from an arms supplier in Moscow. Tracing the origin and destination of the weapons there is reason to believe a massive arms shipment has come into the U.S. through the Port of Long Beach... -
Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11 by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSOMEONE IS KILLING OFF LAWYERS IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Michael Gresham is assigned to prosecuting the case against the at-large killer. When Michael's team has tried everything else to find the killer, they turn to twelve-year old Annie Gresham to create a criminal profile. Annie, the savant daughter of Michael Gresham, gathers together all the known evidence and begins mining the data... -
The Edge by Lucy Goacher
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes it’s easier to believe the lie. But is the truth right in front of you?Everyone says Poppy jumped. My beautiful, creative sister, with her paint-splattered dresses and sunshine smile, took her own life. And I think they’re right. Until the day I speak to Daniel.Everyone says his sister jumped too. But he has proof that she was pushed... -
Wicked Secret by Valerie Keogh
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNicola Connolly's dreams have started again but this time she is the target. Deciding to investigate, to hunt rather than be hunted, she makes a startling discovery. Tom Hudson, meanwhile, has troubles of his own - Sean White is missing and one of his colleagues has been brutally murdered. Is there a link between the two? Reluctantly, Tom decides to ask Nicola for help... -
Playing with Fire by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAt a beloved local theme park, all has not been well.After an inexplicable fire ravaged the park, the community united to rebuild the attractions.The grand re-opening ceremony was filled with excitement and hope.But the laughter soon turned into screams.PI Dean Steele has solved countless cases.Endured life's many tragedies, including the murder of his first love... -
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Dusk Corners by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt takes a killer to catch a killer.Logan Wolf was the Behavioral Analysis Unit's most-respected profiler. Then a serial killer murdered his wife and tore his life apart. Now he's a vigilante fugitive, hiding from the FBI while he hunts the nation's deadliest criminals.When a college student and her boyfriend vanish in West Texas, Wolf suspects the Devil's Rock killer... -
Little Sister by Gytha Lodge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Detective Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. She's striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. She's also covered in blood. When Jonah races to help, the girl insists she's fine. Then she smiles. It's her sister he needs to worry about... -
The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne by one the guests at the Misty Pines Ski Lodge are dropping dead…After an action-packed year of fighting crime, FBI Agent Olivia Knight is ready for a relaxing getaway with her partner Brock.But trouble has a way of finding her everywhere...Her arrival at the ski lodge is welcomed by chaos with the death of a female guest... -
Execution Is Everything: The Girl by Nick Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you have 10 seconds to live, Execution Is Everything. Dr. Jon Kaine has flown into New York to commit a crime, but that’s not the problem. The problem is the late-night bar he hides out in, the gang that runs it, and the beautiful woman who follows him inside... -
A Critical Tangent by Reily Garrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Reily has a way of combining murder, intrigue, twists and turns with just the right amount of romance…” – J. George, VINE VOICEShe doesn’t trust cops.Can the detective trust his instincts?Keiki Tallerman’s life shatters on a remote mountaintop in Pennsylvania after witnessing her best friend’s bizarre execution... -
The Boy in the Woods by A.J. Wills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat she saw in the woods will test a mother’s love to the limits Sabine Sugar, devoted wife and mother, has turned her back on the haters and moved her family to a new town where no one knows they had anything to do with the death of a teenage girl... -
Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Every Pretty Thing serial killer hunter Darby McCormick finds herself in Montana, looking for a friend. Little does she realise that a murderer is waiting for her . . .She came to find her friend.Instead she found a killer.Serial killer expert Darby McCormick gets a call from FBI Agent Jackson Cooper, who has been contacted by a woman who's been in hiding for twenty years... -
Saint/Sinner by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHERE IS NO REST FOR THE WICKED.After spending ten years of her life hunting her sister’s killer and barely surviving, Allie Krycek is ready to move on. She’s got a new job, in a new city, with a new man in her life. Things are finally looking up.Too bad there are people determined to ruin Allie’s second chance... -
What Lies Hidden by Fran McDonnell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIsobel McKenzie is an experienced and intuitive psychotherapist who is on sabbatical while recovering from illness. Reluctantly she goes to London to help out an old friend, solicitor Paul Wright, who is uneasy about the partisan nature of a proposed divorce settlement. He asks her to meet the couple, Thomas and Anne Banks, to assess the situation... -
The Cut by Chris Brookmyre
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick'Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - there's nothing he can't do'Mick Herron'I recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters, [and] it kept me guessing'Marian KeyesThe supremely entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and the best... -
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Ungu Karmila by Ramlee Awang Murshid
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsATAS nama cinta... mahligai impian itu dibina. Vila Sepi menjadi mahar kasih Arif terhadap isterinya, Karmila. Namun, tragedi dahsyat memusnahkan kegembiraan yang dikecapi.Beberapa tahun berlalu... vila yang ditinggalkan dikatakan berhantu. Jikon, seorang pemuda Orang Asli bagai digamit memasuki vila itu. Akhirnya, dia menjadi korban pertama.Setelah itu, mistik di vila itu tiba-tiba sepi... -
Crossing Lines by Keith Houghton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAMAZON #1 BEST SELLING MYSTERY THRILLEROver 1000 Five Star Reviews for Gabe Quinn SeriesCROSSING LINES - Gabe Quinn Thriller Series, Book 2One man wants revenge ...One man wants to even the score...Only one will succeed ..."Celebrity Cop" Gabe Quinn has quit the LAPD and is chasing his demons pro bono - determined to catch or kill the two serial killers responsible for ruining his life... -
Hidden Justice by Nolon King, David W. Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone , Pretty Killer , and No Justice bring you a brand new unforgettable thriller that blends mystery and suspense into pulse-pounding, revenge-seeking, fast-paced thriller action.Frank Grimm is a retired detective who breaks into his neighbors' homes searching for clues to find the man who murdered his daughter...Categorized as:
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Waanzin by Wulf Dorn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSie liebt. Sie lauert. Sie tötet.Ein Rosenstrauß ohne Absender. Geschenke vor der Haustür. Briefe unter dem Scheibenwischer ... Der Psychiater Jan Forstner wird von einer Unbekannten mit Liebesbezeugungen überhäuft. Anfangs glaubt Jan noch an die harmlose Schwärmerei einer ehemaligen Patientin... -
Once Upon a Lie by Lisa Ballantyne
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo. 1 bestselling author of The Guilty One is back with a gripping and emotional new moral thriller about a woman, a child, the gulf that stands between them, and about how far people will go to keep a secret...Magpie is an independent, unconventional and troubled woman with secrets. Returning home late one night she finds a young girl covered in bruises who claims to have run away from home... -
The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDo you really know your neighbours?Once again, my irresponsible sister has instantly fallen for the wrong guy. Rook seems like the perfect man on first meeting, but even I can see there’s something evil behind his eyes.And I’m right. It’s been two days since Fern went into his house, and nobody has heard from her since...
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