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If I like Lisa Jewell who else would you recommend?

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arkela · 26/02/2019 00:41

I love Lisa Jewell, I'm also a fan of Robert Brynzda and Tana French (her first few, anyway.) Not a fan of Liane Moriarty or anything remotely resembling "chick-lit". Can anyone recommend authors I may like? I've just finished "Watching You" and I'm bereft!

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bert3400 · 26/02/2019 00:48

I love reading Lisa Jewell and have read most of the books by Marian Keyes & Jo Jo Moyles .

AppleReader · 26/02/2019 05:57

You might like Patrick Gale.

Clawdy · 26/02/2019 19:31

Erin Kelly's books are very good. Also anything by Eve Chase.

elkiedee · 27/02/2019 10:58

Have you read all of Lisa Jewell's work? I haven't yet read Watching You though I have a copy but my impression is that her more recent work is more crime oriented - certainly her last 4 books - I've read The Girls. I've enjoyed a lot of her early books but would think they are actually a bit chick lit.

I would recommend any of the 3 books by Alex Marwood, and books by Laura Wilson (both historical and contemporary settings) and Denise Mina.

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arkela · 28/02/2019 02:59

Thanks everyone, and yes, elkiedee it's the crime ones I really like.

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Papergirl1968 · 28/02/2019 22:41

Worth trying Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain?
I know you said you didn't like Liane Moriaty but I'm reading her Nine Perfect Strangers now and it's pretty good.
Lisa Jewell has definitely veered more towards psychological thrillers in recent books. I've loved her last few but read one of her early ones, The House on Dream Street, and didn't enjoy it. I do like some chick lit but that was just too fluffy.

Papergirl1968 · 28/02/2019 22:43

Sorry, 31 Dream Street not The House on Dream Street.

Greenteandchives · 01/03/2019 11:17

I like Lisa Jewell’s recent books too OP. Have a look at Cath Staincliffe. I have just read a couple of hers and really enjoyed them. Fear of Falling is a story about a difficult adoption, which was fairly harrowing tbh. I am just reading The Girl in the Green Dress, about the murder of a transgender teenager.

duplodancer · 02/03/2019 08:57

Sophie Hannah would fit the bill. Start with Little Face.

Jellybean100 · 02/03/2019 09:00

I recently read “I see you” by Clare mackintosh which I enjoyed. I love Lisa jewell’s crime novels!

funmummy48 · 02/03/2019 09:06

Louise Candlish & Charity Norman!

Greenteandchives · 02/03/2019 09:26

Ooh yes Louise Candlish. Our House.
Really gripping, and a proper twist at the end.

Papergirl1968 · 04/03/2019 18:40

Dorothy Koomson is worth a try too.

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arkela · 06/03/2019 20:33

Thanks, everyone!

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Murine · 06/03/2019 22:19

Ooh Ruth Ware and Sabine Durrant night also fit the bill.

LosingLola · 17/03/2019 00:50

Emily Barr

Ratatouille76 · 17/03/2019 22:29

Charity Norman is wonderful.

Ratatouille76 · 17/03/2019 22:30

Ruth Dudgall is good.

MyBestFriendKenny · 22/03/2019 13:38

Try Freya North

TreesoftheField · 22/03/2019 13:39

Kate Atkinson
Isabel Allende
Sudan howatch

Starburst8 · 22/03/2019 13:57

If you like Lisa Jewell try Clare Mackintosh. I let you go was a great read. Really recommend it Smile

Starburst8 · 22/03/2019 13:58

(Posted too soon)

Also recommend Jodi Picoult. Any of her books are a good read.

stayathomer · 22/03/2019 14:00

Louise Jensen, Katryn Croft, Gillian McAllister, Andrea Mara

stayathomer · 22/03/2019 14:01

Oh and The Breakdown by B A Paris

Strugglingmum73 · 02/04/2019 19:29

Clare Mackintosh
Adele Parks
CL Taylor