The most popular domestic thriller books

Domestic thrillers find the threat at home. A perfect marriage hides a lie, a new neighbor knows too much, a family secret starts to surface. The settings are ordinary kitchens and school gates, which is what makes them so tense. Expect suspicion, twists and narrators you cannot quite trust.

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The Wives
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The Wives

Valerie Keogh

Published 2024

248 pages

The Favor
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The Favor

Nora Murphy

2022 · 2024 edition

384 pages

The Ex-Wife
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The Ex-Wife

Jess Ryder

2018 · 2026 edition

400 pages

The New Wife
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The New Wife

Sue Watson

Published 2021

296 pages

The Newlyweds
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The Newlyweds

Arianne Richmonde

Published 2021

282 pages

The Honeymoon
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The Honeymoon

Rona Halsall

Published 2019

296 pages

The Friend
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The Friend

Dorothy Koomson

2017 · 2018 edition

480 pages

The Bride
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The Bride

John Nicholl

Published 2023

280 pages

The Next Wife
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The Next Wife

Liz Lawler

2020 · 2026 edition

320 pages

The New Mother
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The New Mother

Nora Murphy

2023 · 2025 edition

432 pages

Unforgivable
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Unforgivable

Natalie Barelli

Published 2022

304 pages

The Perfect Liar
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The Perfect Liar

Thomas Christopher Greene

Published 2019

279 pages

Finding Tessa
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Finding Tessa

Jaime Lynn Hendricks

2021 · 2022 edition

320 pages