Books like Playing Nice by J. P. Delaney

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

A suspenseful look inside the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Grace, where love, secrecy, and abuse mask a household of hidden violence.

When Jessica Delaney’s ex‑fiancé jinxes her, her brother Jon offers a one‑night arrangement to keep her hopeful, but unexpected feelings surface and question what the future holds.

A snowbound Catskills inn turns deadly as guests are washed out of contact during a blizzard, and one by one they begin to die in what seems like a sinister murder mystery.

In Uncle Silas, a 17‑year‑old orphan is thrust into a web of family betrayal when her guardian plans to murder her for her fortune.

In a quiet upstate New York suburb, a teenage hacker invades homes and computers, sparking a chain of anonymous letters and a brutal murder that forces neighbors to confront hidden secrets and twisted loyalties.

In this New York Times‑reviewed novel, Nancy Tucker blends crime and psychological suspense, delivering a tense thriller that has garnered attention within contemporary English literature.

After a mysterious plane crash kills her husband’s alleged passengers, a wife's search for the truth uncovers a web of lies that could shatter her entire world.

Powerful, dangerous, broodingly handsome Falcon Delaney was a loner, a man of action who'd spent years pursuing a stolen cache of Union gold. When he awakened in a locked cellar and gazed into the enchanting eyes of Victoria Fontaine, he was bewitched, on fire, aching to possess her. Giving her no chance to protest or resist, he kissed her thoroughly--and she was spellbound by waves of potent heat. Beneath Falcon's city manners was a wildness nothing could tame, and Victoria refused to be ashamed of her reckless, wanton desire for this complex man who left her breathless with passion. Torn between obsession and duty, Falcon longed to cherish her, but he knew he could make promises, offer her no future. She was willing to disregard every rule to have him--until a heartbreaking telegraph sent her riding West in search of a killer, with Falcon savaged by her betrayal... and hot on her trail. He'd follow her forever if it meant he'd learn her secret, but would uncovering the truth drive them apart for good? THE DELANEYS: THE UNTAMED YEARS

Three sisters confront a dangerous family secret when their long‑time enemy, Uncle Paul, is released from prison, forcing them to face grief, suspicion, and vengeance on a familiar seaside retreat.

After a mysterious disappearance, Anne White struggles to reconnect with her teenage daughter Abigail, while questioning how much of the vanished girl remembers the day she vanished.