Books like Before we met by Lucie Whitehouse

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 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

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

A Southern Florida thriller in which a woman survives a staged murder, vows revenge, and navigates a world of crime, hazardous waste, and eccentric allies.

When a crime shocks a dinner party next door, the Conti couple’s peaceful life is shattered. Detective Rasbach finds that Anne and Marco have hidden secrets that may have ended in blood.

Three college friends—Julia, Ralph, and Ingrid—bond in Sydney. When Ingrid moves to New York and vanishes on September 11, Julia and Ralph delve into her mysterious disappearance, unraveling secrets of friendship, inheritance, and the city’s shadows.

5th Myron Bolitar Novel

An ordinary snapshot leads to a suburban mother's unraveling world as she tries to shield her children from her husband who has been found dead with a family photograph in his possession, and the revelation of a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to find Jack and the photo.

When his wife, psychologist Susie, is arrested after a client’s murder, husband Lachlan must uncover a web of secrets to prove her innocence.

Lucie is 37. She is the mother of a young daughter. And she is a widow. Her husband, Mark, died suddenly at the age of just 37. There wasn't even time to say goodbye. This book, inspired by her award-winning blog Wife After Death, is the story of her grief, and how she is (and isn't) coming to terms with Mark's death, and bringing up their daughter on her own. On the evening of February 11, 2012, just before Take Me Out was due to start, Lucie Brownlee's 37-year-old husband Mark said, Let's go to bed. Mid way through intercourse, he dropped dead on the pillow beside her. Lucie's candid memoir charts her first two years of widowhood. (Bereavement lore states that the first year is the hardest and subsequent years get progressively easier. She has found this not to be the case). Her story bears witness to first birthdays, first dates and inappropriate liaisons with a plumber, as well as posers such as, 'Does this mean I can finally ditch the in-laws?' (Probably not yet). She never loses her sense of humour (perhaps it was a good thing that her husband, recruited as a linguist by GCHQ, had never told her about his work?). But as the two-year anniversary approaches, can she bear to scatter the ashes - in Spain - as planned? This book is a roller-coaster ride through the highs and lows of negotiating the 'new normal' and addresses the warty underbelly of widowhood; the drinking, the recklessness, and the feelings of inadequacy as a single mother to a young child.

In this thrilling collaboration with Alafair Burke, a kidnapping at New York’s Met Gala triggers a suspenseful investigation that unravels a cold‑case mystery, exposing the dangers of fame and media frenzy.

In my idea it will be great

An engrossing thriller exploring the complexities of a marriage between a busy mother and a charming developer, set in London.

After an uncle’s suicide, art dealer Lucas inherits Stoneborough Manor in Oxfordshire. He and his friends retreat from London, but the house—and old films—uncover hidden family secrets and threaten the fragile bonds of friendship.

In Brooklyn’s Red Hook, two teenage girls seek adventure, but a midnight raft trip turns into a disappearance that rattles an entire community.