Books like The girlfriend by Michelle Frances

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

At Pirriwee Public, a beachside school, a routine trivia night spirals into chaos when a parent dies—raising questions of murder, accidental death, or toxic truths. Parents discover how small lies can become deadly.

When a fatal crime shatters his family, former detective Amos Decker must use his impossible photographic memory to uncover the truth behind the murders that defied him, while facing the painful past he cannot escape.

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

Skilled assassin Will Robie is hired by the U.S. government to hunt rogue operative Jessica Reel, only to discover her betrayal hides a threat that could alter the world.

In a teenage romance turned thriller, Scotty’s carefree life with his popular girlfriend Lora derails when she leaves town. A chance encounter with Shannon leads to a weekend of obsession, followed by a dangerous game of possession.

A husband’s new engagement unexpectedly draws a determined ex‑wife into a web of lies, secrets, and psychological tension that threatens the lives of all involved.

A Chicago art teacher’s one‑night encounter turns into a kidnapping thriller as she is whisked away to rural Minnesota, setting off a desperate search by her powerful family and a determined detective.

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.

Detective Michael Bennett is thrust into a high‑stakes battle against a team of lethal assassins whose next target could ignite a Cold War‑era conflict, forcing him to protect the U.S. president during a UN summit in New York.

When a ruthless killer known as The Teacher begins targeting New York’s elite, Detective Mike Bennett must juggle a personal crisis—ten ill children—while racing to stop a deadly series of murders before the city is destroyed.

In tranquil Delray, Florida, forty‑year‑old nurse Terry Painter finds her quiet life upended when the vibrant Alison Simms rents her inherited cottage, leading to a friendship that hides dangerous secrets.

A professor's marriage and family unravel when a student suggests he could be her father.

Three ordinary people—a former Air Force pilot, a pregnant flight attendant, and a dedicated TSA agent—must confront a looming threat on a transcontinental flight, turning their lives into a race against time to prevent catastrophe.

When a mysterious woman who captivates him dies, journalist Ben Luster dives into a dangerous investigation, uncovering a deadly double life and a web of deception that threatens his own sanity.

It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfriend, the one who awakens in a guy the knowledge of what he's always wanted in a relationship ... and it's never with Peg. Obviously, a major lifestyle change is seriously called for, which is why the distraught interior landscape designer says good-bye to Manhattan and late-night lattes with pal Nina, and hello to a farmhouse on ten acres in tiny, backwater Manshire, Vermont, hoping to meet the ultimate, all-organic country man (without too much facial hair) to keep her warm in those frosty New England winters.Instead, Peg finds herself at Inward Bound -- a proactive adult-education retreat for the hapless and hopelessly lovelorn -- to try to lift her dreaded "girlfriend curse." A steamy (and expressly forbidden) dalliance with gorgeous woman-eater Ray probably isn't going to help cure her. But some romantic insight could arise from her attraction to Linus, Inward Bound's sexy, scruffy, smart and still-single founder. Perhaps there is a secret to be unearthed in the crunchy Green Mountains, one that will magically transform Peg Silver from the Perpetual Also Ran to the Big Winner in love.

During a solar eclipse festival in Cornwall in summer 1999, Laura, a witness to a shocking event, confronts two strangers. Months later, the man she went home to offers gratitude that turns unsettling.

Three friends reunite in New York 26 years after a crime that scarred their lives, and their reunion brings new dangers and revelations.

A family matriarch hires a new housekeeper just before her baby arrives, only to suspect the domestic help may be connected to a series of violent attacks on pregnant women in their town.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.