Books like Her pretty face by Robyn Harding

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.

In the orderly suburb of Shaker Heights, a new family’s arrival and a custody dispute ignite tension, revealing secrets, art, and the complex pull of motherhood in a tightly knit community.

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

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John Glass, a former journalist turned biographer of his father‑in‑law, faces danger when a young researcher discovers damning family secrets and is murdered. Glass must uncover the truth before more bodies surface.

Daniel learns his mother was committed to a mental hospital, a call from her reveals his lying father is involved in a crime conspiracy. Now he must uncover the truth while confronting a web of family secrets.

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.

After a family tragedy, young Jordan March is sent to live with her reclusive aunt, where she uncovers secret truths that will change her world forever.

A mother struggles to help her selectively mute daughter after a tragic loss, while the daughter’s mysterious disappearance threatens their fragile family life.

Two best friends uncover a dangerous secret hidden in the attic, forcing them to confront a murderous past that threatens their small town and their own safety.

Emmie, after learning her estranged sister Roxy has become a New York call girl, goes undercover to uncover the truth behind their family secrets.

The second book in V. C. Andrews’ intimate 2‑part series, it advances the family drama introduced in Secrets in the Attic with suspenseful revelations and complex mother‑daughter bonds.

Twee tienerzusjes (een tweeling) worden na de dood van hun moeder naar een prestigieuze kostschool in New England gestuurd wat leidt tot de moord op een van hen.

"Aaliya Sohbi lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family's 'unnecessary appendage.' Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been read-- by anyone. After overhearing her neighbors, 'the three witches,' discussing her too-white hair, Aaliya accidentally dyes her hair too blue. In this breathtaking portrait of a reclusive woman's late-life crisis, readers follow Aaliya's digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left" --

A single mother in Washington, D.C., deals with the secrets of her family's past and the threat to her safety and stability as she begins a new life with her children and a tightly knit neighborhood community.

Semantha Heavenstone returns to her Kentucky family estate after graduation, where haunting memories of her deceased sister Cassie and a looming stepmother threaten her future career and newfound love with Ethan Hunter.

A suspenseful investigation into a mysterious murder that grips a small community.

An overweight Santa Monica teenager spends a transformative summer in Italy, discovering the joy of life and the true essence of beauty.