Books like The Split by Sharon Bolton

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 Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

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.

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown after a brief stay in a psychiatric hospital to cover the murders of two preteen girls, and must confront the trauma of her own past to uncover the truth.

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

Richard Hannay, a bored Londoner who returns from South Africa, is thrust into a high‑stakes espionage chase after a murder tied to an assassination plot, forcing him to flee to Scotland and outwit his pursuers.

A thrilling tale of adventure and suspense as two individuals are stranded on a transatlantic flight bound for New York City, leaving behind the comforts of 1930s Britain.

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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.

Detective Erika Foster follows a chilling trail from a frozen body in a South London park to the strangulated remains of three prostitutes, uncovering a sinister network beneath the city’s glittering surface.

A high‑stakes British mystery where a beloved public figure is accused of murder, forcing his wife and a determined lawyer into a tense battle over truth and justice.

A compelling thriller and love story set in post–Civil War Spain Fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind and Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong will fall in love with Winter in Madrid, the arresting new novel from C. J. Sansom. In September 1940, the Spanish Civil War is over and Madrid lies in ruins while the Germans continue their march through Europe. Britain stands alone as General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett, a privileged young man who was recently traumatized by his experience in Dunkirk and is now a reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. Sent to gain the confidence of Sandy Forsyth, an old school friend turned shadowy Madrid businessman, Brett finds himself involved in a dangerous game and surrounded by memories. Meanwhile, Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged in a secret mission of her own—to find her former lover Bernie Piper, whose passion for the Communist cause led him into the International Brigades and who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama. In a vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and riveting tale that offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding and the profound impact of impossible choices.

Three young men from different countries meet decades later and become adversaries, racing against time to steal 200 tons of uranium.

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.