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Books Like The Silent Patient

If The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides worked for you, these indie books offer a similar reading experience. The comparison comes from AI analysis of each full manuscript (pacing, tone, tropes, and more), not from marketing copy.

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Vanity Project

André Spiteri

Can DI Brian Brandon stop a ruthless killer before they bury him next, or will his demons bury him first? Cybersecurity consultant Ray Higgins is dead. Was it a love triangle turned deadly? Or is there something more at play? As DI Brian Brandon digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a trail of blackmail and betrayal that leads straight to Strathburgh's elite. But Brian is battling more than a killer hell-bent on silencing anyone who gets too close to the truth. A traumatic past and a drinking habit that's spiraling out of control threaten to derail the investigation and get him killed. Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Helen Fields, and Val McDermid, this gripping first instalment in a dark, gritty new Scottish crime series introduces DI Brian Brandon of the city of Strathburgh's Major Investigations Team.

Police Procedural
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The Chameleon: Flesh Eater

K M AUL

The Chameleon: Flesh Eater is a fast-paced contemporary technothriller combining biological danger, government investigation, conspiracy, and an unconventional protagonist who operates entirely outside the system. When a CDC researcher is murdered in Atlanta and a potentially devastating biological threat disappears, federal authorities face an enemy they cannot identify and a crisis they may not be able to contain. Their investigation eventually intersects with a mysterious figure known only as The Chameleon—a man with extraordinary resources, meticulous preparation, and an unmatched ability to alter his appearance, identity, and mannerisms until he can become virtually anyone. Behind the disguise is Simon Knight, a highly intelligent and intensely private man guided by a strict personal credo never to kill. Working with Mara, his brilliant remote intelligence partner, Simon follows a trail involving stolen biological material, hidden connections, government secrets, and people willing to unleash catastrophe for their own purposes. The novel blends realistic science and investigative detail with infiltration, surveillance, deception, escapes, physical action, and an escalating race to prevent a biological disaster. At its center is a hero who relies less on firepower than intelligence, preparation, disguise, and the ability to anticipate what his opponents will do next. Flesh Eater is the first book in The Chameleon series and is intended for readers who enjoy technothrillers, espionage thrillers, government conspiracies, scientific threats, intelligent protagonists, and continuing characters whose relationships develop across a series.

Psychological
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Veritas

Suum Cuique

Blackmailed by her tyrannical dean over an illicit affair, Isobel believes her career is over. But when the dean is found murdered in his locked office—killed with a surgical, untraceable poison—Isobel’s problems are just beginning. Framed alongside two other desperate colleagues, Isobel discovers the murder is merely the opening move in a terrifying game. Will the truth set her free, or bury her forever?

Psychological

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