Netflix's The Stranger Readalikes

Created on January 20, 2022, 3:32 pm

Last Updated March 19, 2024, 3:24 pm

Netflix's miniseries The Stranger is the story of how an intricate web of secrets and lies in a small community begins to unravel when the titular stranger (played by Hannah John-Kamen) approaches Adam Price (played by Richard Armitage) with a bombshell revelation about his wife. Whether you've watched the entire series or haven't started yet, here are a few books that capture both the spine-tingling suspense and dangerous repercussions of secrets between spouses.
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This novel has a slight twist. Instead of the wife hiding a secret life, it's the husband. And it is a whopper. 
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Much like Corinne, Layla leaves her husband, Finn, without notice, with him thinking everything was fine. But why did she leave, and what was she hiding before she left? And what is Finn hiding now?
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In the same way Adam thinks he knows everything about Corinne, Bailey believes she knows everything she needs to know about her new husband. It doesn't take a stranger to shake Bailey's belief, though.
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Unlike The Stranger, where secrets are revealed, Amy Whey tries with increasing desperation to keep her secret under wraps. But will she go too far?
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Like Adam's and Corinne's marriage, Jonathan's marriage is structured around his wife's closely guarded secret. A secret that could very well get him killed. 
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This is the book the miniseries is based on. Author Harlan Coben serves as executive producer of the show.
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The husband has secrets. The wife has secrets. The secrets have secrets.
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