Recommendations based on The Sound of Rainby Gregg Olsen

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  1. Allie and Bea

    by Catherine Ryan Hyde
    An unlikely duo, a senior citizen and a teenage runaway, embark on a road trip and find friendship, family, and hope.

    An Amazon Charts bestseller., Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only ... (Barnes & Noble)

  2. Heartsick

    by Chelsea Cain
    Detective Archie Sheridan is haunted by his past with serial killer Gretchen Lowell, who has escaped from prison and wants to play a deadly game.

    , Damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Orchardist

    by Amanda Coplin
    A story of a reclusive orchardist and his unlikely friendships that help him find redemption.

    Set in the untamed American West, a highly original and haunting debut novel about a makeshift family whose dramatic lives are shaped by violence, love, and an indelible connection to the land. You ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Broken Girls

    by Simone St. James
    A journalist investigates the murder of a girl at a boarding school, uncovering dark secrets and a ghostly presence.

    A suspense novel from the award-winning author of, The Haunting of Maddy Clare..., Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart ... (Goodreads)

  5. The Trespasser

    by Tana French
    A detective investigates a murder case, uncovering secrets, lies, and hidden motives.

    Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there. The rest of her working life is a ... (Goodreads)

  6. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    by Linda Sue Park
    A boy's story of courage and perseverance, as he faces the civil war in Sudan.

    A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ ... (Goodreads)

  7. Liar

    by K.L. Slater
    A psychological thriller about a woman who lies to protect her family, but her lies spiral out of control.

    How far would you go to protect your family? Single dad Ben is doing his best to raise his children alone, with the help of his devoted mother Judi. Life isn’t easy, but Judi’s family means ... (Goodreads)

  8. All the Flowers in Paris

    by Sarah Jio
    A young woman in Nazi-occupied Paris discovers a forgotten diary and uncovers a love story from the past that parallels her own.

    Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious journal, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present–for readers of Sarah's Key. When Caroline wakes up in a ... (Goodreads)

  9. The Reckless Oath We Made

    by Bryn Greenwood
    A knight-obsessed woman and a man with a brain injury form an unlikely bond and embark on a dangerous mission.

    Zee is nobody's fairy tale princess. Almost six-foot, with a redhead's temper and a shattered hip, she has a long list of worries: never-ending bills, her beautiful, gullible sister, her ... (Goodreads)

  10. The Safest Lies

    by Megan Miranda
    A teenage girl's life is turned upside down when her mother is attacked, leading her to question everything she thought she knew about her family.

    Can fear be inherited? Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of fear, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn’t set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, since she ... (Goodreads)

  11. A Life Without Water

    by Marci Bolden
    A small town's water supply is contaminated, causing chaos and revealing secrets. A story of survival, love, and redemption in the face of crisis.

    Carol Denman divorced her husband over twenty years ago and has never looked back. But on the day before their daughter’s thirtieth birthday, John barges back into Carol’s life with a request that ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. Lies She Told

    by Cate Holahan
    A thriller about a writer whose fictional story starts to mirror her own life, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.

    From the author of the USA Today–bestselling novel, The Widower’s Wife, comes an electrifying story of love and deceit, where the truth can be darker than fiction. Liza Cole, a once-successful ... (Goodreads)

  13. The World That We Knew

    by Alice Hoffman
    In Nazi-occupied France, a mother sends her daughter away with a mystical creature to keep her safe. A tale of love, loss, and survival.

    In 1941, during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of ... (Goodreads)

  14. Girls on Fire

    by Robin Wasserman
    A teenage girl's suicide in a small town sets off a chain of events that reveal dark secrets and test the limits of friendship.

    On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  15. Juror #3

    by James Patterson
    A murder trial divides a small town, and Juror #3 is convinced the defendant is guilty. But as evidence mounts, she begins to question everything she thought she knew.

    A young attorney is defending her client in a racially charged felony case – but in a town of old money and hidden secrets, her first trial may be her last in this #1, New York Times, bestselling ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. Class Mom

    by Laurie Gelman
    A humorous take on the life of a class mom, navigating the challenges of organizing school events and dealing with parents.

    Laurie Gelman’s clever debut novel about a year in the life of a kindergarten class mom—a brilliant send-up of the petty and surprisingly cutthroat terrain of parent politics., Jen Dixon is not your ... (Barnes & Noble)

  17. Burying the Honeysuckle Girls

    by Emily Carpenter
    A young woman returns to her family's haunted plantation in Alabama to uncover the truth about her mother's disappearance and the curse that plagues her family.

    Althea Bell is still heartbroken by her mother’s tragic, premature death—and tormented by the last, frantic words she whispered into young Althea’s ear:, Wait for her. For the honeysuckle girl. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. The Invention of Wings

    by Sue Monk Kidd
    A powerful story about a girl's journey to freedom, despite the limitations of slavery.

    Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world—and it is now ... (Goodreads)

  19. The Last Train to London

    by Meg Waite Clayton
    A novel based on the true story of a woman who saved Jewish children from the Nazis by organizing their transport to England.

    The, New York Times, bestselling author of, Beautiful Exiles, conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of, Orphan Train, and, All the Light We Cannot ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Poet

    by Michael Connelly
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's descent into darkness, as he unravels a web of deceit and murder.

    Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how–he decides to write the story. But ... (Goodreads)

  21. The Ex

    by Alafair Burke
    A woman's ex-boyfriend is accused of a heinous crime, and she must confront her past to clear his name.

    In this breakout standalone novel of suspense in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on a Train , a woman agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been framed for murder—but begins to suspect that she ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. It's Always the Husband

    by Michele Campbell
    Three college roommates reunite after years, but their dark past resurfaces, leading to a murder investigation.

    A suspenseful, absorbing novel that examines the complexities of friendship,, It’s Always the Husband, by Michele Campbell will keep readers guessing right up to its shocking conclusion., ,“A ... (Barnes & Noble)

  23. Along the Infinite Sea

    by Beatriz Williams
    A tale of two women, one escaping Nazi Germany, the other navigating love and motherhood in the 1960s. Their stories intertwine on the shores of the French Riviera.

    Each of the three Schuyler sisters has her own world-class problems, but in the autumn of 1966, Pepper Schuyler's problems are in a class of their own. When Pepper fixes up a beautiful and rare ... (Goodreads)

  24. In Good Faith

    by Scott Pratt
    A lawyer defends a man accused of murder, but soon realizes his client may not be as innocent as he seems.

    A family of four is slaughtered in rural Tennessee. Two weeks later, a retired high school principal and his wife are brutally slain. Two Satan-worshipping teens stand accused. It’s up to prosecutor ... (Goodreads)

  25. Noble Beginnings

    by L.T. Ryan
    Jack Noble, a former Marine and CIA operative, is pulled back into the world of espionage to protect a senator's daughter.

    ACE for ASIN: B009K8RHNQ In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on-loan to ... (Goodreads)

  26. When She Returned

    by Lucinda Berry
    A woman returns home after being abducted as a child, but her family struggles to accept her and secrets from the past resurface.

    One woman’s reappearance throws her family into turmoil, exposing dark secrets and the hidden, often devastating truth of family relationships., Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ... (Barnes & Noble)

  27. Everything You Want Me to Be

    by Mindy Mejia
    A teenage girl is found dead in a small town, and the investigation reveals secrets and lies from those closest to her.

    People,’s Best New Books Pick *, The Wall Street Journal,’s Best New Mysteries *, Bustle,'s Best Fiction Books “Fans of Gillian Flynn's, Gone Girl, will devour this fast-paced story.”—,InStyle , No ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. Believe Me

    by Tony Strong
    A memoir of a man's journey from addiction and crime to redemption and faith.

    In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before , an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation. A struggling actor, a Brit in America ... (Goodreads)

  29. Blink

    by K.L. Slater
    A psychological thriller about a woman who wakes up with no memory of the previous night and discovers a dark secret about her past.

    Three years ago Toni's five-year-old daughter, Evie, disappeared after leaving school. The police have never been able to find her. There were no witnesses, no CCTV, no trace. But Toni believes her ... (Barnes & Noble)

  30. The Au Pair

    by Emma Rous
    A young woman discovers dark secrets about her family's past and the mysterious au pair who once lived with them.

    Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother Danny were born in the middle of summer at their family’s estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, ... (Goodreads)