Five by Five by Five: Day 4

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Five readalikes for Five popular titles over Five days

The Last Flight by Julie Clark

Working for months on a plan to escape her secretly violent husband, Claire impulsively swaps airline tickets with a stranger also on the run before a fateful accident compels her to assume the other’s identity.

Genre: Thrillers and suspense
Themes: On the run
Character: Authentic
Storyline: Intricately plotted
Tone: Suspenseful
Writing Style: Compelling

Intricately plotted on the run readalikes:

The Accident by Chris Pavone

Feverishly paging through a disturbing anonymous manuscript that she believes has world-changing potential, New York literary agent Isabel Reed catches the attentions of Copenhagen veteran station chief Hayden Gray, who resolves to keep the book’s secrets from being exposed.

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Void Moon by John Saul

Lured back to her former profession of robbing casino gamblers of their winnings, Cassie Black suddenly finds herself caught up in a dark conspiracy, pursued by mysterious gunmen who are closing in on Cassie’s deepest secret, one that she will do anything to protect.

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The Switch by Joseph Finder

Picking up a politician’s laptop by mistake, Michael Tanner discovers stolen files before finding himself targeted by an unscrupulous fixer at the same time the owners of the files hatch a deadly plot.

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Finding Mary Blaine by Jodi Thomas

On the run from a dangerous killer, Blaine Anderson, the wife of a prominent attorney, becomes Mary Blaine, a homeless woman, while her husband, believing her to be dead, puts his aspiring political career at risk as he searches for the truth. 

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If She Wakes by Michael Koryta

An insurance investigator finds herself on the run from a mysterious young hit man while examining the case of a young college student who has been rendered a locked-in syndrome patient by a suspicious accident.

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