If You Like Liane Moriarty...

Here at the library we love talking with readers, both in person and online via our Match+Book recommendation service.  There are certain authors who readers will mention to us over and over again.  Australian writer Liane Moriarty is one of those authors. For many readers, Moriarty strikes the perfect balance between witty, insightful writing on the challenges of family life and relationships, and mounting tension that builds to a suspenseful climax.   

For readers who love Moriarty, we’ve assembled a list of titles that have similar appeal.  Here’s a small sampling from our list:

The Secret She Keeps by Deb Caletti 
Gathering at their aunt’s once-famous divorce ranch for celebrities, a trio of women confront their own difficulties with love and marriage against the backdrop of the ranch’s tumultuous history.

The Mother in Law by Sally Hepworth 
A woman’s obsessive fears about how much she disappoints her successful, pillar-of-the-community mother-in-law lead to a controversial disinheritance and a suspicious suicide.

I Found You by Lisa Jewell
A lonely single mom who offers shelter to an amnesiac man and a young bride who is told that her missing husband never existed struggle to make sense of their transforming worlds and connection to a sister and brother whose lives where shattered by secrets more than two decades earlier.

Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor-Johnson 
After Jean Harley is killed accidentally, her husband, mother, two best friends, and the person responsible for the accident all have different perspectives on her life and death.