Books Like Girl on the Train

And if you haven’t read Girl on the Train, what are you waiting for?

The mystery / thriller novel that has recently been made into a movie, starring Emily Blunt, is a real page turner. Essentially, the story follows a woman named Rachel Watson who catches glimpses into the lives of a young couple—Scott and Megan—she sees out the window, as she rides the train for her daily commute. One day, the wife is gone and Rachel struggles with the authorities and the conflating of her own memories and imagination, of the events that unfolded.

The best suspense books are more than the sum of their parts. In other words, the story is richer than just the twists and turns of a classic ‘whodunnit’. There are lives at stake, relationships on the edge and real people and real problems, all intermingling in the best stories.