Looking for novels about cover-ups, alibi creation, or people trying to get away with a crime
Could you please help me finding a thriller/mystery novels where the core of the story is the cover-up of a crime rather than the investigation itself.
Books I loved with this kind of structure:Devotion of Suspect X include Malice by Keigo Higashino, Confessions by Kanae Minato, and The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson, Gone Girl, Out by natsuo.
What I’m especially interested in are stories where:
someone commits a crime (or accidentally causes one) the characters construct an alibi, manipulate evidence, or hide the body
the tension comes from whether the cover-up will hold
Less interested in:
standard detective procedurals
serial killer thrillers
More interested in:
clever alibi construction
ordinary people covering up a crime
psychological cat-and-mouse games
Would love suggestions, especially less obvious or lesser-known novels. Could you please help me?
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You have probably heard of the Secret History by Donna Tartt based on your previous books. It hits every point you mentioned. If you haven’t read it, read it. Promise you won’t regret it