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Mystery Trend: The Wife? the Nanny? Which Title Character in This House Is Out to Get You?

From Goodreads: Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we necessarily spot a lot of trends as we sort and stack books throughout the year. Over in the mystery/thriller department, we've noticed a particularly unnerving trend developing of late.

We've come to think of it as the People in Your House book title trend. These are mystery and thriller novels in which the very title suggests that all is not well in the household. Sometimes it's family—the husband, the wife, the sister. Sometimes it's hired help—the maid, the nanny. And sometimes it's a troublesome, perhaps murderous, house guest. Clearly this speaks to some abiding primal fear that the home has been violated, the threat is nearer than you think, the call is coming from inside the house!
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The Guest List (Lucy Foley)
The Guest List
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Lucy Foley
The Overnight Guest (Heather Gudenkauf)
The Overnight Guest
2
Heather Gudenkauf
The Guest (B.A. Paris)
The Guest
3
B.A. Paris
An Unwanted Guest (Shari Lapena)
An Unwanted Guest
4
Shari Lapena
The Last House Guest (Megan Miranda)
The Last House Guest
5
Megan Miranda
The Dinner Guest (B.P. Walter)
The Dinner Guest
6
B.P. Walter
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests (K J Whittle)
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests
7
K J Whittle
The Summer Guests (Tess Gerritsen)
The Summer Guests
8
Tess Gerritsen
The Wife Upstairs (Rachel Hawkins)
The Wife Upstairs
9
Rachel Hawkins
The Younger Wife (Sally Hepworth)
The Younger Wife
10
Sally Hepworth
The Last Housewife (Ashley Winstead)
The Last Housewife
11
Ashley Winstead
The Silent Wife (Karin Slaughter)
The Silent Wife
12
Karin Slaughter
Pretty Little Wife (Darby Kane)
Pretty Little Wife
13
Darby Kane
The Senator's Wife (Liv Constantine)
The Senator's Wife
14
Liv Constantine
First Wife's Shadow (Adele Parks)
First Wife's Shadow
15
Adele Parks
The Wife Between Us (Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen)
The Wife Between Us
16
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
The Hunting Wives (May Cobb)
The Hunting Wives
17
May Cobb
My Lovely Wife (Samantha Downing)
My Lovely Wife
18
Samantha Downing
The Wife (Alafair Burke)
The Wife
19
Alafair Burke
The Trophy Wife (Sunday Tomassetti)
The Trophy Wife
20
Sunday Tomassetti
The Best Way to Bury Your Husband (Alexia Casale)
The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
21
Alexia Casale
The Dead Husband Cookbook (Danielle Valentine)
The Dead Husband Cookbook
22
Danielle Valentine
Husband Missing (Lisa Regan)
Husband Missing
23
Lisa Regan
Horrible Husbands (Jessica Huntley)
Horrible Husbands
24
Jessica Huntley
It's Always the Husband (Michele Campbell)
It's Always the Husband
25
Michele Campbell
It's Always the Husband (CL Taylor)
It's Always the Husband
26
CL Taylor
The Husbands (Chandler Baker)
The Husbands
27
Chandler Baker
The Widow's Husband (Natasha Boydell)
The Widow's Husband
28
Natasha Boydell
The Good Sister (Sally Hepworth)
The Good Sister
29
Sally Hepworth
The Last Sister (Kendra Elliot)
The Last Sister
30
Kendra Elliot
Like a Sister (Kellye Garrett)
Like a Sister
31
Kellye Garrett
Sisters of the Lost Nation (Nick Medina)
Sisters of the Lost Nation
32
Nick Medina
The Better Sister (Alafair Burke)
The Better Sister
33
Alafair Burke
The Wrong Sister (Claire Douglas)
The Wrong Sister
34
Claire Douglas
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
35
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Drop Dead Sisters (Amelia Diane Coombs)
Drop Dead Sisters
36
Amelia Diane Coombs
Keep It in the Family (John Marrs)
Keep It in the Family
37
John Marrs
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Benajmin Stevenson)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
38
Benajmin Stevenson
Not a Happy Family (Shari Lapena)
Not a Happy Family
39
Shari Lapena
The Family Remains (Lisa Jewell)
The Family Remains
40
Lisa Jewell
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