Books like Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn · 2012

Shares the heist + unreliable thread

83% genome match

The case of the velvet claws

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1933

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson · 2015

Shares the heist + unreliable thread

75% genome match

Shutter Island

Dennis Lehane · 2003

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly · 2005

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

Donald E. Westlake · 2000

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

71% genome match

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith · 1955

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

83% genome match

You Must Be Kidding

James Hadley Chase · 1979

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

Laura

Vera Caspary · 1941

Shares the unreliable thread

69% genome match

Sin City

Frank Miller · 1996

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy · 1987

Both explore murder

73% genome match

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match