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If you're willing to dip into the supernatural/horror style of thriller, I'd highly recommend Stephen King. His characters tend to be ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. I'd also recommend Lisa Unger. I've only read one of her books so far, Beautiful Lies. It was an enjoyable thriller and featured an average young woman who is confronted with issues from her childhood. Her other novels seem to feature ordinary people as well. Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes is a another recent thriller I enjoyed that I think would be the type of thing you are looking for. Unger and Haynes certainly are comparable as writers to SJ Watson.


I'll second Tana French, especially In the Woods, although her books actually feature police officers.

Happy reading.