Novels where someone fakes their own death

[Gillian]

I'm looking for suggestions: books where the main protagonist fakes their own death and moves somewhere else, setting up a new life where no one knows them. But that new life is threatened when someone comes looking for them. Ideally set in the US in the 90s to early 2000s.

[Moloch]

This is a classic: The Late Mattia Pascal

[Gillian]

Moloch wrote: "This is a classic: The Late Mattia Pascal"

Thank you!!

[Moloch]

There are some things that do not match your request: the main character has no active role in staging his supposed death, it's just a misunderstanding, but he does take advantage of the situation by moving away and starting a new life.

[Gillian]

Moloch wrote: "There are some things that do not match your request: the main character has no active role in staging his supposed death, it's just a misunderstanding, but he does take advantage of the situation ..."

Thanks. I appreciate that additional information. It sounds like an intriguing book nonetheless.

[Rainbowheart]

Sleeping with the Enemy

[...cats?]

Gangsterland
Pseudocide
(view spoiler)[ Gone Girl (hide spoiler)]
The Outsider (set in the 1940s/50s)
Lady Oracle (set in Canada and a little earlier than the 1980s)