32 Books like King of Ashes

Blindsighted

by Karin Slaughter

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

4.10

123k+

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

Blindsighted 94%

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

by Karin Slaughter 2001

4.10

123k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

The Innocent

by David Baldacci • 2012

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

4.19

122k+

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🏃 Child On The Run 🔫 Rogue Agent

The Innocent 95%

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

by David Baldacci 2012

4.19

122k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🏃 Child On The Run 🔫 Rogue Agent

The Trouble Up North

by Travis Mulhauser • 2025

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

3.63

799

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Trouble Up North 95%

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

by Travis Mulhauser 2025

3.63

799 ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

Not What She Seems

by Yasmin Angoe • 2024

Her grandfather's murder pulls a disgraced academic back to a Southern town hiding a killer.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕵🏾 Cold Case 🔪 Sociopathic Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌫️ Small Town Secrets

Not What She Seems 94%

Her grandfather's murder pulls a disgraced academic back to a Southern town hiding a killer.

by Yasmin Angoe 2024

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕵🏾 Cold Case 🔪 Sociopathic Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌫️ Small Town Secrets

Hairpin Bridge

by Taylor Adams • 2021

On a desolate bridge, a woman confronts the cop who called her twin's death a suicide.

3.48

20k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👯 Twin Sisters 👮 Corrupt Cop 🩸 Family Of Killers

Hairpin Bridge 93%

On a desolate bridge, a woman confronts the cop who called her twin's death a suicide.

by Taylor Adams 2021

3.48

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👯 Twin Sisters 👮 Corrupt Cop 🩸 Family Of Killers

Last Breath

by Karin Slaughter • 2017

A young lawyer fights to emancipate a desperate teenager, not realizing the girl has already won.

3.81

32k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Client 🔀 Twist Ending

Last Breath 93%

A young lawyer fights to emancipate a desperate teenager, not realizing the girl has already won.

by Karin Slaughter 2017

3.81

32k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Client 🔀 Twist Ending

Daughter of Mine

by Megan Miranda • 2024

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

3.91

78k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Daughter of Mine 93%

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

by Megan Miranda 2024

3.91

78k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Broken Bayou

by Jennifer Moorhead • 2024

A psychologist's bayou homecoming unearths barrels of bodies and a car from her own childhood.

4.12

33k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔪 Serial Killer 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔒 Family Secrets

Broken Bayou 93%

A psychologist's bayou homecoming unearths barrels of bodies and a car from her own childhood.

by Jennifer Moorhead 2024

4.12

33k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔪 Serial Killer 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔒 Family Secrets

Redbelly Crossing

by Candice Fox • 2026

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

4.06

2k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Redbelly Crossing 93%

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

by Candice Fox 2026

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Blue Mountain

by Lisa Michelle • 2021

Her dying grandmother confesses to being a killer. The evidence is buried on Blue Mountain.

3.93

1k+

🖊️ Literary Suspense 🏚️ Family Crime Saga 🛏️ Deathbed Confession 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Reinvented Identity

Blue Mountain 94%

Her dying grandmother confesses to being a killer. The evidence is buried on Blue Mountain.

by Lisa Michelle 2021

3.93

1k+ ratings

🖊️ Literary Suspense 🏚️ Family Crime Saga 🛏️ Deathbed Confession 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Reinvented Identity

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby • 2023

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

4.20

129k+

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

All the Sinners Bleed 94%

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

by S.A. Cosby 2023

4.20

129k+ ratings

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

Triptych

by Karin Slaughter

A paroled man discovers his cop cousin stole his identity, and the murders never stopped.

4.13

131k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🎭 Stolen Identity ⚔️ Rape Revenge

Triptych 93%

A paroled man discovers his cop cousin stole his identity, and the murders never stopped.

by Karin Slaughter 2006

4.13

131k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🎭 Stolen Identity ⚔️ Rape Revenge

Killing Floor

by Lee Child • 1997

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

4.08

354k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge 👮 Corrupt Law Enforcement 🌙 Southern Noir

Killing Floor 93%

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

by Lee Child 1997

4.08

354k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge 👮 Corrupt Law Enforcement 🌙 Southern Noir

Dark of the Moon

by John Sandford • 2007

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

4.00

43k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

Dark of the Moon 93%

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

by John Sandford 2007

4.00

43k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 93%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Razorblade Tears

by S.A. Cosby • 2021

Two ex-con fathers, divided by race, unite to avenge the murder of their gay sons.

4.12

166k+

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🍑 Southern Noir 💧 Grief-Driven Revenge 🔗 Ex-Con Protagonist ⚖️ Parental Redemption

Razorblade Tears 93%

Two ex-con fathers, divided by race, unite to avenge the murder of their gay sons.

by S.A. Cosby 2021

4.12

166k+ ratings

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🍑 Southern Noir 💧 Grief-Driven Revenge 🔗 Ex-Con Protagonist ⚖️ Parental Redemption

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead 93%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson • 1993

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

4.13

491k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Along Came a Spider 93%

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

by James Patterson 1993

4.13

491k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

The Keeper

by Tana French

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

4.24

30k+

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family

The Keeper 93%

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

by Tana French 2026

4.24

30k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family

Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke • 2001

A Louisiana detective chases the cops who killed his mother through death row and the bayou.

4.18

9k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic Noir 🕵️ Hard-Boiled Detective ⚖️ Death Row Drama 🔍 Familial Cold Case 👯 Trauma-Bonded Sisters

Purple Cane Road 94%

A Louisiana detective chases the cops who killed his mother through death row and the bayou.

by James Lee Burke 2001

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic Noir 🕵️ Hard-Boiled Detective ⚖️ Death Row Drama 🔍 Familial Cold Case 👯 Trauma-Bonded Sisters

Blacktop Wasteland

by S.A. Cosby • 2020

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

4.08

61k+

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

Blacktop Wasteland 94%

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

by S.A. Cosby 2020

4.08

61k+ ratings

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

The Boys from Biloxi

by John Grisham • 2022

Two boyhood friends in Biloxi: one a prosecutor, the other a mob heir. Only one side can win.

4.05

96k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🕴️ Organized Crime 👦 Friends Turned Rivals 🏚️ Small Town Corruption 🌊 Gulf Coast

The Boys from Biloxi 92%

Two boyhood friends in Biloxi: one a prosecutor, the other a mob heir. Only one side can win.

by John Grisham 2022

4.05

96k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🕴️ Organized Crime 👦 Friends Turned Rivals 🏚️ Small Town Corruption 🌊 Gulf Coast

What Remains of Teague House

by Stacy Johns • 2025

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

3.42

861

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

What Remains of Teague House 92%

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

by Stacy Johns 2025

3.42

861 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

Our Last Wild Days

by Anna Bailey • 2025

She came home to a dying mother, a dead friend, and a bayou full of secrets.

3.72

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Bayou Noir 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👮 Corrupt Small-Town Cops 🩸 Generational Trauma

Our Last Wild Days 92%

She came home to a dying mother, a dead friend, and a bayou full of secrets.

by Anna Bailey 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Bayou Noir 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👮 Corrupt Small-Town Cops 🩸 Generational Trauma

Wolf Hour

by Jo Nesbø • 2025

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

4.01

10k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

Wolf Hour 92%

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

by Jo Nesbø 2025

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

Vanishing Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2018

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

4.19

29k+

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

Vanishing Girls 94%

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

by Lisa Regan 2018

4.19

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

The Chamber

by John Grisham • 1994

A young lawyer races to save his grandfather, a Klansman facing execution in four weeks.

3.86

147k+

⛓️ Death Row Drama ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🙏 Atonement And Guilt 🏚️ Dark Family Legacy ⚡ Race And Justice

The Chamber 94%

A young lawyer races to save his grandfather, a Klansman facing execution in four weeks.

by John Grisham 1994

3.86

147k+ ratings

⛓️ Death Row Drama ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🙏 Atonement And Guilt 🏚️ Dark Family Legacy ⚡ Race And Justice

The Butcher

by Jennifer Hillier

A chef finds serial-killer trophies buried by his grandfather, the cop who supposedly caught him.

4.09

92k+

🪓 Serial Killer Thriller 🏠 Domestic Horror 🩸 Generational Violence 📋 True Crime Obsession 👹 Monstrous Patriarch

The Butcher 92%

A chef finds serial-killer trophies buried by his grandfather, the cop who supposedly caught him.

by Jennifer Hillier 2014

4.09

92k+ ratings

🪓 Serial Killer Thriller 🏠 Domestic Horror 🩸 Generational Violence 📋 True Crime Obsession 👹 Monstrous Patriarch

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Flaggermusmannen 92%

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

by Jo Nesbø 1997

3.55

132k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

The Kingdoms of Savannah

by George Dawes Green • 2022

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

3.68

7k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History 📜 Hidden Black History 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

The Kingdoms of Savannah 92%

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

by George Dawes Green 2022

3.68

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History 📜 Hidden Black History 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

All the Little Houses

by May Cobb • 2026

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

3.48

12k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

All the Little Houses 92%

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

by May Cobb 2026

3.48

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

Run Away

by Harlan Coben • 2019

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

4.06

82k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Run Away 92%

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

by Harlan Coben 2019

4.06

82k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

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