50 Books like The Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Listeners

by Maggie Stiefvater

Her luxury hotel becomes a WWII internment camp. The water beneath it drinks in every sorrow.

3.70

18k+

🏠 WWII Home Front 🏨 Luxury Hotel Fiction 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Listeners 92%

Her luxury hotel becomes a WWII internment camp. The water beneath it drinks in every sorrow.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2025

3.70

18k+ ratings

🏠 WWII Home Front 🏨 Luxury Hotel Fiction 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon 93%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Lake County

by Lori Roy • 2024

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

3.81

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams 🎲 Gambling And Gangsters 🏠 Found Family

Lake County 92%

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

by Lori Roy 2024

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams 🎲 Gambling And Gangsters 🏠 Found Family

The Lost Heiress

by Elizabeth Klehfoth • 2025

A storm unearths bones at a seaside estate, reopening the cold case of a vanished heiress.

4.18

11k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💰 Class Divides

The Lost Heiress 91%

A storm unearths bones at a seaside estate, reopening the cold case of a vanished heiress.

by Elizabeth Klehfoth 2025

4.18

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💰 Class Divides

An Inconvenient Duke

by Anna Harrington • 2020

A duke's hunt for his sister's killer hinges on the woman running a secret rescue network.

3.72

2k+

💪 Activist Heroine 🛡️ Wounded Warrior Hero 🕊️ Secret Rescue Network 🎭 Ballroom Intrigue 💔 Grief And Healing

An Inconvenient Duke 91%

A duke's hunt for his sister's killer hinges on the woman running a secret rescue network.

by Anna Harrington 2020

3.72

2k+ ratings

💪 Activist Heroine 🛡️ Wounded Warrior Hero 🕊️ Secret Rescue Network 🎭 Ballroom Intrigue 💔 Grief And Healing

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?

by Sarah McCoy • 2025

At her aunt's convent, a student pieces together why a sixties starlet became a cloistered nun.

3.93

3k+

🎬 Old Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timelines 🫂 Chosen Family 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? Summary

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? 91%

At her aunt's convent, a student pieces together why a sixties starlet became a cloistered nun.

by Sarah McCoy 2025

3.93

3k+ ratings

🎬 Old Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timelines 🫂 Chosen Family 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Birthright

by Nora Roberts • 2003

Digging ancient bones, an archaeologist learns she was stolen at birth; a killer works beside her.

4.10

32k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 🦴 Archaeology Mystery 💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Stolen Child 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Birthright 91%

Digging ancient bones, an archaeologist learns she was stolen at birth; a killer works beside her.

by Nora Roberts 2003

4.10

32k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 🦴 Archaeology Mystery 💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Stolen Child 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

by Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker 91%

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

by Patricia Meredith 2021

4.06

190 ratings

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

The Impossible Thing

by Belinda Bauer • 2025

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

4.07

6k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🥚 Collector's Obsession

The Impossible Thing 91%

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

by Belinda Bauer 2025

4.07

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🥚 Collector's Obsession

The Librarian of Crooked Lane

by C.J. Archer • 2022

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

3.83

26k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

The Librarian of Crooked Lane 92%

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

by C.J. Archer 2022

3.83

26k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

by Kate Khavari • 2022

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

3.52

23k+

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons Summary

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons 92%

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

by Kate Khavari 2022

3.52

23k+ ratings

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Blonde Identity

by Ally Carter

An amnesiac mistaken for her spy twin must trust the agent sent to hunt her sister.

3.77

38k+

🕵️ Spy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🧠 Amnesia Romance 👯 Twin Swap ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Blonde Identity 91%

An amnesiac mistaken for her spy twin must trust the agent sent to hunt her sister.

by Ally Carter 2023

3.77

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🧠 Amnesia Romance 👯 Twin Swap ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Copper Script

by K.J. Charles • 2025

A London detective investigates a graphologist in 1925 and finds a man who reads him perfectly.

4.06

5k+

🔍 Queer Historical Mystery 💕 Allies To Lovers 🚔 Police Corruption ♿ Disabled Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Copper Script 91%

A London detective investigates a graphologist in 1925 and finds a man who reads him perfectly.

by K.J. Charles 2025

4.06

5k+ ratings

🔍 Queer Historical Mystery 💕 Allies To Lovers 🚔 Police Corruption ♿ Disabled Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Shilling for Candles

by Josephine Tey • 1936

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

3.92

10k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

A Shilling for Candles 91%

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

by Josephine Tey 1936

3.92

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan • 2025

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

3.58

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds 91%

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

by Allison Brennan 2025

3.58

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

The Spies of Warsaw

by Alan Furst • 2008

A French attaché in 1937 Warsaw spies on Nazi Germany, but his own government refuses to listen.

3.90

8k+

🕵️ Historical Espionage 📚 Literary Spy Fiction 😬 Reluctant Spy 💔 Doomed Affair 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The Spies of Warsaw 91%

A French attaché in 1937 Warsaw spies on Nazi Germany, but his own government refuses to listen.

by Alan Furst 2008

3.90

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Espionage 📚 Literary Spy Fiction 😬 Reluctant Spy 💔 Doomed Affair 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🗽 1920s New York

The Girl in the Green Dress 91%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🗽 1920s New York

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary 91%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

4.20

199k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

The Seven Sisters 90%

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

by Lucinda Riley 2014

4.20

199k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

Dream Town

by David Baldacci • 2022

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

4.09

39k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale 🔫 Organized Crime 🕶️ Hidden Past

Dream Town 91%

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

by David Baldacci 2022

4.09

39k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale 🔫 Organized Crime 🕶️ Hidden Past

The Unknown Beloved

by Amy Harmon • 2022

A woman reads history in cloth. A federal agent needs her to catch Cleveland's serial butcher.

4.32

20k+

🧵 Psychometry 🔪 Historical Serial Killer 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance 📰 Based On True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era

The Unknown Beloved 91%

A woman reads history in cloth. A federal agent needs her to catch Cleveland's serial butcher.

by Amy Harmon 2022

4.32

20k+ ratings

🧵 Psychometry 🔪 Historical Serial Killer 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance 📰 Based On True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era

Nomad

by S.M. West • 2022

A drifter returns for a hidden locket, dragging his ex into his uncle's deadly diamond hunt.

4.13

166

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💎 Hidden Treasure 🔐 Family Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero

Nomad 91%

A drifter returns for a hidden locket, dragging his ex into his uncle's deadly diamond hunt.

by S.M. West 2022

4.13

166 ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💎 Hidden Treasure 🔐 Family Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero

A Fortune of Sand

by Ruta Sepetys • 2026

Inside a Jazz Age arts retreat, a Detroit heiress discovers the mansion is a gilded asylum.

3.61

4k+

🎷 Jazz Age 🖤 Gothic Mystery 🏚️ Decaying Dynasty 🏰 Gilded Cage 💎 Hidden Fortune

A Fortune of Sand 91%

Inside a Jazz Age arts retreat, a Detroit heiress discovers the mansion is a gilded asylum.

by Ruta Sepetys 2026

3.61

4k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age 🖤 Gothic Mystery 🏚️ Decaying Dynasty 🏰 Gilded Cage 💎 Hidden Fortune

The Collector

by Nora Roberts • 2014

A house-sitter witnesses a murder. The victim's artist brother needs her eyes to find the killer.

4.00

39k+

🪟 Witness To Murder 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Brooding Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Collector 90%

A house-sitter witnesses a murder. The victim's artist brother needs her eyes to find the killer.

by Nora Roberts 2014

4.00

39k+ ratings

🪟 Witness To Murder 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Brooding Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Imposter's Inheritance

by C.J. Archer • 2020

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

4.04

8k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Imposter's Inheritance 90%

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

by C.J. Archer 2020

4.04

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

Low Pressure

by Sandra Brown • 2012

Her novel about her sister's murder awakens a killer; her ally: the pilot once accused.

3.93

27k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧠 Repressed Memories 🛡️ Protective Hero 🗝️ Family Secrets

Low Pressure 90%

Her novel about her sister's murder awakens a killer; her ally: the pilot once accused.

by Sandra Brown 2012

3.93

27k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧠 Repressed Memories 🛡️ Protective Hero 🗝️ Family Secrets

Be Still My Heart

by Emily McIntire • 2021

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

3.98

18k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Be Still My Heart 90%

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

by Emily McIntire 2021

3.98

18k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

See How She Dies

by Lisa Jackson • 2004

Proving she's a kidnapped heiress brings a fortune, a taboo desire, and a killer's focus.

3.86

6k+

🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Suspicious Family 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🏨 Hotel Dynasty

See How She Dies 91%

Proving she's a kidnapped heiress brings a fortune, a taboo desire, and a killer's focus.

by Lisa Jackson 2004

3.86

6k+ ratings

🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Suspicious Family 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🏨 Hotel Dynasty

The Sea Child

by Linda Wilgus • 2026

A young widow. A wounded smuggler. A Cornish coast where the sea knows her name.

3.96

4k+

🏴‍☠️ Smuggling Romance 🌫️ Coastal Gothic 🩹 Nurse To Lovers 🔍 Mysterious Origins 🖤 Widow Finds Love

The Sea Child 91%

A young widow. A wounded smuggler. A Cornish coast where the sea knows her name.

by Linda Wilgus 2026

3.96

4k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Smuggling Romance 🌫️ Coastal Gothic 🩹 Nurse To Lovers 🔍 Mysterious Origins 🖤 Widow Finds Love

A Pair of Aces

by Marie Benedict

A notorious madam and a Black prosecutor secretly team up to take down Lucky Luciano.

4.06

7k+

🏛️ Legal Drama 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗽 1930s New York 🔫 Organized Crime 💪 Women Breaking Barriers

A Pair of Aces 90%

A notorious madam and a Black prosecutor secretly team up to take down Lucky Luciano.

by Marie Benedict 2026

4.06

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Drama 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗽 1930s New York 🔫 Organized Crime 💪 Women Breaking Barriers

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 90%

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo

The Art of Deception

by Nora Roberts • 2017

A painter hunting a stolen Rembrandt in a gothic castle falls for the forger's daughter.

3.85

8k+

🎨 Art World Romance 🔍 Undercover Romance 🎭 Found Family 🏰 Gothic Castle 🖼️ Art Forgery

The Art of Deception 90%

A painter hunting a stolen Rembrandt in a gothic castle falls for the forger's daughter.

by Nora Roberts 2017

3.85

8k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Romance 🔍 Undercover Romance 🎭 Found Family 🏰 Gothic Castle 🖼️ Art Forgery

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff • 2021

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

4.27

1k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Death of an Earl 90%

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Elizabeth's Deception

by Kate Speck • 2020

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

3.84

286

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

Elizabeth's Deception 90%

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

by Kate Speck 2020

3.84

286 ratings

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

These Blue Mountains

by Sarah Loudin Thomas • 2025

Seeking her lost fiancé’s grave, a German pianist unearths a stranger’s body in North Carolina.

3.93

631

✝️ Christian Historical ⚰️ Exhumation Mystery 💔 Lost Love Returns 🎨 Artist In Exile ⛰️ Mountain Town Secrets

These Blue Mountains 90%

Seeking her lost fiancé’s grave, a German pianist unearths a stranger’s body in North Carolina.

by Sarah Loudin Thomas 2025

3.93

631 ratings

✝️ Christian Historical ⚰️ Exhumation Mystery 💔 Lost Love Returns 🎨 Artist In Exile ⛰️ Mountain Town Secrets

Till Death

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

Returning home, a serial killer's sole survivor finds her FBI agent ex and a copycat waiting.

3.89

11k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 📋 Copycat Killer 💕 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

Till Death 90%

Returning home, a serial killer's sole survivor finds her FBI agent ex and a copycat waiting.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

3.89

11k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 📋 Copycat Killer 💕 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

The Friend of the Family

by Dean Koontz

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

4.26

14k+

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing 🌿 Outsider Protagonist 🖤 Quiet Horror

The Friend of the Family 90%

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

by Dean Koontz 2026

4.26

14k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing 🌿 Outsider Protagonist 🖤 Quiet Horror

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie • 1924

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

3.95

127k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

The Man in the Brown Suit 91%

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

by Agatha Christie 1924

3.95

127k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

Foul Lady Fortune

by Chloe Gong • 2022

An immortal assassin and a spy pose as newlyweds to catch a killer in 1930s Shanghai.

4.20

32k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🕰️ Historical Fantasy 💍 Fake Marriage ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Double Agents

Foul Lady Fortune 91%

An immortal assassin and a spy pose as newlyweds to catch a killer in 1930s Shanghai.

by Chloe Gong 2022

4.20

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🕰️ Historical Fantasy 💍 Fake Marriage ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Double Agents

The Bookmaker

by Chris Fraser • 2011

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

3.74

613

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

The Bookmaker 90%

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

by Chris Fraser 2011

3.74

613 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

One Desperate Life

by D.J. Maughan • 2024

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

4.14

477

🕰️ Historical Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🕯️ Gaslighting

One Desperate Life 90%

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

by D.J. Maughan 2024

4.14

477 ratings

🕰️ Historical Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🕯️ Gaslighting

The Wind off the Small Isles

by Mary Stewart • 1968

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

3.76

774

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ✍️ Creative Renewal

The Wind off the Small Isles 90%

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

by Mary Stewart 1968

3.76

774 ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ✍️ Creative Renewal

Deadly Illusion

by Kathy Lockheart • 2021

A Chicago woman's dream romance turns violent, and her boyfriend's obsession won't let her leave.

3.87

17k+

🖤 Abusive Lover 🥊 Fighter Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🌆 Chicago Skyline ✊ Survivor's Journey

Deadly Illusion 90%

A Chicago woman's dream romance turns violent, and her boyfriend's obsession won't let her leave.

by Kathy Lockheart 2021

3.87

17k+ ratings

🖤 Abusive Lover 🥊 Fighter Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🌆 Chicago Skyline ✊ Survivor's Journey

The Cove

by Catherine Coulter • 1996

A woman hides in a perfect seaside town where the locals kill to keep things perfect.

3.85

29k+

🏘️ Small Town Conspiracy 🤯 Gaslighting Heroine 💼 Federal Agent Romance 🏃‍♀️ Heroine In Hiding 💔 Family Betrayal

The Cove 91%

A woman hides in a perfect seaside town where the locals kill to keep things perfect.

by Catherine Coulter 1996

3.85

29k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Conspiracy 🤯 Gaslighting Heroine 💼 Federal Agent Romance 🏃‍♀️ Heroine In Hiding 💔 Family Betrayal

The Nurse's Secret

by Amanda Skenandore • 2022

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

4.14

36k+

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

The Nurse's Secret 91%

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

by Amanda Skenandore 2022

4.14

36k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga

an apothecary hides her poison knowledge in the harem, but a beautiful eunuch sees everything

4.48

17k+

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