50 Books like The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Demoted to a cold-case basement, a detective reopens a politician's vanishing. She is still alive.

4.01

95k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🥃 Damaged Detective 🕰️ Decades-Long Revenge ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Keeper of Lost Causes 93%

Demoted to a cold-case basement, a detective reopens a politician's vanishing. She is still alive.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007

4.01

95k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🥃 Damaged Detective 🕰️ Decades-Long Revenge ⏳ Dual Timeline

Two Nights in Lisbon

by Chris Pavone • 2022

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

3.71

40k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

Two Nights in Lisbon 94%

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

by Chris Pavone 2022

3.71

40k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

Fool Me Once

by Harlan Coben • 2016

A widow sees her dead husband on the nanny cam: grief, a hoax, or a threat?

3.97

139k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💭 Gaslighting 🔪 Female Vengeance 🪖 Military Trauma

Fool Me Once 93%

A widow sees her dead husband on the nanny cam: grief, a hoax, or a threat?

by Harlan Coben 2016

3.97

139k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💭 Gaslighting 🔪 Female Vengeance 🪖 Military Trauma

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine • 2017

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

4.10

196k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Stillhouse Lake 92%

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

by Rachel Caine 2017

4.10

196k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea • 2023

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

4.14

101k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Those Empty Eyes 92%

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

by Charlie Donlea 2023

4.14

101k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

The Maid's Diary

by Loreth Anne White • 2023

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

4.20

120k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Maid's Diary 92%

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

by Loreth Anne White 2023

4.20

120k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Smilla's Sense of Snow

by Peter Høeg • 1992

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

3.73

53k+

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

Smilla's Sense of Snow 92%

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

by Peter Høeg 1992

3.73

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

The Wolf and the Watchman

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2017

A one-armed watchman and a dying lawyer pursue the fiend who dismembered a young man.

3.88

23k+

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Odd Couple Detectives 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Body Horror ⚖️ Corrupt Institutions

The Wolf and the Watchman 93%

A one-armed watchman and a dying lawyer pursue the fiend who dismembered a young man.

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2017

3.88

23k+ ratings

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Odd Couple Detectives 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Body Horror ⚖️ Corrupt Institutions

Pop Goes the Weasel

by M.J. Arlidge • 2014

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

4.13

29k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pop Goes the Weasel 93%

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2014

4.13

29k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Rules of Prey

by John Sandford

A Minneapolis detective breaks every rule to catch a killer who lives by his own.

4.11

95k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕶️ Antihero Detective ⚖️ Morally Gray ⚡ Vigilante Justice

Rules of Prey 93%

A Minneapolis detective breaks every rule to catch a killer who lives by his own.

by John Sandford 1989

4.11

95k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕶️ Antihero Detective ⚖️ Morally Gray ⚡ Vigilante Justice

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 92%

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

Little Boy Blue

by M.J. Arlidge • 2016

A detective's secret life cracks open when the murder victim is her former dominator.

4.19

16k+

🕵️ Police Procedural ⛓️ Bdsm Subculture 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🗡️ Revenge Vendetta 🎭 Undercover Operation

Little Boy Blue 92%

A detective's secret life cracks open when the murder victim is her former dominator.

by M.J. Arlidge 2016

4.19

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Police Procedural ⛓️ Bdsm Subculture 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🗡️ Revenge Vendetta 🎭 Undercover Operation

Todo arde (Todo arde, #1)

by Juan Gómez-Jurado • 2022

Betrayed by a banker, a mother recruits two outcasts for a casino heist against corrupt elites.

3.83

16k+

🏦 Heist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 💀 Revenge Plot 🏛️ Corrupt Elite 😏 Dark Humor

Todo arde (Todo arde, #1) 92%

Betrayed by a banker, a mother recruits two outcasts for a casino heist against corrupt elites.

by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 💀 Revenge Plot 🏛️ Corrupt Elite 😏 Dark Humor

Silent Crime

by W.L. Knightly • 2019

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

3.96

2k+

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Silent Crime 92%

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

by W.L. Knightly 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

The Dead Girls Book Club

by Zia Rayyan

A detective's wife joins a book club for lonely women. The club's real subject isn't fiction.

3.97

11k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🔥 Female Rage ⚖️ Feminist Revenge

The Dead Girls Book Club 92%

A detective's wife joins a book club for lonely women. The club's real subject isn't fiction.

by Zia Rayyan 2026

3.97

11k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🔥 Female Rage ⚖️ Feminist Revenge

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 93%

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 Hypnotist

by Lars Kepler • 2009

A Stockholm family massacred. A ruined hypnotist breaks his vow to unlock the only witness.

3.75

75k+

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Abducted Child 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Hypnotist 93%

A Stockholm family massacred. A ruined hypnotist breaks his vow to unlock the only witness.

by Lars Kepler 2009

3.75

75k+ ratings

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Abducted Child 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Defense

by Steve Cavanagh • 2016

When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.

4.01

54k+

🔧 Lean Methodology 🛡️ Defense Innovation 🏛️ Government Bureaucracy 🕵️ Customer Discovery 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping

The Defense 92%

When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.

by Steve Cavanagh 2016

4.01

54k+ ratings

🔧 Lean Methodology 🛡️ Defense Innovation 🏛️ Government Bureaucracy 🕵️ Customer Discovery 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping

Cat And Mouse

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

4.21

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

Cat And Mouse 92%

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022

4.21

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

The Mindf*ck Series

by S.T. Abby • 2016

A woman avenging her family's killers falls in love with the FBI agent hunting her.

4.61

111k+

🎯 Vigilante Justice 💔 Rape Revenge 🔪 Heroine Is The Killer 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Mindf*ck Series 91%

A woman avenging her family's killers falls in love with the FBI agent hunting her.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.61

111k+ ratings

🎯 Vigilante Justice 💔 Rape Revenge 🔪 Heroine Is The Killer 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh • 2023

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

4.13

186k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You 91%

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

by Steve Cavanagh 2023

4.13

186k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

How to Kill Your Family

by Bella Mackie • 2021

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

3.51

185k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

How to Kill Your Family 93%

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

by Bella Mackie 2021

3.51

185k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

The Last Housewife

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

3.69

65k+

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Last Housewife 93%

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

by Ashley Winstead 2022

3.69

65k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Perfect Marriage

by Jeneva Rose

His mistress is dead in his bed. His only defense attorney: the wife he betrayed.

3.97

1.2M+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Framed For Murder 💋 Femme Fatale

The Perfect Marriage 92%

His mistress is dead in his bed. His only defense attorney: the wife he betrayed.

by Jeneva Rose 2020

3.97

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Framed For Murder 💋 Femme Fatale

Under the Storm

by Christoffer Carlsson • 2019

When a Swedish village convicts a man for murder, one detective's doubt persists through the years.

3.66

3k+

🌲 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Under the Storm 91%

When a Swedish village convicts a man for murder, one detective's doubt persists through the years.

by Christoffer Carlsson 2019

3.66

3k+ ratings

🌲 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

by Ragnar Jónasson • 2023

When a famous crime writer disappears, a detective hunts for clues inside her secret novels.

3.63

3k+

🌨️ Nordic Noir 🕰️ Slow-Burn Mystery 📖 Metafictional Mystery 🥶 Cold Case 🎭 Secret Identity

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer Summary

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer 91%

When a famous crime writer disappears, a detective hunts for clues inside her secret novels.

by Ragnar Jónasson 2023

3.63

3k+ ratings

🌨️ Nordic Noir 🕰️ Slow-Burn Mystery 📖 Metafictional Mystery 🥶 Cold Case 🎭 Secret Identity

Orchid Beach

by Stuart Woods • 1998

An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.

4.05

14k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏡 Small Town Mystery 🐕 Canine Sidekick 🌴 Florida Crime 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

Orchid Beach 91%

An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.

by Stuart Woods 1998

4.05

14k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏡 Small Town Mystery 🐕 Canine Sidekick 🌴 Florida Crime 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

If Something Happens to Me

by Alex Finlay • 2024

When his girlfriend vanishes, suspicion shadows him. Then he sees a man with missing fingers.

3.74

51k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏚️ Woman In Hiding 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

If Something Happens to Me 91%

When his girlfriend vanishes, suspicion shadows him. Then he sees a man with missing fingers.

by Alex Finlay 2024

3.74

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏚️ Woman In Hiding 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Risk

by S.T. Abby

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

4.25

389k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

The Risk 91%

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.25

389k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

Weekend Warriors

by Fern Michaels • 2003

Her daughter's killer walks free on diplomatic immunity, so she recruits wronged women for revenge.

4.08

15k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Rape Revenge 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Trauma Bonding

Weekend Warriors 93%

Her daughter's killer walks free on diplomatic immunity, so she recruits wronged women for revenge.

by Fern Michaels 2003

4.08

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Rape Revenge 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Trauma Bonding

The Prank

by L.V. Matthews • 2021

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

3.69

799

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

The Prank 93%

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

by L.V. Matthews 2021

3.69

799 ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

Truth or Dare

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.

4.18

10k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🛋️ Therapist Villain 👮 Police Corruption 🌊 Coastal Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Truth or Dare 91%

A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022

4.18

10k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🛋️ Therapist Villain 👮 Police Corruption 🌊 Coastal Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Conviction

by Denise Mina • 2019

A true-crime podcast reopens her hidden past, forcing a housewife to flee with a faded rock star.

3.53

52k+

🎧 True Crime Podcast 🎭 Identity Hiding 🛡️ Rape Survivor 🚗 Road Trip Investigation 💰 Wealthy Villain

Conviction 91%

A true-crime podcast reopens her hidden past, forcing a housewife to flee with a faded rock star.

by Denise Mina 2019

3.53

52k+ ratings

🎧 True Crime Podcast 🎭 Identity Hiding 🛡️ Rape Survivor 🚗 Road Trip Investigation 💰 Wealthy Villain

The Judge's List

by John Grisham • 2021

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

4.14

122k+

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

The Judge's List 91%

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

by John Grisham 2021

4.14

122k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

Ragdoll

by Daniel Cole • 2017

A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.

3.87

25k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Haunted Detective 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎯 Detective As Target

Ragdoll 91%

A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.

by Daniel Cole 2017

3.87

25k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Haunted Detective 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎯 Detective As Target

The Devil's Star

by Jo Nesbø • 2006

A broken Oslo detective must catch a ritual killer while teamed with his corrupt nemesis.

4.06

78k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Corrupt Cop

The Devil's Star 93%

A broken Oslo detective must catch a ritual killer while teamed with his corrupt nemesis.

by Jo Nesbø 2006

4.06

78k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Corrupt Cop

The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis • 2016

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

4.14

39k+

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Female of the Species 92%

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

by Mindy McGinnis 2016

4.14

39k+ ratings

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Next to Heaven

by James Frey

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

3.34

16k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

Next to Heaven 91%

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

by James Frey 2025

3.34

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

Tuya

by Claudia Piñeiro • 2005

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets

Tuya 91%

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

by Claudia Piñeiro 2005

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets

Midnight Sun

by Jo Nesbø • 2015

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

3.61

20k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family 👨 Reluctant Father Figure 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Midnight Sun 91%

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

by Jo Nesbø 2015

3.61

20k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family 👨 Reluctant Father Figure 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 91%

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

The Orphanage by the Lake

by Daniel G. Miller • 2024

Ten days to find a missing orphan at a home where lost girls are always runaways.

3.86

63k+

🕵️ Female Investigator 🔗 Child Trafficking 🏛️ Corrupt Institution 🎭 Hidden Predator ⏰ Ticking Clock

The Orphanage by the Lake 92%

Ten days to find a missing orphan at a home where lost girls are always runaways.

by Daniel G. Miller 2024

3.86

63k+ ratings

🕵️ Female Investigator 🔗 Child Trafficking 🏛️ Corrupt Institution 🎭 Hidden Predator ⏰ Ticking Clock

Alex

by Pierre Lemaitre • 2011

Snatched in Paris, caged like an animal, a woman is not the prey her captor believes.

4.09

20k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔒 Kidnapping Thriller 🗡️ Female Revenge 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🖤 Tragic Noir

Alex 92%

Snatched in Paris, caged like an animal, a woman is not the prey her captor believes.

by Pierre Lemaitre 2011

4.09

20k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔒 Kidnapping Thriller 🗡️ Female Revenge 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🖤 Tragic Noir

Hold Still

by Lisa Regan • 2014

A Philadelphia detective tracks a sadist crucifying women, driven by her own sister's unsolved rape.

4.31

13k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💔 Generational Trauma 👯 Sister Bond

Hold Still 91%

A Philadelphia detective tracks a sadist crucifying women, driven by her own sister's unsolved rape.

by Lisa Regan 2014

4.31

13k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💔 Generational Trauma 👯 Sister Bond

Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2)

by Juan Gómez-Jurado • 2023

Framed by her boss, a mother must survive a brutal Spanish prison to reach her daughters.

4.09

9k+

🔍 Conspiracy Thriller 🔒 Prison Survival 🕯️ Secret Society 🫂 Found Family 🇪🇸 Spanish Thriller

Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2) 91%

Framed by her boss, a mother must survive a brutal Spanish prison to reach her daughters.

by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2023

4.09

9k+ ratings

🔍 Conspiracy Thriller 🔒 Prison Survival 🕯️ Secret Society 🫂 Found Family 🇪🇸 Spanish Thriller

Take Down

by Fern Michaels • 2014

After a defective drug kills children, a team's FBI heist forces the company to pay.

4.35

2k+

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Take Down 92%

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by Fern Michaels 2014

4.35

2k+ ratings

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3.76

91k+

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The Ice Princess 92%

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

by Camilla Läckberg 2010

3.76

91k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Good Samaritan

by John Marrs

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4.06

86k+

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The Good Samaritan 91%

She coaxes strangers toward suicide from a helpline booth. Then a dead woman's husband calls.

by John Marrs 2017

4.06

86k+ ratings

🐱 Cat And Mouse Thriller 🖤 Female Villain 😈 Villain Protagonist 🌑 Morally Bleak 🌊 Seaside Noir

New Girl in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

4.40

12k+

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New Girl in the Falls 91%

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.40

12k+ ratings

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A Cold Day in Hell

by Lissa Marie Redmond • 2018

A cold case detective works for her rival to clear his godson of a murder charge.

4.06

1k+

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A Cold Day in Hell 91%

A cold case detective works for her rival to clear his godson of a murder charge.

by Lissa Marie Redmond 2018

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Damaged Detective ⚖️ Ambiguous Guilt 🔄 Twist Ending 💔 Domestic Abuse Survivor

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