50 Books like The Last Guest House

A Killer Wedding

by Joan O'Leary

A wedding editor at an Irish castle finds a dead matriarch and a family hiding the crime.

3.56

6k+

🏰 Irish Castle 💍 Destination Wedding Thriller 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets

A Killer Wedding 93%

A wedding editor at an Irish castle finds a dead matriarch and a family hiding the crime.

by Joan O'Leary 2025

3.56

6k+ ratings

🏰 Irish Castle 💍 Destination Wedding Thriller 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets

The Midnight Feast

by Lucy Foley • 2024

A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.

3.57

296k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders 🌾 Rural Gothic 🌙 Seasonal Ritual

The Midnight Feast 94%

A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.

by Lucy Foley 2024

3.57

296k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders 🌾 Rural Gothic 🌙 Seasonal Ritual

We Were Never Friends

by Kaira Rouda • 2026

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

3.21

4k+

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

We Were Never Friends 94%

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

by Kaira Rouda 2026

3.21

4k+ ratings

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

Last Seen

by J.T. Ellison • 2025

A forensic scientist digs into her mother's murder and lands in a predator's crosshairs.

3.91

31k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Captive Women 🕯️ Cult Community 📜 Hidden Family Past

Last Seen 93%

A forensic scientist digs into her mother's murder and lands in a predator's crosshairs.

by J.T. Ellison 2025

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Captive Women 🕯️ Cult Community 📜 Hidden Family Past

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases 93%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

One Dark Night

by Hannah Richell • 2025

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

3.85

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

One Dark Night 93%

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

by Hannah Richell 2025

3.85

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

The Night She Disappeared

by Lisa Jewell • 2021

After a pool party, two teenagers disappear. One year later, a buried ring surfaces.

4.08

332k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline ☠️ Toxic Friendship 💔 Obsessive Love

The Night She Disappeared 93%

After a pool party, two teenagers disappear. One year later, a buried ring surfaces.

by Lisa Jewell 2021

4.08

332k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline ☠️ Toxic Friendship 💔 Obsessive Love

Sacrifice

by Paul Finch • 2013

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

4.2

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

Sacrifice 93%

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

by Paul Finch 2013

4.2

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

The Invite

by A.J. McDine • 2022

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

3.86

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Invite 93%

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

by A.J. McDine 2022

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Family Upstairs

by Lisa Jewell • 2019

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

3.95

577k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion 🔎 Hidden Siblings 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Family Upstairs 94%

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

by Lisa Jewell 2019

3.95

577k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion 🔎 Hidden Siblings 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Astrology House

by Carinn Jade • 2024

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

3.48

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕯️ Modern Gothic 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Astrology House 94%

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

by Carinn Jade 2024

3.48

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕯️ Modern Gothic 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

Daisy Darker

by Alice Feeney

Trapped by the tide on Halloween, the estranged Darkers find a chalk poem foretelling their deaths.

3.76

286k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Family Estate 🖤 Dark Family Revenge 💔 Sibling Betrayal

Daisy Darker 93%

Trapped by the tide on Halloween, the estranged Darkers find a chalk poem foretelling their deaths.

by Alice Feeney 2022

3.76

286k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Family Estate 🖤 Dark Family Revenge 💔 Sibling Betrayal

The Golden Spoon

by Jessa Maxwell • 2023

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

3.47

54k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Golden Spoon 93%

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

by Jessa Maxwell 2023

3.47

54k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Bridesmaid

by Cate Quinn • 2025

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

3.30

10k+

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Bridesmaid 93%

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

by Cate Quinn 2025

3.30

10k+ ratings

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Woman in the Cabin

by Becca Day • 2024

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

3.96

53k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

The Woman in the Cabin 93%

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

by Becca Day 2024

3.96

53k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

Pretty Little Wife

by Darby Kane • 2020

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

3.91

76k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Pretty Little Wife 93%

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

by Darby Kane 2020

3.91

76k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows 93%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Our Last Resort

by Clémence Michallon • 2025

Two cult survivors meet at a remote desert hotel. One dead guest, one suspect: her brother.

3.39

13k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔗 Sibling Loyalty 🏨 Remote Luxury Hotel

Our Last Resort 93%

Two cult survivors meet at a remote desert hotel. One dead guest, one suspect: her brother.

by Clémence Michallon 2025

3.39

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔗 Sibling Loyalty 🏨 Remote Luxury Hotel

Verity

by Colleen Hoover

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

4.29

3.9M+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor ❓ Ambiguous Ending 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

Verity 93%

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

by Colleen Hoover 2018

4.29

3.9M+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor ❓ Ambiguous Ending 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

Everything Is Lies

by Helen Callaghan • 2018

An architect returns home to a mother's suicide and a past entangled with a murderous cult.

3.80

3k+

🕵️ Cult Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗝️ Hidden Past 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader

Everything Is Lies 94%

An architect returns home to a mother's suicide and a past entangled with a murderous cult.

by Helen Callaghan 2018

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cult Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗝️ Hidden Past 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader

The Girls Before

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2026

A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.

3.65

11k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🗣️ Dual Narrative 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🔍 Female Investigator

The Girls Before 93%

A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2026

3.65

11k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🗣️ Dual Narrative 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🔍 Female Investigator

None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell • 2023

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

4.07

1.1M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

None of This Is True 93%

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

by Lisa Jewell 2023

4.07

1.1M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

The House That Held Her

by Ellis Hart • 2025

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

3.78

881

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The House That Held Her 93%

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

by Ellis Hart 2025

3.78

881 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware • 2019

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

3.90

332k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Turn of the Key 93%

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

by Ruth Ware 2019

3.90

332k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Pieces of Her

by Karin Slaughter • 2018

Her mother killed a diner shooter with ease. Now the secret that surfaces makes Andrea the hunted.

3.83

150k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🔥 Cult Radicalization 🛡️ Witness Protection

Pieces of Her 93%

Her mother killed a diner shooter with ease. Now the secret that surfaces makes Andrea the hunted.

by Karin Slaughter 2018

3.83

150k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🔥 Cult Radicalization 🛡️ Witness Protection

The Safe Place

by Anna Downes • 2020

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

3.65

20k+

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Safe Place 93%

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

by Anna Downes 2020

3.65

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.56

3k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Library After Dark 93%

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

by Ande Pliego 2026

3.56

3k+ ratings

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Tradwife's Lie

by Bella Ellwood-Clayton • 2026

A former attorney joins a tradwife community, but curated perfection can't conceal a murder.

3.79

582

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Forbidden Affair ⚠️ Cult Dynamics

The Tradwife's Lie 93%

A former attorney joins a tradwife community, but curated perfection can't conceal a murder.

by Bella Ellwood-Clayton 2026

3.79

582 ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Forbidden Affair ⚠️ Cult Dynamics

Dying to Meet You

by Sarina Bowen • 2025

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

3.80

8k+

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

Dying to Meet You 93%

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

by Sarina Bowen 2025

3.80

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

The Intruder

by Freida McFadden

A woman shelters a bloodied girl, then finds a notebook of murder drawings starring herself.

3.88

476k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🏡 Domestic Thriller 😢 Abusive Mother 👪 Found Family ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

The Intruder 93%

A woman shelters a bloodied girl, then finds a notebook of murder drawings starring herself.

by Freida McFadden 2025

3.88

476k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🏡 Domestic Thriller 😢 Abusive Mother 👪 Found Family ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

The Holdout

by Graham Moore • 2020

The holdout juror who freed a suspect wakes to a dead colleague and a murder charge.

3.83

36k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🎯 Wrongful Accusation 🎬 True Crime Documentary

The Holdout 93%

The holdout juror who freed a suspect wakes to a dead colleague and a murder charge.

by Graham Moore 2020

3.83

36k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🎯 Wrongful Accusation 🎬 True Crime Documentary

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 93%

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

Hello, Transcriber

by Hannah Morrissey • 2021

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

3.43

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

Hello, Transcriber 92%

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

by Hannah Morrissey 2021

3.43

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

A Killing Cold

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2025

A woman with a blank past visits her fiancé's snowbound estate, where someone knows her face.

3.76

73k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🪞 Hidden Identity 🧊 Snowbound Paranoia

A Killing Cold 92%

A woman with a blank past visits her fiancé's snowbound estate, where someone knows her face.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2025

3.76

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🪞 Hidden Identity 🧊 Snowbound Paranoia

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

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James • 2020

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

3.99

195k+

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🚺 Feminist Horror 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📋 Unsolved Disappearance

The Sun Down Motel 92%

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

by Simone St. James 2020

3.99

195k+ ratings

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🚺 Feminist Horror 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📋 Unsolved Disappearance

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison

The Gardener gave her butterfly wings. At twenty-one, he seals her in glass.

4.09

294k+

🧠 Psychological Horror ⛓️ Captivity Narrative 🦋 Collector Villain 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🤝 Found Family

The Butterfly Garden 93%

The Gardener gave her butterfly wings. At twenty-one, he seals her in glass.

by Dot Hutchison 2016

4.09

294k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror ⛓️ Captivity Narrative 🦋 Collector Villain 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🤝 Found Family

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

The Red House 93%

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

by Nicci French • 2024

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

3.96

22k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Summary

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? 93%

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

by Nicci French 2024

3.96

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Quiet Neighbor

by J.D. Barker • 2026

A mother's daughter disappears; the clues point to the serial killer father she thought was dead.

3.88

1k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🩸 Serial Killer 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Quiet Neighbor 92%

A mother's daughter disappears; the clues point to the serial killer father she thought was dead.

by J.D. Barker 2026

3.88

1k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🩸 Serial Killer 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Overnight Guest

by Heather Gudenkauf • 2022

Snowbound, a true crime writer finds a frozen child and a murder that refuses to die.

4.02

160k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌾 Rural Noir ✍️ True Crime Writer 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔓 Survivor Of Captivity

The Overnight Guest 92%

Snowbound, a true crime writer finds a frozen child and a murder that refuses to die.

by Heather Gudenkauf 2022

4.02

160k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌾 Rural Noir ✍️ True Crime Writer 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔓 Survivor Of Captivity

We Are Watching

by Alison Gaylin • 2025

A widow's teenage novel sparked an online cult that now demands her family's death on camera.

3.45

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 🕯️ Cult Infiltration 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Survival 😰 Mounting Dread

We Are Watching 92%

A widow's teenage novel sparked an online cult that now demands her family's death on camera.

by Alison Gaylin 2025

3.45

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 🕯️ Cult Infiltration 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Survival 😰 Mounting Dread

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music 92%

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse • 2021

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

3.36

205k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

The Sanatorium 93%

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

by Sarah Pearse 2021

3.36

205k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

Sleep Tight

by J.H. Markert • 2024

A detective's daughter is abducted, forcing her to hunt a killer who mirrors her own buried past.

3.64

26k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Multiple Personalities 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🖤 Generational Trauma

Sleep Tight 93%

A detective's daughter is abducted, forcing her to hunt a killer who mirrors her own buried past.

by J.H. Markert 2024

3.64

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Multiple Personalities 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🖤 Generational Trauma

The Ending Writes Itself

by Evelyn Clarke

Seven writers compete to finish a dead author's novel. The prize is millions; the cost is murder.

3.46

35k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery ✒️ Writers As Suspects 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Island 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 📚 Publishing Satire

The Ending Writes Itself 92%

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4.06

51k+

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The Murder House 92%

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by James Patterson 2015

4.06

51k+ ratings

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Conviction 92%

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by Denise Mina 2019

3.53

52k+ ratings

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22k+

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Almost Surely Dead 92%

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3.68

22k+ ratings

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A chalk drawing arrives. Thirty years after a childhood murder, someone wants the truth unearthed.

3.70

126k+

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The Chalk Man 92%

A chalk drawing arrives. Thirty years after a childhood murder, someone wants the truth unearthed.

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3.70

126k+ ratings

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