50 Books like The Lying Room

The New Neighbours

by Claire Douglas

Her boom mic records the new neighbors plotting a kidnapping. Now they know she heard everything.

3.81

25k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👀 Nosy Neighbor 🖤 Obsessive Love 👶 Stolen Baby ⏳ Dual Timeline

The New Neighbours 94%

Her boom mic records the new neighbors plotting a kidnapping. Now they know she heard everything.

by Claire Douglas 2025

3.81

25k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👀 Nosy Neighbor 🖤 Obsessive Love 👶 Stolen Baby ⏳ Dual Timeline

What Happens in the Dark

by Kia Abdullah • 2025

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

3.95

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

What Happens in the Dark 95%

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

by Kia Abdullah 2025

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Invisible Girl

by Lisa Jewell • 2020

A missing teenager points to a sad teacher, but the family next door hides darker truths.

3.78

192k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Person Mystery ❌ False Accusation 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Neighborhood Secrets

Invisible Girl 94%

A missing teenager points to a sad teacher, but the family next door hides darker truths.

by Lisa Jewell 2020

3.78

192k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Person Mystery ❌ False Accusation 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Neighborhood Secrets

Her Pretty Face

by Robyn Harding • 2018

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

3.71

16k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Her Pretty Face 94%

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

by Robyn Harding 2018

3.71

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The New Wife 94%

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The Death of Us

by Abigail Dean • 2025

A home invasion leaves a London couple alive and their marriage in a slow, decades-long freefall.

3.86

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📖 Literary Crime 💔 Trauma And Marriage 😔 Survivor's Guilt 👥 Found Family

The Death of Us 94%

A home invasion leaves a London couple alive and their marriage in a slow, decades-long freefall.

by Abigail Dean 2025

3.86

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📖 Literary Crime 💔 Trauma And Marriage 😔 Survivor's Guilt 👥 Found Family

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory

by Tilly Bagshawe • 2013

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

3.91

7k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory Summary

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory 94%

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

by Tilly Bagshawe 2013

3.91

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

A Beautiful Couple

by Leslie Wolfe • 2024

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

4.06

18k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

A Beautiful Couple 94%

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

by Leslie Wolfe 2024

4.06

18k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

The Ex Who Came Back

by Daniel Hurst • 2025

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

3.61

3k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

The Ex Who Came Back 94%

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

by Daniel Hurst 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

Keep Quiet

by Lisa Scottoline • 2014

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

3.83

28k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up 😔 Guilty Conscience 💰 Blackmail

Keep Quiet 94%

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

by Lisa Scottoline 2014

3.83

28k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up 😔 Guilty Conscience 💰 Blackmail

The Adulterer's Wife

by Leigh Russell • 2018

Her husband's affair shattered her. His sudden death in their bed made her a murder suspect.

3.57

728

🏠 Domestic Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏃 Woman On The Run 🔪 Hidden Killer 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Adulterer's Wife 94%

Her husband's affair shattered her. His sudden death in their bed made her a murder suspect.

by Leigh Russell 2018

3.57

728 ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏃 Woman On The Run 🔪 Hidden Killer 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Holiday

by T.M. Logan • 2019

A wife on holiday discovers her husband's lover is one of her three oldest friends.

3.89

55k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔒 Locked-Room Tension

The Holiday 94%

A wife on holiday discovers her husband's lover is one of her three oldest friends.

by T.M. Logan 2019

3.89

55k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔒 Locked-Room Tension

A Very Bad Thing

by J.T. Ellison • 2024

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

4.13

49k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Family Murder Mystery 🎭 Secret Past Identity 👯 Hidden Sisters

A Very Bad Thing 94%

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

by J.T. Ellison 2024

4.13

49k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Family Murder Mystery 🎭 Secret Past Identity 👯 Hidden Sisters

In Her Eyes

by Sarah Alderson • 2019

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

4.13

19k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

In Her Eyes 94%

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

by Sarah Alderson 2019

4.13

19k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

The Good Liar

by Denise Mina • 2025

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

3.53

4k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System 🎨 Art As Confession 💔 Sisters And Addiction

The Good Liar 93%

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

by Denise Mina 2025

3.53

4k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System 🎨 Art As Confession 💔 Sisters And Addiction

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage

by M.K. Oliver • 2025

A dead man on her rug, a birthday party starting, and a sociopath who's mostly annoyed.

3.83

6k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💅 Female Antihero 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 😈 Dark Comedy

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage Summary

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage 93%

A dead man on her rug, a birthday party starting, and a sociopath who's mostly annoyed.

by M.K. Oliver 2025

3.83

6k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💅 Female Antihero 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 😈 Dark Comedy

Three Mothers

by Hannah Beckerman • 2025

A teen's hit-and-run death forces three mothers to face the darkest secrets their families keep.

4.11

33k+

🌑 Domestic Noir 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 💔 Secret Affair 🤫 Cover-Up

Three Mothers 93%

A teen's hit-and-run death forces three mothers to face the darkest secrets their families keep.

by Hannah Beckerman 2025

4.11

33k+ ratings

🌑 Domestic Noir 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 💔 Secret Affair 🤫 Cover-Up

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 94%

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

Imperfect Women

by Araminta Hall • 2020

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

3.41

6k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Imperfect Women 94%

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

by Araminta Hall 2020

3.41

6k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

The Last Party

by A.R. Torre

She killed her friends at twelve and walked free. Her daughter turns twelve this weekend.

4.05

111k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🌑 Domestic Noir 💍 Twisted Marriage 🔪 Femme Fatale Wife 👹 Mothers And Monsters

The Last Party 93%

She killed her friends at twelve and walked free. Her daughter turns twelve this weekend.

by A.R. Torre 2024

4.05

111k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🌑 Domestic Noir 💍 Twisted Marriage 🔪 Femme Fatale Wife 👹 Mothers And Monsters

Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell • 2017

Ten years after her daughter vanishes, Laurel finds love. His child has her missing daughter's face.

4.04

1.0M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 💔 Grieving Mother 🔒 Captive And Captor 👶 Maternal Obsession

Then She Was Gone 93%

Ten years after her daughter vanishes, Laurel finds love. His child has her missing daughter's face.

by Lisa Jewell 2017

4.04

1.0M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 💔 Grieving Mother 🔒 Captive And Captor 👶 Maternal Obsession

You Killed Me First

by John Marrs • 2025

On a quiet cul-de-sac, three women's secrets collide, and someone is about to start a fire.

3.95

116k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Neighborhood Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 👁️ Multiple Perspectives ⭐ Fallen Celebrity

You Killed Me First 93%

On a quiet cul-de-sac, three women's secrets collide, and someone is about to start a fire.

by John Marrs 2025

3.95

116k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Neighborhood Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 👁️ Multiple Perspectives ⭐ Fallen Celebrity

Seven Lies

by Elizabeth Kay • 2020

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

3.34

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Seven Lies 93%

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

by Elizabeth Kay 2020

3.34

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

When You Disappeared

by John Marrs • 2013

A husband disappears one morning without a trace. Twenty-five years later, he’s back to explain why.

3.91

81k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 🗣️ Unreliable Narrators 🔒 Family Secrets

When You Disappeared 93%

A husband disappears one morning without a trace. Twenty-five years later, he’s back to explain why.

by John Marrs 2013

3.91

81k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 🗣️ Unreliable Narrators 🔒 Family Secrets

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 93%

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

On a Quiet Street

by Seraphina Nova Glass • 2022

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

4.11

122k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

On a Quiet Street 93%

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

by Seraphina Nova Glass 2022

4.11

122k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

Girl A

by Dan Scottow • 2021

A suburban mother's new life unravels when a stalker unearths the childhood crime she buried.

4.18

2k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 👀 Stalker Thriller 👧 Childhood Crime

Girl A 93%

A suburban mother's new life unravels when a stalker unearths the childhood crime she buried.

by Dan Scottow 2021

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 👀 Stalker Thriller 👧 Childhood Crime

Tuesday's Child

by Anya Mora • 2019

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

4.26

8k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Tuesday's Child 93%

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

by Anya Mora 2019

4.26

8k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

The Exes

by Leodora Darlington • 2026

Three dead ex-boyfriends. One stolen inheritance. And a memory she can't trust.

3.42

9k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 👯 Protective Sister

The Exes 93%

Three dead ex-boyfriends. One stolen inheritance. And a memory she can't trust.

by Leodora Darlington 2026

3.42

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 👯 Protective Sister

Zero Days

by Ruth Ware • 2023

A penetration tester comes home to a murdered husband and a murder charge she must outrun.

3.63

130k+

🖥️ Cyber Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run ⚖️ Falsely Accused 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Zero Days 93%

A penetration tester comes home to a murdered husband and a murder charge she must outrun.

by Ruth Ware 2023

3.63

130k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyber Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run ⚖️ Falsely Accused 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Good Bad Girl

by Alice Feeney • 2023

A care home murder pulls a detective into twenty years of missing daughters and family secrets.

3.67

120k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Missing Child 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏥 Care Home Setting 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Good Bad Girl 93%

A care home murder pulls a detective into twenty years of missing daughters and family secrets.

by Alice Feeney 2023

3.67

120k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Missing Child 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏥 Care Home Setting 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Never Have I Ever

by Joshilyn Jackson • 2019

A glamorous stranger invades her book club with a game designed to expose her darkest secret.

3.73

58k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Psychological Suspense 😈 Neighbor From Hell 👯 Female Friendship 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

Never Have I Ever 93%

A glamorous stranger invades her book club with a game designed to expose her darkest secret.

by Joshilyn Jackson 2019

3.73

58k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Psychological Suspense 😈 Neighbor From Hell 👯 Female Friendship 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

Kill Your Darlings

by Peter Swanson • 2025

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

3.30

14k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

Kill Your Darlings 93%

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

by Peter Swanson 2025

3.30

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

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

She Didn't See It Coming

by Shari Lapena

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

3.87

143k+

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

She Didn't See It Coming 93%

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

by Shari Lapena 2025

3.87

143k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

She's Not Sorry

by Mary Kubica • 2024

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

3.79

203k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

She's Not Sorry 94%

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

by Mary Kubica 2024

3.79

203k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

Things We Do in the Dark

by Jennifer Hillier • 2022

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

3.94

140k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Things We Do in the Dark 94%

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

by Jennifer Hillier 2022

3.94

140k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

I Am Watching You

by Teresa Driscoll • 2017

On a train, a florist overhears two girls with ex-convicts. She stays silent. One later vanishes.

3.95

185k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 👁️ Witness Guilt 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👥 Multiple Perspectives

I Am Watching You 93%

On a train, a florist overhears two girls with ex-convicts. She stays silent. One later vanishes.

by Teresa Driscoll 2017

3.95

185k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 👁️ Witness Guilt 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👥 Multiple Perspectives

Just the Nicest Couple

by Mary Kubica • 2023

A teacher hits her friend's husband in the woods. He disappears. Her husband covers her tracks.

3.56

234k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Husband 💔 Affair Cover-Up 🔥 Slow-Burn Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller

Just the Nicest Couple 93%

A teacher hits her friend's husband in the woods. He disappears. Her husband covers her tracks.

by Mary Kubica 2023

3.56

234k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Missing Husband 💔 Affair Cover-Up 🔥 Slow-Burn Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller

A Death at the Party

by Amy Stuart • 2023

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

3.55

9k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

A Death at the Party 93%

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

by Amy Stuart 2023

3.55

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

The Perfect Son

by Freida McFadden • 2019

When a girl vanishes from their small town, a mother's suspicions fall on her own son.

3.99

523k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 👤 Missing Girl

The Perfect Son 93%

When a girl vanishes from their small town, a mother's suspicions fall on her own son.

by Freida McFadden 2019

3.99

523k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 👤 Missing Girl

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 93%

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

My Neighbour's Affair

by Daniel Hurst • 2024

A woman handcuffs her unfaithful husband to the bed and walks next door to seduce the neighbor.

3.86

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 💔 Revenge Affair 👭 Sibling Betrayal 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

My Neighbour's Affair 93%

A woman handcuffs her unfaithful husband to the bed and walks next door to seduce the neighbor.

by Daniel Hurst 2024

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 💔 Revenge Affair 👭 Sibling Betrayal 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Playing Nice

by J.P. Delaney • 2020

His toddler was swapped at birth, and the wealthy biological father now wants both children.

4.06

59k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👶 Switched At Birth 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔗 Coercive Control 💰 Class Conflict

Playing Nice 93%

His toddler was swapped at birth, and the wealthy biological father now wants both children.

by J.P. Delaney 2020

4.06

59k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👶 Switched At Birth 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔗 Coercive Control 💰 Class Conflict

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

13k+

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

All the Little Houses 93%

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

by May Cobb 2026

3.48

13k+ ratings

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

The Whispers

by Ashley Audrain • 2023

A boy's fall from a window exposes the betrayals simmering beneath a pristine suburban street.

3.80

95k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller 💔 Marital Betrayal 👩‍👦 Maternal Ambivalence 🤫 Neighborhood Secrets

The Whispers 93%

A boy's fall from a window exposes the betrayals simmering beneath a pristine suburban street.

by Ashley Audrain 2023

3.80

95k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller 💔 Marital Betrayal 👩‍👦 Maternal Ambivalence 🤫 Neighborhood Secrets

Don't Let Her Stay

by Nicola Sanders • 2023

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

3.93

265k+

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3.93

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3.70

168k+

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The Girl Before 93%

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3.70

168k+ ratings

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4.09

38k+

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Dissection of a Murder 93%

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by Jo Murray 2026

4.09

38k+ ratings

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3.82

37k+

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Gone Tonight 93%

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

by Sarah Pekkanen 2023

3.82

37k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

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