37 Books like The Midnight Feast

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 94%

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 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 95%

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

The Last Guest House

by Caroline Mitchell • 2024

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

3.77

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🚪 Secret Passages

The Last Guest House 94%

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

by Caroline Mitchell 2024

3.77

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🚪 Secret Passages

The Dark Hours

by David J. Gatward • 2023

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

4.48

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

The Dark Hours 93%

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

by David J. Gatward 2023

4.48

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

Dark Places

by Gillian Flynn • 2009

Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.

3.94

846k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Satanic Panic ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 📖 Literary Thriller

Dark Places 93%

Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.

by Gillian Flynn 2009

3.94

846k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Satanic Panic ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 📖 Literary Thriller

Asylum Hotel

by Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

2k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Asylum Hotel 93%

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

by Juliet Blackwell 2025

3.56

2k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

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

The Bridesmaid

by Cate Quinn • 2025

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

3.29

8k+

🌑 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

3.29

8k+ ratings

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

The Chalk Man

by C.J. Tudor • 2018

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

3.70

126k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⏳ Dual Timeline Thriller 👦 Childhood Friends ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ☀️ Summer Of Secrets

The Chalk Man 93%

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

by C.J. Tudor 2018

3.70

126k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⏳ Dual Timeline Thriller 👦 Childhood Friends ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ☀️ Summer Of Secrets

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 94%

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

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 94%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

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 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

The Last to Vanish

by Megan Miranda • 2022

Six vanishings, one mountain inn. A journalist's brother arrives, and the manager digs for answers.

3.54

86k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Persons ❄️ Cold Case ⛰️ Appalachian Trail 🏨 Isolated Inn

The Last to Vanish 93%

Six vanishings, one mountain inn. A journalist's brother arrives, and the manager digs for answers.

by Megan Miranda 2022

3.54

86k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Persons ❄️ Cold Case ⛰️ Appalachian Trail 🏨 Isolated Inn

The Guest List

by Lucy Foley • 2020

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

3.79

1.3M+

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Guest List 93%

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

by Lucy Foley 2020

3.79

1.3M+ ratings

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 93%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

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

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

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.

3.47

28k+

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

The Ending Writes Itself 93%

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

by Evelyn Clarke 2026

3.47

28k+ ratings

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 Fury

by Alex Michaelides • 2024

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

3.36

246k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

The Fury 93%

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

by Alex Michaelides 2024

3.36

246k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family 93%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

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

Pine

by Francine Toon • 2020

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

3.37

17k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Pine 93%

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

by Francine Toon 2020

3.37

17k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

The Unwedding

by Ally Condie • 2024

A canceled wedding, a drowned groom, a resort cut off by a storm. A woman investigates.

3.19

73k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⛈️ Trapped By Storm 💍 Wedding Gone Wrong 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family

The Unwedding 93%

A canceled wedding, a drowned groom, a resort cut off by a storm. A woman investigates.

by Ally Condie 2024

3.19

73k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⛈️ Trapped By Storm 💍 Wedding Gone Wrong 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Death of Mrs. Westaway 93%

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

What Have You Done?

by Shari Lapena • 2024

A Vermont field, a dead teenager, and a small town where everyone is hiding something.

3.75

108k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👥 Multiple Suspects 🔎 Amateur Sleuthing 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

What Have You Done? 94%

A Vermont field, a dead teenager, and a small town where everyone is hiding something.

by Shari Lapena 2024

3.75

108k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👥 Multiple Suspects 🔎 Amateur Sleuthing 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

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 Searcher

by Tana French

Retired to Ireland, a Chicago detective takes on a missing-brother case for a child nobody believes.

3.80

165k+

📖 Literary Crime 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Searcher 93%

Retired to Ireland, a Chicago detective takes on a missing-brother case for a child nobody believes.

by Tana French 2020

3.80

165k+ ratings

📖 Literary Crime 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

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 93%

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

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith • 2013

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

3.89

630k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Cuckoo's Calling 93%

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

by Robert Galbraith 2013

3.89

630k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

Dark of the Moon

by John Sandford • 2007

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

4.00

43k+

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

Dark of the Moon 93%

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

by John Sandford 2007

4.00

43k+ ratings

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

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

16k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance 93%

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025

3.65

16k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

One Lost Soul

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

4.08

24k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

One Lost Soul 93%

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.08

24k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

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 93%

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

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

4.39

6k+

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Haunted Detective 🎩 Aristocratic Villains

Land Rites 93%

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

by Andy Maslen 2021

4.39

6k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Haunted Detective 🎩 Aristocratic Villains

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