50 Books like The Trade Off

Dead Money

by Jakob Kerr

A fixer hunts a CEO's killer among five executives, hiding a secret that could unravel everything.

3.94

14k+

🖥️ Silicon Valley Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Women Who Kill 💋 Femme Fatale 💼 Tech Industry

Dead Money 91%

A fixer hunts a CEO's killer among five executives, hiding a secret that could unravel everything.

by Jakob Kerr 2025

3.94

14k+ ratings

🖥️ Silicon Valley Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Women Who Kill 💋 Femme Fatale 💼 Tech Industry

Undone

by John Colapinto • 2015

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

3.39

356

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👁️ Gaslighting

Undone 93%

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

by John Colapinto 2015

3.39

356 ratings

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👁️ Gaslighting

The List

by Steve Martini • 1997

An overlooked novelist invents a male pseudonym. The bestseller attracts millions, and a murderer.

3.96

13k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 📚 Publishing World ✍️ Secret Authorship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔍 Paranoid Thriller

The List 93%

An overlooked novelist invents a male pseudonym. The bestseller attracts millions, and a murderer.

by Steve Martini 1997

3.96

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 📚 Publishing World ✍️ Secret Authorship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔍 Paranoid Thriller

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 91%

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

Rewind

by Catherine Ryan Howard • 2019

An Irish cottage, a missing influencer, hidden cameras in every room: one recorded her murder.

3.65

7k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📹 Hidden Surveillance 📱 Social Media Facade 🔥 Gaslighting 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Rewind 91%

An Irish cottage, a missing influencer, hidden cameras in every room: one recorded her murder.

by Catherine Ryan Howard 2019

3.65

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📹 Hidden Surveillance 📱 Social Media Facade 🔥 Gaslighting 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 91%

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

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

In the Woods

by Tana French • 2007

Returning to the woods where his friends vanished, a Dublin detective probes a child's murder.

3.78

443k+

👮 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💭 Buried Memories

In the Woods 91%

Returning to the woods where his friends vanished, a Dublin detective probes a child's murder.

by Tana French 2007

3.78

443k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💭 Buried Memories

Everyone Is Watching

by Heather Gudenkauf • 2024

A desperate mother joins a reality competition, but the game's true prize is survival.

3.64

35k+

🩸 Deadly Competition 📺 Reality Tv Thriller 🤫 Shared Secret 🔒 Closed Circle Suspense 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Everyone Is Watching 91%

A desperate mother joins a reality competition, but the game's true prize is survival.

by Heather Gudenkauf 2024

3.64

35k+ ratings

🩸 Deadly Competition 📺 Reality Tv Thriller 🤫 Shared Secret 🔒 Closed Circle Suspense 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Coworker

by Freida McFadden • 2023

Her peculiar coworker vanishes. On her desk: a turtle figurine slick with blood.

3.73

593k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏢 Office Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔪 Revenge Thriller ☣️ Toxic Workplace

The Coworker 92%

Her peculiar coworker vanishes. On her desk: a turtle figurine slick with blood.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.73

593k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏢 Office Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔪 Revenge Thriller ☣️ Toxic Workplace

The Banker’s Wife

by Cristina Alger • 2018

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

3.90

21k+

📊 Financial Thriller 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🔍 Parallel Investigations 🏛️ Powerful Family Secrets

The Banker’s Wife 92%

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

by Cristina Alger 2018

3.90

21k+ ratings

📊 Financial Thriller 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🔍 Parallel Investigations 🏛️ Powerful Family Secrets

Woman Down

by Colleen Hoover

An author escapes scandal to a cabin, where a fake detective's staged suicide becomes her muse.

3.48

174k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🖤 Obsessive Fan ⚠️ Blurred Consent ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Fake Identity

Woman Down 91%

An author escapes scandal to a cabin, where a fake detective's staged suicide becomes her muse.

by Colleen Hoover 2026

3.48

174k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🖤 Obsessive Fan ⚠️ Blurred Consent ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Fake Identity

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 91%

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

Bye, Baby

by Carola Lovering • 2024

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

3.74

54k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

Bye, Baby 91%

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

by Carola Lovering 2024

3.74

54k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

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

Yellowface

by R.F. Kuang • 2023

A failed author steals her dead friend's manuscript and rides the lie to bestseller fame.

3.72

1.1M+

🖋️ Publishing Satire 📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Literary Theft 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌏 Cultural Appropriation

Yellowface 91%

A failed author steals her dead friend's manuscript and rides the lie to bestseller fame.

by R.F. Kuang 2023

3.72

1.1M+ ratings

🖋️ Publishing Satire 📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Literary Theft 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌏 Cultural Appropriation

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 91%

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

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 91%

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 Club

by Ellery Lloyd

On a private island, a club owner blackmails his famous guests. By Sunday, he's dead.

3.28

128k+

🏝️ Closed Circle Mystery 📹 Surveillance Thriller 👁️ Multiple Pov Thriller 🔪 Women's Vengeance 💀 Blackmail Gone Wrong

The Club 91%

On a private island, a club owner blackmails his famous guests. By Sunday, he's dead.

by Ellery Lloyd 2022

3.28

128k+ ratings

🏝️ Closed Circle Mystery 📹 Surveillance Thriller 👁️ Multiple Pov Thriller 🔪 Women's Vengeance 💀 Blackmail Gone Wrong

Read Between the Lies

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2026

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

3.35

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

Read Between the Lies 92%

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2026

3.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

The Whole Truth

by David Baldacci • 2008

A billionaire fabricates a global threat. A haunted spy and fallen journalist must expose the lie.

4.09

44k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Espionage Thriller 📰 Disgraced Journalist 🖤 Haunted Operative 💔 Grief-Driven Revenge

The Whole Truth 92%

A billionaire fabricates a global threat. A haunted spy and fallen journalist must expose the lie.

by David Baldacci 2008

4.09

44k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Espionage Thriller 📰 Disgraced Journalist 🖤 Haunted Operative 💔 Grief-Driven Revenge

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 90%

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

The Lion's Den

by Katherine St. John • 2020

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

3.88

25k+

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🌊 Mediterranean Setting

The Lion's Den 90%

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

by Katherine St. John 2020

3.88

25k+ ratings

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🌊 Mediterranean Setting

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 90%

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

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 90%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

The Lying Room

by Nicci French • 2019

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

3.62

16k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

The Lying Room 91%

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

by Nicci French 2019

3.62

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

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 91%

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

Dead Med

by Freida McFadden

Five first-year med students. One cadaver. A drug ring. And a gun in the anatomy lab.

3.81

104k+

🏥 Medical School Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📚 Academic Pressure Cooker 💔 Student Teacher Affair

Dead Med 90%

Five first-year med students. One cadaver. A drug ring. And a gun in the anatomy lab.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.81

104k+ ratings

🏥 Medical School Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📚 Academic Pressure Cooker 💔 Student Teacher Affair

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 90%

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

The Pact

by Sharon J. Bolton • 2021

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

3.92

22k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Pact 90%

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

by Sharon J. Bolton 2021

3.92

22k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

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 90%

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

So Happy Together

by Olivia Worley • 2025

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

3.45

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

So Happy Together 90%

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

by Olivia Worley 2025

3.45

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda • 2020

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

3.69

66k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

The Girl from Widow Hills 90%

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

by Megan Miranda 2020

3.69

66k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

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 90%

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 Teacher

by Freida McFadden

A math teacher catches her husband with a student. The next grave dug is her own.

3.89

1.1M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Predatory Mentor 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏫 High School Setting

The Teacher 90%

A math teacher catches her husband with a student. The next grave dug is her own.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.89

1.1M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Predatory Mentor 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏫 High School Setting

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 91%

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 Ghostwriter

by A.R. Torre • 2017

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

4.21

52k+

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

The Ghostwriter 91%

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

by A.R. Torre 2017

4.21

52k+ ratings

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

What Happened to the Bennetts

by Lisa Scottoline • 2022

A carjacking kills his daughter, and the FBI agents hiding his family know who did it.

3.79

83k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👧 Grieving Father

What Happened to the Bennetts 90%

A carjacking kills his daughter, and the FBI agents hiding his family know who did it.

by Lisa Scottoline 2022

3.79

83k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👧 Grieving Father

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 90%

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

The First Husband

by McGarvey Black • 2020

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

4.03

4k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The First Husband 90%

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

by McGarvey Black 2020

4.03

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Complicity

by Iain Banks • 1993

A Scottish journalist chasing a nuclear conspiracy is framed for the murders he is probing.

3.92

14k+

🌧️ Tartan Noir 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📰 Journalist Investigator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎯 Framed For Murder

Complicity 90%

A Scottish journalist chasing a nuclear conspiracy is framed for the murders he is probing.

by Iain Banks 1993

3.92

14k+ ratings

🌧️ Tartan Noir 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📰 Journalist Investigator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎯 Framed For Murder

House of Cards

by Michael Dobbs • 1993

When the PM denies him promotion, a Chief Whip weaponizes every secret he keeps on his colleagues.

3.97

9k+

🏛️ British Politics 🦹 Villain Protagonist 💼 Ruthless Ambition 💀 Dark And Cynical 🕰️ 1980s Britain

House of Cards 91%

When the PM denies him promotion, a Chief Whip weaponizes every secret he keeps on his colleagues.

by Michael Dobbs 1993

3.97

9k+ ratings

🏛️ British Politics 🦹 Villain Protagonist 💼 Ruthless Ambition 💀 Dark And Cynical 🕰️ 1980s Britain

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A journalist and a hacker reopen a cold case and expose a state conspiracy of abuse.

4.48

58k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ State Conspiracy 💔 Trauma Survivor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Summary

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy 91%

A journalist and a hacker reopen a cold case and expose a state conspiracy of abuse.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.48

58k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ State Conspiracy 💔 Trauma Survivor

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+

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