50 Books like Two Can Keep a Secret

The Cheerleaders

by Kara Thomas

Five cheerleaders died. Five years later, a sister digs up their secrets and awakens a killer.

3.74

57k+

🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 📁 Cold Case 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚠️ Predatory Adult

The Cheerleaders 96%

Five cheerleaders died. Five years later, a sister digs up their secrets and awakens a killer.

by Kara Thomas 2018

3.74

57k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 📁 Cold Case 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚠️ Predatory Adult

Kill Joy

by Holly Jackson • 2021

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

3.72

177k+

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Kill Joy 96%

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

by Holly Jackson 2021

3.72

177k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Nothing More to Tell

by Karen M. McManus • 2022

To land a true crime internship, she reopens the murder her oldest friends swore to forget.

3.88

75k+

🎙️ True Crime Journalism 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏫 Private School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Nothing More to Tell 95%

To land a true crime internship, she reopens the murder her oldest friends swore to forget.

by Karen M. McManus 2022

3.88

75k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Journalism 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏫 Private School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🌲 Small Town Secrets

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

The New Girl 93%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

Firekeeper’s Daughter

by Angeline Boulley • 2021

After a murder, an Ojibwe teen spies on her reservation for the FBI, falling for her handler.

4.30

205k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Family Betrayal 🕵️‍♀️ Unlikely Informant 💋 Forbidden Romance

Firekeeper’s Daughter 93%

After a murder, an Ojibwe teen spies on her reservation for the FBI, falling for her handler.

by Angeline Boulley 2021

4.30

205k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Family Betrayal 🕵️‍♀️ Unlikely Informant 💋 Forbidden Romance

You'll Be the Death of Me

by Karen M. McManus • 2021

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

3.73

85k+

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

You'll Be the Death of Me 94%

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2021

3.73

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

184k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Truly, Devious 94%

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018

3.88

184k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

When a gossip app creator dies in detention, four classmates with secrets are accused of murder.

3.91

1.1M+

📚 Prep School Mystery 👁️ Multi Pov Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 👥 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

One of Us Is Lying 95%

When a gossip app creator dies in detention, four classmates with secrets are accused of murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2017

3.91

1.1M+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 👁️ Multi Pov Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 👥 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2024

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

3.96

23k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Where Sleeping Girls Lie 93%

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024

3.96

23k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

A Line in the Dark

by Malinda Lo • 2017

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

3.25

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

A Line in the Dark 92%

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

by Malinda Lo 2017

3.25

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

Seconds Away

by Harlan Coben

A Nazi photo of his father's paramedic pulls a teen athlete into a classmate's mother's murder.

4.06

20k+

🕵️ Teen Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief-Driven Investigation 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤐 Protective Lies

Seconds Away 94%

A Nazi photo of his father's paramedic pulls a teen athlete into a classmate's mother's murder.

by Harlan Coben 2012

4.06

20k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief-Driven Investigation 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤐 Protective Lies

The Perfectionists

by Sara Shepard • 2014

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

3.78

15k+

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 🤐 Friend Group Suspicion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Perfectionists 94%

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

by Sara Shepard 2014

3.78

15k+ ratings

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 🤐 Friend Group Suspicion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

All That’s Left to Say

by Emery Lord • 2023

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

3.67

2k+

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

All That’s Left to Say 94%

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

by Emery Lord 2023

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Night School 92%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead 92%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron • 2023

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

3.90

13k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

This Book Kills 94%

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

by Ravena Guron 2023

3.90

13k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

I Killed Zoe Spanos

by Kit Frick • 2020

A summer nanny is a missing girl's lookalike. When memories surface, she becomes the suspect.

3.76

13k+

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👥 DoppelgäNger Mystery 🔒 False Confession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Secret Siblings

I Killed Zoe Spanos 94%

A summer nanny is a missing girl's lookalike. When memories surface, she becomes the suspect.

by Kit Frick 2020

3.76

13k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👥 DoppelgäNger Mystery 🔒 False Confession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Secret Siblings

Shelter

by Harlan Coben

A dead father, a missing girl, and a stranger who swears the grave is empty.

3.95

35k+

🕵️ Amateur Teen Sleuth 🔍 Missing Girl 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 🎭 Hidden Identities 💛 Found Family

Shelter 94%

A dead father, a missing girl, and a stranger who swears the grave is empty.

by Harlan Coben 2011

3.95

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Teen Sleuth 🔍 Missing Girl 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 🎭 Hidden Identities 💛 Found Family

Let's Split Up

by Bill Wood • 2024

A ghost-hunting dare ends in death. Four teens must find the killer hiding behind the legend.

3.56

10k+

🔪 Teen Slasher Mystery 🌲 Small Town Horror 👻 Urban Legend Horror 🎭 Masked Killer 💕 Friends To Lovers

Let's Split Up 92%

A ghost-hunting dare ends in death. Four teens must find the killer hiding behind the legend.

by Bill Wood 2024

3.56

10k+ ratings

🔪 Teen Slasher Mystery 🌲 Small Town Horror 👻 Urban Legend Horror 🎭 Masked Killer 💕 Friends To Lovers

Such Charming Liars

by Karen M. McManus • 2024

A jewel heist at a billionaire's birthday party becomes a murder trap for a teenage grifter.

3.72

24k+

🎭 Heist Gone Wrong 🃏 Con Artist Family 🫂 Found Family 🎉 Murder At A Party 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets

Such Charming Liars 92%

A jewel heist at a billionaire's birthday party becomes a murder trap for a teenage grifter.

by Karen M. McManus 2024

3.72

24k+ ratings

🎭 Heist Gone Wrong 🃏 Con Artist Family 🫂 Found Family 🎉 Murder At A Party 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets

The Naturals

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A teen profiler joins an FBI cold case squad, and a serial killer starts leaving her messages.

4.22

358k+

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔍 Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏠 Found Family

The Naturals 94%

A teen profiler joins an FBI cold case squad, and a serial killer starts leaving her messages.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013

4.22

358k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔍 Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏠 Found Family

All We Lost Was Everything

by Sloan Harlow • 2025

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

3.78

4k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

All We Lost Was Everything 94%

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

by Sloan Harlow 2025

3.78

4k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

How to Find a Missing Girl

by Victoria Wlosok • 2023

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

3.59

6k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

How to Find a Missing Girl 94%

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

by Victoria Wlosok 2023

3.59

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

The Cabin

by Natasha Preston • 2016

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

3.62

45k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

The Cabin 92%

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

by Natasha Preston 2016

3.62

45k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

This Is My America

by Kim Johnson • 2020

Her father faces execution, her brother a murder charge. A Texas teen hunts the real killer.

4.44

10k+

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Loyalty

This Is My America 92%

Her father faces execution, her brother a murder charge. A Texas teen hunts the real killer.

by Kim Johnson 2020

4.44

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Loyalty

One for Sorrow

by Zoe Sugg • 2020

After their school is accused of murder, a new student and her reluctant roommate hunt a killer.

3.70

11k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🔍 Secret Society 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Boarding School 🎙️ Podcast Framing

One for Sorrow 93%

After their school is accused of murder, a new student and her reluctant roommate hunt a killer.

by Zoe Sugg 2020

3.70

11k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🔍 Secret Society 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Boarding School 🎙️ Podcast Framing

Spin

by Lamar Giles • 2019

Estranged friends hunt a teen DJ's killer while her fanbase turns from mourners into a mob.

3.65

1k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

Spin 93%

Estranged friends hunt a teen DJ's killer while her fanbase turns from mourners into a mob.

by Lamar Giles 2019

3.65

1k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

by Holly Jackson

After sixteen years, her missing mother comes back, and nothing she says adds up.

4.08

241k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👩 Missing Mother 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Conspiracy 🔗 Hidden Captivity

The Reappearance of Rachel Price Summary

The Reappearance of Rachel Price 94%

After sixteen years, her missing mother comes back, and nothing she says adds up.

by Holly Jackson 2024

4.08

241k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👩 Missing Mother 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Conspiracy 🔗 Hidden Captivity

I'm the Girl

by Courtney Summers • 2022

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

3.38

5k+

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'm the Girl 92%

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

by Courtney Summers 2022

3.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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

The Dare

by Natasha Preston

Blackmailed into a dare, four seniors bury a body. Then a text arrives: someone knows.

3.79

21k+

💀 Deadly Dares 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪤 Framed By Friends 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔄 Double Cross

The Dare 93%

Blackmailed into a dare, four seniors bury a body. Then a text arrives: someone knows.

by Natasha Preston 2024

3.79

21k+ ratings

💀 Deadly Dares 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪤 Framed By Friends 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔄 Double Cross

Sadie

by Courtney Summers • 2018

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

4.03

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Sadie 93%

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

by Courtney Summers 2018

4.03

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Acceleration

by Graham McNamee • 2003

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

3.74

5k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Acceleration 93%

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

by Graham McNamee 2003

3.74

5k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

The Briars

by Sarah Crouch • 2026

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

3.66

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Grudging Allies 👀 Killer In Plain Sight

The Briars 92%

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

by Sarah Crouch 2026

3.66

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Grudging Allies 👀 Killer In Plain Sight

Death in the Cards

by Mia P. Manansala • 2025

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

3.70

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🔍 Missing Person Case

Death in the Cards 92%

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

by Mia P. Manansala 2025

3.70

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🔍 Missing Person Case

You're Next

by Kylie Schachte • 2020

Her ex-girlfriend's murder sends a teen sleuth into a secret fight club where power kills.

3.77

2k+

🔍 Teen Sleuth 🔒 Secret Society 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist ❄️ Cold Case

You're Next 93%

Her ex-girlfriend's murder sends a teen sleuth into a secret fight club where power kills.

by Kylie Schachte 2020

3.77

2k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Sleuth 🔒 Secret Society 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist ❄️ Cold Case

Pretty Little Liars

by Sara Shepard • 2006

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

3.84

214k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

Pretty Little Liars 93%

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

by Sara Shepard 2006

3.84

214k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

Looking for Smoke

by K.A. Cobell

A powwow ends in murder, and four Blackfeet teens hunt a killer the system ignores.

3.94

8k+

🟥 Mmiw 🏜️ Reservation Mystery 🔄 Rotating Narrators ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🤝 Found Family

Looking for Smoke 93%

A powwow ends in murder, and four Blackfeet teens hunt a killer the system ignores.

by K.A. Cobell 2024

3.94

8k+ ratings

🟥 Mmiw 🏜️ Reservation Mystery 🔄 Rotating Narrators ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🤝 Found Family

Not Quite Dead Yet

by Holly Jackson

With days to live after a brutal attack, a woman chases down her own murderer.

3.98

235k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Countdown Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight 💔 Family Betrayal

Not Quite Dead Yet 92%

With days to live after a brutal attack, a woman chases down her own murderer.

by Holly Jackson 2025

3.98

235k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Countdown Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight 💔 Family Betrayal

The Thrashers

by Julie Soto • 2025

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

4.01

18k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Thrashers 93%

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

by Julie Soto 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Lynn Weingarten • 2015

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

3.40

20k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls Summary

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls 93%

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

by Lynn Weingarten 2015

3.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

13k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power 93%

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016

4.31

13k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

[We All Fall Down] (By

by Robert Cormier • 1991

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

3.80

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

[We All Fall Down] (By 93%

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

by Robert Cormier 1991

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

Five Survive

by Holly Jackson

A road trip strands six friends in sniper crosshairs with one instruction: give up the secret.

4.08

286k+

🚐 Single-Location Thriller 🕵️ Who Is The Mole ⚖️ Corrupt Prosecutor 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 📝 False Witness

Five Survive 92%

A road trip strands six friends in sniper crosshairs with one instruction: give up the secret.

by Holly Jackson 2022

4.08

286k+ ratings

🚐 Single-Location Thriller 🕵️ Who Is The Mole ⚖️ Corrupt Prosecutor 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 📝 False Witness

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak

Meg's sister returned as a stranger. The school erases students. Asking why gets people killed.

3.68

462

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🌑 Dark Boarding School 🤝 Enemies To Allies

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? Summary

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? 92%

Meg's sister returned as a stranger. The school erases students. Asking why gets people killed.

by Amy Doak 2025

3.68

462 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🌑 Dark Boarding School 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Influence

by Sara Shepard • 2020

A newbie influencer wakes beside her dead rival with no memory and a million followers watching.

3.39

4k+

📱 Social Media Thriller ✨ Influencer Culture 🔍 Whodunit Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Influence 93%

A newbie influencer wakes beside her dead rival with no memory and a million followers watching.

by Sara Shepard 2020

3.39

4k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Thriller ✨ Influencer Culture 🔍 Whodunit Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Summer of Grace

by Shani Struthers • 2021

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

4.18

439

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family ✨ Enigmatic Outsider ⏳ Dual Timeline

Summer of Grace 93%

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

by Shani Struthers 2021

4.18

439 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family ✨ Enigmatic Outsider ⏳ Dual Timeline

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

117k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night 93%

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023

3.55

117k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

This Book Will Bury Me

by Ashley Winstead • 2025

Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.

3.63

31k+

🎬 True Crime Fiction 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 💻 Digital Vigilantism 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Charismatic Villain

This Book Will Bury Me 93%

Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.

by Ashley Winstead 2025

3.63

31k+ ratings

🎬 True Crime Fiction 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 💻 Digital Vigilantism 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Charismatic Villain

The Island

by Natasha Preston

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

3.48

39k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

The Island 92%

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

by Natasha Preston 2023

3.48

39k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

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