Crime

Dark alleys and courtrooms, prison cells and forensics labs set the stage for gripping tales of justice and injustice, where detectives, lawyers, and criminals clash in society's shadows. These stories and investigations expose the underbelly of human nature, from sophisticated financial fraud to brutal murders, while exploring the complex machinery of law enforcement and criminal justice that shapes our world.

Crime Book Summaries

Born, Madly

by Trisha Wolfe • 2018

Her patient is a serial killer. Her therapy is murder. Their biggest threat is a copycat.

3.85

10k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔪 Partners In Crime 💀 Mutual Obsession 🩸 Trauma Bonded 🎭 Hidden Identity

Born, Madly

Her patient is a serial killer. Her therapy is murder. Their biggest threat is a copycat.

by Trisha Wolfe 2018 306 pages

3.85

10k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔪 Partners In Crime 💀 Mutual Obsession 🩸 Trauma Bonded 🎭 Hidden Identity

Bloodline

by James Rollins • 2012

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

4.25

24k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog 🗡️ Reformed Assassin 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bloodline

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

by James Rollins 2012 447 pages

4.25

24k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog 🗡️ Reformed Assassin 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Use of Force

by Brad Thor • 2017

A drowned chemist's laptop reveals a sarin plot aimed at the Vatican. One operative can stop it.

4.23

15k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🎯 Counterterrorism ⛪ Vatican Thriller ☠️ Chemical Weapons 🔪 Organized Crime

Use of Force

A drowned chemist's laptop reveals a sarin plot aimed at the Vatican. One operative can stop it.

by Brad Thor 2017 360 pages

4.23

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🎯 Counterterrorism ⛪ Vatican Thriller ☠️ Chemical Weapons 🔪 Organized Crime

Beautiful Savage

by Caroline Peckham • 2022

A mute captive collapses in a blizzard. The mountain man who saves her is mafia.

4.25

6k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🏠 Found Family 🪓 Mountain Man

Beautiful Savage

A mute captive collapses in a blizzard. The mountain man who saves her is mafia.

by Caroline Peckham 2022 508 pages

4.25

6k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🏠 Found Family 🪓 Mountain Man

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

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

4.03

2k+

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

The Red House

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

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

2k+ ratings

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

Auē

by Becky Manawatu • 2019

Abandoned on a remote New Zealand farm, a mute boy and a fierce girl must survive his violent uncle.

4.47

7k+

🔄 Generational Trauma 🌺 MāOri Storytelling 👬 Orphaned Siblings 💔 Domestic Abuse 🏠 Found Family

Auē

Abandoned on a remote New Zealand farm, a mute boy and a fierce girl must survive his violent uncle.

by Becky Manawatu 2019 328 pages

4.47

7k+ ratings

🔄 Generational Trauma 🌺 MāOri Storytelling 👬 Orphaned Siblings 💔 Domestic Abuse 🏠 Found Family

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

500+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

What Remains of Teague House

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

by Stacy Johns 2025 432 pages

3.42

500+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

by Thomas A. Tarrants • 2019

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

4.37

461

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion ✝️ Christian Testimony 📚 Intellectual Conversion

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019 224 pages

4.37

461 ratings

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion ✝️ Christian Testimony 📚 Intellectual Conversion

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

by Eleni Kyriacou • 2023

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

4.10

3k+

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🌍 Immigrant Experience ⚰️ Death Penalty

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

by Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 pages

4.10

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🌍 Immigrant Experience ⚰️ Death Penalty

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

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

by Sarah Alderson 2019 286 pages

4.13

19k+ ratings

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

Body Language

by A.K. Turner • 2020

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

3.96

6k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine

Body Language

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

by A.K. Turner 2020 384 pages

3.96

6k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine

Vicious Little Darling

by Teresa Wolf • 2024

A serial killer, bored with blood, finds a woman whose darkness answers his own.

4.37

500+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🩸 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Masked Stalker

Vicious Little Darling

A serial killer, bored with blood, finds a woman whose darkness answers his own.

by Teresa Wolf 2024 234 pages

4.37

500+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🩸 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Masked Stalker

The Gates of Janus

by Ian Brady • 2001

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

3.61

500+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling ⚖️ Crime And Power 📺 Media Sensationalism

The Gates of Janus

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

by Ian Brady 2001 311 pages

3.61

500+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling ⚖️ Crime And Power 📺 Media Sensationalism

Sunburned

by Katherine Wood • 2025

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

3.72

1k+

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Sunburned

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

by Katherine Wood 2025 352 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Noel of Sin

by Jodie King • 2024

Her stepbrother returns on Christmas Eve. One forbidden night got him exiled. He wants another.

4.04

1k+

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🏍️ MC Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 👁️ Stalker Romance 💫 Second Chance Love

Noel of Sin

Her stepbrother returns on Christmas Eve. One forbidden night got him exiled. He wants another.

by Jodie King 2024 189 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🏍️ MC Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 👁️ Stalker Romance 💫 Second Chance Love

Aces Up

by Lauren Barnholdt • 2010

An underage casino waitress is recruited by a secret society planning to fix a poker tournament.

3.40

4k+

🎭 Secret Double Life ♠️ Casino Underworld 💕 Friends To Lovers 💸 Family Money Troubles 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Aces Up

An underage casino waitress is recruited by a secret society planning to fix a poker tournament.

by Lauren Barnholdt 2010 272 pages

3.40

4k+ ratings

🎭 Secret Double Life ♠️ Casino Underworld 💕 Friends To Lovers 💸 Family Money Troubles 😰 Anxious Protagonist

The Given Day

by Dennis Lehane • 2008

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

4.08

28k+

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Given Day

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

by Dennis Lehane 2008 704 pages

4.08

28k+ ratings

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

El evangelio del mal

by Patrick Graham • 2007

An FBI psychic tracks an immortal killer to a forbidden gospel that could destroy the Vatican.

3.86

3k+

🏛️ Vatican Conspiracy ✝️ Religious Horror 🔮 Psychic Investigator 💀 Immortal Villain 📜 Forbidden Manuscript

El evangelio del mal

An FBI psychic tracks an immortal killer to a forbidden gospel that could destroy the Vatican.

by Patrick Graham 2007 560 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Vatican Conspiracy ✝️ Religious Horror 🔮 Psychic Investigator 💀 Immortal Villain 📜 Forbidden Manuscript

Under the Radar

by Fern Michaels • 2009

When their leader disappears, women vigilantes race to rescue pregnant teens from a polygamous cult.

4.24

5k+

🎯 Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Hidden Family 🕊️ Cult Survivor

Under the Radar

When their leader disappears, women vigilantes race to rescue pregnant teens from a polygamous cult.

by Fern Michaels 2009 304 pages

4.24

5k+ ratings

🎯 Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Hidden Family 🕊️ Cult Survivor

Reap

by Tillie Cole • 2015

A mafia princess finds a feral enemy heir chained in her basement. She reaches for him.

4.29

11k+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 💔 Rival Families 🐺 Feral Hero 🖐️ Touch Starved 🩹 Scarred Lovers

Reap

A mafia princess finds a feral enemy heir chained in her basement. She reaches for him.

by Tillie Cole 2015 231 pages

4.29

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 💔 Rival Families 🐺 Feral Hero 🖐️ Touch Starved 🩹 Scarred Lovers

You'll Never Believe Me

by Kari Ferrell • 2025

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

3.34

2k+

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

You'll Never Believe Me

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

by Kari Ferrell 2025 288 pages

3.34

2k+ ratings

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

L'Avversario

by Emmanuel Carrère • 2013

Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.

3.99

51k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Pathological Lying 📖 Literary True Crime 🎪 Imposture 🪞 Self-Deception

L'Avversario

Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.

by Emmanuel Carrère 2013 169 pages

3.99

51k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Pathological Lying 📖 Literary True Crime 🎪 Imposture 🪞 Self-Deception

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Black Bear Alibi

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019 479 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

The Children Return

by Martin Walker • 2015

Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.

4.23

7k+

🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural 🎯 Counterterrorism Plot ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ WWII Hidden History 🧩 Autistic Protagonist

The Children Return

Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.

by Martin Walker 2015 336 pages

4.23

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural 🎯 Counterterrorism Plot ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ WWII Hidden History 🧩 Autistic Protagonist

Reign of Wrath

by Eva Ashwood • 2021

After a cartel kills her sister, four ruthless men become River's lovers and her army.

4.26

12k+

👥 Reverse Harem 🔫 Dark Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Gray Lovers

Reign of Wrath

After a cartel kills her sister, four ruthless men become River's lovers and her army.

by Eva Ashwood 2021 383 pages

4.26

12k+ ratings

👥 Reverse Harem 🔫 Dark Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Gray Lovers

Avenging Skulls

by L.M. Terry • 2022

Escaping captivity, she finds refuge with a motorcycle club that feeds predators to pigs.

4.53

2k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏃 Captivity And Escape

Avenging Skulls

Escaping captivity, she finds refuge with a motorcycle club that feeds predators to pigs.

by L.M. Terry 2022 368 pages

4.53

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏃 Captivity And Escape

The Case That Never Dies

by Lloyd C. Gardner • 2004

The Lindbergh conviction hung on a ladder, marked money, and witnesses. None of it held.

3.47

118

🕵️ Historical True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era 📰 Trial By Media 🌟 Celebrity Justice 🔍 Forensic Evidence

The Case That Never Dies

The Lindbergh conviction hung on a ladder, marked money, and witnesses. None of it held.

by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages

3.47

118 ratings

🕵️ Historical True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era 📰 Trial By Media 🌟 Celebrity Justice 🔍 Forensic Evidence

Order of Assassins

by Colin Wilson • 1972

Violence as self-fulfillment: how stagnation and passivity breed the modern assassin.

3.69

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Psychological True Crime 💭 Existential Psychology 👊 Psychology Of Violence 🏙️ Modern Alienation

Order of Assassins

Violence as self-fulfillment: how stagnation and passivity breed the modern assassin.

by Colin Wilson 1972 326 pages

3.69

64 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Psychological True Crime 💭 Existential Psychology 👊 Psychology Of Violence 🏙️ Modern Alienation

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

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

by Paul Finch 2013 432 pages

4.2

2k+ ratings

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

Damnable Grace

by Tillie Cole • 2017

A biker enforcer rescues a trafficking victim; her withdrawal forces them both to face their scars.

4.38

12k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance ✝️ Religious Abuse 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔗 Captive Rescue 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Damnable Grace

A biker enforcer rescues a trafficking victim; her withdrawal forces them both to face their scars.

by Tillie Cole 2017 556 pages

4.38

12k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance ✝️ Religious Abuse 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔗 Captive Rescue 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Art of Political Murder

by Francisco Goldman • 2007

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

4.15

1k+

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions 🔒 State Impunity ⚖️ Transitional Justice

The Art of Political Murder

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions 🔒 State Impunity ⚖️ Transitional Justice

Kiara, diamant écorché par le sang - Tome 1

by Hazel Diaz • 2024

Undercover in a men's prison, a crime boss's daughter falls for the rival she must destroy.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Kiara, diamant écorché par le sang - Tome 1

Undercover in a men's prison, a crime boss's daughter falls for the rival she must destroy.

by Hazel Diaz 2024 587 pages

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Briars

by Sarah Crouch • 2026

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

3.66

3k+

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

The Briars

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

by Sarah Crouch 2026 320 pages

3.66

3k+ ratings

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

The Enemy at Home

by Kevin O'Brien • 2023

A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Historical Domestic Noir 🔧 Women War Workers 👤 Killer In The Family 🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees 🔍 Mother As Detective

The Enemy at Home

A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.

by Kevin O'Brien 2023 416 pages

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Historical Domestic Noir 🔧 Women War Workers 👤 Killer In The Family 🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees 🔍 Mother As Detective

Stone Cold

by David Baldacci • 2007

The Camel Club hides a con artist as a suburban assassin's revenge engulfs them all.

4.19

51k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🎯 Reluctant Assassin 🃏 Con Artist On The Run

Stone Cold

The Camel Club hides a con artist as a suburban assassin's revenge engulfs them all.

by David Baldacci 2007 388 pages

4.19

51k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🎯 Reluctant Assassin 🃏 Con Artist On The Run

Tainted Saints

by Rosa Lee • 2023

Starved and caged, a diplomat's daughter is claimed by three dangerous men who will kill for her.

3.94

7k+

🫶 Why Choose 🖤 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Mafia Underworld 🪽 Trauma Healing

Tainted Saints

Starved and caged, a diplomat's daughter is claimed by three dangerous men who will kill for her.

by Rosa Lee 2023 350 pages

3.94

7k+ ratings

🫶 Why Choose 🖤 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Mafia Underworld 🪽 Trauma Healing

Awakening the Beast

by Jodie King • 2024

Her dead husband walks into her mansion alive. She is pregnant, furious, and still in love.

4.39

500+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔫 Mafia Underworld 👻 Presumed Dead Returns 👑 Morally Gray Heroine 🔗 Trauma Bonding

Awakening the Beast

Her dead husband walks into her mansion alive. She is pregnant, furious, and still in love.

by Jodie King 2024 445 pages

4.39

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔫 Mafia Underworld 👻 Presumed Dead Returns 👑 Morally Gray Heroine 🔗 Trauma Bonding

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

1k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Infernal Machine

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024 368 pages

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

by Gigi Pandian • 2018

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

3.92

299

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

by Gigi Pandian 2018 270 pages

3.92

299 ratings

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Hokus Pokus

by Fern Michaels • 2007

Blackmailed for running a secret escape network, a Supreme Court justice turns to exiled vigilantes.

4.28

7k+

💥 Vigilante Justice 💪 Women Vigilantes 🖤 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 😂 Humorous Suspense

Hokus Pokus

Blackmailed for running a secret escape network, a Supreme Court justice turns to exiled vigilantes.

by Fern Michaels 2007 262 pages

4.28

7k+ ratings

💥 Vigilante Justice 💪 Women Vigilantes 🖤 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 😂 Humorous Suspense

With Visions of Red

by Trisha Wolfe • 2015

A profiler becomes prey to a killer who stages ritual murders from her own research.

4.23

500+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🎯 Profiler As Prey 💔 Suspect Lover 🩹 Shared Trauma

With Visions of Red

A profiler becomes prey to a killer who stages ritual murders from her own research.

by Trisha Wolfe 2015 577 pages

4.23

500+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🎯 Profiler As Prey 💔 Suspect Lover 🩹 Shared Trauma

Backwater Justice

by Fern Michaels • 2024

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

4.42

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Backwater Justice

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

by Fern Michaels 2024 368 pages

4.42

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King • 2011

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

4.13

4k+

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective 🎖️ World War I England 🌱 Quiet Renewal

Beekeeping for Beginners

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

by Laurie R. King 2011 77 pages

4.13

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective 🎖️ World War I England 🌱 Quiet Renewal

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville • 2024

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

3.61

3k+

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Blood Like Mine

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

by Stuart Neville 2024 375 pages

3.61

3k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018 258 pages

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

Kage

by Chelle Rose • 2025

Stolen by her family's enemy, she's caged, collared, and drawn to the man who owns her.

4.11

500+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive 🚬 Mafia Captive 🩸 Dark Redemption 💔 Trauma Recovery

Kage

Stolen by her family's enemy, she's caged, collared, and drawn to the man who owns her.

by Chelle Rose 2025 235 pages

4.11

500+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive 🚬 Mafia Captive 🩸 Dark Redemption 💔 Trauma Recovery

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

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

by Courtney Summers 2022 344 pages

3.38

5k+ ratings

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

The Fallen Angel

by Daniel Silva • 2012

A dead curator in St. Peter's pulls an art-restoring spy into a Vatican conspiracy.

4.21

30k+

🏛️ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Crime 🕵️ Reluctant Spy 👯 Twin Dynamics 🕰️ Ancient Conspiracy

The Fallen Angel

A dead curator in St. Peter's pulls an art-restoring spy into a Vatican conspiracy.

by Daniel Silva 2012 406 pages

4.21

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Crime 🕵️ Reluctant Spy 👯 Twin Dynamics 🕰️ Ancient Conspiracy

Confident Women

by Tori Telfer • 2021

The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.

3.72

4k+

🎭 Con Artists 👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals 🕰️ Historical Crime 🧠 Deception Psychology 🪪 Impostors

Confident Women

The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.

by Tori Telfer 2021 352 pages

3.72

4k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artists 👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals 🕰️ Historical Crime 🧠 Deception Psychology 🪪 Impostors

Pretty Lost Dolls

by Ker Dukey • 2016

A detective snatched back by her childhood tormentor must save the sister he corrupted.

4.38

5k+

🖤 Captor Captive 🕸️ Twisted Obsession 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 🥀 Fractured Sisterhood 🔁 Cycle Of Abuse

Pretty Lost Dolls

A detective snatched back by her childhood tormentor must save the sister he corrupted.

by Ker Dukey 2016 274 pages

4.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive 🕸️ Twisted Obsession 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 🥀 Fractured Sisterhood 🔁 Cycle Of Abuse

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