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

The Holdout

by Graham Moore • 2020

The holdout juror who freed a suspect wakes to a dead colleague and a murder charge.

3.83

35k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🎯 Wrongful Accusation 🎬 True Crime Documentary

The Holdout

The holdout juror who freed a suspect wakes to a dead colleague and a murder charge.

by Graham Moore 2020 336 pages

3.83

35k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🎯 Wrongful Accusation 🎬 True Crime Documentary

World Famous Cults and Fanatics

by Colin Wilson • 2004

The messiah playbook hasn’t changed in 2,000 years. Neither has the human hunger for one.

3.00

104

📚 Cult History 🧠 Cult Psychology ⭐ Messianic Figures 🔪 True Crime History 🔥 Religious Violence

World Famous Cults and Fanatics

The messiah playbook hasn’t changed in 2,000 years. Neither has the human hunger for one.

by Colin Wilson 2004

3.00

104 ratings

📚 Cult History 🧠 Cult Psychology ⭐ Messianic Figures 🔪 True Crime History 🔥 Religious Violence

[No Country for Old Men] (By

by Cormac McCarthy • 2005

A hunter pockets cartel cash from the dead. The man sent to recover it never negotiates.

4.17

200k+

🏜️ Neo-Western 📚 Literary Thriller 🐈 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 👮 World-Weary Sheriff 🪙 Fatalistic Crime

[No Country for Old Men] (By

A hunter pockets cartel cash from the dead. The man sent to recover it never negotiates.

by Cormac McCarthy 2005

4.17

200k+ ratings

🏜️ Neo-Western 📚 Literary Thriller 🐈 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 👮 World-Weary Sheriff 🪙 Fatalistic Crime

Limitations

by Scott Turow • 2006

A judge stalked by anonymous threats must decide a rape case that resurrects his own guilt.

3.48

3k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤲 Moral Reckoning 🔙 Past Sins Resurface 🔍 Introspective Thriller

Limitations

A judge stalked by anonymous threats must decide a rape case that resurrects his own guilt.

by Scott Turow 2006 197 pages

3.48

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤲 Moral Reckoning 🔙 Past Sins Resurface 🔍 Introspective Thriller

The Black Widow

by Daniel Silva • 2016

After an ISIS attack on Paris, a female spy goes undercover as a jihadi widow to hunt its architect.

4.33

38k+

🎯 Terrorism Thriller 🕵️ Deep Cover Operation 👩 Female Undercover Agent 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 🔥 Gritty Espionage

The Black Widow

After an ISIS attack on Paris, a female spy goes undercover as a jihadi widow to hunt its architect.

by Daniel Silva 2016 528 pages

4.33

38k+ ratings

🎯 Terrorism Thriller 🕵️ Deep Cover Operation 👩 Female Undercover Agent 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 🔥 Gritty Espionage

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

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

by Andy Maslen 2021 347 pages

4.39

6k+ ratings

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

The Love You Fight For

by Brit Benson • 2024

A fleeing senator's daughter collides with a small-town mechanic, reigniting a dangerous attraction.

4.3

7k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🖤 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Love You Fight For

A fleeing senator's daughter collides with a small-town mechanic, reigniting a dangerous attraction.

by Brit Benson 2024 366 pages

4.3

7k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🖤 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 💔 Second Chance Romance

Queen of Anarchy

by Eva Ashwood • 2021

Four criminal kings pull a scarred avenger into their world, where survival demands total surrender.

4.17

16k+

🖤 Reverse Harem Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Queen of Anarchy

Four criminal kings pull a scarred avenger into their world, where survival demands total surrender.

by Eva Ashwood 2021 393 pages

4.17

16k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Lethal Redemption

by April Hunt • 2019

To save the VP's daughter, an FBI profiler infiltrates the cult she escaped as a child.

4.00

500+

🔒 Cult Thriller 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Undercover Couple 🏠 Found Family 🎖️ Ex-Military Hero

Lethal Redemption

To save the VP's daughter, an FBI profiler infiltrates the cult she escaped as a child.

by April Hunt 2019 675 pages

4.00

500+ ratings

🔒 Cult Thriller 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Undercover Couple 🏠 Found Family 🎖️ Ex-Military Hero

Look at Me!

by Jonathan Reiss • 2020

Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.

4.54

126

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists 💔 Trauma And Creativity 📱 Digital Age Celebrity

Look at Me!

Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.

by Jonathan Reiss 2020 304 pages

4.54

126 ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists 💔 Trauma And Creativity 📱 Digital Age Celebrity

El brillo de las luciérnagas

by Paul Pen • 2013

A boy born in a basement uncovers the crime that keeps his family underground.

3.72

46k+

🏚️ Basement Captivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Horror 📦 Claustrophobic 🌑 Dark Coming-Of-Age

El brillo de las luciérnagas

A boy born in a basement uncovers the crime that keeps his family underground.

by Paul Pen 2013 368 pages

3.72

46k+ ratings

🏚️ Basement Captivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Horror 📦 Claustrophobic 🌑 Dark Coming-Of-Age

The Other Woman

by Daniel Silva • 2018

Gabriel Allon's defector is murdered. The mole inside MI6 is a Cold War secret that refused to die.

4.16

31k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧊 Cold War Legacy 🇷🇺 Russian Intelligence 😔 Weary Spymaster

The Other Woman

Gabriel Allon's defector is murdered. The mole inside MI6 is a Cold War secret that refused to die.

by Daniel Silva 2018 496 pages

4.16

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧊 Cold War Legacy 🇷🇺 Russian Intelligence 😔 Weary Spymaster

Wife Number One

by Elle Thorpe • 2024

Daughter for sale, a cult's veiled wife must trust the outlaw who once held her captive.

4.32

9k+

🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💕 Why Choose 💔 Second Chance Love 🔥 Possessive Protector

Wife Number One

Daughter for sale, a cult's veiled wife must trust the outlaw who once held her captive.

by Elle Thorpe 2024 450 pages

4.32

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💕 Why Choose 💔 Second Chance Love 🔥 Possessive Protector

The Alchemist's Secret

by Scott Mariani • 2007

Guilt-haunted ex-soldier hunts an alchemical manuscript to save a child, stalked by fanatical order.

3.98

11k+

🕊️ Religious Conspiracy 🧩 Historical Puzzle 📜 Manuscript Hunt 🪖 Ex-Soldier Hero ⚗️ Alchemy Lore

The Alchemist's Secret

Guilt-haunted ex-soldier hunts an alchemical manuscript to save a child, stalked by fanatical order.

by Scott Mariani 2007 486 pages

3.98

11k+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Conspiracy 🧩 Historical Puzzle 📜 Manuscript Hunt 🪖 Ex-Soldier Hero ⚗️ Alchemy Lore

Slavery by Another Name

by Douglas A. Blackmon • 2008

The 13th Amendment's exception for criminals became a new slavery that lasted eighty years.

4.38

7k+

⛓️ Forced Labor 📜 Jim Crow Era 🏗️ Reconstruction Era 🔗 Mass Incarceration Origins 💰 Racial Capitalism

Slavery by Another Name

The 13th Amendment's exception for criminals became a new slavery that lasted eighty years.

by Douglas A. Blackmon 2008 480 pages

4.38

7k+ ratings

⛓️ Forced Labor 📜 Jim Crow Era 🏗️ Reconstruction Era 🔗 Mass Incarceration Origins 💰 Racial Capitalism

Cross Roads

by Fern Michaels • 2010

Scattered after their pardons, a band of female vigilantes suspects their quiet lives are a trap.

4.37

4k+

💕 Found Family ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Conspiracy Uncovered 🕵️ Spy Craft 👥 Ensemble Cast

Cross Roads

Scattered after their pardons, a band of female vigilantes suspects their quiet lives are a trap.

by Fern Michaels 2010 385 pages

4.37

4k+ ratings

💕 Found Family ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Conspiracy Uncovered 🕵️ Spy Craft 👥 Ensemble Cast

Black Widows

by Cate Quinn • 2021

One dead husband. Three sister wives. An isolated Utah ranch. Every woman had motive.

3.71

11k+

⛪ Mormon Fundamentalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrators 👥 Sister Wives 💕 Found Family 😔 Religious Trauma

Black Widows

One dead husband. Three sister wives. An isolated Utah ranch. Every woman had motive.

by Cate Quinn 2021 419 pages

3.71

11k+ ratings

⛪ Mormon Fundamentalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrators 👥 Sister Wives 💕 Found Family 😔 Religious Trauma

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

by Robert Dugoni • 2024

A biotech CEO accused of murder. Her defender: the childhood rival who knows she's a liar.

4.36

19k+

🏛️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Female Rivals 🔪 Sociopath Character ⚖️ Defense Attorney 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

A biotech CEO accused of murder. Her defender: the childhood rival who knows she's a liar.

by Robert Dugoni 2024 365 pages

4.36

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Female Rivals 🔪 Sociopath Character ⚖️ Defense Attorney 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Fearless

by B.B. Reid • 2016

Accused of murdering her lover's father, she faces a trial that could destroy their dark love.

4.26

7k+

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Alpha Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Second Chance Romance 💼 Murder Trial

Fearless

Accused of murdering her lover's father, she faces a trial that could destroy their dark love.

by B.B. Reid 2016

4.26

7k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Alpha Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Second Chance Romance 💼 Murder Trial

Sidewalk

by Mitchell Duneier • 1999

Some of the most disorderly figures on the sidewalk are also the ones preventing real crime.

4.15

1k+

🛝 Urban Ethnography 💰 Informal Economies 🚨 Broken Windows Debate 👮 Police Discretion 🚶‍♀️ Street Harassment

Sidewalk

Some of the most disorderly figures on the sidewalk are also the ones preventing real crime.

by Mitchell Duneier 1999 400 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🛝 Urban Ethnography 💰 Informal Economies 🚨 Broken Windows Debate 👮 Police Discretion 🚶‍♀️ Street Harassment

The Edge of Lost

by Kristina McMorris • 2015

A stolen name, a stranger's letter: an Irish orphan crosses an ocean to find his father.

4.06

19k+

📚 Immigrant Family Saga 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Brotherly Rivalry 🎭 Adopted Identity 🔍 Secret Parentage

The Edge of Lost

A stolen name, a stranger's letter: an Irish orphan crosses an ocean to find his father.

by Kristina McMorris 2015 352 pages

4.06

19k+ ratings

📚 Immigrant Family Saga 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Brotherly Rivalry 🎭 Adopted Identity 🔍 Secret Parentage

Xavier

by Silvia Violet • 2021

An ex-Ranger hides his hunted hacker on an island where iron control shatters.

4.27

1k+

🏝️ Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 🔫 Romantic Suspense ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🛡️ Protective Hero

Xavier

An ex-Ranger hides his hunted hacker on an island where iron control shatters.

by Silvia Violet 2021 314 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 🔫 Romantic Suspense ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🛡️ Protective Hero

Play the Game

by J. Bree • 2019

After a crime lord claims her, a survivor and her four dangerous lovers prepare for war.

4.39

17k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Play the Game

After a crime lord claims her, a survivor and her four dangerous lovers prepare for war.

by J. Bree 2019 408 pages

4.39

17k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Blacktop Wasteland

by S.A. Cosby • 2020

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

4.08

60k+

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

Blacktop Wasteland

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

by S.A. Cosby 2020 285 pages

4.08

60k+ ratings

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

Mile Marker Zero

by William McKeen • 2011

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

3.93

500+

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Mile Marker Zero

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

by William McKeen 2011

3.93

500+ ratings

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

50k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Lord John and the Private Matter

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003 368 pages

3.76

50k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

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

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

by Malinda Lo 2017 288 pages

3.25

4k+ ratings

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

Maniac

by Onley James • 2023

The psychiatrist who raised vigilante killers takes in a young murderer who becomes his obsession.

4.14

8k+

🖤 Dark M/M Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Psychopath Protagonist

Maniac

The psychiatrist who raised vigilante killers takes in a young murderer who becomes his obsession.

by Onley James 2023 267 pages

4.14

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark M/M Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Psychopath Protagonist

Riot

by Tillie Cole • 2017

A blood pit champion and a drugged consort share a cell, their bond sparking rebellion.

4.35

7k+

🇷🇺 Bratva Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 🥊 Underground Fighting 🔒 Forced Proximity 🧠 Amnesia Plot

Riot

A blood pit champion and a drugged consort share a cell, their bond sparking rebellion.

by Tillie Cole 2017 304 pages

4.35

7k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Bratva Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 🥊 Underground Fighting 🔒 Forced Proximity 🧠 Amnesia Plot

Long Bright River

by Liz Moore • 2020

A Philly cop's missing sister haunts the streets she patrols: a serial killer is dumping bodies.

4.04

100k+

🚔 Police Procedural 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💊 Opioid Crisis 🌃 Urban Noir

Long Bright River

A Philly cop's missing sister haunts the streets she patrols: a serial killer is dumping bodies.

by Liz Moore 2020 482 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💊 Opioid Crisis 🌃 Urban Noir

The President Is Missing

by Bill Clinton • 2018

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

3.86

100k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within 🎯 President In Peril 🏃‍♂️ Off The Grid

The President Is Missing

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

by Bill Clinton 2018 513 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within 🎯 President In Peril 🏃‍♂️ Off The Grid

Beyond Her Reach

by Melinda Leigh • 2025

A mother's murder shatters a quiet suburb, and the killer came through an unlocked door.

4.50

16k+

🚔 Police Procedural 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🐕 K9 Partner 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🎯 Framed Suspect

Beyond Her Reach

A mother's murder shatters a quiet suburb, and the killer came through an unlocked door.

by Melinda Leigh 2025 312 pages

4.50

16k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🐕 K9 Partner 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🎯 Framed Suspect

Obsession Mine

by Anna Zaires • 2017

Her husband's killer takes her to a cliffside prison where his obsession becomes her only shelter.

4.15

6k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Alpha Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding ⚡ Dubious Consent

Obsession Mine

Her husband's killer takes her to a cliffside prison where his obsession becomes her only shelter.

by Anna Zaires 2017 350 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Alpha Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding ⚡ Dubious Consent

The Family Secret

by Mikayla Davids • 2023

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

3.89

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Family Secret

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

by Mikayla Davids 2023 265 pages

3.89

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

by Philip Fracassi • 2025

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

4.00

8k+

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

by Philip Fracassi 2025 409 pages

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

Wolf Hour

by Jo Nesbø • 2025

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

4.01

10k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

Wolf Hour

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

by Jo Nesbø 2025 400 pages

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

Fake News & Office Blues

by Amanda M. Lee • 2022

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

4.74

1k+

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Fake News & Office Blues

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

by Amanda M. Lee 2022 327 pages

4.74

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Revolver

by Marcus Sedgwick • 2009

A frozen cabin, a dead father, and a gunman demanding gold the family may not have.

3.71

5k+

🧊 Arctic Survival ⛏️ Gold Rush Frontier 💔 Absent Mother ⚖️ Sins Of The Father 🚪 Home Invasion

Revolver

A frozen cabin, a dead father, and a gunman demanding gold the family may not have.

by Marcus Sedgwick 2009 224 pages

3.71

5k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Survival ⛏️ Gold Rush Frontier 💔 Absent Mother ⚖️ Sins Of The Father 🚪 Home Invasion

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff • 2021

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

4.27

1k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Death of an Earl

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021 257 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Killing Lincoln

by Bill O'Reilly • 2011

The Civil War is ending, but a matinee idol is rehearsing Abraham Lincoln's murder.

4.06

100k+

📖 Narrative History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Assassination 🕵️‍♂️ Manhunt 🕊️ Martyrdom

Killing Lincoln

The Civil War is ending, but a matinee idol is rehearsing Abraham Lincoln's murder.

by Bill O'Reilly 2011 324 pages

4.06

100k+ ratings

📖 Narrative History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Assassination 🕵️‍♂️ Manhunt 🕊️ Martyrdom

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Bitter Blood

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988 573 pages

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Mafiosa

by Catherine Doyle • 2017

She joins the mob that killed her mother, falls for the heir training her to kill.

4.39

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Family Feud 🔫 Reluctant Killer 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Mafiosa

She joins the mob that killed her mother, falls for the heir training her to kill.

by Catherine Doyle 2017 400 pages

4.39

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Family Feud 🔫 Reluctant Killer 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Lincoln Myth

by Steve Berry • 2014

A document that could legally end America pits a retired agent against a Mormon fanatic.

3.89

14k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛪ Mormon History 🔥 Religious Fanaticism 📜 Hidden Document 💔 Torn Loyalties

The Lincoln Myth

A document that could legally end America pits a retired agent against a Mormon fanatic.

by Steve Berry 2014 429 pages

3.89

14k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛪ Mormon History 🔥 Religious Fanaticism 📜 Hidden Document 💔 Torn Loyalties

Mercy

by Dylan Page • 2022

After months of stalking, a scarred enforcer kidnaps a detective's daughter and calls it love.

4.14

3k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Morally Grey Hero

Mercy

After months of stalking, a scarred enforcer kidnaps a detective's daughter and calls it love.

by Dylan Page 2022 304 pages

4.14

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Morally Grey Hero

The Broken Places

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A detective and her undercover partner hunt a killer whose drug turns trauma into violence.

3.76

11k+

🖤 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Broken Places

A detective and her undercover partner hunt a killer whose drug turns trauma into violence.

by Mia Sheridan 2024 340 pages

3.76

11k+ ratings

🖤 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

It's All About Muhammad

by F.W. Burleigh • 2014

Muhammad wasn't a prophet: epilepsy produced the Koran and psychopathy drove the conquests.

3.96

158

🕌 Early Islam 🧠 Psychological Biography 🔍 Religious Criticism ⚔️ Religion And Violence 💥 New Atheism

It's All About Muhammad

Muhammad wasn't a prophet: epilepsy produced the Koran and psychopathy drove the conquests.

by F.W. Burleigh 2014 556 pages

3.96

158 ratings

🕌 Early Islam 🧠 Psychological Biography 🔍 Religious Criticism ⚔️ Religion And Violence 💥 New Atheism

To The End

by J. Bree • 2020

Severed heads arrive for the Wolf. Four ruthless lovers will tear the underworld apart.

4.37

16k+

🖤 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

To The End

Severed heads arrive for the Wolf. Four ruthless lovers will tear the underworld apart.

by J. Bree 2020 352 pages

4.37

16k+ ratings

🖤 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

A Very Bad Thing

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

4.13

48k+

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

A Very Bad Thing

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

by J.T. Ellison 2024 446 pages

4.13

48k+ ratings

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

Society of Psychos

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Three violent men rescue an unhinged woman from an asylum and sign up for her revenge spree.

4.34

9k+

🔥 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Touch Her And Die 👥 Criminal Found Family 🤪 Unhinged Heroine 😈 Darkly Comedic

Society of Psychos

Three violent men rescue an unhinged woman from an asylum and sign up for her revenge spree.

by Caroline Peckham 2022 547 pages

4.34

9k+ ratings

🔥 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Touch Her And Die 👥 Criminal Found Family 🤪 Unhinged Heroine 😈 Darkly Comedic

King of Pain

by Tammy Andresen • 2025

Abducted and bleeding, a mafia heir flees the desert with the med student who saved him.

4.24

3k+

🚪 Forced Proximity 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Found Family

King of Pain

Abducted and bleeding, a mafia heir flees the desert with the med student who saved him.

by Tammy Andresen 2025 200 pages

4.24

3k+ ratings

🚪 Forced Proximity 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Found Family

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