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

Portrait of a Spy

by Daniel Silva • 2011

A reluctant spy hunts a German agent through wartime London to protect the D-Day invasion secret.

4.26

33k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🎭 Deep Cover Agent 🔄 Double Agent 😕 Reluctant Spy 🪤 Honeytrap

Portrait of a Spy

A reluctant spy hunts a German agent through wartime London to protect the D-Day invasion secret.

by Daniel Silva 2011 448 pages

4.26

33k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🎭 Deep Cover Agent 🔄 Double Agent 😕 Reluctant Spy 🪤 Honeytrap

Hellhound on His Trail

by Hampton Sides • 2010

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

4.35

14k+

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 📖 True Crime History

Hellhound on His Trail

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

by Hampton Sides 2010 397 pages

4.35

14k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 📖 True Crime History

Fire Mountain

by Dana Mentink • 2025

An amnesiac trucker, a hidden baby, a wary stranger, and a volcano ready to blow.

4.19

500+

🌋 Volcanic Disaster ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👶 Protecting A Child

Fire Mountain

An amnesiac trucker, a hidden baby, a wary stranger, and a volcano ready to blow.

by Dana Mentink 2025 320 pages

4.19

500+ ratings

🌋 Volcanic Disaster ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👶 Protecting A Child

De Camino

by Anya Niewierra • 2021

Her husband's ashes reveal a stolen identity. Walking his Camino route, she inherits his hunters.

3.96

28k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identity ✉️ Confession Letter 💔 War Trauma 🥾 Camino Pilgrimage

De Camino

Her husband's ashes reveal a stolen identity. Walking his Camino route, she inherits his hunters.

by Anya Niewierra 2021 383 pages

3.96

28k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identity ✉️ Confession Letter 💔 War Trauma 🥾 Camino Pilgrimage

The Odessa File

by Frederick Forsyth • 1972

A reporter follows a suicide's diary into a secret SS network that hides war criminals from justice.

4.14

64k+

🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕯️ Postwar Reckoning 🎭 False Identity 🕵️ Secret Organization ⚔️ Personal Vendetta

The Odessa File

A reporter follows a suicide's diary into a secret SS network that hides war criminals from justice.

by Frederick Forsyth 1972 334 pages

4.14

64k+ ratings

🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕯️ Postwar Reckoning 🎭 False Identity 🕵️ Secret Organization ⚔️ Personal Vendetta

Whole Numbers and Half Truths

by Rukmini S. • 2021

India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.

4.21

1k+

🗳️ Electoral Behavior 📊 Data Journalism 📈 Statistical Literacy 🏛️ Social Conservatism 💸 Poverty Measurement

Whole Numbers and Half Truths

India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.

by Rukmini S. 2021 324 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Electoral Behavior 📊 Data Journalism 📈 Statistical Literacy 🏛️ Social Conservatism 💸 Poverty Measurement

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

by Kerryn Mayne • 2024

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

3.79

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

by Kerryn Mayne 2024 352 pages

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

The Dopefiend

by JaQuavis Coleman • 2010

Her surrogate mother gave her heroin. Now two men are destroying each other to save her.

4.53

2k+

🏙️ Street Lit 💉 Addiction Spiral 🔄 Cycles Of Violence 👥 Surrogate Family 👑 Female Kingpin

The Dopefiend

Her surrogate mother gave her heroin. Now two men are destroying each other to save her.

by JaQuavis Coleman 2010 230 pages

4.53

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Lit 💉 Addiction Spiral 🔄 Cycles Of Violence 👥 Surrogate Family 👑 Female Kingpin

Gabriel

by Eva Winners • 2025

Rival mafia heirs trapped by a brother's deadly swap: obsession and love collide.

3.94

1k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💕 He Falls First 🔥 Slow Burn ⛓️ Kidnapping Romance

Gabriel

Rival mafia heirs trapped by a brother's deadly swap: obsession and love collide.

by Eva Winners 2025 396 pages

3.94

1k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💕 He Falls First 🔥 Slow Burn ⛓️ Kidnapping Romance

Crash and Burn

by Fern Michaels • 2016

A lawyer's secret revenge collides with a sisterhood's vigilante justice against a corrupt law firm.

4.42

4k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🕴️ Corrupt Lawyers 📜 Political Scandal ⚖️ Vigilante Justice ♟️ Chess Motif

Crash and Burn

A lawyer's secret revenge collides with a sisterhood's vigilante justice against a corrupt law firm.

by Fern Michaels 2016 349 pages

4.42

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🕴️ Corrupt Lawyers 📜 Political Scandal ⚖️ Vigilante Justice ♟️ Chess Motif

The Willow Pattern

by Robert van Gulik • 1965

Plague empties the capital. Judge Dee must solve three murders linked by a blue-and-white vase.

4.07

1k+

🏮 Tang Dynasty China 🧩 Interlocking Mysteries 🦠 Plague And Murder 🏚️ Decadent Aristocracy ⚔️ Vengeance Quest

The Willow Pattern

Plague empties the capital. Judge Dee must solve three murders linked by a blue-and-white vase.

by Robert van Gulik 1965 192 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏮 Tang Dynasty China 🧩 Interlocking Mysteries 🦠 Plague And Murder 🏚️ Decadent Aristocracy ⚔️ Vengeance Quest

Every Last Lie

by Mary Kubica • 2017

A new mother's four-year-old claims someone was chasing her husband before his fatal crash.

3.33

54k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏘️ Suburban Dread

Every Last Lie

A new mother's four-year-old claims someone was chasing her husband before his fatal crash.

by Mary Kubica 2017 336 pages

3.33

54k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏘️ Suburban Dread

Truth and Justice

by Fern Michaels • 2020

Her husband's sister stole her frozen eggs. A vigilante sisterhood helps her steal back her life.

4.38

4k+

🦸‍♀️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Stolen Identity 🪖 Military Widow 🧬 Fertility Fraud 🃏 Con Artist

Truth and Justice

Her husband's sister stole her frozen eggs. A vigilante sisterhood helps her steal back her life.

by Fern Michaels 2020 368 pages

4.38

4k+ ratings

🦸‍♀️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Stolen Identity 🪖 Military Widow 🧬 Fertility Fraud 🃏 Con Artist

Rebel Obsession

by Elle Thorpe • 2023

Left to drown, a woman and her three protectors wage vigilante war on a privileged predator.

4.29

10k+

👥 Why Choose 🚫 Stepbrother Romance 🏍️ Motorcycle Club 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Trauma Healing

Rebel Obsession

Left to drown, a woman and her three protectors wage vigilante war on a privileged predator.

by Elle Thorpe 2023 418 pages

4.29

10k+ ratings

👥 Why Choose 🚫 Stepbrother Romance 🏍️ Motorcycle Club 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Trauma Healing

Torn In Two

by Elle Thorpe • 2024

Rival bikers dig a woman from her grave. Saving her is easy. Sharing her will break them.

4.40

8k+

🏍️ MC Romance ⛓️ Cult Survivor 💕 Polyamorous Triad ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 💋 M/M Awakening

Torn In Two

Rival bikers dig a woman from her grave. Saving her is easy. Sharing her will break them.

by Elle Thorpe 2024 394 pages

4.40

8k+ ratings

🏍️ MC Romance ⛓️ Cult Survivor 💕 Polyamorous Triad ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 💋 M/M Awakening

So Happy Together

by Olivia Worley • 2025

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

3.45

10k+

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

So Happy Together

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

by Olivia Worley 2025 304 pages

3.45

10k+ ratings

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

The Warsaw Protocol

by Steve Berry • 2020

Cotton Malone chases stolen holy relics to an auction where a president's ruin is bid.

4.00

9k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏺 Relic Heist 💰 Political Blackmail 🔀 Double Agents 🌫️ Moral Ambiguity

The Warsaw Protocol

Cotton Malone chases stolen holy relics to an auction where a president's ruin is bid.

by Steve Berry 2020 368 pages

4.00

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏺 Relic Heist 💰 Political Blackmail 🔀 Double Agents 🌫️ Moral Ambiguity

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019 387 pages

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

by Elizabeth Arnott • 2026

Once married to murderers, three women in 1960s California pursue a new killer the police dismiss.

3.54

18k+

🖤 Feminist Crime Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Criminal Profiling 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

Once married to murderers, three women in 1960s California pursue a new killer the police dismiss.

by Elizabeth Arnott 2026 320 pages

3.54

18k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Crime Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Criminal Profiling 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Night Shift

by Robert Enright • 2016

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

4.28

10k+

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier 💔 Vengeful Father 🏙 Urban Noir

The Night Shift

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

by Robert Enright 2016 296 pages

4.28

10k+ ratings

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier 💔 Vengeful Father 🏙 Urban Noir

An Obvious Fact

by Craig Johnson • 2016

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

4.26

14k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏍️ Biker Gang Crime ⭐ Stoic Lawman

An Obvious Fact

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

by Craig Johnson 2016 317 pages

4.26

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏍️ Biker Gang Crime ⭐ Stoic Lawman

A Crane Among Wolves

by June Hur • 2024

To ransom her sister from a brutal Korean tyrant, a girl hunts a serial killer the king fears.

3.95

16k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 👭 Estranged Sisters 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

A Crane Among Wolves

To ransom her sister from a brutal Korean tyrant, a girl hunts a serial killer the king fears.

by June Hur 2024 363 pages

3.95

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 👭 Estranged Sisters 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

The Patriot Threat

by Steve Berry • 2015

Ambushed in Venice, Cotton Malone hunts documents proving the American income tax was never legal.

3.98

11k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🏛️ Government Cover-Up 😮‍💨 Reluctant Operative 💀 Revenge Plot

The Patriot Threat

Ambushed in Venice, Cotton Malone hunts documents proving the American income tax was never legal.

by Steve Berry 2015 386 pages

3.98

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🏛️ Government Cover-Up 😮‍💨 Reluctant Operative 💀 Revenge Plot

The Hitchcock Hotel

by Stephanie Wrobel • 2024

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

3.59

11k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

The Hitchcock Hotel

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

by Stephanie Wrobel 2024 352 pages

3.59

11k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

In Plain Sight

by Fern Michaels • 2015

She escaped her billionaire husband's abuse. A tabloid just told him where to find her.

4.30

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Domestic Abuse Escape 🏡 Gilded Cage 🤝 Women Helping Women 🎭 Cathartic Revenge

In Plain Sight

She escaped her billionaire husband's abuse. A tabloid just told him where to find her.

by Fern Michaels 2015 286 pages

4.30

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Domestic Abuse Escape 🏡 Gilded Cage 🤝 Women Helping Women 🎭 Cathartic Revenge

Cut and Run

by Fern Michaels • 2019

When a wealthy widow is kidnapped in Spain, her friends deploy every weapon they have.

4.41

4k+

🦸 Vigilante Justice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hostage Rescue 🌄 Rural Spain 💔 Estranged Heirs

Cut and Run

When a wealthy widow is kidnapped in Spain, her friends deploy every weapon they have.

by Fern Michaels 2019 224 pages

4.41

4k+ ratings

🦸 Vigilante Justice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hostage Rescue 🌄 Rural Spain 💔 Estranged Heirs

Crux Untamed

by Tillie Cole • 2018

Scarred, she hides from a cartel in her brother's outlaw club, falling for two damaged bikers.

4.30

8k+

🏍️ MC Romance 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🤝 Interracial Romance 🥀 Scarred Heroine 🔫 Cartel Violence

Crux Untamed

Scarred, she hides from a cartel in her brother's outlaw club, falling for two damaged bikers.

by Tillie Cole 2018 256 pages

4.30

8k+ ratings

🏍️ MC Romance 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🤝 Interracial Romance 🥀 Scarred Heroine 🔫 Cartel Violence

The English Spy

by Daniel Silva • 2015

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

4.22

32k+

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death 🐻 Russian Intelligence 🕵️ Reluctant Spy Hero

The English Spy

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

by Daniel Silva 2015 484 pages

4.22

32k+ ratings

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death 🐻 Russian Intelligence 🕵️ Reluctant Spy Hero

Ride or Die

by Sheridan Anne • 2020

She joins a rival gang for protection, falling for the leader makes her a target.

4.44

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🍼 Unplanned Pregnancy 🤝 Found Family

Ride or Die

She joins a rival gang for protection, falling for the leader makes her a target.

by Sheridan Anne 2020 364 pages

4.44

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🍼 Unplanned Pregnancy 🤝 Found Family

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

4k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo 🤫 Small Town Conspiracy 🎭 Satirical Mystery

Suburban Dicks

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021 400 pages

3.91

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo 🤫 Small Town Conspiracy 🎭 Satirical Mystery

The Scottish Prisoner

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Old enemies unite to decode a cryptic Irish poem that threatens a new treasonous plot.

4.24

35k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery ⚔️ Jacobite Rebellion 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Unrequited Longing 👻 Survivor's Guilt

The Scottish Prisoner

Old enemies unite to decode a cryptic Irish poem that threatens a new treasonous plot.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011 518 pages

4.24

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery ⚔️ Jacobite Rebellion 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Unrequited Longing 👻 Survivor's Guilt

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall • 2019

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

3.75

3k+

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

by Alexis Hall 2019 350 pages

3.75

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Pretenders of Copper County

by May Archer • 2024

A charcuterie lover mistaken for a mob heir hides out as his gruff bodyguard's fake husband.

4.18

2k+

🏕️ Fake Relationship 🌞 Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town New England

The Pretenders of Copper County

A charcuterie lover mistaken for a mob heir hides out as his gruff bodyguard's fake husband.

by May Archer 2024 348 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏕️ Fake Relationship 🌞 Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town New England

Saint

by Ruby Vincent • 2021

A chef is forced into the household of four masked criminals after witnessing their crime.

4.14

5k+

🖤 Dark Criminal Romance 👑 Captive To Queen 💋 Reverse Harem Dynamics 🔥 Found Family Criminals 🗡️ Possessive Antihero

Saint

A chef is forced into the household of four masked criminals after witnessing their crime.

by Ruby Vincent 2021 290 pages

4.14

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Criminal Romance 👑 Captive To Queen 💋 Reverse Harem Dynamics 🔥 Found Family Criminals 🗡️ Possessive Antihero

Four

by Sara Cate • 2021

A mafia heiress, orphaned by murder, trades herself to three killers for the vengeance she craves.

3.76

12k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏚️ Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Four

A mafia heiress, orphaned by murder, trades herself to three killers for the vengeance she craves.

by Sara Cate 2021 310 pages

3.76

12k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏚️ Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

38k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Dead in the Water

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026 401 pages

3.86

38k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Destiny Mine

by Anna Zaires • 2018

Her husband's killer holds her captive. His obsession is absolute. Her body won't stop wanting him.

4.22

5k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🗡️ Assassin Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Destiny Mine

Her husband's killer holds her captive. His obsession is absolute. Her body won't stop wanting him.

by Anna Zaires 2018 408 pages

4.22

5k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🗡️ Assassin Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

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

57k+

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

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

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

by Stieg Larsson 2005 570 pages

4.48

57k+ ratings

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

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

1k+

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

You're Next

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

by Kylie Schachte 2020 480 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

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

Devil's Charm

by Sam Crescent • 2014

A dangerous biker president claims his abandoned son and the stripper raising him.

3.93

4k+

🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Dark Romance 👶 Unexpected Motherhood 🚪 Forced Proximity 💪 Alpha Protector

Devil's Charm

A dangerous biker president claims his abandoned son and the stripper raising him.

by Sam Crescent 2014 131 pages

3.93

4k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Dark Romance 👶 Unexpected Motherhood 🚪 Forced Proximity 💪 Alpha Protector

Inside Man

by John McMahon • 2026

His informant murdered, a pattern-obsessed FBI agent must stop a militia and a serial killer.

4.06

4k+

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Misfit Team

Inside Man

His informant murdered, a pattern-obsessed FBI agent must stop a militia and a serial killer.

by John McMahon 2026 390 pages

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Misfit Team

Graves & Griggs

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A life debt forces two polyamorous mercenary families under one roof for Christmas.

4.40

2k+

🔫 Mercenary Romance 🏠 Polyamorous Family 💕 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die ❄️ Forced Proximity

Graves & Griggs

A life debt forces two polyamorous mercenary families under one roof for Christmas.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025 199 pages

4.40

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mercenary Romance 🏠 Polyamorous Family 💕 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die ❄️ Forced Proximity

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004 544 pages

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

Pretty Broken Dolls

by Ker Dukey • 2017

A captive chooses to stay between two monsters, until an old betrayal comes for blood.

4.16

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🥊 Underground Fights 💔 Trauma Bonding

Pretty Broken Dolls

A captive chooses to stay between two monsters, until an old betrayal comes for blood.

by Ker Dukey 2017 205 pages

4.16

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🥊 Underground Fights 💔 Trauma Bonding

Unforgiving Places

by Jens Ludwig • 2025

Most shootings begin as arguments. The neighborhood, not the motive, determines who dies.

4.21

237

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏙️ Urban Violence 🔫 Gun Policy 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Conflict De-Escalation

Unforgiving Places

Most shootings begin as arguments. The neighborhood, not the motive, determines who dies.

by Jens Ludwig 2025 352 pages

4.21

237 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏙️ Urban Violence 🔫 Gun Policy 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Conflict De-Escalation

Once a Myth

by Pepper Winters • 2020

On a billionaire's private island, one captive's refusal to break becomes her captor's obsession.

4.04

8k+

⛓️ Captor Captive 💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 High Heat 🏝️ Private Island

Once a Myth

On a billionaire's private island, one captive's refusal to break becomes her captor's obsession.

by Pepper Winters 2020 261 pages

4.04

8k+ ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive 💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 High Heat 🏝️ Private Island

Heads You Lose

by Bea Paige • 2022

Exiled for saving her, a fighter returns to win back the crime queen who shot him.

4.21

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Heads You Lose

Exiled for saving her, a fighter returns to win back the crime queen who shot him.

by Bea Paige 2022 376 pages

4.21

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🙇 Groveling Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption

Murder at Twilight

by Fleur Hitchcock • 2018

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

3.86

318

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

Murder at Twilight

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

by Fleur Hitchcock 2018 256 pages

3.86

318 ratings

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

The Guilt Trip

by Sandie Jones • 2021

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

3.41

36k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Friend Group Drama

The Guilt Trip

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

by Sandie Jones 2021 320 pages

3.41

36k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Friend Group Drama

Little Ghosts

by Gregg Dunnett • 2023

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

4.18

6k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Little Ghosts

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

by Gregg Dunnett 2023 426 pages

4.18

6k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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