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

Allegedly

by Tiffany D. Jackson • 2017

Convicted at nine of killing a baby, a pregnant teen fights the system for her child.

4.02

84k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Wrongfully Accused 🏠 Foster Care System 💔 Mother-Daughter Trauma

Allegedly

Convicted at nine of killing a baby, a pregnant teen fights the system for her child.

by Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 390 pages

4.02

84k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Wrongfully Accused 🏠 Foster Care System 💔 Mother-Daughter Trauma

The Neighbor Two Doors Down

by H.K. Christie • 2023

A woman fleeing her past discovers her new neighbor is the man who kidnapped her sister.

3.77

4k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⛓️ Captive For Years 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Neighbor Two Doors Down

A woman fleeing her past discovers her new neighbor is the man who kidnapped her sister.

by H.K. Christie 2023 237 pages

3.77

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⛓️ Captive For Years 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Bought by Santa

by B. Lybaek • 2024

A desperate woman witnesses a mob heir's Christmas killing. His price for her silence: an heir.

3.44

2k+

🥀 Dark Romance 🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔗 Dominance Submission

Bought by Santa

A desperate woman witnesses a mob heir's Christmas killing. His price for her silence: an heir.

by B. Lybaek 2024 375 pages

3.44

2k+ ratings

🥀 Dark Romance 🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔗 Dominance Submission

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

4k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

In the Best Families

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950 272 pages

4.30

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

The Bandit

by B.B. Reid • 2016

Desperate, a single mother robs a crime lord. Her captor: the boy she once loved.

4.03

5k+

🔗 Captive Captor Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Childhood Connection 👩‍👦 Single Mother 👑 Crime Family

The Bandit

Desperate, a single mother robs a crime lord. Her captor: the boy she once loved.

by B.B. Reid 2016 354 pages

4.03

5k+ ratings

🔗 Captive Captor Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Childhood Connection 👩‍👦 Single Mother 👑 Crime Family

Change Agent

by Daniel Suarez • 2017

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

3.98

8k+

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted 👁️ Surveillance State 🐍 Cartel Conspiracy

Change Agent

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

by Daniel Suarez 2017 398 pages

3.98

8k+ ratings

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted 👁️ Surveillance State 🐍 Cartel Conspiracy

One

by Paulina Ian-Kane • 2023

A forensic pathologist craves blood. A psychopath craves him. A serial killer wants them both dead.

4.01

3k+

🧠 Psychopath Hero 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

One

A forensic pathologist craves blood. A psychopath craves him. A serial killer wants them both dead.

by Paulina Ian-Kane 2023 306 pages

4.01

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopath Hero 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

The Kingdoms of Savannah

by George Dawes Green • 2022

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

3.68

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History 📜 Hidden Black History 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

The Kingdoms of Savannah

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

by George Dawes Green 2022 304 pages

3.68

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History 📜 Hidden Black History 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

Animales difíciles

by Rosa Montero • 2025

A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.

3.81

500+

🤖 Cyberpunk Detective 🧠 Memory Transfer 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🫂 Found Family

Animales difíciles

A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.

by Rosa Montero 2025 283 pages

3.81

500+ ratings

🤖 Cyberpunk Detective 🧠 Memory Transfer 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🫂 Found Family

The Bishop's Pawn

by Steve Berry • 2018

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

4.03

10k+

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy 👔 Rogue FBI Agents ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Bishop's Pawn

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

by Steve Berry 2018 352 pages

4.03

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy 👔 Rogue FBI Agents ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

No More Mr. Nice Guy

by Remington Kane • 2017

His father faked his death and kidnapped his family. The rescue demands a darkness he buried.

4.55

500+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🚨 Family Abduction 🚁 Rescue Mission 🕶️ Black Ops 💀 Cartel Violence

No More Mr. Nice Guy

His father faked his death and kidnapped his family. The rescue demands a darkness he buried.

by Remington Kane 2017 168 pages

4.55

500+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🚨 Family Abduction 🚁 Rescue Mission 🕶️ Black Ops 💀 Cartel Violence

The Quartet Murders

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A violinist is killed on stage in a locked chapel, and his priceless Stradivarius disappears.

4.19

17k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 👯 Identical Twin Trick 🎻 Cursed Violin 🎼 Classical Music World

The Quartet Murders

A violinist is killed on stage in a locked chapel, and his priceless Stradivarius disappears.

by J.R. Ellis 2017 305 pages

4.19

17k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 👯 Identical Twin Trick 🎻 Cursed Violin 🎼 Classical Music World

Conflicted

by Ashlynn Mills • 2022

A one-night stand returns as the mob boss whose daughter he's now pretending to marry.

3.65

500+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Fake Engagement ⏳ Age Gap Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 🔪 Possessive Antihero

Conflicted

A one-night stand returns as the mob boss whose daughter he's now pretending to marry.

by Ashlynn Mills 2022 254 pages

3.65

500+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Fake Engagement ⏳ Age Gap Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 🔪 Possessive Antihero

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

9k+

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

This Is My America

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

by Kim Johnson 2020 416 pages

4.44

9k+ ratings

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

Tease Me Once

by W. Winters • 2021

Her escape leads to an exclusive club and its possessive owner, a man from her childhood.

3.85

6k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🖤 Possessive Hero 🩹 Healing Through Submission 👧 Childhood Connection

Tease Me Once

Her escape leads to an exclusive club and its possessive owner, a man from her childhood.

by W. Winters 2021 280 pages

3.85

6k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🖤 Possessive Hero 🩹 Healing Through Submission 👧 Childhood Connection

The Kaiser's Web

by Steve Berry • 2021

Cotton Malone follows a dying word into a Nazi conspiracy that could decide Germany's election.

4.18

9k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🧬 Nazi Bloodlines 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌍 Globe-Trotting Mystery

The Kaiser's Web

Cotton Malone follows a dying word into a Nazi conspiracy that could decide Germany's election.

by Steve Berry 2021 426 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🧬 Nazi Bloodlines 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌍 Globe-Trotting Mystery

Wanted

by K.A. Merikan • 2024

Best friends faking love to survive on the run discover their chemistry was never a lie.

3.96

500+

💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Relationship 💡 Bi Awakening 🏠 Found Family 💔 High Angst

Wanted

Best friends faking love to survive on the run discover their chemistry was never a lie.

by K.A. Merikan 2024 525 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Relationship 💡 Bi Awakening 🏠 Found Family 💔 High Angst

Grim Begins

by Wiktor Miesok • 2025

Cast out by his Stasi father, a border guard discovers that honor survives only among thieves.

4.58

337

🏚️ Gulag Fiction 🗡️ Honor Among Thieves 🤝 Prison Brotherhood 🖤 Gray Morality 🌑 Dark Redemption Arc

Grim Begins

Cast out by his Stasi father, a border guard discovers that honor survives only among thieves.

by Wiktor Miesok 2025 224 pages

4.58

337 ratings

🏚️ Gulag Fiction 🗡️ Honor Among Thieves 🤝 Prison Brotherhood 🖤 Gray Morality 🌑 Dark Redemption Arc

The Living Canvas

by Pepper Winters • 2019

To save his daughter, a body painter drugs his first love and paints her as sacrifice.

4.18

1k+

🖤 Dark Second Chance 🎨 Artist Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 👧 Single Father 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Living Canvas

To save his daughter, a body painter drugs his first love and paints her as sacrifice.

by Pepper Winters 2019 353 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Second Chance 🎨 Artist Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 👧 Single Father 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Escher Man

by T.R. Napper • 2024

A Macau hitman's syndicate is erasing his memory. The family he lost may be a lie.

3.83

434

🖤 Near-Future Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔫 Hitman Protagonist 💾 Memory Manipulation 🏙️ Organized Crime

The Escher Man

A Macau hitman's syndicate is erasing his memory. The family he lost may be a lie.

by T.R. Napper 2024 368 pages

3.83

434 ratings

🖤 Near-Future Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔫 Hitman Protagonist 💾 Memory Manipulation 🏙️ Organized Crime

Foot Soldier of the Constitution

by Teesta Setalvad • 2017

She documented a massacre the state wanted forgotten. Then the state came after her.

4.00

105

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🕌 Communal Violence ✊ Legal Activism ⚖️ Human Rights Law 📜 Public Interest Litigation

Foot Soldier of the Constitution

She documented a massacre the state wanted forgotten. Then the state came after her.

by Teesta Setalvad 2017 226 pages

4.00

105 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🕌 Communal Violence ✊ Legal Activism ⚖️ Human Rights Law 📜 Public Interest Litigation

Il Padrone

by Leigh Kenzie • 2020

Betrayed by his brother, a sheltered math student becomes the captive of a possessive mafia don.

3.73

471

🔗 Mafia Captive Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 💔 Familial Betrayal ⚔️ Rival Crime Families 🔥 Vengeance Arc

Il Padrone

Betrayed by his brother, a sheltered math student becomes the captive of a possessive mafia don.

by Leigh Kenzie 2020 166 pages

3.73

471 ratings

🔗 Mafia Captive Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 💔 Familial Betrayal ⚔️ Rival Crime Families 🔥 Vengeance Arc

Scar

by Jolie Vines • 2022

A trafficked woman craves her scarred rescuer, who's terrified he'll repeat his father's cruelty.

4.32

3k+

🖤 Scarred Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏠 Found Family ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏔️ Scottish Highlands

Scar

A trafficked woman craves her scarred rescuer, who's terrified he'll repeat his father's cruelty.

by Jolie Vines 2022 302 pages

4.32

3k+ ratings

🖤 Scarred Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏠 Found Family ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏔️ Scottish Highlands

Pretty as a Picture

by Elizabeth Little • 2020

A film editor on an island shoot discovers the star posed dead, mirroring the real murder.

3.48

9k+

🎬 Film Set Mystery 📼 True Crime Critique 🔍 Amateur Detective 😬 Anxious Protagonist 👥 Found Family

Pretty as a Picture

A film editor on an island shoot discovers the star posed dead, mirroring the real murder.

by Elizabeth Little 2020 352 pages

3.48

9k+ ratings

🎬 Film Set Mystery 📼 True Crime Critique 🔍 Amateur Detective 😬 Anxious Protagonist 👥 Found Family

Savage Promises

by Deborah Garland • 2025

She's planning her sister's wedding to the mafia enforcer she kissed at eighteen and never forgot.

3.90

2k+

🍀 Irish Mafia 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance

Savage Promises

She's planning her sister's wedding to the mafia enforcer she kissed at eighteen and never forgot.

by Deborah Garland 2025 348 pages

3.90

2k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Mafia 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance

The Redeemer

by Jo Nesbø • 2016

An assassin shoots the wrong Salvation Army brother. The real target paid for the bullet.

4.09

51k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🥃 Troubled Detective 🎯 Professional Hitman

The Redeemer

An assassin shoots the wrong Salvation Army brother. The real target paid for the bullet.

by Jo Nesbø 2016 466 pages

4.09

51k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🥃 Troubled Detective 🎯 Professional Hitman

Vanishing Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2018

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

4.19

29k+

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

Vanishing Girls

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

by Lisa Regan 2018 334 pages

4.19

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

The English Girl

by Daniel Silva • 2013

A British political aide and secret PM lover vanishes, dragging Gabriel Allon into a Russian plot.

4.19

37k+

🕵️ Sleeper Agent 🗳️ Political Blackmail 🔍 Reluctant Spy 🎭 False Flag Op 🗡️ Exiled Assassin

The English Girl

A British political aide and secret PM lover vanishes, dragging Gabriel Allon into a Russian plot.

by Daniel Silva 2013 482 pages

4.19

37k+ ratings

🕵️ Sleeper Agent 🗳️ Political Blackmail 🔍 Reluctant Spy 🎭 False Flag Op 🗡️ Exiled Assassin

Mafia Vows

by L. Steele • 2022

Desperate to protect her daughter, a single mother marries a dominant Mafia underboss.

4.20

1k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🛡️ Alpha Protector

Mafia Vows

Desperate to protect her daughter, a single mother marries a dominant Mafia underboss.

by L. Steele 2022 324 pages

4.20

1k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🛡️ Alpha Protector

Inferno

by Catherine Doyle • 2016

Sophie Gracewell survived a mafia war. Now silence won't save her, and neither will love.

4.42

4k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle 📜 Family Secrets ⚔️ Generational Feud

Inferno

Sophie Gracewell survived a mafia war. Now silence won't save her, and neither will love.

by Catherine Doyle 2016 416 pages

4.42

4k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle 📜 Family Secrets ⚔️ Generational Feud

The Trouble Up North

by Travis Mulhauser • 2025

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

3.63

500+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Trouble Up North

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

by Travis Mulhauser 2025 288 pages

3.63

500+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Tin Men

by Nelson DeMille • 2025

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

4.23

7k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators 🤖 Rogue AI 💀 Robot Uprising

The Tin Men

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

by Nelson DeMille 2025 384 pages

4.23

7k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators 🤖 Rogue AI 💀 Robot Uprising

Requiem of Sin

by Nicole Fox • 2024

A Vegas jackpot traps a single mother in the bed of a Bratva boss seeking revenge.

4.27

7k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Requiem of Sin

A Vegas jackpot traps a single mother in the bed of a Bratva boss seeking revenge.

by Nicole Fox 2024 525 pages

4.27

7k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Retreat

by Sarah Pearse • 2022

A detective probes a death on a remote island, but a storm traps her with a murderer.

3.62

44k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🏡 Family Secrets 😈 Revenge Plot ⏱️ Dual Timelines

The Retreat

A detective probes a death on a remote island, but a storm traps her with a murderer.

by Sarah Pearse 2022 400 pages

3.62

44k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🏡 Family Secrets 😈 Revenge Plot ⏱️ Dual Timelines

Nikola

by Eva Winners • 2025

A deaf mafia daughter's night with a Russian crime heir sparks an obsession worth a war.

4.12

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🦯 Disabled Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Nikola

A deaf mafia daughter's night with a Russian crime heir sparks an obsession worth a war.

by Eva Winners 2025 396 pages

4.12

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🦯 Disabled Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Matteo

by T. Priceton • 2024

A mafia don's marriage contract names a stranger: the bartender searching for her missing mother.

3.90

6k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Matteo

A mafia don's marriage contract names a stranger: the bartender searching for her missing mother.

by T. Priceton 2024 326 pages

3.90

6k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Hidden Empire

by K.L. Mann • 2024

At a mafia academy, a broken capo's daughter sparks a dangerous obsession in the Russian heir.

3.72

13k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏫 Mafia Academy 🔫 Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Healing 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Hidden Empire

At a mafia academy, a broken capo's daughter sparks a dangerous obsession in the Russian heir.

by K.L. Mann 2024

3.72

13k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏫 Mafia Academy 🔫 Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Healing 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Make Me

by Summer O'Toole • 2022

She's hunting her best friend's killer. The fox-tattooed crime boss caught her first.

3.59

16k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🔪 Murder Investigation ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Make Me

She's hunting her best friend's killer. The fox-tattooed crime boss caught her first.

by Summer O'Toole 2022 295 pages

3.59

16k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🔪 Murder Investigation ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

500+

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Copaganda

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025 432 pages

4.49

500+ ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll • 2023

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

4.26

4k+

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Anglo-Irish Relations 💥 Political Violence

There Will Be Fire

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

by Rory Carroll 2023 397 pages

4.26

4k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Anglo-Irish Relations 💥 Political Violence

Hell Is Empty

by Craig Johnson • 2011

A blizzard strands a sheriff on a mountain with escaped killers and a murdered child's bones.

4.29

18k+

🖤 Western Noir 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🎯 Wilderness Manhunt 📚 Literary Crime 🌄 Mythic Western

Hell Is Empty

A blizzard strands a sheriff on a mountain with escaped killers and a murdered child's bones.

by Craig Johnson 2011 309 pages

4.29

18k+ ratings

🖤 Western Noir 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🎯 Wilderness Manhunt 📚 Literary Crime 🌄 Mythic Western

Against All Odds

by Brittney Sahin • 2025

Trapped by a Miami crime lord, an accountant meets a soldier whose rescue makes them both targets.

4.25

3k+

🪖 Military Hero 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🎭 Undercover Identity 💀 Cartel Underworld 💔 Wounded Hero

Against All Odds

Trapped by a Miami crime lord, an accountant meets a soldier whose rescue makes them both targets.

by Brittney Sahin 2025 364 pages

4.25

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military Hero 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🎭 Undercover Identity 💀 Cartel Underworld 💔 Wounded Hero

Revelation

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

4.37

27k+

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder 🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Revelation

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

by C.J. Sansom 2008 550 pages

4.37

27k+ ratings

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder 🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Murder in the White House

by Margaret Truman • 1980

A Secretary of State killed inside the White House: the killer is someone the president knows.

3.77

3k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔍 Amateur Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

Murder in the White House

A Secretary of State killed inside the White House: the killer is someone the president knows.

by Margaret Truman 1980 262 pages

3.77

3k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔍 Amateur Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea • 2023

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

4.14

100k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Those Empty Eyes

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

by Charlie Donlea 2023 368 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Imprisoned

by Selena Winters • 2025

Her job: treat the serial killer. Her downfall: craving everything he offers.

3.78

2k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🥀 Good Girl Corruption 🔥 Danger Kink 🔒 Prison Setting

Imprisoned

Her job: treat the serial killer. Her downfall: craving everything he offers.

by Selena Winters 2025 382 pages

3.78

2k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🥀 Good Girl Corruption 🔥 Danger Kink 🔒 Prison Setting

Bad Habits

by Amy Gentry • 2021

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

3.50

1k+

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Bad Habits

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

by Amy Gentry 2021 354 pages

3.50

1k+ ratings

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

High Stakes

by Helen Harper • 2014

A reluctant vampire investigator hunts a serial killer framing her people for his crimes.

4.09

2k+

🧛‍♀️ Reluctant Vampire 🔍 Vampire Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 🩸 Vampire Prejudice 🤝 Found Family

High Stakes

A reluctant vampire investigator hunts a serial killer framing her people for his crimes.

by Helen Harper 2014 296 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Reluctant Vampire 🔍 Vampire Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 🩸 Vampire Prejudice 🤝 Found Family

Sick Heart

by J.A. Huss • 2021

A mute death-match fighter wins a silent woman who becomes his reason to finally fight back.

4.13

3k+

🥋 MMA Romance 🤫 Mute Hero ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤟 Sign Language

Sick Heart

A mute death-match fighter wins a silent woman who becomes his reason to finally fight back.

by J.A. Huss 2021 542 pages

4.13

3k+ ratings

🥋 MMA Romance 🤫 Mute Hero ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤟 Sign Language

Blu, My Protector

by R.S. McKenzie • 2024

A serial killer psychiatrist saves a barista from another predator, then can't let him go.

3.83

2k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Touch Him And Die ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔫 Murder Husbands

Blu, My Protector

A serial killer psychiatrist saves a barista from another predator, then can't let him go.

by R.S. McKenzie 2024 339 pages

3.83

2k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Touch Him And Die ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔫 Murder Husbands

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