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

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

Dolls & Daggers

by D.L. Darby • 2025

A brooding journalist discovers his perky rival is the vigilante serial killer he's been tracking.

4.06

4k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Partners In Crime 💀 Morbid Humor

Dolls & Daggers

A brooding journalist discovers his perky rival is the vigilante serial killer he's been tracking.

by D.L. Darby 2025 378 pages

4.06

4k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Partners In Crime 💀 Morbid Humor

The Devil's Bible

by Steve Berry • 2026

When a Swedish princess is taken, the ransom is a legendary medieval manuscript: the Devil's Bible.

4.24

4k+

🏛️ Relic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🕵️ Mole Hunt 💤 Sleeper Agents 🏃 Defector

The Devil's Bible

When a Swedish princess is taken, the ransom is a legendary medieval manuscript: the Devil's Bible.

by Steve Berry 2026 388 pages

4.24

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Relic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🕵️ Mole Hunt 💤 Sleeper Agents 🏃 Defector

Coram House

by Bailey Seybolt • 2025

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

3.63

5k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Coram House

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

by Bailey Seybolt 2025 320 pages

3.63

5k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Imperfect Women

by Araminta Hall • 2020

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

3.41

6k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Imperfect Women

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

by Araminta Hall 2020

3.41

6k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Craving Danger

by Michelle Heard • 2023

She turns to a masked club for healing, only to find her boss behind the mask.

4.02

23k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 💼 Boss And Employee 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Mafia Romance 🌑 Dark Romance

Craving Danger

She turns to a masked club for healing, only to find her boss behind the mask.

by Michelle Heard 2023 427 pages

4.02

23k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 💼 Boss And Employee 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Mafia Romance 🌑 Dark Romance

Grand Opening

by Carl Weber • 2015

Four brothers, one gas station, and the 1970s Georgia underworld that wants to swallow them whole.

4.57

1k+

🏙️ Street Lit 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Crime Saga 👑 Survivor To Queen 🫂 Family Loyalty 🍑 1970s South

Grand Opening

Four brothers, one gas station, and the 1970s Georgia underworld that wants to swallow them whole.

by Carl Weber 2015 304 pages

4.57

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Lit 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Crime Saga 👑 Survivor To Queen 🫂 Family Loyalty 🍑 1970s South

Rock Bottom

by Fern Michaels • 2023

Defective materials. A cover-up. A whistleblower on the run. Her last hope: a secret sisterhood.

4.43

3k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏢 Corporate Thriller 🤝 Found Family 📢 Whistleblower 🔐 Secret Organization

Rock Bottom

Defective materials. A cover-up. A whistleblower on the run. Her last hope: a secret sisterhood.

by Fern Michaels 2023 288 pages

4.43

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏢 Corporate Thriller 🤝 Found Family 📢 Whistleblower 🔐 Secret Organization

The Imposter's Inheritance

by C.J. Archer • 2020

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

4.04

7k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Imposter's Inheritance

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

by C.J. Archer 2020 300 pages

4.04

7k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Last Widow

by Karin Slaughter • 2019

A medical examiner is taken hostage by a domestic militia planning a lethal bioweapon attack.

4.13

73k+

🔥 Domestic Terrorism 💉 Medical Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Operation ⛓️ Hostage Survival 🏚️ Cult Compound

The Last Widow

A medical examiner is taken hostage by a domestic militia planning a lethal bioweapon attack.

by Karin Slaughter 2019 465 pages

4.13

73k+ ratings

🔥 Domestic Terrorism 💉 Medical Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Operation ⛓️ Hostage Survival 🏚️ Cult Compound

19 Yellow Moon Road

by Fern Michaels • 2021

When a spiritual retreat becomes a prison, one woman's call unleashes a vigilante sisterhood.

4.31

7k+

🦸 Vigilante Justice 🔮 Cult Thriller 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🕵️ Undercover Operation

19 Yellow Moon Road

When a spiritual retreat becomes a prison, one woman's call unleashes a vigilante sisterhood.

by Fern Michaels 2021 368 pages

4.31

7k+ ratings

🦸 Vigilante Justice 🔮 Cult Thriller 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🕵️ Undercover Operation

Corn Dolls

by K.T. Galloway • 2021

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

4.30

1k+

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child 👩‍💼 Women Investigators 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Corn Dolls

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

by K.T. Galloway 2021 204 pages

4.30

1k+ ratings

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child 👩‍💼 Women Investigators 🤝 Unlikely Partners

False Value

by Ben Aaronovitch • 2020

A suspended police wizard goes undercover at a tech firm and finds the code is haunted.

4.10

26k+

🕵️ Magical Detective 🕶️ Undercover Mission 👻 Haunted Technology 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

False Value

A suspended police wizard goes undercover at a tech firm and finds the code is haunted.

by Ben Aaronovitch 2020 349 pages

4.10

26k+ ratings

🕵️ Magical Detective 🕶️ Undercover Mission 👻 Haunted Technology 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Throne of Truth

by Pepper Winters • 2017

Kidnapped by a friend-turned-captor, an heiress must trust the ex-con who shattered her heart.

3.96

8k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🔪 Touch Her And Die 😈 Obsessed Villain 🙏 Groveling Hero

Throne of Truth

Kidnapped by a friend-turned-captor, an heiress must trust the ex-con who shattered her heart.

by Pepper Winters 2017 316 pages

3.96

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🔪 Touch Her And Die 😈 Obsessed Villain 🙏 Groveling Hero

Two Nights in Lisbon

by Chris Pavone • 2022

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

3.71

39k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

Two Nights in Lisbon

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

by Chris Pavone 2022 436 pages

3.71

39k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022 291 pages

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

In the Shadows

by J.A. Owenby • 2024

A masked killer stalks a paralegal with a secret webcam life, and he's done watching.

4.05

13k+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌶️ Dark And Spicy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

In the Shadows

A masked killer stalks a paralegal with a secret webcam life, and he's done watching.

by J.A. Owenby 2024 376 pages

4.05

13k+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌶️ Dark And Spicy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

Freezing Order

by Bill Browder • 2022

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

4.34

27k+

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

Freezing Order

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

by Bill Browder 2022 332 pages

4.34

27k+ ratings

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

A Plague of Zombies

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011 94 pages

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

Ruin

by Jolie Vines • 2022

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

3.92

7k+

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Ruin

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

by Jolie Vines 2022 389 pages

3.92

7k+ ratings

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Living and the Dead

by Christoffer Carlsson • 2023

A police officer investigating a boy's murder in rural Sweden uncovers a village's tangled lies.

3.67

1k+

🇸🇪 Scandinavian Crime 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💀 Faked Death

The Living and the Dead

A police officer investigating a boy's murder in rural Sweden uncovers a village's tangled lies.

by Christoffer Carlsson 2023 432 pages

3.67

1k+ ratings

🇸🇪 Scandinavian Crime 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💀 Faked Death

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé

by Maurice Leblanc • 1912

Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.

3.93

2k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🔮 Heist Gone Wrong 🗳️ Political Blackmail 💔 Mother's Sacrifice ⏳ Ticking Clock

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé

Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.

by Maurice Leblanc 1912 221 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🔮 Heist Gone Wrong 🗳️ Political Blackmail 💔 Mother's Sacrifice ⏳ Ticking Clock

Imperfect Intentions

by Charmaine Pauls • 2022

Her stepbrother's blackmail pits her against the possessive programmer who wants to marry her.

4.08

500+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💪 Disabled Heroine 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Imperfect Intentions

Her stepbrother's blackmail pits her against the possessive programmer who wants to marry her.

by Charmaine Pauls 2022 218 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💪 Disabled Heroine 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Fractured Future

by J. Rose • 2025

Betrayed, sold, and forced into underground fights, she's claimed by four dangerous saviors.

4.29

1k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Fractured Future

Betrayed, sold, and forced into underground fights, she's claimed by four dangerous saviors.

by J. Rose 2025 416 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Wolfhunter River

by Rachel Caine • 2019

A serial killer's ex-wife is the only hope for women vanishing in a town built on secrets.

4.11

43k+

🖤 Serial Killer's Wife 🛡️ Protective Mother 🕯️ Small Town Cult 📺 Trial By Media 🔗 Abducted Women

Wolfhunter River

A serial killer's ex-wife is the only hope for women vanishing in a town built on secrets.

by Rachel Caine 2019 330 pages

4.11

43k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer's Wife 🛡️ Protective Mother 🕯️ Small Town Cult 📺 Trial By Media 🔗 Abducted Women

Hello, Darkness

by Sandra Brown • 2001

When a midnight radio host's caller threatens murder, the detective assigned is her former lover.

4.06

21k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💻 Online Predation

Hello, Darkness

When a midnight radio host's caller threatens murder, the detective assigned is her former lover.

by Sandra Brown 2001 548 pages

4.06

21k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💻 Online Predation

Salvation of a Saint

by Keigo Higashino • 2008

A husband poisoned in a locked Tokyo home, a wife with an airtight alibi miles away.

4.02

27k+

🏠 Locked Room Mystery 🔬 Scientific Detection 👮 Police Procedural 🎯 Perfect Crime 👤 Female Mastermind

Salvation of a Saint

A husband poisoned in a locked Tokyo home, a wife with an airtight alibi miles away.

by Keigo Higashino 2008 330 pages

4.02

27k+ ratings

🏠 Locked Room Mystery 🔬 Scientific Detection 👮 Police Procedural 🎯 Perfect Crime 👤 Female Mastermind

Headcase

by Onley James • 2022

A crime blogger digs into a billionaire's family and catches the obsession of their deadliest son.

4.22

11k+

🐺 Predator Prey 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Sociopath Hero ⛓️ Consensual Non Consent 💔 Hurt Comfort

Headcase

A crime blogger digs into a billionaire's family and catches the obsession of their deadliest son.

by Onley James 2022 314 pages

4.22

11k+ ratings

🐺 Predator Prey 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Sociopath Hero ⛓️ Consensual Non Consent 💔 Hurt Comfort

The Girl In Cell A

by Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

500+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Girl In Cell A

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

by Vaseem Khan 2025 515 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020 307 pages

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

I'll Kiss You Twice

by W. Winters • 2021

When a crime family orders him to break his own lover, obedience and obsession collide.

3.94

3k+

🖤 Captive Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 🏠 Crime Family ✨ Gilded Cage 💔 Trauma Bonding

I'll Kiss You Twice

When a crime family orders him to break his own lover, obedience and obsession collide.

by W. Winters 2021 188 pages

3.94

3k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 🏠 Crime Family ✨ Gilded Cage 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Librarians

by Sherry Thomas • 2025

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

3.37

6k+

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Librarians

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

by Sherry Thomas 2025 354 pages

3.37

6k+ ratings

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Girl With No Name

by Lisa Regan • 2018

Josie Quinn's search for a missing newborn entangles her vanished fiancé and an amnesiac woman.

4.24

16k+

👮 Police Procedural 🍼 Missing Infant 🤔 Amnesia Mystery 🔗 Loved One Under Suspicion 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Girl With No Name

Josie Quinn's search for a missing newborn entangles her vanished fiancé and an amnesiac woman.

by Lisa Regan 2018 322 pages

4.24

16k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🍼 Missing Infant 🤔 Amnesia Mystery 🔗 Loved One Under Suspicion 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

Her Pretty Face

by Robyn Harding • 2018

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

3.71

16k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Her Pretty Face

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

by Robyn Harding 2018 352 pages

3.71

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Mafia Obsession

by L. Steele • 2022

Kidnapped and caged with a mafia heir, an actress must fake desire while the camera watches.

4.05

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding

Mafia Obsession

Kidnapped and caged with a mafia heir, an actress must fake desire while the camera watches.

by L. Steele 2022 340 pages

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

Hunting his father's killer, a British major falls for his future stepbrother in 1758 London.

3.96

29k+

🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Gay Romance 💕 Stepbrothers To Lovers 🔍 Unsolved Family Death ⚔️ Regiment Brotherhood

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

Hunting his father's killer, a British major falls for his future stepbrother in 1758 London.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007 494 pages

3.96

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Gay Romance 💕 Stepbrothers To Lovers 🔍 Unsolved Family Death ⚔️ Regiment Brotherhood

Bleeding Edge

by Thomas Pynchon • 2013

A defrocked investigator follows a tech firm's money into a virtual underworld as catastrophe looms.

3.62

14k+

📖🔍 Postmodern Mystery 🗽 Pre-9/11 New York 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🕸️ Deep Web 🕶️ Virtual Reality

Bleeding Edge

A defrocked investigator follows a tech firm's money into a virtual underworld as catastrophe looms.

by Thomas Pynchon 2013 477 pages

3.62

14k+ ratings

📖🔍 Postmodern Mystery 🗽 Pre-9/11 New York 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🕸️ Deep Web 🕶️ Virtual Reality

We Were Never Friends

by Kaira Rouda • 2026

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

3.21

4k+

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

We Were Never Friends

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

by Kaira Rouda 2026 288 pages

3.21

4k+ ratings

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

The Nothing Man

by Catherine Ryan Howard • 2020

A retired killer finds himself inside a survivor's memoir, and every page brings her closer.

4.07

44k+

📖 Fictional True Crime 🖤 Sole Survivor 🔪 Killer's Perspective 👀 Hiding In Plain Sight 🎯 Survivor Turns Hunter

The Nothing Man

A retired killer finds himself inside a survivor's memoir, and every page brings her closer.

by Catherine Ryan Howard 2020 288 pages

4.07

44k+ ratings

📖 Fictional True Crime 🖤 Sole Survivor 🔪 Killer's Perspective 👀 Hiding In Plain Sight 🎯 Survivor Turns Hunter

Heartbreak Bay

by Rachel Caine • 2021

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

4.25

24k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family

Heartbreak Bay

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

by Rachel Caine 2021 335 pages

4.25

24k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family

The Last Chance Lawyer

by William Bernhardt • 2019

A disgraced lawyer's case: a woman framed for murder, a nine-year-old girl bound for traffickers.

4.27

5k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Wrongful Accusation 💼 Underdog Lawyer

The Last Chance Lawyer

A disgraced lawyer's case: a woman framed for murder, a nine-year-old girl bound for traffickers.

by William Bernhardt 2019 482 pages

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Wrongful Accusation 💼 Underdog Lawyer

Slayer

by Charlotte Brice • 2023

His sister's theft makes him a cartel heir's captive. The price of freedom: total submission.

3.64

285

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Family Betrayal 🔥 Possessive Hero

Slayer

His sister's theft makes him a cartel heir's captive. The price of freedom: total submission.

by Charlotte Brice 2023 218 pages

3.64

285 ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Family Betrayal 🔥 Possessive Hero

Damaged

by Onley James • 2022

A psychopath barista has always loved his abused coworker. Protecting him requires hiding a body.

4.12

5k+

🔪 Vigilante Justice 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🖤 Psychopath Hero 💔 Abuse Survivor 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Damaged

A psychopath barista has always loved his abused coworker. Protecting him requires hiding a body.

by Onley James 2022 115 pages

4.12

5k+ ratings

🔪 Vigilante Justice 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🖤 Psychopath Hero 💔 Abuse Survivor 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

6k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎯 Revenge Plot

Death of a Gentle Lady

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008 256 pages

3.84

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎯 Revenge Plot

Read Between the Lies

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2026

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

3.35

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

Read Between the Lies

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2026 284 pages

3.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

Bitter Falls

by Rachel Caine • 2020

Her cold case just found a cult. Now her son is headed for their lake of bones.

4.27

33k+

⛪ Religious Cult 🔍 Cold Case 🌙 Southern Noir 👁️ Female Investigator 🐻 Mother Protector

Bitter Falls

Her cold case just found a cult. Now her son is headed for their lake of bones.

by Rachel Caine 2020 332 pages

4.27

33k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Cult 🔍 Cold Case 🌙 Southern Noir 👁️ Female Investigator 🐻 Mother Protector

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

by William K. Black • 1995

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

4.06

185

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

by William K. Black 1995 352 pages

4.06

185 ratings

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

Seven Lies

by Elizabeth Kay • 2020

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

3.34

10k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Seven Lies

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

by Elizabeth Kay 2020 376 pages

3.34

10k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Lay Your Armor Down

by Michael Farris Smith • 2025

Two drifters rescue a silent girl from a backwoods church cellar massacre. The hunters are coming.

3.80

386

🌿 Southern Gothic 🫂 Found Family 🌙 Prophetic Dreams 🏃 On The Run 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

Lay Your Armor Down

Two drifters rescue a silent girl from a backwoods church cellar massacre. The hunters are coming.

by Michael Farris Smith 2025 272 pages

3.80

386 ratings

🌿 Southern Gothic 🫂 Found Family 🌙 Prophetic Dreams 🏃 On The Run 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

With Ties that Bind Book Two

by Trisha Wolfe • 2016

To catch a trafficker, a suspended detective sends the woman he loves undercover as bait.

4.13

500+

🖤 Crime Syndicate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🚨 Human Trafficking 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🎭 Villain Pov

With Ties that Bind Book Two

To catch a trafficker, a suspended detective sends the woman he loves undercover as bait.

by Trisha Wolfe 2016

4.13

500+ ratings

🖤 Crime Syndicate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🚨 Human Trafficking 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🎭 Villain Pov

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