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 Cottage

by Lisa Stone • 2021

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

3.69

9k+

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

The Cottage

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

by Lisa Stone 2021 329 pages

3.69

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

Killer

by Blake Blessing • 2023

A cartel king kidnaps her. To save four brothers, she must become the monster she fears.

4.21

2k+

🥀 Reverse Harem Dynamic 🔫 Cartel Underworld 💔 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity

Killer

A cartel king kidnaps her. To save four brothers, she must become the monster she fears.

by Blake Blessing 2023 326 pages

4.21

2k+ ratings

🥀 Reverse Harem Dynamic 🔫 Cartel Underworld 💔 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity

Darkness of Mine

by Alexis Grace • 2025

She disappeared to protect four men from her killer half-brother. Now they've trapped her instead.

4.13

4k+

🌑 Trauma Recovery ❓ Why Choose Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🫂 Found Family

Darkness of Mine

She disappeared to protect four men from her killer half-brother. Now they've trapped her instead.

by Alexis Grace 2025 382 pages

4.13

4k+ ratings

🌑 Trauma Recovery ❓ Why Choose Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🫂 Found Family

So Silent

by Blake Pierce • 2024

An FBI agent hunts a killer who uses inaudible sound to murder women with exceptional hearing.

4.33

163

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🪪 FBI Procedural 🐕 K9 Partner 😔 Haunted Detective 👩‍💼 Female FBI Agent

So Silent

An FBI agent hunts a killer who uses inaudible sound to murder women with exceptional hearing.

by Blake Pierce 2024 221 pages

4.33

163 ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🪪 FBI Procedural 🐕 K9 Partner 😔 Haunted Detective 👩‍💼 Female FBI Agent

A Perilous Undertaking

by Deanna Raybourn • 2017

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

4.09

34k+

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

A Perilous Undertaking

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

by Deanna Raybourn 2017 338 pages

4.09

34k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

Redbelly Crossing

by Candice Fox • 2026

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

4.06

2k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Redbelly Crossing

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

by Candice Fox 2026 352 pages

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

De Poupette à Kenza

by Kenza Benchrif • 2025

Snapchat fame made her rich. A single betrayal put her in a prison cell, inmate 88-406.

3.60

117

🎥 Influencer Memoir 🔒 Prison Memoir 📱 Social Media Fame 👨‍👧 Absent Fathers 💻 Online Harassment

De Poupette à Kenza

Snapchat fame made her rich. A single betrayal put her in a prison cell, inmate 88-406.

by Kenza Benchrif 2025 319 pages

3.60

117 ratings

🎥 Influencer Memoir 🔒 Prison Memoir 📱 Social Media Fame 👨‍👧 Absent Fathers 💻 Online Harassment

Home Before Dark

by Riley Sager • 2020

A woman inherits a notorious house, sure its haunting was her father's fiction. The house disagrees.

4.04

300k+

👻 Haunted House Mystery 📖 Book Within A Book 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Home Before Dark

A woman inherits a notorious house, sure its haunting was her father's fiction. The house disagrees.

by Riley Sager 2020 389 pages

4.04

300k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Mystery 📖 Book Within A Book 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Steel

by Eva Simmons • 2024

Forced to betray a biker club, a traitor's daughter becomes its president's captive.

4.07

4k+

🏍️ Outlaw Biker Club 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💀 Forced Proximity 🖤 Found Family 🗡️ Morally Gray Hero

Steel

Forced to betray a biker club, a traitor's daughter becomes its president's captive.

by Eva Simmons 2024 406 pages

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏍️ Outlaw Biker Club 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💀 Forced Proximity 🖤 Found Family 🗡️ Morally Gray Hero

Heartbreak You

by T.L. Smith • 2020

She flees the mafia heir who broke her, but his obsession follows across continents.

3.89

1k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Love 🔥 Possessive Hero 🔒 Captive Romance

Heartbreak You

She flees the mafia heir who broke her, but his obsession follows across continents.

by T.L. Smith 2020 314 pages

3.89

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Love 🔥 Possessive Hero 🔒 Captive Romance

The Guest Room

by Tasha Sylva • 2023

Her sister's murder unsolved, Tess rents the room to a guest, then reads his diary.

3.31

2k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Grief 👁️ Voyeurism 🔪 Female Obsession 🏘️ Creepy Neighbor

The Guest Room

Her sister's murder unsolved, Tess rents the room to a guest, then reads his diary.

by Tasha Sylva 2023 368 pages

3.31

2k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Grief 👁️ Voyeurism 🔪 Female Obsession 🏘️ Creepy Neighbor

Play Rough

by Eva Ashwood • 2021

A woman infiltrates the gang that murdered her father, seducing three dangerous men from inside.

4.15

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕵️ Mole Heroine 🔪 Revenge Quest 🏍️ Gang Romance 👥 Found Family

Play Rough

A woman infiltrates the gang that murdered her father, seducing three dangerous men from inside.

by Eva Ashwood 2021 223 pages

4.15

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕵️ Mole Heroine 🔪 Revenge Quest 🏍️ Gang Romance 👥 Found Family

The Night Always Comes

by Willy Vlautin • 2021

A Portland waitress has one night to make a down payment or her family loses everything.

3.83

7k+

🪙 Economic Desperation 🫂 Sibling Caretaker 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🏗️ Gentrification ⚖️ Moral Compromise

The Night Always Comes

A Portland waitress has one night to make a down payment or her family loses everything.

by Willy Vlautin 2021 208 pages

3.83

7k+ ratings

🪙 Economic Desperation 🫂 Sibling Caretaker 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🏗️ Gentrification ⚖️ Moral Compromise

The Next Time You See Me

by Holly Goddard Jones • 2013

A lonely girl, a missing woman, a body in the woods: a Kentucky town's secrets unravel.

3.42

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Missing Person 👥 Multiple Narrators 🌾 Rural Kentucky

The Next Time You See Me

A lonely girl, a missing woman, a body in the woods: a Kentucky town's secrets unravel.

by Holly Goddard Jones 2013 384 pages

3.42

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Missing Person 👥 Multiple Narrators 🌾 Rural Kentucky

A Fire at the Exhibition

by T.E. Kinsey • 2023

A village exhibition. Fire. Theft. Murder. Two lady sleuths dig for treasure in Edwardian England.

4.47

5k+

🔎 Village Cozy Mystery 👒 Edwardian England 👯 Female Detective Duo 🖼️ Art Theft 💎 Treasure Hunt

A Fire at the Exhibition

A village exhibition. Fire. Theft. Murder. Two lady sleuths dig for treasure in Edwardian England.

by T.E. Kinsey 2023 332 pages

4.47

5k+ ratings

🔎 Village Cozy Mystery 👒 Edwardian England 👯 Female Detective Duo 🖼️ Art Theft 💎 Treasure Hunt

Toutes blessent, la dernière tue

by Karine Giebel • 2018

Sold into French slavery, a girl survives by reading in secret until violence offers escape.

4.44

2k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🥀 Tragic Romance 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🩹 Trauma Survival

Toutes blessent, la dernière tue

Sold into French slavery, a girl survives by reading in secret until violence offers escape.

by Karine Giebel 2018 680 pages

4.44

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🥀 Tragic Romance 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🩹 Trauma Survival

Night Passage

by Robert B. Parker • 1997

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

4.12

15k+

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective 🍂 New England Town 🌧️ Melancholy Noir

Night Passage

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

by Robert B. Parker 1997 324 pages

4.12

15k+ ratings

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective 🍂 New England Town 🌧️ Melancholy Noir

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2024

His ex-wife wakes bloodied beside her dead partner, and a Christmas magic show hides the killer.

3.68

48k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Fair Play Whodunit 🤝 Group Conspiracy 🩸 Framed For Murder 🎩 Stage Magic

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

His ex-wife wakes bloodied beside her dead partner, and a Christmas magic show hides the killer.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2024 174 pages

3.68

48k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Fair Play Whodunit 🤝 Group Conspiracy 🩸 Framed For Murder 🎩 Stage Magic

Stolen

by Lesley Pearse • 2010

She has no memory. Rope burns, a missing baby, and someone who wants her dead.

3.97

6k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 👯 Female Friendship 🩷 Found Family 🔒 Captivity Thriller 💔 Trauma Recovery

Stolen

She has no memory. Rope burns, a missing baby, and someone who wants her dead.

by Lesley Pearse 2010 385 pages

3.97

6k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 👯 Female Friendship 🩷 Found Family 🔒 Captivity Thriller 💔 Trauma Recovery

Reckoning

by Ellie Sanders • 2023

A widow burning for revenge is claimed by a crime lord whose protection costs total surrender.

3.71

1k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Survivor Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🃏 Criminal Underworld

Reckoning

A widow burning for revenge is claimed by a crime lord whose protection costs total surrender.

by Ellie Sanders 2023 460 pages

3.71

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Survivor Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🃏 Criminal Underworld

Death Around the Bend

by T.E. Kinsey • 2017

A widow and her maid, at a country motor race, find a driver's crash was murder.

4.28

13k+

🏰 Country House Mystery 🕰️ Edwardian England 🔍 Lady Detective 🗝️ Servants And Secrets 🍸 Witty Banter

Death Around the Bend

A widow and her maid, at a country motor race, find a driver's crash was murder.

by T.E. Kinsey 2017 316 pages

4.28

13k+ ratings

🏰 Country House Mystery 🕰️ Edwardian England 🔍 Lady Detective 🗝️ Servants And Secrets 🍸 Witty Banter

Psycho

by Blake Blessing • 2023

Four brutal brothers share one woman. The criminal empire that raised them demands her blood.

4.22

1k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Reverse Harem ⛓️ Captor Captive 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Traumatized Heroes

Psycho

Four brutal brothers share one woman. The criminal empire that raised them demands her blood.

by Blake Blessing 2023 340 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Reverse Harem ⛓️ Captor Captive 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Traumatized Heroes

The Housewife

by Natalie Barelli • 2026

She married her sister's widower to prove murder. The housekeeper who loved the first wife watches.

3.92

25k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Wife 😈 Gaslighting Husband 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Housewife

She married her sister's widower to prove murder. The housekeeper who loved the first wife watches.

by Natalie Barelli 2026 368 pages

3.92

25k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Wife 😈 Gaslighting Husband 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Morning Show Murders

by Al Roker • 2009

A TV chef becomes the prime suspect when his producer is poisoned outside his Manhattan restaurant.

3.36

1k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🍳 Culinary Cozy 🎯 Framed For Murder 🎭 Secret Identity 💬 Witty Banter

The Morning Show Murders

A TV chef becomes the prime suspect when his producer is poisoned outside his Manhattan restaurant.

by Al Roker 2009 313 pages

3.36

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🍳 Culinary Cozy 🎯 Framed For Murder 🎭 Secret Identity 💬 Witty Banter

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Agatha Christie • 1962

A fan dies drinking the cocktail meant for a movie star at a village fête.

3.96

55k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detection 🧶 Amateur Sleuth 🌟 Faded Star 🍸 Poison Murder

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

A fan dies drinking the cocktail meant for a movie star at a village fête.

by Agatha Christie 1962 351 pages

3.96

55k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detection 🧶 Amateur Sleuth 🌟 Faded Star 🍸 Poison Murder

The Heir of Shadows

by Candice M. Wright • 2021

A woman rescued from captivity must teach three bikers that love cannot replace freedom.

4.48

2k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💕 Why Choose 🛡️ Protector Heroes 🌱 Trauma Recovery

The Heir of Shadows

A woman rescued from captivity must teach three bikers that love cannot replace freedom.

by Candice M. Wright 2021 392 pages

4.48

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💕 Why Choose 🛡️ Protector Heroes 🌱 Trauma Recovery

One Perfect Lie

by Lisa Scottoline • 2017

An undercover agent teaches high school, searching for the student being pulled into a bombing plot.

3.79

36k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💙 Mother Son Bond ⚾ Teenage Rivalry

One Perfect Lie

An undercover agent teaches high school, searching for the student being pulled into a bombing plot.

by Lisa Scottoline 2017 368 pages

3.79

36k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💙 Mother Son Bond ⚾ Teenage Rivalry

The Collectors

by David Baldacci • 2006

A librarian's death pulls four outcasts into a spy ring inside the Library of Congress.

4.07

53k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 👥 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Crew 🇺🇸 Washington D.C.

The Collectors

A librarian's death pulls four outcasts into a spy ring inside the Library of Congress.

by David Baldacci 2006 438 pages

4.07

53k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 👥 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Crew 🇺🇸 Washington D.C.

The Cut of the Moon

by Cynthia Ellingsen • 2025

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

4.39

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

The Cut of the Moon

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

by Cynthia Ellingsen 2025 374 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

Traitor

by Blake Blessing • 2024

A cartel coup brands her five lovers traitors. She'll tear the empire apart to save them.

4.24

1k+

🔥 Reverse Harem 🖤 Found Family 🩸 Morally Gray Heroes 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔫 Cartel Romance

Traitor

A cartel coup brands her five lovers traitors. She'll tear the empire apart to save them.

by Blake Blessing 2024 346 pages

4.24

1k+ ratings

🔥 Reverse Harem 🖤 Found Family 🩸 Morally Gray Heroes 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔫 Cartel Romance

Don't Swipe Right

by L.M. Chilton • 2023

A heartbroken barista swipes for distraction, but someone is killing every man she matches with.

3.49

15k+

🎭 Dark Comedy Mystery 📱 Online Dating Thriller 💔 Best Friend Betrayal ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 😈 Dark Humor

Don't Swipe Right

A heartbroken barista swipes for distraction, but someone is killing every man she matches with.

by L.M. Chilton 2023 320 pages

3.49

15k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Comedy Mystery 📱 Online Dating Thriller 💔 Best Friend Betrayal ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 😈 Dark Humor

One Desperate Life

by D.J. Maughan • 2024

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

4.14

477

🕰️ Historical Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🕯️ Gaslighting

One Desperate Life

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

by D.J. Maughan 2024 254 pages

4.14

477 ratings

🕰️ Historical Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🕯️ Gaslighting

Here Lies Daniel Tate

by Cristin Terrill • 2017

A teenage con artist steals a missing boy's identity and joins a family hiding a crime.

4.05

6k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🏚️ Atmospheric Mystery

Here Lies Daniel Tate

A teenage con artist steals a missing boy's identity and joins a family hiding a crime.

by Cristin Terrill 2017 400 pages

4.05

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🏚️ Atmospheric Mystery

A Gift of Time

by Beth Flynn • 2016

After her husband's murder, Ginny learns her former captor is alive, and he wants her back.

4.50

6k+

🗝️ Captive Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Arc 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

A Gift of Time

After her husband's murder, Ginny learns her former captor is alive, and he wants her back.

by Beth Flynn 2016 446 pages

4.50

6k+ ratings

🗝️ Captive Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Arc 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Devil's Sons - Tome 1

by Chloé Wallerand • 2022

She walks into a gang bar to stop a murder. Their deadliest enforcer decides she's his.

4.19

14k+

🎓 Dark College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Devil's Sons - Tome 1

She walks into a gang bar to stop a murder. Their deadliest enforcer decides she's his.

by Chloé Wallerand 2022 462 pages

4.19

14k+ ratings

🎓 Dark College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Couple Before Us

by Daniel Hurst • 2025

A hidden note warns her new home has a dark past. Everyone insists she drop it. She refuses.

3.73

2k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Captive 💔 Family Betrayal

The Couple Before Us

A hidden note warns her new home has a dark past. Everyone insists she drop it. She refuses.

by Daniel Hurst 2025 290 pages

3.73

2k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Captive 💔 Family Betrayal

The Burning Issue of the Day

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

A suffragette is framed for a journalist's murder. Two women must unmask the real killer.

4.34

9k+

🕰️ Edwardian Cozy Mystery 🕵️‍♀️ Lady And Maid Sleuths 🗳️ Suffragette Movement ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔐 Codebreaking Puzzle

The Burning Issue of the Day

A suffragette is framed for a journalist's murder. Two women must unmask the real killer.

by T.E. Kinsey 2019 315 pages

4.34

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Cozy Mystery 🕵️‍♀️ Lady And Maid Sleuths 🗳️ Suffragette Movement ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔐 Codebreaking Puzzle

Her Deadly Protectors

by J.E. Cluney • 2024

A wounded woman finds refuge with three mafia brothers, but their world demands blood in return.

4.03

500+

💀 Mafia Romance 💕 Polyamorous Romance 🤰 Pregnancy Peril 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🫂 Found Family

Her Deadly Protectors

A wounded woman finds refuge with three mafia brothers, but their world demands blood in return.

by J.E. Cluney 2024 278 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

💀 Mafia Romance 💕 Polyamorous Romance 🤰 Pregnancy Peril 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🫂 Found Family

Her Last Breath

by Hilary Davidson • 2021

Her dead sister's email names a killer: the husband. His first wife died young, too.

3.89

21k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏛️ Corrupt Dynasty 👯 Estranged Sisters ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 📩 Message From Beyond

Her Last Breath

Her dead sister's email names a killer: the husband. His first wife died young, too.

by Hilary Davidson 2021 296 pages

3.89

21k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏛️ Corrupt Dynasty 👯 Estranged Sisters ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 📩 Message From Beyond

Reign of a Billionaire

by Eva Winners • 2024

She's the love he buried. He just bought her at auction. She remembers nothing.

4.25

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔗 Trauma Bonded 🔪 Vengeance Driven

Reign of a Billionaire

She's the love he buried. He just bought her at auction. She remembers nothing.

by Eva Winners 2024 436 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔗 Trauma Bonded 🔪 Vengeance Driven

Endless Night

by Agatha Christie • 1967

A drifter marries an heiress, builds a house on cursed land, and a warning turns lethal.

3.81

46k+

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Gothic Mystery 💋 Femme Fatale 💔 Doomed Romance

Endless Night

A drifter marries an heiress, builds a house on cursed land, and a warning turns lethal.

by Agatha Christie 1967 215 pages

3.81

46k+ ratings

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Gothic Mystery 💋 Femme Fatale 💔 Doomed Romance

Long Road to Mercy

by David Baldacci • 2018

A mutilated mule and a vanished rider lure an FBI agent into a Grand Canyon nuclear conspiracy.

3.94

83k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔪 Trauma Driven Agent ☢️ Nuclear Conspiracy 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Long Road to Mercy

A mutilated mule and a vanished rider lure an FBI agent into a Grand Canyon nuclear conspiracy.

by David Baldacci 2018 405 pages

3.94

83k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔪 Trauma Driven Agent ☢️ Nuclear Conspiracy 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Blessing Way

by Tony Hillerman • 1970

A Navajo police lieutenant follows witchcraft whispers from a staged death to a modern killer.

4.00

33k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🌐 Cultural Outsider 🔎 Amateur Investigator 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 🏜️ Navajo Reservation

The Blessing Way

A Navajo police lieutenant follows witchcraft whispers from a staged death to a modern killer.

by Tony Hillerman 1970 306 pages

4.00

33k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🌐 Cultural Outsider 🔎 Amateur Investigator 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 🏜️ Navajo Reservation

A Picture of Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2018

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

4.29

10k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets 💬 Witty Banter 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

A Picture of Murder

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

by T.E. Kinsey 2018 320 pages

4.29

10k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets 💬 Witty Banter 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

A Serial Killer's Daughter

by Kerri Rawson • 2019

A knock at the door. FBI agents. The news: her father was the serial killer BTK.

3.47

15k+

🩸 Serial Killer Fallout 💔 Familial Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Suffering 🤫 Family Secrets

A Serial Killer's Daughter

A knock at the door. FBI agents. The news: her father was the serial killer BTK.

by Kerri Rawson 2019 335 pages

3.47

15k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Fallout 💔 Familial Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Suffering 🤫 Family Secrets

The Undertakers

by Nicole Glover • 2021

Married undertakers read star sigils to catch a killer in post-Civil War Philadelphia.

3.86

500+

👰 Married Sleuths 🕯️ Post-Civil War 🗝️ Coded Treasure Hunt 👻 Ghosts And SéAnces ⭐ Sigil Magic

The Undertakers

Married undertakers read star sigils to catch a killer in post-Civil War Philadelphia.

by Nicole Glover 2021 429 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

👰 Married Sleuths 🕯️ Post-Civil War 🗝️ Coded Treasure Hunt 👻 Ghosts And SéAnces ⭐ Sigil Magic

American Oligarchy

by Ron Formisano • 2017

Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.

3.81

📛 Political Corruption 💰 Campaign Finance 🚪 Revolving Door 👔 White Collar Crime 🏛️ Plutocracy

American Oligarchy

Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.

by Ron Formisano 2017 288 pages

3.81

31 ratings

📛 Political Corruption 💰 Campaign Finance 🚪 Revolving Door 👔 White Collar Crime 🏛️ Plutocracy

Her Twisted Saviors

by J.E. Cluney • 2023

A battered woman escapes her abuser straight into the possessive arms of three mafia brothers.

4.00

1k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌑 Morally Grey Heroes

Her Twisted Saviors

A battered woman escapes her abuser straight into the possessive arms of three mafia brothers.

by J.E. Cluney 2023 255 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌑 Morally Grey Heroes

Hermit

by Chris McQueer • 2025

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

4.15

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🚪 Male Isolation 💻 Online Radicalization

Hermit

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

by Chris McQueer 2025 334 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🚪 Male Isolation 💻 Online Radicalization

Broken in the Dark

by Ashley Elizabeth • 2025

Freed from a monster, she weds her first love for safety, but danger wears a familiar face.

4.05

500+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩹 Trauma Healing 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Found Family

Broken in the Dark

Freed from a monster, she weds her first love for safety, but danger wears a familiar face.

by Ashley Elizabeth 2025 376 pages

4.05

500+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩹 Trauma Healing 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Found Family

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