Best Mystery Books | Summaries & Audio

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The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

2k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

The Red House

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

What Remains of Teague House

by Stacy Johns • 2025

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

3.42

500+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

What Remains of Teague House

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

by Stacy Johns 2025 432 pages

3.42

500+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

In Her Eyes

by Sarah Alderson • 2019

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

4.13

19k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

In Her Eyes

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

by Sarah Alderson 2019 286 pages

4.13

19k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

Body Language

by A.K. Turner • 2020

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

3.96

6k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine

Body Language

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

by A.K. Turner 2020 384 pages

3.96

6k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine

Bellevue

by Robin Cook • 2024

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

3.36

5k+

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Bellevue

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

by Robin Cook 2024 341 pages

3.36

5k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Latecomer

by Jean Hanff Korelitz • 2022

An art collector's guilt haunts his family until his youngest child uncovers what he buried.

4.01

38k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Estranged Siblings 🙊 Hidden Family Secrets 🎨 Art World 🩹 Inherited Trauma

The Latecomer

An art collector's guilt haunts his family until his youngest child uncovers what he buried.

by Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 439 pages

4.01

38k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Estranged Siblings 🙊 Hidden Family Secrets 🎨 Art World 🩹 Inherited Trauma

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

by Anita Shreve • 1998

After a crash kills her pilot husband, a widow uncovers the family he hid in London.

3.57

100k+

🏠 Domestic Drama 🎭 Hidden Double Life 💔 Grieving Widow 🔍 Investigating The Dead 🕯️ Slow-Burn Revelation

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

After a crash kills her pilot husband, a widow uncovers the family he hid in London.

by Anita Shreve 1998

3.57

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Drama 🎭 Hidden Double Life 💔 Grieving Widow 🔍 Investigating The Dead 🕯️ Slow-Burn Revelation

Sunburned

by Katherine Wood • 2025

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

3.72

1k+

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Sunburned

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

by Katherine Wood 2025 352 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Given Day

by Dennis Lehane • 2008

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

4.08

28k+

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Given Day

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

by Dennis Lehane 2008 704 pages

4.08

28k+ ratings

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Lynn Weingarten • 2015

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

3.40

20k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

by Lynn Weingarten 2015 320 pages

3.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

El evangelio del mal

by Patrick Graham • 2007

An FBI psychic tracks an immortal killer to a forbidden gospel that could destroy the Vatican.

3.86

3k+

🏛️ Vatican Conspiracy ✝️ Religious Horror 🔮 Psychic Investigator 💀 Immortal Villain 📜 Forbidden Manuscript

El evangelio del mal

An FBI psychic tracks an immortal killer to a forbidden gospel that could destroy the Vatican.

by Patrick Graham 2007 560 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Vatican Conspiracy ✝️ Religious Horror 🔮 Psychic Investigator 💀 Immortal Villain 📜 Forbidden Manuscript

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

2k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025 384 pages

3.63

2k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Avidian

by Ashley R. O'Donovan • 2025

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

3.88

1k+

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

Avidian

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

by Ashley R. O'Donovan 2025 364 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

Strangers in Time

by David Baldacci • 2025

An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.

4.13

58k+

🫂 Found Family 💣 The Blitz 🧒 War Orphans 📚 Bookshop Sanctuary 🌉 Cross-Class Friendship

Strangers in Time

An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.

by David Baldacci 2025 435 pages

4.13

58k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💣 The Blitz 🧒 War Orphans 📚 Bookshop Sanctuary 🌉 Cross-Class Friendship

Game of Cones

by Cynthia Baxter • 2020

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

3.75

182

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Game of Cones

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

by Cynthia Baxter 2020 256 pages

3.75

182 ratings

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

The Finisher

by David Baldacci • 2013

A walled village outcast must survive a deadly tournament to follow the map she found.

3.83

18k+

🏘️ Oppressive Village ⚔️ Deadly Tournament ✨ Hidden Magical Powers 🤝 Loyal Friendship 🧱 Escape The Walls

The Finisher

A walled village outcast must survive a deadly tournament to follow the map she found.

by David Baldacci 2013 497 pages

3.83

18k+ ratings

🏘️ Oppressive Village ⚔️ Deadly Tournament ✨ Hidden Magical Powers 🤝 Loyal Friendship 🧱 Escape The Walls

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Black Bear Alibi

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019 479 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

The Children Return

by Martin Walker • 2015

Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.

4.23

7k+

🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural 🎯 Counterterrorism Plot ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ WWII Hidden History 🧩 Autistic Protagonist

The Children Return

Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.

by Martin Walker 2015 336 pages

4.23

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural 🎯 Counterterrorism Plot ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ WWII Hidden History 🧩 Autistic Protagonist

Skywave

by K. Patrick Donoghue • 2018

Amateur astronomer's Callisto signal ignites a billionaire's secret space race to uncover the truth.

4.34

1k+

📡 Alien Signal 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 🚀 Private Space Enterprise ⚡ Energy-Based Lifeforms 🪐 Lost Space Mission

Skywave

Amateur astronomer's Callisto signal ignites a billionaire's secret space race to uncover the truth.

by K. Patrick Donoghue 2018 504 pages

4.34

1k+ ratings

📡 Alien Signal 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 🚀 Private Space Enterprise ⚡ Energy-Based Lifeforms 🪐 Lost Space Mission

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.74

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

A Box Full of Darkness

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026 337 pages

3.74

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

The Leftover Woman

by Jean Kwok • 2023

Hiding as her daughter's nanny, a desperate mother must evade the adoptive parents and her ex.

3.75

30k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👩‍🍼 Nanny Infiltration 🎭 Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👨‍👩‍👧 Adoption

The Leftover Woman

Hiding as her daughter's nanny, a desperate mother must evade the adoptive parents and her ex.

by Jean Kwok 2023 288 pages

3.75

30k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👩‍🍼 Nanny Infiltration 🎭 Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👨‍👩‍👧 Adoption

The Graceview Patient

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

3.45

2k+

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

The Graceview Patient

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

by Caitlin Starling 2025 295 pages

3.45

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan • 2025

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

3.58

6k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

by Allison Brennan 2025 390 pages

3.58

6k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025 352 pages

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

Sacrifice

by Paul Finch • 2013

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

4.2

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

Sacrifice

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

by Paul Finch 2013 432 pages

4.2

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

SYLO

by D.J. MacHale • 2013

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

3.92

5k+

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation 🦸 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

SYLO

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

by D.J. MacHale 2013 407 pages

3.92

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation 🦸 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Stone Cold

by David Baldacci • 2007

The Camel Club hides a con artist as a suburban assassin's revenge engulfs them all.

4.19

51k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🎯 Reluctant Assassin 🃏 Con Artist On The Run

Stone Cold

The Camel Club hides a con artist as a suburban assassin's revenge engulfs them all.

by David Baldacci 2007 388 pages

4.19

51k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🎯 Reluctant Assassin 🃏 Con Artist On The Run

The Briars

by Sarah Crouch • 2026

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

3.66

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Grudging Allies 👀 Killer In Plain Sight

The Briars

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

by Sarah Crouch 2026 320 pages

3.66

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Grudging Allies 👀 Killer In Plain Sight

The Enemy at Home

by Kevin O'Brien • 2023

A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Historical Domestic Noir 🔧 Women War Workers 👤 Killer In The Family 🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees 🔍 Mother As Detective

The Enemy at Home

A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.

by Kevin O'Brien 2023 416 pages

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Historical Domestic Noir 🔧 Women War Workers 👤 Killer In The Family 🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees 🔍 Mother As Detective

Exile

by Shannon Messenger • 2013

Bonded to a rare alicorn, a telepathic elf must unlock hidden powers before her body fails entirely.

4.46

74k+

🧝 Elvin Fantasy 🦄 Telepathic Animal Bond 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery

Exile

Bonded to a rare alicorn, a telepathic elf must unlock hidden powers before her body fails entirely.

by Shannon Messenger 2013 576 pages

4.46

74k+ ratings

🧝 Elvin Fantasy 🦄 Telepathic Animal Bond 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

by Gigi Pandian • 2018

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

3.92

299

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

by Gigi Pandian 2018 270 pages

3.92

299 ratings

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

3.64

4k+

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Nowhere Burning

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

by Catriona Ward 2026 297 pages

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

With Visions of Red

by Trisha Wolfe • 2015

A profiler becomes prey to a killer who stages ritual murders from her own research.

4.23

500+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🎯 Profiler As Prey 💔 Suspect Lover 🩹 Shared Trauma

With Visions of Red

A profiler becomes prey to a killer who stages ritual murders from her own research.

by Trisha Wolfe 2015 577 pages

4.23

500+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🎯 Profiler As Prey 💔 Suspect Lover 🩹 Shared Trauma

Hokus Pokus

by Fern Michaels • 2007

Blackmailed for running a secret escape network, a Supreme Court justice turns to exiled vigilantes.

4.28

7k+

💥 Vigilante Justice 💪 Women Vigilantes 🖤 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 😂 Humorous Suspense

Hokus Pokus

Blackmailed for running a secret escape network, a Supreme Court justice turns to exiled vigilantes.

by Fern Michaels 2007 262 pages

4.28

7k+ ratings

💥 Vigilante Justice 💪 Women Vigilantes 🖤 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 😂 Humorous Suspense

Point Blank

by Fern Michaels • 2015

Her daughter taken, a mother joins the Sisterhood to infiltrate a corrupted Chinese monastery.

4.34

4k+

🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Female Vigilantes 🚁 Rescue Mission 🌏 International Intrigue 🐕 Mystical Companion

Point Blank

Her daughter taken, a mother joins the Sisterhood to infiltrate a corrupted Chinese monastery.

by Fern Michaels 2015 279 pages

4.34

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Female Vigilantes 🚁 Rescue Mission 🌏 International Intrigue 🐕 Mystical Companion

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King • 2011

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

4.13

4k+

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective 🎖️ World War I England 🌱 Quiet Renewal

Beekeeping for Beginners

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

by Laurie R. King 2011 77 pages

4.13

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective 🎖️ World War I England 🌱 Quiet Renewal

Backwater Justice

by Fern Michaels • 2024

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

4.42

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Backwater Justice

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

by Fern Michaels 2024 368 pages

4.42

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville • 2024

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

3.61

3k+

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Blood Like Mine

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

by Stuart Neville 2024 375 pages

3.61

3k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018 258 pages

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Hong Kong Widow

by Kristen Loesch • 2025

Six mediums gather at a 1953 Hong Kong mansion where the dead refuse to stay buried.

3.75

1k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 📜 Historical Horror 🔮 Mediums And Seances 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Hong Kong Widow

Six mediums gather at a 1953 Hong Kong mansion where the dead refuse to stay buried.

by Kristen Loesch 2025 368 pages

3.75

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 📜 Historical Horror 🔮 Mediums And Seances 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Gotcha!

by Fern Michaels • 2013

Her granddaughter in a cruel stepmother's grip, a grandmother turns to vigilante women for justice.

4.32

4k+

🎭 Women Vigilantes 👵 Golden Years Heroines 🏘️ Small Town South 💕 Late Life Romance 💰 Sudden Fortune

Gotcha!

Her granddaughter in a cruel stepmother's grip, a grandmother turns to vigilante women for justice.

by Fern Michaels 2013 273 pages

4.32

4k+ ratings

🎭 Women Vigilantes 👵 Golden Years Heroines 🏘️ Small Town South 💕 Late Life Romance 💰 Sudden Fortune

Pretty Little Threats

by Daria Quinn • 2025

To escape an arranged marriage, she blackmails a dangerous billionaire into making her his wife.

4.22

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Morally Gray Hero 🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 💰 Billionaire Romance

Pretty Little Threats

To escape an arranged marriage, she blackmails a dangerous billionaire into making her his wife.

by Daria Quinn 2025 434 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Morally Gray Hero 🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 💰 Billionaire Romance

I'm the Girl

by Courtney Summers • 2022

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

3.38

5k+

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'm the Girl

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

by Courtney Summers 2022 344 pages

3.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Fallen Angel

by Daniel Silva • 2012

A dead curator in St. Peter's pulls an art-restoring spy into a Vatican conspiracy.

4.21

30k+

🏛️ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Crime 🕵️ Reluctant Spy 👯 Twin Dynamics 🕰️ Ancient Conspiracy

The Fallen Angel

A dead curator in St. Peter's pulls an art-restoring spy into a Vatican conspiracy.

by Daniel Silva 2012 406 pages

4.21

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Crime 🕵️ Reluctant Spy 👯 Twin Dynamics 🕰️ Ancient Conspiracy

Pretty Lost Dolls

by Ker Dukey • 2016

A detective snatched back by her childhood tormentor must save the sister he corrupted.

4.38

5k+

🖤 Captor Captive 🕸️ Twisted Obsession 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 🥀 Fractured Sisterhood 🔁 Cycle Of Abuse

Pretty Lost Dolls

A detective snatched back by her childhood tormentor must save the sister he corrupted.

by Ker Dukey 2016 274 pages

4.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive 🕸️ Twisted Obsession 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 🥀 Fractured Sisterhood 🔁 Cycle Of Abuse

The Queen's Crown

by Jennifer Anne Davis • 2023

After her sister's murder, a princess marries the king to find the killer in his court.

3.84

304

🧚 Fantasy Romance 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn

The Queen's Crown

After her sister's murder, a princess marries the king to find the killer in his court.

by Jennifer Anne Davis 2023 306 pages

3.84

304 ratings

🧚 Fantasy Romance 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn

The Holdout

by Graham Moore • 2020

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

3.83

35k+

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The Holdout

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

by Graham Moore 2020 336 pages

3.83

35k+ ratings

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

The Black Widow

by Daniel Silva • 2016

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

4.33

38k+

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

The Black Widow

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

by Daniel Silva 2016 528 pages

4.33

38k+ ratings

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

Limitations

by Scott Turow • 2006

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

3.48

3k+

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Limitations

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

by Scott Turow 2006 197 pages

3.48

3k+ ratings

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

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

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

4.39

6k+

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

Land Rites

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

by Andy Maslen 2021 347 pages

4.39

6k+ ratings

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

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