Best Mystery Books | Summaries & Audio

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The Spy and I

by Tiana Smith • 2024

A blind date turns into a shootout, forcing a shy hacker to impersonate her spy sister.

3.46

3k+

🕵️ Spy Romance 💻 Cybersecurity Thriller 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏚️ Forced Proximity 💬 Banter-Heavy

The Spy and I

A blind date turns into a shootout, forcing a shy hacker to impersonate her spy sister.

by Tiana Smith 2024 352 pages

3.46

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 💻 Cybersecurity Thriller 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏚️ Forced Proximity 💬 Banter-Heavy

El instituto

by Stephen King • 2019

A boy genius is kidnapped to an institute that weaponizes psychic children. No one leaves alive.

4.19

300k+

🧠 Psychic Children 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🔒 Child Prisoners 🤝 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

El instituto

A boy genius is kidnapped to an institute that weaponizes psychic children. No one leaves alive.

by Stephen King 2019 618 pages

4.19

300k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Children 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🔒 Child Prisoners 🤝 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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

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

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

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

When He's Sinful

by Suzanne Wright • 2022

Childhood friends hide a fated bond until a stalker shatters their walls and forces them together.

4.16

7k+

💫 Fated Mates 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Traumatized Hero 💔 Damaged Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero

When He's Sinful

Childhood friends hide a fated bond until a stalker shatters their walls and forces them together.

by Suzanne Wright 2022 371 pages

4.16

7k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Traumatized Hero 💔 Damaged Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

1k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

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

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

The Golden Age of Magic

by Luanne G. Smith • 2025

An exiled fairy godmother in old Hollywood must save a seamstress from a creature that devours luck.

3.71

5k+

🧚‍♀️ Fairy Godmothers 🎞️ Golden Age Hollywood ⚖️ Magic With A Cost 🤝 Rivals To Allies 🐾 Magical Familiar

The Golden Age of Magic

An exiled fairy godmother in old Hollywood must save a seamstress from a creature that devours luck.

by Luanne G. Smith 2025 248 pages

3.71

5k+ ratings

🧚‍♀️ Fairy Godmothers 🎞️ Golden Age Hollywood ⚖️ Magic With A Cost 🤝 Rivals To Allies 🐾 Magical Familiar

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

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

The Body

by Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.86

1k+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Body

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

by Bethany C. Morrow 2026 288 pages

2.86

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

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

The Madman's Daughter

by Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25k+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

by Megan Shepherd 2013 420 pages

3.68

25k+ ratings

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

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

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

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

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

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

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

La Maison

by Yves Grevet • 2008

Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.

3.91

1k+

🏛️ Isolated Institution 🪖 Reluctant Rebel Leader 🤝 Found Family 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🫙 Oppressive Atmosphere

La Maison

Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.

by Yves Grevet 2008 246 pages

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Isolated Institution 🪖 Reluctant Rebel Leader 🤝 Found Family 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🫙 Oppressive Atmosphere

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

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

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

Such a Pretty Smile

by Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

5k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Such a Pretty Smile

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

by Kristi DeMeester 2022 320 pages

3.34

5k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

The Empty Grave

by Jonathan Stroud • 2017

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

4.62

30k+

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

The Empty Grave

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

by Jonathan Stroud 2017 448 pages

4.62

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

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

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

Tread of Angels

by Rebecca Roanhorse • 2022

A half-blood dealer must defend her sister in a court of angels where guilt is predetermined.

3.47

6k+

🏜️ Weird Western 🕵️ Fantasy Noir 👭 Sisterly Devotion 😈 Demon Lover 🌓 Torn Between Worlds

Tread of Angels

A half-blood dealer must defend her sister in a court of angels where guilt is predetermined.

by Rebecca Roanhorse 2022 201 pages

3.47

6k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird Western 🕵️ Fantasy Noir 👭 Sisterly Devotion 😈 Demon Lover 🌓 Torn Between Worlds

Be With Me

by Samantha Young • 2022

A woman in hiding risks one night with the youngest Adair brother as her stalker watches.

4.00

5k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Trauma And Healing

Be With Me

A woman in hiding risks one night with the youngest Adair brother as her stalker watches.

by Samantha Young 2022 338 pages

4.00

5k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Trauma And Healing

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

Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent • 2020

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

3.76

16k+

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Little Cruelties

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

by Liz Nugent 2020 384 pages

3.76

16k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

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

Madam

by Phoebe Wynne • 2021

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

3.23

7k+

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Madam

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

by Phoebe Wynne 2021 352 pages

3.23

7k+ ratings

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

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

The Body Painter

by Pepper Winters • 2019

She answers an ad for a human canvas, only to discover the artist is her vanished first love.

3.86

2k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💀 Tortured Hero 🤫 Dark Secrets 💔 Hidden Scars

The Body Painter

She answers an ad for a human canvas, only to discover the artist is her vanished first love.

by Pepper Winters 2019 300 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💀 Tortured Hero 🤫 Dark Secrets 💔 Hidden Scars

Hidden

by Fern Michaels • 2021

A psychic's battered table hides a dead man's will, and the disinherited heirs are closing in.

4.01

17k+

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🏠 Found Family 💕 Psychic Romance 🏘️ Small Town Mystery ☀️ Light Suspense

Hidden

A psychic's battered table hides a dead man's will, and the disinherited heirs are closing in.

by Fern Michaels 2021 368 pages

4.01

17k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🏠 Found Family 💕 Psychic Romance 🏘️ Small Town Mystery ☀️ Light Suspense

April Storm

by Leila Meacham • 2024

Kathryn Walker is being watched. Her husband is lying. And April has never been so deadly.

3.43

1k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 📚 Academic Betrayal

April Storm

Kathryn Walker is being watched. Her husband is lying. And April has never been so deadly.

by Leila Meacham 2024 256 pages

3.43

1k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 📚 Academic Betrayal

The Paris Diversion

by Chris Pavone • 2019

A former spy in Paris discovers the day's terror attacks are a smokescreen for a personal vendetta.

3.53

6k+

🏦 Financial Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Double Life ⚖️ Framed For The Crime 💔 Marital Secrets

The Paris Diversion

A former spy in Paris discovers the day's terror attacks are a smokescreen for a personal vendetta.

by Chris Pavone 2019 379 pages

3.53

6k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Double Life ⚖️ Framed For The Crime 💔 Marital Secrets

Epiphany Jones

by Michael Grothaus • 2016

A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.

3.83

179

🖤 Psychological Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📼 Blackmail Plot 🙏 Quest For Redemption 💔 Childhood Trauma

Epiphany Jones

A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.

by Michael Grothaus 2016 400 pages

3.83

179 ratings

🖤 Psychological Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📼 Blackmail Plot 🙏 Quest For Redemption 💔 Childhood Trauma

Together We Rot

by Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

5k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Together We Rot

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

by Skyla Arndt 2023 272 pages

3.50

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Amongst Our Weapons

by Ben Aaronovitch • 2022

Impossible London murders lead detective-wizard Peter Grant to an angel forged by the Inquisition.

4.32

20k+

🚔 Police Procedural Fantasy 🔍 Occult Detective 🏙️ Secret Magical London 🧙 Apprentice Wizard 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Amongst Our Weapons

Impossible London murders lead detective-wizard Peter Grant to an angel forged by the Inquisition.

by Ben Aaronovitch 2022 294 pages

4.32

20k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural Fantasy 🔍 Occult Detective 🏙️ Secret Magical London 🧙 Apprentice Wizard 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bad Luck Charm

by Julie Johnson • 2023

Framed for ritual murder, a Salem witch must trust the childhood crush she's spent years avoiding.

3.78

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧙 Witch Romance 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💕 Childhood Crush 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bad Luck Charm

Framed for ritual murder, a Salem witch must trust the childhood crush she's spent years avoiding.

by Julie Johnson 2023 508 pages

3.78

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧙 Witch Romance 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💕 Childhood Crush 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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