Best Mystery Books | Summaries & Audio

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Academy of the Forgotten

by Eva Chase • 2020

A gothic college has erased her brother from existence. She is the only one who remembers.

3.68

500+

🖤 Dark Academy 🥀 Cursed School 💕 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Memory Loss

Academy of the Forgotten

A gothic college has erased her brother from existence. She is the only one who remembers.

by Eva Chase 2020 276 pages

3.68

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academy 🥀 Cursed School 💕 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Memory Loss

How to Get Away with Murder

by Rebecca Philipson • 2026

A damaged detective returns when a murdered child is found with a killer's how-to book.

3.80

9k+

🎭 Meta Crime Fiction 📖 Book Within A Book 🔪 Copycat Killer 💔 Traumatized Detective 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

How to Get Away with Murder

A damaged detective returns when a murdered child is found with a killer's how-to book.

by Rebecca Philipson 2026 368 pages

3.80

9k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Crime Fiction 📖 Book Within A Book 🔪 Copycat Killer 💔 Traumatized Detective 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

29k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Catherine House

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

by Elisabeth Thomas 2020 311 pages

3.11

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

False Pretenses

by Catherine Coulter • 1988

Acquitted of murder, she inherits an empire and the unsettling stranger who saved her.

4.05

4k+

🌳 Family Saga 💰 Inheritance Drama ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Love After Loss

False Pretenses

Acquitted of murder, she inherits an empire and the unsettling stranger who saved her.

by Catherine Coulter 1988 402 pages

4.05

4k+ ratings

🌳 Family Saga 💰 Inheritance Drama ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Love After Loss

The Golden Spoon

by Jessa Maxwell • 2023

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

3.47

53k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Golden Spoon

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

by Jessa Maxwell 2023 288 pages

3.47

53k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

My Wife is Missing

by D.J. Palmer • 2022

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

3.87

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis

My Wife is Missing

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

by D.J. Palmer 2022 384 pages

3.87

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis

La rosa di Alessandria

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán • 1997

In Barcelona, a PI pieces together the butchered body of a woman with two lives.

3.5

500+

🌅 Mediterranean Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🍷 Foodie Detective 🎭 Double Life 🌊 Parallel Narratives

La rosa di Alessandria

In Barcelona, a PI pieces together the butchered body of a woman with two lives.

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1997 240 pages

3.5

500+ ratings

🌅 Mediterranean Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🍷 Foodie Detective 🎭 Double Life 🌊 Parallel Narratives

Her Cold Justice

by Robert Dugoni • 2026

A PI's nephew is charged with double murder. The prosecutor has never lost a case.

4.50

10k+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📋 Legal Procedural 🎯 Wrongful Accusation 👩‍⚖️ Corrupt Prosecutor 🔒 Prison Informant

Her Cold Justice

A PI's nephew is charged with double murder. The prosecutor has never lost a case.

by Robert Dugoni 2026 380 pages

4.50

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📋 Legal Procedural 🎯 Wrongful Accusation 👩‍⚖️ Corrupt Prosecutor 🔒 Prison Informant

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

200k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

The Andromeda Strain

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969 327 pages

3.91

200k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

Bog Queen

by Anna North • 2025

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

3.58

8k+

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Bog Queen

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

by Anna North 2025 268 pages

3.58

8k+ ratings

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Among the Living

by Jordan Castillo Price • 2006

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

3.93

11k+

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Among the Living

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

by Jordan Castillo Price 2006 156 pages

3.93

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

All the Little Houses

by May Cobb • 2026

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

3.48

12k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

All the Little Houses

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

by May Cobb 2026 467 pages

3.48

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

The Safe Place

by Anna Downes • 2020

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

3.65

20k+

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Safe Place

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

by Anna Downes 2020 352 pages

3.65

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

These Blue Mountains

by Sarah Loudin Thomas • 2025

Seeking her lost fiancé’s grave, a German pianist unearths a stranger’s body in North Carolina.

3.93

500+

✝️ Christian Historical ⚰️ Exhumation Mystery 💔 Lost Love Returns 🎨 Artist In Exile ⛰️ Mountain Town Secrets

These Blue Mountains

Seeking her lost fiancé’s grave, a German pianist unearths a stranger’s body in North Carolina.

by Sarah Loudin Thomas 2025 352 pages

3.93

500+ ratings

✝️ Christian Historical ⚰️ Exhumation Mystery 💔 Lost Love Returns 🎨 Artist In Exile ⛰️ Mountain Town Secrets

The Devil Is a Southpaw

by Brandon Hobson • 2025

When a Native boy vanishes from juvenile hall, his rival spends decades confessing his envy.

3.05

500+

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🎨 Artist Rivalry 🔒 Juvenile Detention 💔 Institutional Trauma

The Devil Is a Southpaw

When a Native boy vanishes from juvenile hall, his rival spends decades confessing his envy.

by Brandon Hobson 2025 352 pages

3.05

500+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🎨 Artist Rivalry 🔒 Juvenile Detention 💔 Institutional Trauma

The Secret Marriage

by Mikayla Davids • 2025

A bride discovers her husband's first wife still wears his ring and wants her life back.

3.77

1k+

🏚️ Farmhouse Gothic 🤫 Domestic Thriller 👰 Bigamy 💔 First Wife's Revenge 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Secret Marriage

A bride discovers her husband's first wife still wears his ring and wants her life back.

by Mikayla Davids 2025 295 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Farmhouse Gothic 🤫 Domestic Thriller 👰 Bigamy 💔 First Wife's Revenge 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Hot Rock

by Donald E. Westlake • 1970

After stealing a priceless emerald, a crew of thieves chases the vanishing stone across New York.

3.95

7k+

💰 Heist Caper 💎 Cursed Treasure 🧠 Reluctant Mastermind 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Hot Rock

After stealing a priceless emerald, a crew of thieves chases the vanishing stone across New York.

by Donald E. Westlake 1970 287 pages

3.95

7k+ ratings

💰 Heist Caper 💎 Cursed Treasure 🧠 Reluctant Mastermind 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy

Hunt Me Darling

by Maree Rose • 2023

An FBI profiler hunting masked killers becomes the center of a deadly game of desire and submission.

3.72

12k+

🌹 Dark Romantic Thriller 🔪 Killer Love Interests 🎭 Masked Stalkers ⚖️ Corrupt Law Enforcement 🔐 Obsessive Possession

Hunt Me Darling

An FBI profiler hunting masked killers becomes the center of a deadly game of desire and submission.

by Maree Rose 2023 345 pages

3.72

12k+ ratings

🌹 Dark Romantic Thriller 🔪 Killer Love Interests 🎭 Masked Stalkers ⚖️ Corrupt Law Enforcement 🔐 Obsessive Possession

Trap Door

by Dreda Say Mitchell • 2020

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

3.73

1k+

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Trap Door

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

by Dreda Say Mitchell 2020 300 pages

3.73

1k+ ratings

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Grace

by A.M. Shine • 2026

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

3.73

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Grace

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

by A.M. Shine 2026 304 pages

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Pieces of Her

by Karin Slaughter • 2018

Her mother killed a diner shooter with ease. Now the secret that surfaces makes Andrea the hunted.

3.83

100k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🔥 Cult Radicalization 🛡️ Witness Protection

Pieces of Her

Her mother killed a diner shooter with ease. Now the secret that surfaces makes Andrea the hunted.

by Karin Slaughter 2018 476 pages

3.83

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🔥 Cult Radicalization 🛡️ Witness Protection

Without Warning

by Reese Knightley • 2019

A traumatized heir and his bodyguard clash as a stalker forces them close enough to fall.

4.16

1k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🧲 Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Without Warning

A traumatized heir and his bodyguard clash as a stalker forces them close enough to fall.

by Reese Knightley 2019 318 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🧲 Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Saoirse

by Charleen Hurtubise • 2026

An American mother in Donegal has a stolen name. Her past is painted into every canvas.

3.94

6k+

📖 Trauma Narrative 🎭 Stolen Identity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Abusive Relationship 🎨 Artist Protagonist

Saoirse

An American mother in Donegal has a stolen name. Her past is painted into every canvas.

by Charleen Hurtubise 2026 256 pages

3.94

6k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Narrative 🎭 Stolen Identity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Abusive Relationship 🎨 Artist Protagonist

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

by Kate Khavari • 2022

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

3.52

23k+

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

by Kate Khavari 2022 262 pages

3.52

23k+ ratings

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Written Off

by Karen McQuestion • 2025

A bestselling author is kidnapped by amateurs whose ransom demand is ignored by her family.

3.98

500+

🖊️ Ghostwriter 🤦 Bungled Crime 🖤 Darkly Comic 🫂 Found Family 📚 Publishing World

Written Off

A bestselling author is kidnapped by amateurs whose ransom demand is ignored by her family.

by Karen McQuestion 2025 280 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

🖊️ Ghostwriter 🤦 Bungled Crime 🖤 Darkly Comic 🫂 Found Family 📚 Publishing World

Cold Heart Creek

by Lisa Regan • 2019

A detective chasing a missing camper uncovers a remote commune where healing masks predation.

4.37

8k+

👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Cult Compound 🌲 Remote Wilderness 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Cold Heart Creek

A detective chasing a missing camper uncovers a remote commune where healing masks predation.

by Lisa Regan 2019 338 pages

4.37

8k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Cult Compound 🌲 Remote Wilderness 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

23k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Kill Creek

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

by Scott Thomas 2017 416 pages

3.75

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Whispers of Dead Girls

by Marlee Bush • 2025

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

3.56

2k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Whispers of Dead Girls

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

by Marlee Bush 2025 368 pages

3.56

2k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

The Ruined Map

by Kōbō Abe • 1967

When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.

3.45

2k+

🖤 Existential Noir 🌃 Japanese Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Obsessive Investigation 🏙️ Urban Alienation

The Ruined Map

When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.

by Kōbō Abe 1967 304 pages

3.45

2k+ ratings

🖤 Existential Noir 🌃 Japanese Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Obsessive Investigation 🏙️ Urban Alienation

Hush Little Girl

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A murdered child with a doll halts her wedding, pulling Quinn into the family's darkest history.

4.51

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤫 Family Secrets 👻 Hidden Child 💔 Detective With Trauma

Hush Little Girl

A murdered child with a doll halts her wedding, pulling Quinn into the family's darkest history.

by Lisa Regan 2021 325 pages

4.51

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤫 Family Secrets 👻 Hidden Child 💔 Detective With Trauma

The Girl Who Was Taken

by Charlie Donlea • 2017

A forensic pathologist searches for her missing sister and uncovers a graveyard of forgotten girls.

4.16

100k+

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🔍 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Girl Who Was Taken

A forensic pathologist searches for her missing sister and uncovers a graveyard of forgotten girls.

by Charlie Donlea 2017 449 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🔍 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2015

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

4.14

18k+

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages 👥 Unlikely Detectives 🌉 San Francisco Setting

Book Scavenger

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2015 354 pages

4.14

18k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages 👥 Unlikely Detectives 🌉 San Francisco Setting

My Best Friend's Wife

by Dina Santorelli • 2025

A wife's snowbound vacation turns lethal after her best friend marries a stranger.

4.20

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love 🚨 Framed For Murder

My Best Friend's Wife

A wife's snowbound vacation turns lethal after her best friend marries a stranger.

by Dina Santorelli 2025 397 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love 🚨 Framed For Murder

Pop Goes the Weasel

by M.J. Arlidge • 2014

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

4.13

28k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pop Goes the Weasel

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2014 426 pages

4.13

28k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

On Her Father's Grave

by Kendra Elliot • 2014

A cop buries her father in small-town Oregon, then a teen dies from an unknown drug.

4.16

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👮 Partners To Lovers 💔 Grieving Daughter

On Her Father's Grave

A cop buries her father in small-town Oregon, then a teen dies from an unknown drug.

by Kendra Elliot 2014 116 pages

4.16

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👮 Partners To Lovers 💔 Grieving Daughter

While Justice Sleeps

by Stacey Abrams • 2021

Guardian of a comatose justice, a law clerk uncovers a White House conspiracy worth killing for.

3.95

45k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 👨‍⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Biotech Thriller 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

While Justice Sleeps

Guardian of a comatose justice, a law clerk uncovers a White House conspiracy worth killing for.

by Stacey Abrams 2021 367 pages

3.95

45k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 👨‍⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Biotech Thriller 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2019

Four young operatives must break into an island prison before thirteen villains free the mastermind.

4.12

9k+

🧩 Puzzle Adventure 🏠 Found Family 🧠 Telepathic Abilities 🧒 Genius Children 🎪 Team Of Misfits

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages

Four young operatives must break into an island prison before thirteen villains free the mastermind.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2019 391 pages

4.12

9k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Adventure 🏠 Found Family 🧠 Telepathic Abilities 🧒 Genius Children 🎪 Team Of Misfits

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors

by Annette Marie • 2020

A psychic con man caught by magic police must help an agent track his empath ex-friend.

4.22

7k+

👮 Magic Police 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🤝 Reluctant Partners 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🏦 Magical Heist

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors

A psychic con man caught by magic police must help an agent track his empath ex-friend.

by Annette Marie 2020 296 pages

4.22

7k+ ratings

👮 Magic Police 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🤝 Reluctant Partners 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🏦 Magical Heist

Dissection of a Murder

by Jo Murray • 2026

A barrister must win a murder trial against her husband while her secret past closes in.

4.09

38k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👀 Mounting Paranoia 🇬🇧 British Legal System 🎭 Dual Identities

Dissection of a Murder

A barrister must win a murder trial against her husband while her secret past closes in.

by Jo Murray 2026 416 pages

4.09

38k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👀 Mounting Paranoia 🇬🇧 British Legal System 🎭 Dual Identities

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019 248 pages

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Run Away

by Harlan Coben • 2019

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

4.06

81k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Run Away

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

by Harlan Coben 2019 384 pages

4.06

81k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Devious Little Liars

by Elle Thorpe • 2020

Her uncle's murder sends her undercover at a rough school, into the orbit of three dangerous boys.

4.17

14k+

🌑 Dark High School Romance 💋 Why Choose Romance 😈 Bully Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Class Divide

Devious Little Liars

Her uncle's murder sends her undercover at a rough school, into the orbit of three dangerous boys.

by Elle Thorpe 2020 335 pages

4.17

14k+ ratings

🌑 Dark High School Romance 💋 Why Choose Romance 😈 Bully Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Class Divide

Ghosts of Belle Isle

by Steven K. Smith • 2014

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Ghosts of Belle Isle

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

by Steven K. Smith 2014 196 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

We Were Never Here

by Andrea Bartz • 2021

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

3.49

100k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

We Were Never Here

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

by Andrea Bartz 2021 304 pages

3.49

100k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

Kelderkind

by Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

359

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Kelderkind

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

by Kristien Dieltiens 2012 485 pages

3.81

359 ratings

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Nomad

by S.M. West • 2022

A drifter returns for a hidden locket, dragging his ex into his uncle's deadly diamond hunt.

4.13

166

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💎 Hidden Treasure 🔐 Family Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero

Nomad

A drifter returns for a hidden locket, dragging his ex into his uncle's deadly diamond hunt.

by S.M. West 2022

4.13

166 ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💎 Hidden Treasure 🔐 Family Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero

Woman with a Gun

by Phillip Margolin • 2014

A failed novelist reopens the murder behind a Pulitzer-winning photo of a bride with a gun.

3.72

2k+

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Watch Her Disappear

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Love Me Tomorrow

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

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3.75

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The Imposter

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