Best Mystery Books | Summaries & Audio

Mystery Book Summaries

Love Me Not

by M.J. Arlidge • 2017

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

4.13

14k+

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing 🔪 Killer Duo 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Love Me Not

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2017 368 pages

4.13

14k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing 🔪 Killer Duo 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

The Imposter

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

3.89

6k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 🏘️ Suburban Paranoia

The Imposter

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

by Adriane Leigh 2024 248 pages

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 🏘️ Suburban Paranoia

Save Her Soul

by Lisa Regan • 2020

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

4.36

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Haunted Detective 🏭 Rust Belt Noir

Save Her Soul

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

by Lisa Regan 2020 284 pages

4.36

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Haunted Detective 🏭 Rust Belt Noir

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie • 1950

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

4.01

88k+

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

A Murder Is Announced

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages

4.01

88k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Tough Sh*t

by Sheridan Anne • 2020

He's the cruel king of an all-boys school; she's the maid's daughter who refuses to kneel.

4.17

4k+

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Possessive Hero 🖇️ Trauma Bonding 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Tough Sh*t

He's the cruel king of an all-boys school; she's the maid's daughter who refuses to kneel.

by Sheridan Anne 2020 446 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Possessive Hero 🖇️ Trauma Bonding 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Kill For You

by Lisa Regan • 2013

An FBI profiler tracks a serial killer whose every victim is someone from her own life.

4.36

5k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🕵️ Fbi Profiling 🏠 Killer Next Door 👁️ Protective Stalker 👯 Dead Twin Mystery

Kill For You

An FBI profiler tracks a serial killer whose every victim is someone from her own life.

by Lisa Regan 2013 323 pages

4.36

5k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🕵️ Fbi Profiling 🏠 Killer Next Door 👁️ Protective Stalker 👯 Dead Twin Mystery

Cat And Mouse

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

4.21

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

Cat And Mouse

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022 400 pages

4.21

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

The Serial Killer’s Daughter

by Alice Hunter • 2022

A serial killer's daughter with blackouts is the prime suspect when her husband's lover vanishes.

3.81

8k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🦋 Daughter Of A Killer 🔪 Copycat Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator

The Serial Killer’s Daughter

A serial killer's daughter with blackouts is the prime suspect when her husband's lover vanishes.

by Alice Hunter 2022 392 pages

3.81

8k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🦋 Daughter Of A Killer 🔪 Copycat Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator

We Fell Apart

by E. Lockhart • 2025

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

3.54

23k+

🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

We Fell Apart

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

by E. Lockhart 2025 320 pages

3.54

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Invite

by A.J. McDine • 2022

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

3.86

2k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Invite

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

by A.J. McDine 2022 324 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

New Girl in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

4.40

12k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

New Girl in the Falls

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

by Elle Gray 2023 244 pages

4.40

12k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Truth or Dare

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.

4.18

9k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🛋️ Therapist Villain 👮 Police Corruption 🌊 Coastal Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Truth or Dare

A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022 480 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🛋️ Therapist Villain 👮 Police Corruption 🌊 Coastal Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Boy's Life

by Robert McCammon • 1991

A boy watches a murdered stranger sink into a lake, and his father begins to break.

4.41

42k+

🌲 Small-Town Mystery 🎠 Childhood Horror 👁️ Witness To A Crime 🕵️ Hidden Nazi Past 👦 Boyhood Friendships

Boy's Life

A boy watches a murdered stranger sink into a lake, and his father begins to break.

by Robert McCammon 1991 627 pages

4.41

42k+ ratings

🌲 Small-Town Mystery 🎠 Childhood Horror 👁️ Witness To A Crime 🕵️ Hidden Nazi Past 👦 Boyhood Friendships

Echoes

by A.M. Caplan • 2020

After a dark road collision, a man dies in her arms and then vanishes.

4.04

500+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Hidden Immortals ⚔️ Centuries-Old Feud 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Echoes

After a dark road collision, a man dies in her arms and then vanishes.

by A.M. Caplan 2020 280 pages

4.04

500+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Hidden Immortals ⚔️ Centuries-Old Feud 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

An Inconvenient Duke

by Anna Harrington • 2020

A duke's hunt for his sister's killer hinges on the woman running a secret rescue network.

3.72

1k+

💪 Activist Heroine 🛡️ Wounded Warrior Hero 🕊️ Secret Rescue Network 🎭 Ballroom Intrigue 💔 Grief And Healing

An Inconvenient Duke

A duke's hunt for his sister's killer hinges on the woman running a secret rescue network.

by Anna Harrington 2020 384 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

💪 Activist Heroine 🛡️ Wounded Warrior Hero 🕊️ Secret Rescue Network 🎭 Ballroom Intrigue 💔 Grief And Healing

Five Found Dead

by Sulari Gentill • 2025

On the Orient Express, a vanished man and a fake outbreak trap two siblings with a killer.

3.37

4k+

📦 Locked Room Mystery 🚂 Luxury Train Setting 🎭 Ensemble Mystery 👵 Elderly Killers 📚 Metafictional Thriller

Five Found Dead

On the Orient Express, a vanished man and a fake outbreak trap two siblings with a killer.

by Sulari Gentill 2025 304 pages

3.37

4k+ ratings

📦 Locked Room Mystery 🚂 Luxury Train Setting 🎭 Ensemble Mystery 👵 Elderly Killers 📚 Metafictional Thriller

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

3k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017 325 pages

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

Curtain

by Agatha Christie • 1975

Poirot, dying at Styles, hunts a killer who has never wielded a weapon: only words.

4.10

51k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle 🎭 Master Manipulator 🕯️ Murder By Proxy 👁️ Naive Narrator

Curtain

Poirot, dying at Styles, hunts a killer who has never wielded a weapon: only words.

by Agatha Christie 1975 215 pages

4.10

51k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle 🎭 Master Manipulator 🕯️ Murder By Proxy 👁️ Naive Narrator

The Girl Who Dared to Lead

by Bella Forrest • 2018

Her mother murdered, a new champion hunts a face-stealing conspiracy inside a sealed tower.

4.29

4k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family 💻 AI Love Interest 🕵️ Political Conspiracy

The Girl Who Dared to Lead

Her mother murdered, a new champion hunts a face-stealing conspiracy inside a sealed tower.

by Bella Forrest 2018 406 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family 💻 AI Love Interest 🕵️ Political Conspiracy

The Necromancer's Dance

by S.J. Himes • 2016

Boston's last necromancer and an ancient vampire must survive a plot that could destroy them both.

4.15

6k+

💀 Necromancy 🔗 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

The Necromancer's Dance

Boston's last necromancer and an ancient vampire must survive a plot that could destroy them both.

by S.J. Himes 2016 238 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

💀 Necromancy 🔗 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

The Apprentice

by Tess Gerritsen • 2002

A copycat killer forces husbands to watch. The detective hunting him barely survived the original.

4.14

73k+

🔪 Serial Killer 📋 Copycat Killer 🔬 Forensic Science 👮 Police Procedural 👩‍💼 Female Detective

The Apprentice

A copycat killer forces husbands to watch. The detective hunting him barely survived the original.

by Tess Gerritsen 2002 376 pages

4.14

73k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 📋 Copycat Killer 🔬 Forensic Science 👮 Police Procedural 👩‍💼 Female Detective

A Better Man

by Louise Penny • 2019

Amid a flood, a demoted detective seeks a missing pregnant woman while online attacks destroy him.

4.30

75k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮‍♂️ Police Procedural 🌪️ Social Media Storm 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

A Better Man

Amid a flood, a demoted detective seeks a missing pregnant woman while online attacks destroy him.

by Louise Penny 2019 437 pages

4.30

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮‍♂️ Police Procedural 🌪️ Social Media Storm 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

Lyla, In The Flesh

by Nick Roberts • 2026

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

4.08

1k+

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Lyla, In The Flesh

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

by Nick Roberts 2026 292 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Sea Lord

by Bernard Cornwell • 1989

A sailor returns to a family that blames him for a stolen painting; a killer stalks.

4.06

2k+

🌊 Nautical Suspense 🖼️ Art Heist 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Rivalry 🗡️ Friend Betrayal

Sea Lord

A sailor returns to a family that blames him for a stolen painting; a killer stalks.

by Bernard Cornwell 1989 320 pages

4.06

2k+ ratings

🌊 Nautical Suspense 🖼️ Art Heist 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Rivalry 🗡️ Friend Betrayal

2nd Chance

by James Patterson • 2005

A child murdered outside church. Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer tracks a sniper targeting cops' families.

4.09

100k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️‍♀️ Women Sleuths 💪 Female Friendship 🎭 Red Herring

2nd Chance

A child murdered outside church. Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer tracks a sniper targeting cops' families.

by James Patterson 2005 400 pages

4.09

100k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️‍♀️ Women Sleuths 💪 Female Friendship 🎭 Red Herring

Heart of Gold

by Michael Pryor • 2007

A magician with a fractured soul hunts a stolen relic as a city's people become soulless beasts.

4.13

500+

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Political Intrigue 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🌍 Alternate Europe

Heart of Gold

A magician with a fractured soul hunts a stolen relic as a city's people become soulless beasts.

by Michael Pryor 2007 488 pages

4.13

500+ ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Political Intrigue 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🌍 Alternate Europe

Hold Still

by Lisa Regan • 2014

A Philadelphia detective tracks a sadist crucifying women, driven by her own sister's unsolved rape.

4.31

12k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💔 Generational Trauma 👯 Sister Bond

Hold Still

A Philadelphia detective tracks a sadist crucifying women, driven by her own sister's unsolved rape.

by Lisa Regan 2014 380 pages

4.31

12k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💔 Generational Trauma 👯 Sister Bond

Little Boy Blue

by M.J. Arlidge • 2016

A detective's secret life cracks open when the murder victim is her former dominator.

4.19

16k+

🕵️ Police Procedural ⛓️ Bdsm Subculture 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🗡️ Revenge Vendetta 🎭 Undercover Operation

Little Boy Blue

A detective's secret life cracks open when the murder victim is her former dominator.

by M.J. Arlidge 2016 380 pages

4.19

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Police Procedural ⛓️ Bdsm Subculture 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🗡️ Revenge Vendetta 🎭 Undercover Operation

On a Quiet Street

by Seraphina Nova Glass • 2022

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

4.11

100k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

On a Quiet Street

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

by Seraphina Nova Glass 2022 302 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019 437 pages

3.54

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

This Is Not a Game

by Kelly Mullen • 2025

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

3.41

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

This Is Not a Game

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

by Kelly Mullen 2025 320 pages

3.41

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

The Bride Wore Constant White

by Shelley Adina • 2018

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

4.09

351

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Bride Wore Constant White

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2018 270 pages

4.09

351 ratings

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Last One

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023 448 pages

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

Indelible

by Karin Slaughter • 2004

A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.

4.15

61k+

🖤 Southern Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💀 Medical Examiner Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💊 Meth Underworld

Indelible

A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.

by Karin Slaughter 2004 384 pages

4.15

61k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💀 Medical Examiner Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💊 Meth Underworld

The Girl Who Dared to Rise

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

4.34

4k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Girl Who Dared to Rise

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

by Bella Forrest 2017 402 pages

4.34

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Creeping Shadow

by Jonathan Stroud • 2016

A psychic loner rejoins her old team to stop a terrifying shadow that stirs the dead.

4.52

32k+

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔮 Psychic Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies ❤️‍🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Creeping Shadow

A psychic loner rejoins her old team to stop a terrifying shadow that stirs the dead.

by Jonathan Stroud 2016 445 pages

4.52

32k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔮 Psychic Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies ❤️‍🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Hide and Seek

by M.J. Arlidge • 2016

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective races to unmask the serial killer stalking her fellow inmates.

4.27

16k+

🚺 Women's Prison ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👼 Angel Of Death Killer 🕯️ Ritualistic Murders 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

Hide and Seek

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective races to unmask the serial killer stalking her fellow inmates.

by M.J. Arlidge 2016 368 pages

4.27

16k+ ratings

🚺 Women's Prison ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👼 Angel Of Death Killer 🕯️ Ritualistic Murders 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

The Matchmaker Wore Mars Yellow

by Shelley Adina • 2019

Two sisters hunt their missing father in a lawless mining town until their landlady is murdered.

4.29

199

⚙️ Steampunk Western 🔍 Amateur Detective 🏠 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond 🤲 Secret Sisterhood

The Matchmaker Wore Mars Yellow

Two sisters hunt their missing father in a lawless mining town until their landlady is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2019 300 pages

4.29

199 ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Western 🔍 Amateur Detective 🏠 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond 🤲 Secret Sisterhood

Darkwater Lane

by Rachel Caine • 2025

A podcast revives her past as a serial killer's wife. Then her enemies are murdered with his bones.

4.36

6k+

🩸 Serial Killer Aftermath 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐻 Protective Mother 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

Darkwater Lane

A podcast revives her past as a serial killer's wife. Then her enemies are murdered with his bones.

by Rachel Caine 2025 380 pages

4.36

6k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Aftermath 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐻 Protective Mother 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

100k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017 400 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

6k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale 🏰 Haunted Castle ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Death of a Ghost

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017 272 pages

3.78

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale 🏰 Haunted Castle ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

I Was Anastasia

by Ariel Lawhon • 2018

From an asylum, she claims to be Anastasia, the Romanov who survived. Proving it takes decades.

3.70

39k+

⏳ Dual Timeline 👑 Royal Impostor 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🇷🇺 Imperial Russia 🧠 Trauma And Memory

I Was Anastasia

From an asylum, she claims to be Anastasia, the Romanov who survived. Proving it takes decades.

by Ariel Lawhon 2018

3.70

39k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 👑 Royal Impostor 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🇷🇺 Imperial Russia 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Engineer Wore Venetian Red

by Shelley Adina • 2020

Two sisters search steampunk San Francisco for their father and find a deadly plot beneath the city.

4.32

185

🕰️ Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond ⚙️ Engineer Heroine 🗡️ Political Conspiracy

The Engineer Wore Venetian Red

Two sisters search steampunk San Francisco for their father and find a deadly plot beneath the city.

by Shelley Adina 2020 247 pages

4.32

185 ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond ⚙️ Engineer Heroine 🗡️ Political Conspiracy

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The New Wife

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021 237 pages

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

Lexicon

by Max Barry • 2013

She was taught that words can control anyone. He was proof that they were wrong.

3.90

40k+

🗣️ Linguistic Thriller 🕵️ Secret Society 🧠 Mind Control 🔍 Amnesia Mystery 🏫 Underground Academy

Lexicon

She was taught that words can control anyone. He was proof that they were wrong.

by Max Barry 2013 390 pages

3.90

40k+ ratings

🗣️ Linguistic Thriller 🕵️ Secret Society 🧠 Mind Control 🔍 Amnesia Mystery 🏫 Underground Academy

The Missing Ones

by A.R. Torre • 2026

Three wives thought they buried the past until a bone surfaced on the golf course.

3.64

13k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🪦 Faked Death 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

The Missing Ones

Three wives thought they buried the past until a bone surfaced on the golf course.

by A.R. Torre 2026 297 pages

3.64

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A storm unearths bones at a seaside estate, reopening the cold case of a vanished heiress.

4.17

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The Lost Heiress

A storm unearths bones at a seaside estate, reopening the cold case of a vanished heiress.

by Elizabeth Klehfoth 2025 387 pages

4.17

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💰 Class Divides

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A damaged detective hunts an arsonist turning Southampton to ash, one family at a time.

4.11

18k+

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Liar Liar

A damaged detective hunts an arsonist turning Southampton to ash, one family at a time.

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4.11

18k+ ratings

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4.03

95k+

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Five Little Pigs

A woman asks Poirot to prove her mother innocent of murder, sixteen years after the execution.

by Agatha Christie 1942 216 pages

4.03

95k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery 🗣️ Conflicting Testimonies 🎨 Artist And Muse

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3.91

2k+

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Anarchy Found

A detective collides with a superhuman vigilante who holds her lost past and a dangerous bond.

by J.A. Huss 2015 396 pages

3.91

2k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Experimentation 💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

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