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Ragdoll Summary

by Daniel Cole 2017 384 pages

Hidden Bodies Summary

by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages

Mystery Thriller

Desert Star Summary

by Michael Connelly 2022 400 pages

Before I Go to Sleep Summary

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson 2011 359 pages

The Tell-Tale Heart Summary

The Tell-Tale Heart

by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages

Orphan X Summary

by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 367 pages

Mystery Thriller

Digital Fortress Summary

Digital Fortress

by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages

All the Sinners Bleed Summary

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby 2023 338 pages

Mystery Thriller

The da Vinci Code Summary

The da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown 2003 489 pages

Mystery Thriller

Samsara Summary

Enter the Valley of the Gods

by Saksham Garg 2022 298 pages

Indian Literature

The Devil in the White City Summary

The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages

The Butterfly Garden Summary

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages

Magic Hour Summary

by Kristin Hannah 2006 451 pages

Count My Lies Summary

by Sophie Stava 2025 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

Wild Dark Shore Summary

Wild Dark Shore

by Charlotte McConaghy 2025 298 pages

The Turn of the Key Summary

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware 2019 337 pages

Mystery Thriller

Smilla's Sense of Snow Summary

Smilla's Sense of Snow

by Peter Høeg 1992 480 pages

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Summary

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson 2005 480 pages

The Bourne Identity Summary

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum 1980 566 pages

Night Film Summary

by Marisha Pessl 2013 640 pages

The Name of the Rose Summary

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages

Historical Fiction

I Know What You Did Last Summer Summary

I Know What You Did Last Summer

by Lois Duncan 1973 199 pages

The Cabin Summary

by Natasha Preston 2016 327 pages

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages

Ordinary Grace Summary

by William Kent Krueger 2013 307 pages

Historical Fiction

The Life We Bury Summary

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens 2014 304 pages

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Summary

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein 2013 304 pages

Annihilation Summary

by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 195 pages

Science Fiction

Saving Noah Summary

by Lucinda Berry 2017 259 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Maid Summary

by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages

Along Came a Spider Summary

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson 1993 449 pages

Everything I Never Told You Summary

Everything I Never Told You

by Celeste Ng 2014 297 pages

A Study in Drowning Summary

A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid 2023 378 pages

Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages

One of Us Is Dead Summary

One of Us Is Dead

by Jeneva Rose 2022 312 pages

Mystery Thriller

Stormbreaker Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2000 256 pages

Perfume Summary

The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages

Historical Fiction

Just Another Missing Person Summary

Just Another Missing Person

by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Recruit Summary

by Robert Muchamore 2004 342 pages

The Intruder Summary

by Freida McFadden 2025 288 pages

Mystery Thriller

Strange Pictures Summary

Strange Pictures

by Uketsu 2022 236 pages

The Shards Summary

by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages

The Mysterious Benedict Society Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007 486 pages

Nightwatching Summary

by Tracy Sierra 2024 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

Career of Evil Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages

A World of Curiosities Summary

A World of Curiosities

by Louise Penny 2022 390 pages

Truly, Devious Summary

by Maureen Johnson 2018 416 pages

Mystery Thriller

She's Not Sorry Summary

She's Not Sorry

by Mary Kubica 2024 330 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Great Deliverance Summary

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages

Mystery Thriller

Fever Beach Summary

by Carl Hiaasen 2025 368 pages

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