Best Suspense Books | Summaries & Audio

Suspense Book Summaries

The Hitchcock Hotel

by Stephanie Wrobel • 2024

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

3.59

11k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

The Hitchcock Hotel

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

by Stephanie Wrobel 2024 352 pages

3.59

11k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

Horror Movie

by Paul Tremblay • 2024

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

3.25

52k+

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Horror Movie

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

by Paul Tremblay 2024 277 pages

3.25

52k+ ratings

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Cut and Run

by Fern Michaels • 2019

When a wealthy widow is kidnapped in Spain, her friends deploy every weapon they have.

4.41

4k+

🦸 Vigilante Justice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hostage Rescue 🌄 Rural Spain 💔 Estranged Heirs

Cut and Run

When a wealthy widow is kidnapped in Spain, her friends deploy every weapon they have.

by Fern Michaels 2019 224 pages

4.41

4k+ ratings

🦸 Vigilante Justice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hostage Rescue 🌄 Rural Spain 💔 Estranged Heirs

Sanguine Summer

by Abe Moss • 2025

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

4.03

500+

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Sanguine Summer

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

by Abe Moss 2025 402 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Crux Untamed

by Tillie Cole • 2018

Scarred, she hides from a cartel in her brother's outlaw club, falling for two damaged bikers.

4.30

8k+

🏍️ MC Romance 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🤝 Interracial Romance 🥀 Scarred Heroine 🔫 Cartel Violence

Crux Untamed

Scarred, she hides from a cartel in her brother's outlaw club, falling for two damaged bikers.

by Tillie Cole 2018 256 pages

4.30

8k+ ratings

🏍️ MC Romance 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🤝 Interracial Romance 🥀 Scarred Heroine 🔫 Cartel Violence

In Plain Sight

by Fern Michaels • 2015

She escaped her billionaire husband's abuse. A tabloid just told him where to find her.

4.30

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Domestic Abuse Escape 🏡 Gilded Cage 🤝 Women Helping Women 🎭 Cathartic Revenge

In Plain Sight

She escaped her billionaire husband's abuse. A tabloid just told him where to find her.

by Fern Michaels 2015 286 pages

4.30

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Domestic Abuse Escape 🏡 Gilded Cage 🤝 Women Helping Women 🎭 Cathartic Revenge

The English Spy

by Daniel Silva • 2015

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

4.22

32k+

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death 🐻 Russian Intelligence 🕵️ Reluctant Spy Hero

The English Spy

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

by Daniel Silva 2015 484 pages

4.22

32k+ ratings

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death 🐻 Russian Intelligence 🕵️ Reluctant Spy Hero

Ride or Die

by Sheridan Anne • 2020

She joins a rival gang for protection, falling for the leader makes her a target.

4.44

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🍼 Unplanned Pregnancy 🤝 Found Family

Ride or Die

She joins a rival gang for protection, falling for the leader makes her a target.

by Sheridan Anne 2020 364 pages

4.44

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🍼 Unplanned Pregnancy 🤝 Found Family

The Midnight Knock

by John Fram • 2025

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

3.34

1k+

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Midnight Knock

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

by John Fram 2025 416 pages

3.34

1k+ ratings

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

Corrode

by Sarah Bailey • 2021

A murder binds her to four dangerous men. Amnesia took her away. Memory brings her back.

4.08

14k+

🖤 Friends To Lovers 💔 Amnesia Romance 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🐺 Primal Play ⛓️ Abduction Captivity

Corrode

A murder binds her to four dangerous men. Amnesia took her away. Memory brings her back.

by Sarah Bailey 2021 384 pages

4.08

14k+ ratings

🖤 Friends To Lovers 💔 Amnesia Romance 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🐺 Primal Play ⛓️ Abduction Captivity

Wild Hunger

by Suzanne Wright • 2018

A half-wolf sculptor meets her fated mate while uncovering the truth behind her parents' deaths.

4.21

12k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero 🎭 Half-Breed Heroine 🏠 Found Family

Wild Hunger

A half-wolf sculptor meets her fated mate while uncovering the truth behind her parents' deaths.

by Suzanne Wright 2018 317 pages

4.21

12k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero 🎭 Half-Breed Heroine 🏠 Found Family

The Key

by Kathryn Hughes • 2018

An abandoned asylum, a librarian finds a baby's jacket and a note about a lost child.

4.27

19k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏥 Asylum Fiction 💔 Forbidden Romance 👶 Lost Child 🔍 Family Secrets

The Key

An abandoned asylum, a librarian finds a baby's jacket and a note about a lost child.

by Kathryn Hughes 2018 432 pages

4.27

19k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏥 Asylum Fiction 💔 Forbidden Romance 👶 Lost Child 🔍 Family Secrets

When He’s Dark

by Suzanne Wright • 2020

Marked for a sadistic killer, she finds her protector in a wolverine who has already lost one mate.

4.04

13k+

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 🦁 Shifter Pride 🐱 Omega Heroine 🖤 Brooding Protector

When He’s Dark

Marked for a sadistic killer, she finds her protector in a wolverine who has already lost one mate.

by Suzanne Wright 2020 276 pages

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 🦁 Shifter Pride 🐱 Omega Heroine 🖤 Brooding Protector

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

4k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo 🤫 Small Town Conspiracy 🎭 Satirical Mystery

Suburban Dicks

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021 400 pages

3.91

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo 🤫 Small Town Conspiracy 🎭 Satirical Mystery

Final Strike

by Jeff Wheeler • 2024

A Maya sorcerer's plague. A family hiding. A daughter's magic is the world's only shield.

4.48

2k+

🐆 Maya Mythology 🔮 Modern Magic 🕯️ Ancient Cult 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond ✨ Chosen One Daughter

Final Strike

A Maya sorcerer's plague. A family hiding. A daughter's magic is the world's only shield.

by Jeff Wheeler 2024 350 pages

4.48

2k+ ratings

🐆 Maya Mythology 🔮 Modern Magic 🕯️ Ancient Cult 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond ✨ Chosen One Daughter

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

by Andy Marino • 2021

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

3.04

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

by Andy Marino 2021 304 pages

3.04

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

The Weekenders

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2016

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

3.76

40k+

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery ❤️ Second Chance Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing

The Weekenders

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2016 464 pages

3.76

40k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery ❤️ Second Chance Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing

Grave Deception

by Kathy Lockheart • 2023

Amnesia after a near-fatal fall. A killer closing in. Her only hope: the detective next door.

4.22

2k+

🤔 Amnesia 💀 Touch Her And Die 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Detective Hero 🔒 Family Secrets

Grave Deception

Amnesia after a near-fatal fall. A killer closing in. Her only hope: the detective next door.

by Kathy Lockheart 2023 372 pages

4.22

2k+ ratings

🤔 Amnesia 💀 Touch Her And Die 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Detective Hero 🔒 Family Secrets

Four

by Sara Cate • 2021

A mafia heiress, orphaned by murder, trades herself to three killers for the vengeance she craves.

3.76

12k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏚️ Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Four

A mafia heiress, orphaned by murder, trades herself to three killers for the vengeance she craves.

by Sara Cate 2021 310 pages

3.76

12k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏚️ Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Destiny Mine

by Anna Zaires • 2018

Her husband's killer holds her captive. His obsession is absolute. Her body won't stop wanting him.

4.22

5k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🗡️ Assassin Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Destiny Mine

Her husband's killer holds her captive. His obsession is absolute. Her body won't stop wanting him.

by Anna Zaires 2018 408 pages

4.22

5k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🗡️ Assassin Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

38k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Dead in the Water

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026 401 pages

3.86

38k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene • 1958

A Havana vacuum salesman invents spy reports for cash, then his made-up agents start dying.

3.94

41k+

🎭 Spy Farce 🕴️ Accidental Spy 🖤 Dark Comedy 🇨🇺 1950s Cuba 🕵️ Cold War Intrigue

Our Man in Havana

A Havana vacuum salesman invents spy reports for cash, then his made-up agents start dying.

by Graham Greene 1958 220 pages

3.94

41k+ ratings

🎭 Spy Farce 🕴️ Accidental Spy 🖤 Dark Comedy 🇨🇺 1950s Cuba 🕵️ Cold War Intrigue

You're Next

by Kylie Schachte • 2020

Her ex-girlfriend's murder sends a teen sleuth into a secret fight club where power kills.

3.77

1k+

🔍 Teen Sleuth 🔒 Secret Society 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist ❄️ Cold Case

You're Next

Her ex-girlfriend's murder sends a teen sleuth into a secret fight club where power kills.

by Kylie Schachte 2020 480 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Sleuth 🔒 Secret Society 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist ❄️ Cold Case

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A journalist and a hacker reopen a cold case and expose a state conspiracy of abuse.

4.48

57k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ State Conspiracy 💔 Trauma Survivor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

A journalist and a hacker reopen a cold case and expose a state conspiracy of abuse.

by Stieg Larsson 2005 570 pages

4.48

57k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ State Conspiracy 💔 Trauma Survivor

Inside Man

by John McMahon • 2026

His informant murdered, a pattern-obsessed FBI agent must stop a militia and a serial killer.

4.06

4k+

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Misfit Team

Inside Man

His informant murdered, a pattern-obsessed FBI agent must stop a militia and a serial killer.

by John McMahon 2026 390 pages

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Misfit Team

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004 544 pages

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

Graves & Griggs

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A life debt forces two polyamorous mercenary families under one roof for Christmas.

4.40

2k+

🔫 Mercenary Romance 🏠 Polyamorous Family 💕 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die ❄️ Forced Proximity

Graves & Griggs

A life debt forces two polyamorous mercenary families under one roof for Christmas.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025 199 pages

4.40

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mercenary Romance 🏠 Polyamorous Family 💕 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die ❄️ Forced Proximity

The Journal of a Thousand Years

by C.J. Archer • 2025

A magical journal reveals her bloodline, making her the weakness of the man his enemies hunt.

4.24

6k+

🧻 Paper Magic 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance 🏙️ Postwar London 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Journal of a Thousand Years

A magical journal reveals her bloodline, making her the weakness of the man his enemies hunt.

by C.J. Archer 2025 278 pages

4.24

6k+ ratings

🧻 Paper Magic 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance 🏙️ Postwar London 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Rumble and the Glory

by J.A. Huss • 2024

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

4.25

500+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Rumble and the Glory

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

by J.A. Huss 2024 401 pages

4.25

500+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Pretty Broken Dolls

by Ker Dukey • 2017

A captive chooses to stay between two monsters, until an old betrayal comes for blood.

4.16

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🥊 Underground Fights 💔 Trauma Bonding

Pretty Broken Dolls

A captive chooses to stay between two monsters, until an old betrayal comes for blood.

by Ker Dukey 2017 205 pages

4.16

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🥊 Underground Fights 💔 Trauma Bonding

Once a Myth

by Pepper Winters • 2020

On a billionaire's private island, one captive's refusal to break becomes her captor's obsession.

4.04

8k+

⛓️ Captor Captive 💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 High Heat 🏝️ Private Island

Once a Myth

On a billionaire's private island, one captive's refusal to break becomes her captor's obsession.

by Pepper Winters 2020 261 pages

4.04

8k+ ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive 💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 High Heat 🏝️ Private Island

Twice a Wish

by Pepper Winters • 2020

Sold into captivity on a private island, her defiance ignites her captor's ruinous obsession.

4.27

5k+

🔗 Captive Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔥 Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

Twice a Wish

Sold into captivity on a private island, her defiance ignites her captor's ruinous obsession.

by Pepper Winters 2020 270 pages

4.27

5k+ ratings

🔗 Captive Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔥 Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Thorns

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2025 392 pages

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

Imposter

by Tate James • 2018

A slum thief, mistaken for a noble, must survive a bridal competition where losers are poisoned.

4.16

10k+

🔪 Deadly Competition 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗡️ Thief Heroine 💔 Forbidden Romance 📚 Tutor Romance

Imposter

A slum thief, mistaken for a noble, must survive a bridal competition where losers are poisoned.

by Tate James 2018 330 pages

4.16

10k+ ratings

🔪 Deadly Competition 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗡️ Thief Heroine 💔 Forbidden Romance 📚 Tutor Romance

Murder at Twilight

by Fleur Hitchcock • 2018

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

3.86

318

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

Murder at Twilight

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

by Fleur Hitchcock 2018 256 pages

3.86

318 ratings

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

Kingly Bitten

by Lexi C. Foss • 2021

A vampire king captures a hybrid bred for slavery. Their bond could ignite an immortal revolution.

4.36

1k+

👑 Reluctant King 🔗 Captive Romance 🏰 Vampire Court Intrigue 💫 Soul Bond Romance 🫂 Found Family

Kingly Bitten

A vampire king captures a hybrid bred for slavery. Their bond could ignite an immortal revolution.

by Lexi C. Foss 2021 428 pages

4.36

1k+ ratings

👑 Reluctant King 🔗 Captive Romance 🏰 Vampire Court Intrigue 💫 Soul Bond Romance 🫂 Found Family

The Guilt Trip

by Sandie Jones • 2021

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

3.41

36k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Friend Group Drama

The Guilt Trip

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

by Sandie Jones 2021 320 pages

3.41

36k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Friend Group Drama

Little Ghosts

by Gregg Dunnett • 2023

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

4.18

6k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Little Ghosts

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

by Gregg Dunnett 2023 426 pages

4.18

6k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Allegedly

by Tiffany D. Jackson • 2017

Convicted at nine of killing a baby, a pregnant teen fights the system for her child.

4.02

84k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Wrongfully Accused 🏠 Foster Care System 💔 Mother-Daughter Trauma

Allegedly

Convicted at nine of killing a baby, a pregnant teen fights the system for her child.

by Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 390 pages

4.02

84k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Wrongfully Accused 🏠 Foster Care System 💔 Mother-Daughter Trauma

The Bandit

by B.B. Reid • 2016

Desperate, a single mother robs a crime lord. Her captor: the boy she once loved.

4.03

5k+

🔗 Captive Captor Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Childhood Connection 👩‍👦 Single Mother 👑 Crime Family

The Bandit

Desperate, a single mother robs a crime lord. Her captor: the boy she once loved.

by B.B. Reid 2016 354 pages

4.03

5k+ ratings

🔗 Captive Captor Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Childhood Connection 👩‍👦 Single Mother 👑 Crime Family

Chaos

by Sarah Bailey • 2021

An amnesiac is caught between four dark protectors and a family that demands she destroy them.

4.11

16k+

👤 Amnesia Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 🖤 Possessive Heroes 🚬 Morally Gray Men ⛓️ Trauma Bonding

Chaos

An amnesiac is caught between four dark protectors and a family that demands she destroy them.

by Sarah Bailey 2021 422 pages

4.11

16k+ ratings

👤 Amnesia Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 🖤 Possessive Heroes 🚬 Morally Gray Men ⛓️ Trauma Bonding

No More Mr. Nice Guy

by Remington Kane • 2017

His father faked his death and kidnapped his family. The rescue demands a darkness he buried.

4.55

500+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🚨 Family Abduction 🚁 Rescue Mission 🕶️ Black Ops 💀 Cartel Violence

No More Mr. Nice Guy

His father faked his death and kidnapped his family. The rescue demands a darkness he buried.

by Remington Kane 2017 168 pages

4.55

500+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🚨 Family Abduction 🚁 Rescue Mission 🕶️ Black Ops 💀 Cartel Violence

The Bishop's Pawn

by Steve Berry • 2018

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

4.03

10k+

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy 👔 Rogue FBI Agents ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Bishop's Pawn

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

by Steve Berry 2018 352 pages

4.03

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy 👔 Rogue FBI Agents ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

4k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

In the Best Families

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950 272 pages

4.30

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

The Neighbor Two Doors Down

by H.K. Christie • 2023

A woman fleeing her past discovers her new neighbor is the man who kidnapped her sister.

3.77

4k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⛓️ Captive For Years 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Neighbor Two Doors Down

A woman fleeing her past discovers her new neighbor is the man who kidnapped her sister.

by H.K. Christie 2023 237 pages

3.77

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⛓️ Captive For Years 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The 14th Colony

by Steve Berry • 2016

A former spy races to stop a Soviet sleeper from nuking the inauguration.

4.07

13k+

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Sleeper Agent ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism 🔮 Secret Society ⚖️ Constitutional Crisis

The 14th Colony

A former spy races to stop a Soviet sleeper from nuking the inauguration.

by Steve Berry 2016 450 pages

4.07

13k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Sleeper Agent ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism 🔮 Secret Society ⚖️ Constitutional Crisis

Bought by Santa

by B. Lybaek • 2024

A desperate woman witnesses a mob heir's Christmas killing. His price for her silence: an heir.

3.44

2k+

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Bought by Santa

A desperate woman witnesses a mob heir's Christmas killing. His price for her silence: an heir.

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3.44

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The Kingdoms of Savannah

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A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

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The Kingdoms of Savannah

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

by George Dawes Green 2022 304 pages

3.68

6k+ ratings

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One

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One

A forensic pathologist craves blood. A psychopath craves him. A serial killer wants them both dead.

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4.01

3k+ ratings

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Change Agent

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An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

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Change Agent

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

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3.98

8k+ ratings

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