Best Suspense Books | Summaries & Audio

Suspense Book Summaries

Beyond the Phantom Glow

by Abe Moss • 2021

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

4.45

389

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

Beyond the Phantom Glow

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

by Abe Moss 2021 290 pages

4.45

389 ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

The Second Life of Nick Mason

by Steve Hamilton • 2016

Nick Mason's release came with a phone. It orders murder. His family guarantees his obedience.

3.75

7k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Noir 👮 Corrupt Police 🏙️ Chicago Setting 🔍 Obsessed Detective 😤 Criminal Antihero

The Second Life of Nick Mason

Nick Mason's release came with a phone. It orders murder. His family guarantees his obedience.

by Steve Hamilton 2016 288 pages

3.75

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Noir 👮 Corrupt Police 🏙️ Chicago Setting 🔍 Obsessed Detective 😤 Criminal Antihero

Bride by Ritual

by Maggie Cole • 2026

A secret society traps a street orphan and a crime heiress. Forbidden desire. Mandatory marriage.

4.35

500+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Bride by Ritual

A secret society traps a street orphan and a crime heiress. Forbidden desire. Mandatory marriage.

by Maggie Cole 2026 516 pages

4.35

500+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

River of Deceit

by Raissa Donovan • 2025

A mafia heiress hunts her best friend's killer inside the predator fraternity that murdered her.

4.05

257

🖤 Dark Revenge Romance 🕯️ Secret Society ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Touch Her And Die 🔪 Knife Play

River of Deceit

A mafia heiress hunts her best friend's killer inside the predator fraternity that murdered her.

by Raissa Donovan 2025 406 pages

4.05

257 ratings

🖤 Dark Revenge Romance 🕯️ Secret Society ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Touch Her And Die 🔪 Knife Play

Le Manuscrit inachevé

by Franck Thilliez • 2018

When a thriller writer's daughter vanishes, clues are hidden inside her own unfinished novel.

4.18

10k+

🖤 French Noir 📖 Metafictional Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔍 Missing Child

Le Manuscrit inachevé

When a thriller writer's daughter vanishes, clues are hidden inside her own unfinished novel.

by Franck Thilliez 2018 528 pages

4.18

10k+ ratings

🖤 French Noir 📖 Metafictional Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔍 Missing Child

Cedarwood Cabin

by Jade Wilkes • 2024

Two brothers trap a grieving woman in their remote cabin under the pretense of a lockdown.

3.20

4k+

🔒 Captor Romance 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome 👥 Menage 🌲 Isolated Cabin ⛓️ Psychosexual Tension

Cedarwood Cabin

Two brothers trap a grieving woman in their remote cabin under the pretense of a lockdown.

by Jade Wilkes 2024 330 pages

3.20

4k+ ratings

🔒 Captor Romance 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome 👥 Menage 🌲 Isolated Cabin ⛓️ Psychosexual Tension

The Blood We Crave

by Monty Jay • 2022

His father murdered her mother. Obsessed, she demands the son teach her his deadly art.

4.09

34k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 👁️ Mutual Obsession 💔 Trauma Bonded 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Blood We Crave

His father murdered her mother. Obsessed, she demands the son teach her his deadly art.

by Monty Jay 2022 349 pages

4.09

34k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 👁️ Mutual Obsession 💔 Trauma Bonded 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

A Time & Place for Every Laird

by Angeline Fortin • 2013

He fell through time into a cage. She opened the door and never looked back.

4.06

1k+

🗡️ Highland Warrior ⏳ Man Out Of Time 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Widow 🏃 On The Run

A Time & Place for Every Laird

He fell through time into a cage. She opened the door and never looked back.

by Angeline Fortin 2013 439 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Highland Warrior ⏳ Man Out Of Time 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Widow 🏃 On The Run

Conviction

by Denise Mina • 2019

A true-crime podcast reopens her hidden past, forcing a housewife to flee with a faded rock star.

3.53

51k+

🎧 True Crime Podcast 🎭 Identity Hiding 🛡️ Rape Survivor 🚗 Road Trip Investigation 💰 Wealthy Villain

Conviction

A true-crime podcast reopens her hidden past, forcing a housewife to flee with a faded rock star.

by Denise Mina 2019 376 pages

3.53

51k+ ratings

🎧 True Crime Podcast 🎭 Identity Hiding 🛡️ Rape Survivor 🚗 Road Trip Investigation 💰 Wealthy Villain

Playing Nice

by J.P. Delaney • 2020

His toddler was swapped at birth, and the wealthy biological father now wants both children.

4.06

59k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👶 Switched At Birth 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔗 Coercive Control 💰 Class Conflict

Playing Nice

His toddler was swapped at birth, and the wealthy biological father now wants both children.

by J.P. Delaney 2020 416 pages

4.06

59k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👶 Switched At Birth 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔗 Coercive Control 💰 Class Conflict

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2009

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

4.28

45k+

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child 🧠 Gifted Children 👥 Evil Twin

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2009 400 pages

4.28

45k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child 🧠 Gifted Children 👥 Evil Twin

Remember You This Way

by C.R. Jane • 2019

Three rock-star exes. One dangerous husband. A tour where love and menace share the spotlight.

4.03

3k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 👫 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👁️ Stalking

Remember You This Way

Three rock-star exes. One dangerous husband. A tour where love and menace share the spotlight.

by C.R. Jane 2019 212 pages

4.03

3k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 👫 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👁️ Stalking

Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2026

A one-dollar bank heist traps a roomful of thieves, and one of them is a killer.

3.81

20k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 👥 Everyone Is A Suspect 🪞 Self-Aware Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

A one-dollar bank heist traps a roomful of thieves, and one of them is a killer.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2026 358 pages

3.81

20k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 👥 Everyone Is A Suspect 🪞 Self-Aware Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Psycho

by Onley James • 2021

A psychic's touch reveals a professor is a vigilante. The killer decides to keep him.

4.24

15k+

🖤 Antihero Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🤝 Found Family 🛡️ Possessive Protector 🔮 Psychic Romance

Psycho

A psychic's touch reveals a professor is a vigilante. The killer decides to keep him.

by Onley James 2021 284 pages

4.24

15k+ ratings

🖤 Antihero Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🤝 Found Family 🛡️ Possessive Protector 🔮 Psychic Romance

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau

by Graeme Macrae Burnet • 2014

A waitress vanishes in Alsace, and a reclusive banker falls under an old detective's gaze.

3.79

5k+

🖤 Psychological Noir 🏚️ Repressed Outsider 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🔎 Haunted Detective 😰 Simmering Dread

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau

A waitress vanishes in Alsace, and a reclusive banker falls under an old detective's gaze.

by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2014 252 pages

3.79

5k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Noir 🏚️ Repressed Outsider 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🔎 Haunted Detective 😰 Simmering Dread

The Kings of Cool

by Don Winslow • 2012

A surf-town marijuana empire faces a shakedown from the violent men who run the drug trade.

4.00

8k+

🏄 Surf Noir 💊 Drug War Saga 🖤 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👦 Generational Crime

The Kings of Cool

A surf-town marijuana empire faces a shakedown from the violent men who run the drug trade.

by Don Winslow 2012 336 pages

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏄 Surf Noir 💊 Drug War Saga 🖤 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👦 Generational Crime

By the Horns

by Ruby Dixon • 2025

She can hear the dead. She shared his bed. Now he's the Taurian assigned to her guild team.

4.08

6k+

🖤 Monster Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🤝 Found Family ⛏️ Dungeon Delving

By the Horns

She can hear the dead. She shared his bed. Now he's the Taurian assigned to her guild team.

by Ruby Dixon 2025 368 pages

4.08

6k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🤝 Found Family ⛏️ Dungeon Delving

Cruel Paradise

by J.T. Geissinger • 2020

An Irish crime boss tracks down the rival mafia daughter who robbed him and claims her.

4.21

30k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity ☘️ Irish Mafia

Cruel Paradise

An Irish crime boss tracks down the rival mafia daughter who robbed him and claims her.

by J.T. Geissinger 2020 320 pages

4.21

30k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity ☘️ Irish Mafia

Into the Dark

by Reece Barden • 2023

Her father vanished into a mountain town where the mechanic hides a beast beneath his skin.

4.16

1k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 🏔️ Small Town Paranormal 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Brooding Hero 🌲 Dark Atmospheric

Into the Dark

Her father vanished into a mountain town where the mechanic hides a beast beneath his skin.

by Reece Barden 2023 284 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 🏔️ Small Town Paranormal 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Brooding Hero 🌲 Dark Atmospheric

The Hollow

by Agatha Christie • 1946

When a doctor is shot by the pool, his wife holds the gun and Poirot holds his doubts.

3.80

45k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🤫 Collective Cover-Up 🎨 Artist Protagonist 💔 Illicit Affair

The Hollow

When a doctor is shot by the pool, his wife holds the gun and Poirot holds his doubts.

by Agatha Christie 1946 384 pages

3.80

45k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🤫 Collective Cover-Up 🎨 Artist Protagonist 💔 Illicit Affair

The King's Sword

by Jennifer Anne Davis • 2024

A new queen, kidnapped by an assassin prince, learns her husband is the real danger.

4.16

164

🏰 Political Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👑 Court Intrigue 🗡️ Assassin Hero

The King's Sword

A new queen, kidnapped by an assassin prince, learns her husband is the real danger.

by Jennifer Anne Davis 2024 282 pages

4.16

164 ratings

🏰 Political Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👑 Court Intrigue 🗡️ Assassin Hero

Sweetly Unhinged

by Kira Cole • 2025

An intern with a predatory boss unknowingly confesses her desires to her boyfriend's hacker brother.

3.86

7k+

🖤 Dark Kink Romance 💔 Brother's Girlfriend 💻 Anonymous Online Lovers 👀 Stalker Protector ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero

Sweetly Unhinged

An intern with a predatory boss unknowingly confesses her desires to her boyfriend's hacker brother.

by Kira Cole 2025 418 pages

3.86

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Kink Romance 💔 Brother's Girlfriend 💻 Anonymous Online Lovers 👀 Stalker Protector ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero

Pretty Little Wife

by Darby Kane • 2020

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

3.91

76k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Pretty Little Wife

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

by Darby Kane 2020 403 pages

3.91

76k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Dead Man's Folly

by Agatha Christie • 1956

During a country house fête, a staged murder game gives cover to a real killer.

3.82

38k+

🏡 Country House Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detective 🎪 Deadly Party Game 🎭 False Identity 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

Dead Man's Folly

During a country house fête, a staged murder game gives cover to a real killer.

by Agatha Christie 1956 6 pages

3.82

38k+ ratings

🏡 Country House Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detective 🎪 Deadly Party Game 🎭 False Identity 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

The Ghostwriter

by A.R. Torre • 2017

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

4.21

52k+

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

The Ghostwriter

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

by A.R. Torre 2017 321 pages

4.21

52k+ ratings

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

Alex

by Pierre Lemaitre • 2011

Snatched in Paris, caged like an animal, a woman is not the prey her captor believes.

4.09

20k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔒 Kidnapping Thriller 🗡️ Female Revenge 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🖤 Tragic Noir

Alex

Snatched in Paris, caged like an animal, a woman is not the prey her captor believes.

by Pierre Lemaitre 2011 400 pages

4.09

20k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔒 Kidnapping Thriller 🗡️ Female Revenge 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🖤 Tragic Noir

The Pact

by Sharon J. Bolton • 2021

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

3.92

22k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Pact

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

by Sharon J. Bolton 2021 384 pages

3.92

22k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

Vicious Deception

by Elira Firethorn • 2023

After a botched takedown, a crime boss imprisons four lovers and weaponizes their devotion.

4.18

2k+

🖤 Captive Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 💕 Found Family 💜 Polyamorous Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Vicious Deception

After a botched takedown, a crime boss imprisons four lovers and weaponizes their devotion.

by Elira Firethorn 2023 379 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 💕 Found Family 💜 Polyamorous Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Witches of Scotland Book 2

by Steven P. Aitchison • 2022

Two witch agents probe a politician whose enchanted words crack the barriers protecting humanity.

4.22

3k+

🧙 Modern Witchcraft 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔍 Magical Investigators 👼 Angelic Beings 📜 Ancient Grimoire

The Witches of Scotland Book 2

Two witch agents probe a politician whose enchanted words crack the barriers protecting humanity.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2022 178 pages

4.22

3k+ ratings

🧙 Modern Witchcraft 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔍 Magical Investigators 👼 Angelic Beings 📜 Ancient Grimoire

Sapphire Flames

by Ilona Andrews • 2019

Her siren magic saved a life. To save her family, Catalina Baylor must trust an assassin.

4.31

36k+

🕵️ Magical Investigation 🏛️ Magical House Politics 🗡️ Assassin Love Interest 👑 Reluctant Leader 💔 Duty Before Love

Sapphire Flames

Her siren magic saved a life. To save her family, Catalina Baylor must trust an assassin.

by Ilona Andrews 2019 359 pages

4.31

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Magical Investigation 🏛️ Magical House Politics 🗡️ Assassin Love Interest 👑 Reluctant Leader 💔 Duty Before Love

Snow Falling

by Davidson King • 2017

A rescued child brings a homeless man and a crime boss together in a dangerous love.

4.02

4k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ⏳ Age Gap 🏠 Found Family 🏰 Forced Proximity

Snow Falling

A rescued child brings a homeless man and a crime boss together in a dangerous love.

by Davidson King 2017 247 pages

4.02

4k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ⏳ Age Gap 🏠 Found Family 🏰 Forced Proximity

The Wife Stalker

by Liv Constantine • 2020

Her husband's new partner has a trail of dead spouses. His wife will not stop digging.

3.72

56k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👤 The Other Woman 👥 Dual Perspectives

The Wife Stalker

Her husband's new partner has a trail of dead spouses. His wife will not stop digging.

by Liv Constantine 2020 320 pages

3.72

56k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👤 The Other Woman 👥 Dual Perspectives

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

12k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 363 pages

4.31

12k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

by Jennifer Lynch • 1990

A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.

3.82

15k+

📖 Diary Novel 🏚️ Small Town Horror 🎭 Secret Double Life 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Dreamlike Dread

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.

by Jennifer Lynch 1990 184 pages

3.82

15k+ ratings

📖 Diary Novel 🏚️ Small Town Horror 🎭 Secret Double Life 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Dreamlike Dread

His Pretty Little Burden

by Nicci Harris • 2022

A pregnant teen seeks her father at a mafia estate. The Don claims her instead.

3.83

20k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

His Pretty Little Burden

A pregnant teen seeks her father at a mafia estate. The Don claims her instead.

by Nicci Harris 2022 434 pages

3.83

20k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Le Programme

by Sandra Dussault • 2018

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

4.18

437

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

Le Programme

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

by Sandra Dussault 2018 437 pages

4.18

437 ratings

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart

by Emma Simmerman • 2026

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

3.78

2k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

by Emma Simmerman 2026 384 pages

3.78

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

How to Disappear

by Gillian McAllister • 2020

A teen witness's lie frees two killers, forcing her family into hiding from a vengeful online mob.

4.00

13k+

🔐 Witness Protection ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👪 Blended Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🎭 False Identities

How to Disappear

A teen witness's lie frees two killers, forcing her family into hiding from a vengeful online mob.

by Gillian McAllister 2020 453 pages

4.00

13k+ ratings

🔐 Witness Protection ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👪 Blended Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🎭 False Identities

The Rebel of Raleigh High

by Callie Hart • 2019

One party branded Silver as prey. The scarred new boy chose to stand with her instead.

4.09

11k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Sexual Assault Recovery 🔫 School Shooting 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma

The Rebel of Raleigh High

One party branded Silver as prey. The scarred new boy chose to stand with her instead.

by Callie Hart 2019 376 pages

4.09

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Sexual Assault Recovery 🔫 School Shooting 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma

First Born

by Will Dean • 2022

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

3.59

16k+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😤 Sibling Rivalry

First Born

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

by Will Dean 2022 368 pages

3.59

16k+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😤 Sibling Rivalry

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021 240 pages

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

The First Husband

by McGarvey Black • 2020

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The First Husband

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

by McGarvey Black 2020 274 pages

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt 🗡️ Orphan's Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wind Through the Keyhole

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012 322 pages

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt 🗡️ Orphan's Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Be Still My Heart

by Emily McIntire • 2021

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

3.98

17k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Be Still My Heart

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

by Emily McIntire 2021 452 pages

3.98

17k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Keep The Doctor Away

by James Caine • 2024

Her surgeon husband's island clinic. One death. Too many lies. And no way out.

3.85

4k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Gaslighting 🫀 Organ Harvesting

Keep The Doctor Away

Her surgeon husband's island clinic. One death. Too many lies. And no way out.

by James Caine 2024 265 pages

3.85

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Gaslighting 🫀 Organ Harvesting

Lake County

by Lori Roy • 2024

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

3.81

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams 🎲 Gambling And Gangsters 🏠 Found Family

Lake County

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

by Lori Roy 2024 311 pages

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams 🎲 Gambling And Gangsters 🏠 Found Family

Too Good to Be True

by Carola Lovering • 2021

A woman with OCD accepts a proposal from a man whose wife planned the entire seduction.

3.84

47k+

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Too Good to Be True

A woman with OCD accepts a proposal from a man whose wife planned the entire seduction.

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3.84

47k+ ratings

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He has no neural implant. The city's AI police just made him their only hope.

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Neural Wraith

He has no neural implant. The city's AI police just made him their only hope.

by K.D. Robertson 2022 485 pages

4.42

1k+ ratings

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The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda • 2020

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

3.69

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The Girl from Widow Hills

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

by Megan Miranda 2020 325 pages

3.69

66k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

All the Lies

by S.T. Abby • 2016

FBI profiler Logan Bennett's lover is the vigilante killer he's hunting.

4.5

300k+

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All the Lies

FBI profiler Logan Bennett's lover is the vigilante killer he's hunting.

by S.T. Abby 2016 141 pages

4.5

300k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets 🕵️‍♂️ FBI Profiler

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