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Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

51k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives

Lord John and the Private Matter Summary

Lord John and the Private Matter 93%

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003

3.76

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives

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

La historia del loco 92%

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

by John Katzenbach 2004

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason • 2019

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

3.66

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective

The Darwin Affair 92%

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

by Timothy Mason 2019

3.66

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Flaggermusmannen 92%

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

by Jo Nesbø 1997

3.55

132k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Revelation

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

4.37

28k+

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder

Revelation 91%

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

by C.J. Sansom 2008

4.37

28k+ ratings

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder

The Art of a Lie

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson • 2025

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

4.10

7k+

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist

The Art of a Lie 91%

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2025

4.10

7k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist

The Alienist

by Caleb Carr • 1994

In Gilded Age New York, a mutilated child sends a psychologist on a secret serial-killer hunt.

4.06

182k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🧠 Psychological Profiling 🔬 Early Forensic Science

The Alienist 91%

In Gilded Age New York, a mutilated child sends a psychologist on a secret serial-killer hunt.

by Caleb Carr 1994

4.06

182k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🧠 Psychological Profiling 🔬 Early Forensic Science

The Unknown Beloved

by Amy Harmon • 2022

A woman reads history in cloth. A federal agent needs her to catch Cleveland's serial butcher.

4.32

20k+

🧵 Psychometry 🔪 Historical Serial Killer 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

The Unknown Beloved 91%

A woman reads history in cloth. A federal agent needs her to catch Cleveland's serial butcher.

by Amy Harmon 2022

4.32

20k+ ratings

🧵 Psychometry 🔪 Historical Serial Killer 🖤 Slow-Burn 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

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau Summary

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau 91%

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

by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2014

3.79

5k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Noir 🏚️ Repressed Outsider 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

Death at the Sanatorium

by Ragnar Jónasson • 2019

At a remote Icelandic sanatorium, a student reopens a cold case: the killer was never caught.

3.64

8k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 📂 Cold Case Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines

Death at the Sanatorium 91%

At a remote Icelandic sanatorium, a student reopens a cold case: the killer was never caught.

by Ragnar Jónasson 2019

3.64

8k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 📂 Cold Case Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines

Venetian Vespers

by John Banville • 2025

An English writer follows his wife to Venice, is ensnared by seductive twins, then she disappears.

3.54

4k+

🖤 Gothic Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Obsessive Love

Venetian Vespers 91%

An English writer follows his wife to Venice, is ensnared by seductive twins, then she disappears.

by John Banville 2025

3.54

4k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Obsessive Love

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

The Girl in the Green Dress 91%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

Diario del fin del mundo

by Mario Mendoza • 2018

A dying friend's letter pulls a writer into Colombia's Nazi underworld and a buried love triangle.

4.16

2k+

🕵️ Hidden War Criminals 💔 Inherited Trauma 🔺 Love Triangle Tragedy

Diario del fin del mundo 91%

A dying friend's letter pulls a writer into Colombia's Nazi underworld and a buried love triangle.

by Mario Mendoza 2018

4.16

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden War Criminals 💔 Inherited Trauma 🔺 Love Triangle Tragedy

A Conspiracy of Paper

by David Liss • 2000

A thief-taker in 1719 London probes his father's murder and finds a fraud that keeps killing.

3.87

12k+

🧾 Financial Conspiracy 🕯️ Historical Noir 🥊 Thief-Taker Hero

A Conspiracy of Paper 91%

A thief-taker in 1719 London probes his father's murder and finds a fraud that keeps killing.

by David Liss 2000

3.87

12k+ ratings

🧾 Financial Conspiracy 🕯️ Historical Noir 🥊 Thief-Taker Hero

The Cold Cold Ground

by Adrian McKinty • 2012

A taunting postcard draws a Catholic detective into a string of murders in Troubles-era Belfast.

3.91

16k+

☘️ Irish Noir 🔥 The Troubles 👮 Police Procedural

The Cold Cold Ground 91%

A taunting postcard draws a Catholic detective into a string of murders in Troubles-era Belfast.

by Adrian McKinty 2012

3.91

16k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Noir 🔥 The Troubles 👮 Police Procedural

One Desperate Life

by D.J. Maughan • 2024

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

4.17

414

🕰️ Historical Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath

One Desperate Life 91%

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

by D.J. Maughan 2024

4.17

414 ratings

🕰️ Historical Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath

The Kingdoms of Savannah

by George Dawes Green • 2022

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

3.68

7k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History

The Kingdoms of Savannah 91%

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

by George Dawes Green 2022

3.68

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History

The Bookmaker

by Chris Fraser • 2011

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

3.74

613

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy

The Bookmaker 91%

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

by Chris Fraser 2011

3.74

613 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy

Velvet Was the Night

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2021

A lonely secretary and a government enforcer hunt the same missing woman across 1971 Mexico City.

3.51

31k+

🕵️ Political Noir 🇲🇽 1970s Mexico 👥 Dual Perspective

Velvet Was the Night 91%

A lonely secretary and a government enforcer hunt the same missing woman across 1971 Mexico City.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021

3.51

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Political Noir 🇲🇽 1970s Mexico 👥 Dual Perspective

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

by Eleni Kyriacou • 2023

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

4.10

3k+

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou Summary

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou 91%

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

by Eleni Kyriacou 2023

4.10

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Quelqu'un d'autre

by Guillaume Musso • 2024

After a yacht attack leaves an heiress barely alive, a detective confronts a family's buried lies.

3.77

5k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Dissociative Identity

Quelqu'un d'autre 91%

After a yacht attack leaves an heiress barely alive, a detective confronts a family's buried lies.

by Guillaume Musso 2024

3.77

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Dissociative Identity

Shutter Island

by Dennis Lehane • 2003

A grieving marshal searches a remote asylum for a patient who vanished from a locked cell.

4.14

230k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Gothic Asylum 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Shutter Island 91%

A grieving marshal searches a remote asylum for a patient who vanished from a locked cell.

by Dennis Lehane 2003

4.14

230k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Gothic Asylum 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Black Country

by Alex Grecian • 2013

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

3.74

7k+

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Black Country 91%

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

by Alex Grecian 2013

3.74

7k+ ratings

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Impossible Thing

by Belinda Bauer • 2025

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

4.08

6k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist

The Impossible Thing 91%

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

by Belinda Bauer 2025

4.08

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

by Dan Fesperman • 2003

A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.

4.01

808

🔍 Hunting War Criminals 🧬 Inherited Guilt 🕵️ Undercover Operation

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows 91%

A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.

by Dan Fesperman 2003

4.01

808 ratings

🔍 Hunting War Criminals 🧬 Inherited Guilt 🕵️ Undercover Operation

Roman Blood

by Steven Saylor • 1991

A Roman detective and Cicero defend a farmer for parricide, but the real killer owns Sulla's Rome.

3.95

9k+

🏛️ Ancient Rome Mystery 🕵️ Cynical Detective ⚔️ Gritty Ancient Rome

Roman Blood 91%

A Roman detective and Cicero defend a farmer for parricide, but the real killer owns Sulla's Rome.

by Steven Saylor 1991

3.95

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Rome Mystery 🕵️ Cynical Detective ⚔️ Gritty Ancient Rome

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

Kelderkind 91%

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

by Kristien Dieltiens 2012

3.81

359 ratings

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Murder House

by James Patterson • 2015

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

4.06

51k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse

The Murder House 91%

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

by James Patterson 2015

4.06

51k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse

Bone China

by Laura Purcell • 2019

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

3.65

8k+

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Bone China 91%

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

by Laura Purcell 2019

3.65

8k+ ratings

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sutton Asylum

by Kinsley Kincaid • 2023

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

3.21

2k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond

Sutton Asylum 91%

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

by Kinsley Kincaid 2023

3.21

2k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond

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

37k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind

Dead in the Water 91%

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

by John Marrs 2026

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind

Murder in Constantinople

by A.E. Goldin • 2024

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

3.44

570

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity

Murder in Constantinople 91%

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

by A.E. Goldin 2024

3.44

570 ratings

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Agony Hill 90%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2007

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

4.01

95k+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Keeper of Lost Causes 90%

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007

4.01

95k+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Lost Heiress

by Elizabeth Klehfoth • 2025

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

4.18

11k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery

The Lost Heiress 90%

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

by Elizabeth Klehfoth 2025

4.18

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery

The Turnglass

by Gareth Rubin • 2023

A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.

3.46

7k+

🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Literary Gothic 🔐 Generational Secrets

The Turnglass 90%

A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.

by Gareth Rubin 2023

3.46

7k+ ratings

🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Literary Gothic 🔐 Generational Secrets

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby • 2023

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

4.20

129k+

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

All the Sinners Bleed 90%

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

by S.A. Cosby 2023

4.20

129k+ ratings

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Final Problem

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2023

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

3.65

10k+

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction

The Final Problem 90%

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2023

3.65

10k+ ratings

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction

The Hypnotist

by Lars Kepler • 2009

A Stockholm family massacred. A ruined hypnotist breaks his vow to unlock the only witness.

3.75

75k+

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🧠 Repressed Memories

The Hypnotist 90%

A Stockholm family massacred. A ruined hypnotist breaks his vow to unlock the only witness.

by Lars Kepler 2009

3.75

75k+ ratings

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🧠 Repressed Memories

A Bad, Bad Place

by Frances Crawford • 2026

A child finds a murdered woman on Glasgow's railway. She saw the killer. He knows.

4.01

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow Noir 👧 Child Witness 🕯️ Generational Trauma

A Bad, Bad Place 90%

A child finds a murdered woman on Glasgow's railway. She saw the killer. He knows.

by Frances Crawford 2026

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow Noir 👧 Child Witness 🕯️ Generational Trauma

The Pledge

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1957

To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.

3.90

11k+

📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Obsessed Detective ⚖️ Mob Justice

The Pledge 90%

To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1957

3.90

11k+ ratings

📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Obsessed Detective ⚖️ Mob Justice

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

by Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker 90%

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

by Patricia Meredith 2021

4.06

190 ratings

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief

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

578

🌅 Mediterranean Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🍷 Foodie Detective

La rosa di Alessandria 90%

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

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1997

3.5

578 ratings

🌅 Mediterranean Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🍷 Foodie Detective

The Spirit Engineer

by A.J. West • 2021

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness

The Spirit Engineer 90%

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

by A.J. West 2021

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 2000

Armed conspirators wait on a dark highway to kill the Dominican Republic's aging tyrant.

4.35

44k+

🏛️ Dictatorship Fiction 🔫 Assassination Plot 💔 Sexual Trauma

The Feast of the Goat 90%

Armed conspirators wait on a dark highway to kill the Dominican Republic's aging tyrant.

by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000

4.35

44k+ ratings

🏛️ Dictatorship Fiction 🔫 Assassination Plot 💔 Sexual Trauma

The Moonflowers

by Abigail Rose-Marie • 2024

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

4.32

24k+

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Moonflowers 90%

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

by Abigail Rose-Marie 2024

4.32

24k+ ratings

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Mind Breaker

by D.D. Black • 2025

A former military psychologist learns a serial killer is using his research as a murder manual.

4.19

1k+

🧠 Psychological Warfare 🪖 Military Experiments 🩸 Ritual Murder

The Mind Breaker 90%

A former military psychologist learns a serial killer is using his research as a murder manual.

by D.D. Black 2025

4.19

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Warfare 🪖 Military Experiments 🩸 Ritual Murder

The Ice Princess

by Camilla Läckberg • 2010

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

3.76

91k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Ice Princess 90%

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

by Camilla Läckberg 2010

3.76

91k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

Púa

by Lorenzo Silva • 2023

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Púa 90%

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

by Lorenzo Silva 2023

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

The Broken Girls

by Simone St. James • 2018

A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.

4.05

131k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Cold Case Investigation

The Broken Girls 90%

A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.

by Simone St. James 2018

4.05

131k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Cold Case Investigation

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