50 Books like A Deadly Influence

Everything Is Lies

by Helen Callaghan • 2018

An architect returns home to a mother's suicide and a past entangled with a murderous cult.

3.80

3k+

🕵️ Cult Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗝️ Hidden Past 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader

Everything Is Lies 94%

An architect returns home to a mother's suicide and a past entangled with a murderous cult.

by Helen Callaghan 2018

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cult Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗝️ Hidden Past 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine • 2017

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

4.10

196k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Stillhouse Lake 93%

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

by Rachel Caine 2017

4.10

196k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Last Seen

by J.T. Ellison • 2025

A forensic scientist digs into her mother's murder and lands in a predator's crosshairs.

3.91

31k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Captive Women 🕯️ Cult Community 📜 Hidden Family Past

Last Seen 93%

A forensic scientist digs into her mother's murder and lands in a predator's crosshairs.

by J.T. Ellison 2025

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Captive Women 🕯️ Cult Community 📜 Hidden Family Past

After We Were Stolen

by Brooke Beyfuss • 2022

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

3.92

9k+

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🌀 Unreliable Memory

After We Were Stolen 93%

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

by Brooke Beyfuss 2022

3.92

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🌀 Unreliable Memory

Pieces of Her

by Karin Slaughter • 2018

Her mother killed a diner shooter with ease. Now the secret that surfaces makes Andrea the hunted.

3.83

150k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🔥 Cult Radicalization 🛡️ Witness Protection

Pieces of Her 93%

Her mother killed a diner shooter with ease. Now the secret that surfaces makes Andrea the hunted.

by Karin Slaughter 2018

3.83

150k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🔥 Cult Radicalization 🛡️ Witness Protection

Triptych

by Karin Slaughter • 2006

A murdered prostitute missing her tongue entangles a detective, a GBI agent, and a paroled ex-con.

4.13

131k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🚔 Killer Cop ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🎯 Framed For Murder 🔓 Ex-Con Protagonist

Triptych 93%

A murdered prostitute missing her tongue entangles a detective, a GBI agent, and a paroled ex-con.

by Karin Slaughter 2006

4.13

131k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🚔 Killer Cop ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🎯 Framed For Murder 🔓 Ex-Con Protagonist

Vanishing Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2018

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

4.19

29k+

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

Vanishing Girls 93%

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

by Lisa Regan 2018

4.19

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven • 2024

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

4.55

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 🧩 Dissociative Identity

The Mercy Chair 93%

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

by M.W. Craven 2024

4.55

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 🧩 Dissociative Identity

Our Last Resort

by Clémence Michallon • 2025

Two cult survivors meet at a remote desert hotel. One dead guest, one suspect: her brother.

3.39

13k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔗 Sibling Loyalty 🏨 Remote Luxury Hotel

Our Last Resort 93%

Two cult survivors meet at a remote desert hotel. One dead guest, one suspect: her brother.

by Clémence Michallon 2025

3.39

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔗 Sibling Loyalty 🏨 Remote Luxury Hotel

When the Bough Breaks

by Jonathan Kellerman • 1985

A retired psychologist probes a child's memory of murder and discovers a ring of predators.

4.02

68k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🕸️ Criminal Conspiracy 🌴 1980s Los Angeles 😬 Reluctant Investigator

When the Bough Breaks 93%

A retired psychologist probes a child's memory of murder and discovers a ring of predators.

by Jonathan Kellerman 1985

4.02

68k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🕸️ Criminal Conspiracy 🌴 1980s Los Angeles 😬 Reluctant Investigator

The Liar's Daughter

by Megan Cooley Peterson • 2019

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

3.89

6k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Liar's Daughter 92%

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

by Megan Cooley Peterson 2019

3.89

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Mirror House Girls

by Faith Gardner • 2025

Grieving and alone, she joins a communal house where therapy demands total devotion.

3.92

25k+

🔪 Cult Thriller 🖤 Found Family Gone Wrong 👁️ Manipulative Guru 💕 Sapphic Romance 🌑 Mounting Dread

The Mirror House Girls 92%

Grieving and alone, she joins a communal house where therapy demands total devotion.

by Faith Gardner 2025

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔪 Cult Thriller 🖤 Found Family Gone Wrong 👁️ Manipulative Guru 💕 Sapphic Romance 🌑 Mounting Dread

Please Tell Me

by Mike Omer • 2023

A therapist uses a dollhouse to heal a mute child, until the girl's play recreates a killing.

4.13

34k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🛋️ Therapist Protagonist 🔗 Child Abduction 👀 Obsessive Caretaker 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Please Tell Me 92%

A therapist uses a dollhouse to heal a mute child, until the girl's play recreates a killing.

by Mike Omer 2023

4.13

34k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🛋️ Therapist Protagonist 🔗 Child Abduction 👀 Obsessive Caretaker 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Tradwife's Lie

by Bella Ellwood-Clayton • 2026

A former attorney joins a tradwife community, but curated perfection can't conceal a murder.

3.81

531

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Forbidden Affair ⚠️ Cult Dynamics

The Tradwife's Lie 92%

A former attorney joins a tradwife community, but curated perfection can't conceal a murder.

by Bella Ellwood-Clayton 2026

3.81

531 ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Forbidden Affair ⚠️ Cult Dynamics

It's Not Her

by Mary Kubica • 2026

A grieving father arrives at a lake rental convinced the family's teenager is his missing daughter.

3.95

145k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Unreliable Detective 📱 Social Media Fallout 💔 Obsessive Grief

It's Not Her 92%

A grieving father arrives at a lake rental convinced the family's teenager is his missing daughter.

by Mary Kubica 2026

3.95

145k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Unreliable Detective 📱 Social Media Fallout 💔 Obsessive Grief

Local Woman Missing

by Mary Kubica • 2021

One neighbor vanishes, then a mother and child. Eleven years pass. A girl comes home.

4.11

787k+

🏘️ Suburban Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Missing Child 🔒 Hidden Captive 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Local Woman Missing 92%

One neighbor vanishes, then a mother and child. Eleven years pass. A girl comes home.

by Mary Kubica 2021

4.11

787k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Missing Child 🔒 Hidden Captive 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Famous Last Words

by Gillian McAllister • 2025

A wife learns her husband is holding hostages; a mother's daughter vanishes with a cryptic message.

3.73

154k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Hostage Crisis 👶 Missing Child 🕵️‍♂️ Unreliable Spouse 👥 Dual Perspective

Famous Last Words 92%

A wife learns her husband is holding hostages; a mother's daughter vanishes with a cryptic message.

by Gillian McAllister 2025

3.73

154k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Hostage Crisis 👶 Missing Child 🕵️‍♂️ Unreliable Spouse 👥 Dual Perspective

Bye, Baby

by Carola Lovering • 2024

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

3.74

54k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

Bye, Baby 92%

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

by Carola Lovering 2024

3.74

54k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

Julie Chan Is Dead

by Liann Zhang • 2025

A cashier steals her dead twin's influencer life and finds the glamorous inner circle demands blood.

3.44

65k+

📱 Influencer Thriller 🔪 Cult Horror 👯 Twin Impersonation 🖤 Found Family Twisted 📲 Social Media Satire

Julie Chan Is Dead 92%

A cashier steals her dead twin's influencer life and finds the glamorous inner circle demands blood.

by Liann Zhang 2025

3.44

65k+ ratings

📱 Influencer Thriller 🔪 Cult Horror 👯 Twin Impersonation 🖤 Found Family Twisted 📲 Social Media Satire

The Last Guest House

by Caroline Mitchell • 2024

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

3.77

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🚪 Secret Passages

The Last Guest House 92%

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

by Caroline Mitchell 2024

3.77

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🚪 Secret Passages

Run Away

by Harlan Coben • 2019

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

4.06

82k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Run Away 92%

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

by Harlan Coben 2019

4.06

82k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Forget Me Not

by Stacy Willingham • 2025

Her mother's accident forces a journalist home, where her sister's disappearance proves one of many.

3.77

80k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🔍 Cold Case Obsession 📖 Found Diary 🎭 Hidden Identity

Forget Me Not 92%

Her mother's accident forces a journalist home, where her sister's disappearance proves one of many.

by Stacy Willingham 2025

3.77

80k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🔍 Cold Case Obsession 📖 Found Diary 🎭 Hidden Identity

Just Another Missing Person

by Gillian McAllister • 2023

Blackmailed over her daughter's crime, a detective frames an innocent man for a disappearance.

3.62

101k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Person Case 🎭 Stolen Identity 👮 Police Corruption 💔 Parental Sacrifice

Just Another Missing Person 92%

Blackmailed over her daughter's crime, a detective frames an innocent man for a disappearance.

by Gillian McAllister 2023

3.62

101k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Person Case 🎭 Stolen Identity 👮 Police Corruption 💔 Parental Sacrifice

Girl, Missing

by Dreda Say Mitchell • 2024

Arrested covered in another's blood: a mother racing the police to learn what took her daughter.

3.87

14k+

🕵️ Cold Case Abduction 👩 Amateur Sleuth Mother ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🔍 Missing Child 🏘️ Class Divides

Girl, Missing 92%

Arrested covered in another's blood: a mother racing the police to learn what took her daughter.

by Dreda Say Mitchell 2024

3.87

14k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Abduction 👩 Amateur Sleuth Mother ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🔍 Missing Child 🏘️ Class Divides

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 92%

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

by Lisa Regan 2013

4.36

5k+ ratings

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

You'll Never Know

by Caleb Stephens • 2025

His wife vanishes from a mountain trail. Every clue points back to the crimes he buried.

4.01

27k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity

You'll Never Know 92%

His wife vanishes from a mountain trail. Every clue points back to the crimes he buried.

by Caleb Stephens 2025

4.01

27k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon • 1998

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

3.99

56k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

Tell Me Your Dreams 92%

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

by Sidney Sheldon 1998

3.99

56k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

The Perfect Stranger

by A.J. Carter • 2024

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

4.11

2k+

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Perfect Stranger 92%

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

by A.J. Carter 2024

4.11

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Quiet Tenant

by Clémence Michallon • 2023

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

3.81

150k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Quiet Tenant 92%

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

by Clémence Michallon 2023

3.81

150k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

People Like Her

by Ellery Lloyd • 2021

A mom influencer shares her family with millions, not knowing one follower wants revenge.

3.36

32k+

💻 Influencer Thriller 📱 Social Media Suspense 💍 Marriage Under Pressure 👁️ Stalker Revenge 💭 Parasocial Obsession

People Like Her 92%

A mom influencer shares her family with millions, not knowing one follower wants revenge.

by Ellery Lloyd 2021

3.36

32k+ ratings

💻 Influencer Thriller 📱 Social Media Suspense 💍 Marriage Under Pressure 👁️ Stalker Revenge 💭 Parasocial Obsession

The Night Before

by Wendy Walker • 2019

A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.

3.66

20k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👭 Sister Bond

The Night Before 92%

A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.

by Wendy Walker 2019

3.66

20k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👭 Sister Bond

The Influencer

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

3.52

14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Female Rivalry 🪪 Identity Theft

The Influencer 92%

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.52

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Female Rivalry 🪪 Identity Theft

I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney • 2019

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

3.42

76k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🧒 Child Abduction

I Know Who You Are 92%

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

by Alice Feeney 2019

3.42

76k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🧒 Child Abduction

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison • 2016

A girl recounts the greenhouse where a collector kept women as butterflies, backs inked with wings.

4.09

294k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔪 Serial Predator 👥 Found Family 🕵️ FBI Investigation

The Butterfly Garden 92%

A girl recounts the greenhouse where a collector kept women as butterflies, backs inked with wings.

by Dot Hutchison 2016

4.09

294k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔪 Serial Predator 👥 Found Family 🕵️ FBI Investigation

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

66k+

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

The Girl from Widow Hills 92%

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

by Megan Miranda 2020

3.69

66k+ ratings

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

The Girls Before

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2026

A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.

3.65

9k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🗣️ Dual Narrative 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🔍 Female Investigator

The Girls Before 92%

A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2026

3.65

9k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🗣️ Dual Narrative 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🔍 Female Investigator

None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell • 2023

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

4.07

1.1M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

None of This Is True 92%

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

by Lisa Jewell 2023

4.07

1.1M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

The Inmate

by Freida McFadden • 2022

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

4.00

1.1M+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Inmate 92%

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

by Freida McFadden 2022

4.00

1.1M+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Boy from the Woods

by Harlan Coben • 2020

A man raised feral investigates a bullied teen's disappearance and finds a kidnapping and murder.

3.95

114k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌲 Feral Upbringing 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔍 Missing Teenager 🎒 High School Bullying

The Boy from the Woods 92%

A man raised feral investigates a bullied teen's disappearance and finds a kidnapping and murder.

by Harlan Coben 2020

3.95

114k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌲 Feral Upbringing 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔍 Missing Teenager 🎒 High School Bullying

The New Husband

by Brian R. O'Rourke • 2023

Mary's husband returns from a retreat feeling like a stranger. And the man stalking her knows why.

4.02

5k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Evil Twin 🕯️ Gaslighting 👪 Family Conspiracy

The New Husband 92%

Mary's husband returns from a retreat feeling like a stranger. And the man stalking her knows why.

by Brian R. O'Rourke 2023

4.02

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Evil Twin 🕯️ Gaslighting 👪 Family Conspiracy

The Last Flight

by Julie Clark • 2020

To flee her abusive husband, Claire swaps boarding passes. The plane she missed never lands.

4.09

284k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🔄 Identity Swap 💔 Abusive Marriage 📖 Dual Narratives 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

The Last Flight 92%

To flee her abusive husband, Claire swaps boarding passes. The plane she missed never lands.

by Julie Clark 2020

4.09

284k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🔄 Identity Swap 💔 Abusive Marriage 📖 Dual Narratives 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Fourth Monkey 92%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Things We Do in the Dark

by Jennifer Hillier • 2022

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

3.94

140k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Things We Do in the Dark 92%

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

by Jennifer Hillier 2022

3.94

140k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Overnight Guest

by Heather Gudenkauf • 2022

Snowbound, a true crime writer finds a frozen child and a murder that refuses to die.

4.02

160k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌾 Rural Noir ✍️ True Crime Writer 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔓 Survivor Of Captivity

The Overnight Guest 92%

Snowbound, a true crime writer finds a frozen child and a murder that refuses to die.

by Heather Gudenkauf 2022

4.02

160k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌾 Rural Noir ✍️ True Crime Writer 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔓 Survivor Of Captivity

Little One

by Olivia Muenter • 2026

A cult survivor's quiet life unravels when a journalist starts asking about her missing sister.

3.80

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💀 Toxic Family 👯 Sisterly Bond 🌴 Rural Florida

Little One 92%

A cult survivor's quiet life unravels when a journalist starts asking about her missing sister.

by Olivia Muenter 2026

3.80

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💀 Toxic Family 👯 Sisterly Bond 🌴 Rural Florida

Stay Close

by Harlan Coben • 2012

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

3.91

62k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Female Vigilante

Stay Close 92%

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

by Harlan Coben 2012

3.91

62k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Female Vigilante

Rewind

by Catherine Ryan Howard • 2019

An Irish cottage, a missing influencer, hidden cameras in every room: one recorded her murder.

3.65

7k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📹 Hidden Surveillance 📱 Social Media Facade 🔥 Gaslighting 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Rewind 92%

An Irish cottage, a missing influencer, hidden cameras in every room: one recorded her murder.

by Catherine Ryan Howard 2019

3.65

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📹 Hidden Surveillance 📱 Social Media Facade 🔥 Gaslighting 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

We Are Watching

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A widow's teenage novel sparked an online cult that now demands her family's death on camera.

3.45

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🏘️ Small Town Thriller 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 🕯️ Cult Infiltration 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Survival 😰 Mounting Dread

We Are Watching 91%

A widow's teenage novel sparked an online cult that now demands her family's death on camera.

by Alison Gaylin 2025

3.45

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 🕯️ Cult Infiltration 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Survival 😰 Mounting Dread

Finding Claire Fletcher

by Lisa Regan • 2012

A detective's one-night stand disappears, leaving the address of a girl abducted a decade ago.

4.33

18k+

🚨 Abduction Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💪 Survivor Heroine 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Finding Claire Fletcher 91%

A detective's one-night stand disappears, leaving the address of a girl abducted a decade ago.

by Lisa Regan 2012

4.33

18k+ ratings

🚨 Abduction Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💪 Survivor Heroine 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Family Upstairs

by Lisa Jewell • 2019

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

3.95

577k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion 🔎 Hidden Siblings 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Family Upstairs 91%

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

by Lisa Jewell 2019

3.95

577k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion 🔎 Hidden Siblings 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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