50 Books like Baignades

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 94%

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

The Hitchhikers

by Chevy Stevens • 2025

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

3.83

13k+

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

The Hitchhikers 94%

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

by Chevy Stevens 2025

3.83

13k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

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 94%

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

Gray After Dark

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2024

An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.

4.17

126k+

🔪 Survival Thriller ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌅 Bleak Hope 🏔️ Remote Wilderness 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome

Gray After Dark 93%

An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2024

4.17

126k+ ratings

🔪 Survival Thriller ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌅 Bleak Hope 🏔️ Remote Wilderness 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome

Nobody Knows You're Here

by Bryn Greenwood • 2025

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

4.02

31k+

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family 😱 Claustrophobic Dread 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Nobody Knows You're Here 93%

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

by Bryn Greenwood 2025

4.02

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family 😱 Claustrophobic Dread 🌲 Remote Wilderness

by Eva Jurczyk • 2025

On a snowbound train, a writer faces a corpse and the woman whose life she stole.

2.97

8k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Fragile Marriage

6 93%

On a snowbound train, a writer faces a corpse and the woman whose life she stole.

by Eva Jurczyk 2025

2.97

8k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Fragile Marriage

Girl A

by Abigail Dean • 2021

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

3.63

92k+

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

Girl A 93%

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

by Abigail Dean 2021

3.63

92k+ ratings

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison • 2016

The Gardener gave her butterfly wings. At twenty-one, he seals her in glass.

4.09

294k+

🧠 Psychological Horror ⛓️ Captivity Narrative 🦋 Collector Villain 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🤝 Found Family

The Butterfly Garden 93%

The Gardener gave her butterfly wings. At twenty-one, he seals her in glass.

by Dot Hutchison 2016

4.09

294k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror ⛓️ Captivity Narrative 🦋 Collector Villain 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🤝 Found Family

The Final Scene

by Steph Nelson • 2024

After ten years playing mother to her captor, a wedding countdown gives her six days to escape.

3.75

25k+

⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🪓 Survival Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 🔗 Trauma Bonding

The Final Scene 93%

After ten years playing mother to her captor, a wedding countdown gives her six days to escape.

by Steph Nelson 2024

3.75

25k+ ratings

⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🪓 Survival Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 🔗 Trauma Bonding

Strange Sally Diamond

by Liz Nugent • 2023

After burning her father's body, a recluse uncovers a locked-room birth and a brother with secrets.

4.14

183k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🧬 Inherited Trauma 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 😶 Dark Humor

Strange Sally Diamond 92%

After burning her father's body, a recluse uncovers a locked-room birth and a brother with secrets.

by Liz Nugent 2023

4.14

183k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🧬 Inherited Trauma 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 😶 Dark Humor

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica • 2014

A Chicago teacher's abduction goes sideways when her kidnapper spares her and they vanish together.

3.80

284k+

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔗 Captor Captive Bond 👪 Family Secrets 💼 Corrupt Patriarch 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives

The Good Girl 92%

A Chicago teacher's abduction goes sideways when her kidnapper spares her and they vanish together.

by Mary Kubica 2014

3.80

284k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔗 Captor Captive Bond 👪 Family Secrets 💼 Corrupt Patriarch 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives

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

The Intruder

by Freida McFadden • 2025

A woman shelters a bloodied girl, then finds a notebook of murder drawings starring herself.

3.88

476k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🏡 Domestic Thriller 😢 Abusive Mother 👪 Found Family ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

The Intruder 92%

A woman shelters a bloodied girl, then finds a notebook of murder drawings starring herself.

by Freida McFadden 2025

3.88

476k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🏡 Domestic Thriller 😢 Abusive Mother 👪 Found Family ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

One by One

by Freida McFadden • 2020

Stranded in the Colorado wilderness, six friends realize one among them is a killer.

3.84

476k+

🏕️ Wilderness Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Forbidden Affair 💍 Marital Betrayal

One by One 92%

Stranded in the Colorado wilderness, six friends realize one among them is a killer.

by Freida McFadden 2020

3.84

476k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Forbidden Affair 💍 Marital Betrayal

The Current

by Tim Johnston • 2019

A frozen river swallows a car, one friend drowns, and the survivor unearths a cold case.

3.64

9k+

❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🕵️ Cold Case 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 📖 Literary Suspense

The Current 92%

A frozen river swallows a car, one friend drowns, and the survivor unearths a cold case.

by Tim Johnston 2019

3.64

9k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🕵️ Cold Case 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 📖 Literary Suspense

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 Summary

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau 92%

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 🔎 Haunted Detective 😰 Simmering Dread

Tell Me What I Am

by Una Mannion • 2023

Her mother disappeared. Her father raised her on a remote island. Now the hidden letters surface.

3.92

3k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Absent Mother 🔒 Controlling Father 🤫 Family Secrets

Tell Me What I Am 92%

Her mother disappeared. Her father raised her on a remote island. Now the hidden letters surface.

by Una Mannion 2023

3.92

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Absent Mother 🔒 Controlling Father 🤫 Family Secrets

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

3k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Olivia 92%

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

by John Hunt 2022

3.95

3k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

The Last Thing to Burn

by Will Dean • 2021

A captive on a remote farm becomes a mother. Her child's survival demands the impossible.

3.96

30k+

🔒 Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👩‍👧 Maternal Survival 👭 Women Helping Women 🔗 Captor And Captive

The Last Thing to Burn 92%

A captive on a remote farm becomes a mother. Her child's survival demands the impossible.

by Will Dean 2021

3.96

30k+ ratings

🔒 Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👩‍👧 Maternal Survival 👭 Women Helping Women 🔗 Captor And Captive

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

11k+

🖤 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

11k+ ratings

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

You Shouldn't Have Come Here

by Jeneva Rose • 2023

A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.

3.36

307k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Isolated Setting 😈 Charming Predator 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🏕️ Vacation Gone Wrong

You Shouldn't Have Come Here 92%

A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.

by Jeneva Rose 2023

3.36

307k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Isolated Setting 😈 Charming Predator 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🏕️ Vacation Gone Wrong

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 92%

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

All the Birds, Singing

by Evie Wyld • 2013

A solitary sheep farmer on a remote island discovers the killer of her flock may be human.

3.60

15k+

🏚️ Rural Gothic ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏝️ Remote Island 🐾 Ambiguous Predator 💪 Survivor Heroine

All the Birds, Singing 92%

A solitary sheep farmer on a remote island discovers the killer of her flock may be human.

by Evie Wyld 2013

3.60

15k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Gothic ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏝️ Remote Island 🐾 Ambiguous Predator 💪 Survivor Heroine

The Perfect Neighbour

by Susanna Beard • 2021

When a new neighbor sees a captive girl through a window, the whole street looks away.

4.02

6k+

🕵️ Domestic Suspense ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🏘️ Suburban Secrets ⏳ Slow-Burn Tension

The Perfect Neighbour 92%

When a new neighbor sees a captive girl through a window, the whole street looks away.

by Susanna Beard 2021

4.02

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Domestic Suspense ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🏘️ Suburban Secrets ⏳ Slow-Burn Tension

The Girl In Cell A

by Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

670

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Girl In Cell A 92%

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

by Vaseem Khan 2025

3.92

670 ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

Still Life

by Louise Penny • 2005

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

Still Life 92%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

No Exit

by Taylor Adams • 2017

Snowbound with strangers, she discovers a child locked in a cage. One of them is the kidnapper.

3.98

219k+

🌨️ Snowbound Thriller 👧 Child Abduction 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🐱 Cat And Mouse Chase 👤 Killer Among Us

No Exit 92%

Snowbound with strangers, she discovers a child locked in a cage. One of them is the kidnapper.

by Taylor Adams 2017

3.98

219k+ ratings

🌨️ Snowbound Thriller 👧 Child Abduction 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🐱 Cat And Mouse Chase 👤 Killer Among Us

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 Safe Place

by Anna Downes • 2020

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

3.65

20k+

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Safe Place 91%

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

by Anna Downes 2020

3.65

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Girl Who Was Taken

by Charlie Donlea • 2017

A forensic pathologist searches for her missing sister and uncovers a graveyard of forgotten girls.

4.16

186k+

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🔍 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Girl Who Was Taken 91%

A forensic pathologist searches for her missing sister and uncovers a graveyard of forgotten girls.

by Charlie Donlea 2017

4.16

186k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🔍 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 Woman in the Cabin

by Becca Day • 2024

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

3.97

50k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

The Woman in the Cabin 91%

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

by Becca Day 2024

3.97

50k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

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 91%

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

by H.K. Christie 2023

3.77

4k+ ratings

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

The River

by Peter Heller • 2019

Canoeing remote Canada, two friends are trapped between a forest fire and a couple's deadly secrets.

3.85

47k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 📚 Literary Thriller 🤝 Male Friendship ⛰️ Man Vs Nature 🛶 River Journey

The River 91%

Canoeing remote Canada, two friends are trapped between a forest fire and a couple's deadly secrets.

by Peter Heller 2019

3.85

47k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 📚 Literary Thriller 🤝 Male Friendship ⛰️ Man Vs Nature 🛶 River Journey

Whidbey

by T Kira Madden • 2026

Fleeing to a remote island, a survivor meets a stranger who offers to kill her abuser.

3.37

8k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🔗 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎙️ True Crime Critique 🌫️ Atmospheric Isolation

Whidbey 91%

Fleeing to a remote island, a survivor meets a stranger who offers to kill her abuser.

by T Kira Madden 2026

3.37

8k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🔗 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎙️ True Crime Critique 🌫️ Atmospheric Isolation

What She Saw

by Mary Burton • 2025

A true crime writer reopens her mother's cold case and discovers the killer had an accomplice.

4.00

48k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Grieving Daughter

What She Saw 91%

A true crime writer reopens her mother's cold case and discovers the killer had an accomplice.

by Mary Burton 2025

4.00

48k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Grieving Daughter

The Cellar

by Natasha Preston • 2014

Kidnapped after dark, a teenager finds three renamed girls in a cellar where defiance means death.

3.90

98k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Abduction Thriller ⛓️ Captor And Captive 🔍 Missing Girl Search 🪪 Identity Erasure

The Cellar 91%

Kidnapped after dark, a teenager finds three renamed girls in a cellar where defiance means death.

by Natasha Preston 2014

3.90

98k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Abduction Thriller ⛓️ Captor And Captive 🔍 Missing Girl Search 🪪 Identity Erasure

Crucible

by B.B. Reid • 2024

A plane crash leaves a disgraced pop star captive to three mountain men who demand total surrender.

3.89

4k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🏚️ Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonding ⚫ Morally Gray

Crucible 91%

A plane crash leaves a disgraced pop star captive to three mountain men who demand total surrender.

by B.B. Reid 2024

3.89

4k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🏚️ Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonding ⚫ Morally Gray

So Far Gone

by Jess Walter • 2025

His daughter gone, a hermit grandfather cares for two grandchildren as a militia church closes in.

3.92

30k+

🏚️ Estranged Family ⛪ Religious Extremism 👴 Reluctant Caregiver 🔗 Generational Trauma 🩹 Quiet Redemption

So Far Gone 91%

His daughter gone, a hermit grandfather cares for two grandchildren as a militia church closes in.

by Jess Walter 2025

3.92

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Estranged Family ⛪ Religious Extremism 👴 Reluctant Caregiver 🔗 Generational Trauma 🩹 Quiet Redemption

Unwanted

by Mia Sheridan • 2019

A wilderness guide confronts a feral murder suspect and finds her dead mother's locket on his chest.

4.11

34k+

🐺 Feral Hero 🖤 Trauma Bond 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 👧👦 Childhood Connection 🏠 Isolated Hero

Unwanted 91%

A wilderness guide confronts a feral murder suspect and finds her dead mother's locket on his chest.

by Mia Sheridan 2019

4.11

34k+ ratings

🐺 Feral Hero 🖤 Trauma Bond 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 👧👦 Childhood Connection 🏠 Isolated Hero

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 91%

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 God of the Woods

by Liz Moore • 2024

A camper vanishes from her family's Adirondack camp, unearthing the cold case that took her brother.

4.09

947k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Mystery 🌲 Remote Wilderness 👨‍👩‍👧 Wealthy Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The God of the Woods 91%

A camper vanishes from her family's Adirondack camp, unearthing the cold case that took her brother.

by Liz Moore 2024

4.09

947k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Mystery 🌲 Remote Wilderness 👨‍👩‍👧 Wealthy Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Final Girls

by Riley Sager • 2017

When another massacre survivor is murdered, a stranger at Quincy's door warns she's the next target.

3.82

268k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Trope 💭 Repressed Memories 🌲 Cabin In The Woods 🩸 Serial Killer

Final Girls 91%

When another massacre survivor is murdered, a stranger at Quincy's door warns she's the next target.

by Riley Sager 2017

3.82

268k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Trope 💭 Repressed Memories 🌲 Cabin In The Woods 🩸 Serial Killer

The Wicked Sister

by Karen Dionne • 2020

A woman institutionalized since childhood learns she never killed her parents. Her sister did.

3.79

10k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Toxic Sisterhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌲 Isolated Wilderness

The Wicked Sister 91%

A woman institutionalized since childhood learns she never killed her parents. Her sister did.

by Karen Dionne 2020

3.79

10k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Toxic Sisterhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌲 Isolated Wilderness

Midnight Sun

by Jo Nesbø • 2015

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

3.61

20k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family 👨 Reluctant Father Figure 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Midnight Sun 91%

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

by Jo Nesbø 2015

3.61

20k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family 👨 Reluctant Father Figure 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Blue Hour

by Paula Hawkins • 2024

A bone in a sculpture forces a curator to uncover dead artist's secret: her missing husband.

3.26

81k+

🎨 Art World Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island Setting ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Spouse 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Blue Hour 91%

A bone in a sculpture forces a curator to uncover dead artist's secret: her missing husband.

by Paula Hawkins 2024

3.26

81k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island Setting ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Spouse 🧠 Psychological Suspense

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Notes on an Execution 91%

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The New Wife 91%

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4.02

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4.00

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The Last Time I Lied 91%

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4.00

223k+ ratings

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4.02

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The New Husband 91%

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4.02

5k+ ratings

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