50 Books like Do No Evil

Murder by the Book

by Amie Schaumberg • 2025

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

3.41

816

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

Murder by the Book 94%

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

by Amie Schaumberg 2025

3.41

816 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

Dark of the Moon

by John Sandford • 2007

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

4.00

43k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

Dark of the Moon 94%

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

by John Sandford 2007

4.00

43k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

The Maidens

by Alex Michaelides • 2021

At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.

3.61

450k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Oxbridge Setting 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Charismatic Suspect 💔 Grieving Protagonist

The Maidens 94%

At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.

by Alex Michaelides 2021

3.61

450k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Oxbridge Setting 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Charismatic Suspect 💔 Grieving Protagonist

Fox

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2025

A beloved teacher found dead: his classroom was a locked room, his students his only witnesses.

3.76

10k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🔒 Grooming 🤫 Institutional Cover-Up 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Fox 94%

A beloved teacher found dead: his classroom was a locked room, his students his only witnesses.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2025

3.76

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🔒 Grooming 🤫 Institutional Cover-Up 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town 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 94%

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

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 94%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

Blindsighted

by Karin Slaughter • 2001

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

4.10

123k+

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

Blindsighted 94%

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

by Karin Slaughter 2001

4.10

123k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

by Michael Brandman • 2011

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

4.12

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective 😈 Vengeful Antagonist 🔪 Gritty Crime

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 94%

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

by Michael Brandman 2011

4.12

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective 😈 Vengeful Antagonist 🔪 Gritty Crime

Society of Lies

by Lauren Ling Brown • 2024

After her sister dies at Princeton, Maya joins the secret society she escaped to find the killer.

3.52

101k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🔍 Campus Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Sister Sleuth

Society of Lies 93%

After her sister dies at Princeton, Maya joins the secret society she escaped to find the killer.

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024

3.52

101k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🔍 Campus Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Sister Sleuth

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert

by Joël Dicker • 2012

A blocked writer visits his mentor, then a thirty-year-old skeleton surfaces in the mentor's garden.

4.20

245k+

📚 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Amateur Detective ✍️ Writer Protagonist

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert Summary

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert 93%

A blocked writer visits his mentor, then a thirty-year-old skeleton surfaces in the mentor's garden.

by Joël Dicker 2012

4.20

245k+ ratings

📚 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Amateur Detective ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Ironwood

by Michael Connelly • 2026

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

4.41

21k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💼 Police Corruption 🏝️ Isolated Island

Ironwood 93%

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

by Michael Connelly 2026

4.41

21k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💼 Police Corruption 🏝️ Isolated Island

The It Girl

by Ruth Ware • 2022

A pregnant woman reopens her Oxford friend's murder case after learning the wrong man was convicted.

3.84

300k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🔪 Campus Murder ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👥 Friend Group Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

The It Girl 93%

A pregnant woman reopens her Oxford friend's murder case after learning the wrong man was convicted.

by Ruth Ware 2022

3.84

300k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🔪 Campus Murder ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👥 Friend Group Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

Sacrifice

by Paul Finch • 2013

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

4.2

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

Sacrifice 93%

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

by Paul Finch 2013

4.2

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

The Examiner

by Janice Hallett • 2024

Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.

3.66

25k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 📚 Academic Thriller 🎨 Art World Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person

The Examiner 93%

Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.

by Janice Hallett 2024

3.66

25k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 📚 Academic Thriller 🎨 Art World Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person

What Have You Done?

by Shari Lapena • 2024

A Vermont field, a dead teenager, and a small town where everyone is hiding something.

3.75

108k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👥 Multiple Suspects 🔎 Amateur Sleuthing 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

What Have You Done? 93%

A Vermont field, a dead teenager, and a small town where everyone is hiding something.

by Shari Lapena 2024

3.75

108k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👥 Multiple Suspects 🔎 Amateur Sleuthing 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Murder Your Employer

by Rupert Holmes • 2023

At a hidden academy, murder is a craft. Three students must kill their bosses to graduate.

3.8

59k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Academic Satire 🎯 Revenge Thriller 🏛️ Secret Society 😏 Dark Comedy

Murder Your Employer 93%

At a hidden academy, murder is a craft. Three students must kill their bosses to graduate.

by Rupert Holmes 2023

3.8

59k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Academic Satire 🎯 Revenge Thriller 🏛️ Secret Society 😏 Dark Comedy

One Dark Night

by Hannah Richell • 2025

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

3.85

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

One Dark Night 93%

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

by Hannah Richell 2025

3.85

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 93%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

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

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe • 2022

A criminologist needs the professor she jailed to hunt a killer, but he wants more than freedom.

3.65

26k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Obsessive Love 🔍 Criminal Consultant

Lovely Bad Things 93%

A criminologist needs the professor she jailed to hunt a killer, but he wants more than freedom.

by Trisha Wolfe 2022

3.65

26k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Obsessive Love 🔍 Criminal Consultant

The Murders at Fleat House

by Lucinda Riley • 2022

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

4.10

47k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 👑 Hidden Heir

The Murders at Fleat House 93%

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

by Lucinda Riley 2022

4.10

47k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 👑 Hidden Heir

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Black Bear Alibi 93%

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Silent Bones

by Val McDermid • 2025

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

4.12

7k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society 👮 Female Detective 📋 Dark Procedural

Silent Bones 93%

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

by Val McDermid 2025

4.12

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society 👮 Female Detective 📋 Dark Procedural

Dead Simple

by Peter James • 2005

A stag night joke leaves a groom buried alive. The friends who buried him are dead.

4.06

32k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🪦 Buried Alive 🕷️ Black Widow 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 🌊 Seaside Crime

Dead Simple 93%

A stag night joke leaves a groom buried alive. The friends who buried him are dead.

by Peter James 2005

4.06

32k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🪦 Buried Alive 🕷️ Black Widow 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 🌊 Seaside Crime

Her Last Move

by John Marrs • 2018

Two detectives with broken lives hunt a killer who marks his victims by their buried sins.

4.05

26k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Damaged Detectives 👁️ Killer Point Of View ⚡ Revenge Thriller

Her Last Move 93%

Two detectives with broken lives hunt a killer who marks his victims by their buried sins.

by John Marrs 2018

4.05

26k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Damaged Detectives 👁️ Killer Point Of View ⚡ Revenge Thriller

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

A Great Deliverance 93%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

The Devil's Star

by Jo Nesbø • 2006

A broken Oslo detective must catch a ritual killer while teamed with his corrupt nemesis.

4.06

78k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Corrupt Cop

The Devil's Star 93%

A broken Oslo detective must catch a ritual killer while teamed with his corrupt nemesis.

by Jo Nesbø 2006

4.06

78k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Corrupt Cop

One Lost Soul

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

4.08

24k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

One Lost Soul 93%

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.08

24k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

Naked in Death

by J.D. Robb • 1995

A detective tracking a serial killer of escorts falls for her billionaire prime suspect.

4.13

205k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Haunted Detective ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance

Naked in Death 93%

A detective tracking a serial killer of escorts falls for her billionaire prime suspect.

by J.D. Robb 1995

4.13

205k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Haunted Detective ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse • 2021

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

3.36

205k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

The Sanatorium 93%

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

by Sarah Pearse 2021

3.36

205k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

New Girl in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

4.40

12k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

New Girl in the Falls 93%

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.40

12k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

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 💔 Damaged Detective 🧩 Enigmatic Sidekick

The Keeper of Lost Causes 93%

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 💔 Damaged Detective 🧩 Enigmatic Sidekick

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

The Black Echo

by Michael Connelly • 1992

Harry Bosch's dead comrade pulls him into a bank heist where the FBI is the enemy.

4.14

218k+

🏙️ Los Angeles Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🕴️ Corrupt Fbi Agent 👮 Police Procedural

The Black Echo 93%

Harry Bosch's dead comrade pulls him into a bank heist where the FBI is the enemy.

by Michael Connelly 1992

4.14

218k+ ratings

🏙️ Los Angeles Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🕴️ Corrupt Fbi Agent 👮 Police Procedural

Think of a Number

by John Verdon • 2010

Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.

3.88

40k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Reluctant Investigator 🐱 Cat And Mouse 💔 Childhood Trauma

Think of a Number 93%

Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.

by John Verdon 2010

3.88

40k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Reluctant Investigator 🐱 Cat And Mouse 💔 Childhood Trauma

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 93%

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

Orchid Beach

by Stuart Woods • 1998

An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.

4.05

14k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏡 Small Town Mystery 🐕 Canine Sidekick 🌴 Florida Crime 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

Orchid Beach 93%

An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.

by Stuart Woods 1998

4.05

14k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏡 Small Town Mystery 🐕 Canine Sidekick 🌴 Florida Crime 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

The Dark Hours

by David J. Gatward • 2023

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

4.48

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

The Dark Hours 93%

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

by David J. Gatward 2023

4.48

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

4.39

6k+

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Haunted Detective 🎩 Aristocratic Villains

Land Rites 92%

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

by Andy Maslen 2021

4.39

6k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Haunted Detective 🎩 Aristocratic Villains

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead 92%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Woman with a Gun

by Phillip Margolin • 2014

A failed novelist reopens the murder behind a Pulitzer-winning photo of a bride with a gun.

3.72

3k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🌊 Seaside Mystery

Woman with a Gun 92%

A failed novelist reopens the murder behind a Pulitzer-winning photo of a bride with a gun.

by Phillip Margolin 2014

3.72

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🌊 Seaside Mystery

In the Woods

by Tana French • 2007

Returning to the woods where his friends vanished, a Dublin detective probes a child's murder.

3.78

443k+

👮 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💭 Buried Memories

In the Woods 92%

Returning to the woods where his friends vanished, a Dublin detective probes a child's murder.

by Tana French 2007

3.78

443k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💭 Buried Memories

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 🔪 Serial Killer ✉️ Taunting Killer

The Cold Cold Ground 92%

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 🔪 Serial Killer ✉️ Taunting Killer

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family 92%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Hello, Transcriber

by Hannah Morrissey • 2021

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

3.43

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

Hello, Transcriber 92%

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

by Hannah Morrissey 2021

3.43

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

The Midnight Feast

by Lucy Foley • 2024

A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.

3.57

296k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders 🌾 Rural Gothic 🌙 Seasonal Ritual

The Midnight Feast 92%

A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.

by Lucy Foley 2024

3.57

296k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders 🌾 Rural Gothic 🌙 Seasonal Ritual

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver • 1997

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

4.20

197k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Mentor And ProtéGé

The Bone Collector 92%

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

by Jeffery Deaver 1997

4.20

197k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Mentor And ProtéGé

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 92%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Black Echo

by Michael Connelly • 1992

Harry Bosch's dead comrade pulls him into a bank heist where the FBI is the enemy.

4.14

218k+

🏙️ Los Angeles Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🕴️ Corrupt Fbi Agent 👮 Police Procedural

The Black Echo 92%

Harry Bosch's dead comrade pulls him into a bank heist where the FBI is the enemy.

by Michael Connelly 1992

4.14

218k+ ratings

🏙️ Los Angeles Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🕴️ Corrupt Fbi Agent 👮 Police Procedural

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

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

3.55

132k+

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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 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

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