50 Books like Mercure

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 93%

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

My Husband

by Maud Ventura • 2021

A wife measures her marriage in secret notebooks, color-coded days, and affairs she calls justice.

3.65

69k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Obsessive Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕸️ Mutual Manipulation

My Husband 93%

A wife measures her marriage in secret notebooks, color-coded days, and affairs she calls justice.

by Maud Ventura 2021

3.65

69k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Obsessive Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕸️ Mutual Manipulation

The Favorite Girl

by Monica Arya • 2024

A housekeeper at a pristine estate discovers the family's dark secret: a wing of imprisoned women.

3.71

50k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 💍 Forced Marriage 😰 Woman In Peril

The Favorite Girl 92%

A housekeeper at a pristine estate discovers the family's dark secret: a wing of imprisoned women.

by Monica Arya 2024

3.71

50k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 💍 Forced Marriage 😰 Woman In Peril

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows 92%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Beautiful Ugly

by Alice Feeney • 2025

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

3.61

451k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

Beautiful Ugly 92%

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

by Alice Feeney 2025

3.61

451k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

The Fiction Writer

by Jillian Cantor • 2023

A broke novelist ghostwrites in Malibu, where the glass mansion guards a dead wife's secrets.

3.18

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Mystery 👻 The Dead Wife 📚 Metafictional Thriller 😰 Psychological Gaslighting 🌊 Coastal Gothic

The Fiction Writer 92%

A broke novelist ghostwrites in Malibu, where the glass mansion guards a dead wife's secrets.

by Jillian Cantor 2023

3.18

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mystery 👻 The Dead Wife 📚 Metafictional Thriller 😰 Psychological Gaslighting 🌊 Coastal Gothic

Gaslit

by R.R. Haywood • 2024

A disgraced ex-cop house-sits a remote manor, but the gaslights flicker and every room has eyes.

4.04

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏰 Isolated Estate 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Gaslit 92%

A disgraced ex-cop house-sits a remote manor, but the gaslights flicker and every room has eyes.

by R.R. Haywood 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏰 Isolated Estate 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

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 💋 Femme Fatale 👁️ Paranoia

Venetian Vespers 92%

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 💋 Femme Fatale 👁️ Paranoia

The Wrong Daughter

by Dandy Smith • 2024

Sixteen years gone, Caitlin's sister returns. But this woman remembers nothing she should.

3.96

68k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Imposter Sister 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Captivity

The Wrong Daughter 92%

Sixteen years gone, Caitlin's sister returns. But this woman remembers nothing she should.

by Dandy Smith 2024

3.96

68k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Imposter Sister 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Captivity

Madam

by Phoebe Wynne • 2021

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

3.23

8k+

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Madam 92%

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

by Phoebe Wynne 2021

3.23

8k+ ratings

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

The Housemaid

by Freida McFadden • 2022

A desperate ex-con maid moves into a mansion where the attic door locks from the outside.

4.27

3.6M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔒 Coercive Control ⛓️ Hidden Captivity 🔄 Perspective Flip

The Housemaid 91%

A desperate ex-con maid moves into a mansion where the attic door locks from the outside.

by Freida McFadden 2022

4.27

3.6M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔒 Coercive Control ⛓️ Hidden Captivity 🔄 Perspective Flip

Trap Door

by Dreda Say Mitchell • 2020

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

3.73

2k+

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Trap Door 91%

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

by Dreda Say Mitchell 2020

3.73

2k+ ratings

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

The Mad Wife

by Meagan Church • 2025

She found her neighbor's lobotomy records. Now her husband carries the same doctor's phone number.

3.86

148k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ 1950s Suburbia 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💊 Medical Gaslighting 🔒 Coercive Control

The Mad Wife 91%

She found her neighbor's lobotomy records. Now her husband carries the same doctor's phone number.

by Meagan Church 2025

3.86

148k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ 1950s Suburbia 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💊 Medical Gaslighting 🔒 Coercive Control

The House That Held Her

by Ellis Hart • 2025

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

3.78

796

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The House That Held Her 91%

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

by Ellis Hart 2025

3.78

796 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

All The Pretty People

by Barbara Freethy • 2022

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

4.02

6k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

All The Pretty People 91%

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

by Barbara Freethy 2022

4.02

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

One of the Good Guys

by Araminta Hall • 2024

He flees divorce for the coast, unaware two women are comparing stories about him.

3.46

12k+

🕵️ Psychological Suspense 🎭 Gaslighting Dynamics 👁️ Unreliable Perspectives 🔥 Slow Burn Tension 🌊 Coastal Village

One of the Good Guys 91%

He flees divorce for the coast, unaware two women are comparing stories about him.

by Araminta Hall 2024

3.46

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Suspense 🎭 Gaslighting Dynamics 👁️ Unreliable Perspectives 🔥 Slow Burn Tension 🌊 Coastal Village

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 91%

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

Verity

by Colleen Hoover • 2018

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

4.29

3.9M+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor ❓ Ambiguous Ending 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

Verity 91%

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

by Colleen Hoover 2018

4.29

3.9M+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor ❓ Ambiguous Ending 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

The Daughters of Block Island

by Christa Carmen • 2023

A lawyer discovers a dead sister and a gothic mansion's secrets on a rain-lashed island.

3.79

7k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🧩 Hidden Sibling 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Family Curse 🕳️ Generational Trauma

The Daughters of Block Island 91%

A lawyer discovers a dead sister and a gothic mansion's secrets on a rain-lashed island.

by Christa Carmen 2023

3.79

7k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🧩 Hidden Sibling 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Family Curse 🕳️ Generational Trauma

Memories of Midnight

by Sidney Sheldon • 1990

An amnesiac woman trusts a Greek billionaire. His kindness hides a killer's obsession.

3.75

21k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🌫️ Amnesia Mystery 🎭 Gaslighting 💔 Abusive Marriage

Memories of Midnight 91%

An amnesiac woman trusts a Greek billionaire. His kindness hides a killer's obsession.

by Sidney Sheldon 1990

3.75

21k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🌫️ Amnesia Mystery 🎭 Gaslighting 💔 Abusive Marriage

Adrift

by Will Dean • 2026

A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.

3.78

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Gaslighting 🐻 Protective Mother 🤗 Found Family 😰 Claustrophobic

Adrift 91%

A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.

by Will Dean 2026

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Gaslighting 🐻 Protective Mother 🤗 Found Family 😰 Claustrophobic

The Magus

by John Fowles • 1965

On a Greek island, a teacher becomes prey in a millionaire's theatre of psychological manipulation.

4.05

64k+

🧩 Psychological Mystery 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ♟️ Mind Games 🌫️ Blurred Reality

The Magus 91%

On a Greek island, a teacher becomes prey in a millionaire's theatre of psychological manipulation.

by John Fowles 1965

4.05

64k+ ratings

🧩 Psychological Mystery 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ♟️ Mind Games 🌫️ Blurred Reality

Where I End

by Sophie White • 2022

Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.

3.83

6k+

🌊 Irish Gothic 🦴 Body Horror ✒️ Literary Horror 🖤 Toxic Motherhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Where I End 91%

Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.

by Sophie White 2022

3.83

6k+ ratings

🌊 Irish Gothic 🦴 Body Horror ✒️ Literary Horror 🖤 Toxic Motherhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Guest List

by Lucy Foley • 2020

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

3.79

1.3M+

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Guest List 91%

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

by Lucy Foley 2020

3.79

1.3M+ ratings

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats

by Isabelle Aupy • 2018

Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.

3.75

1k+

🏝️ Allegorical Fiction 🕊️ Quiet Resistance 🗣️ Language As Power 🌊 Isolated Island 💡 Lighthouse Refuge

L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats Summary

L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats 91%

Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.

by Isabelle Aupy 2018

3.75

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Allegorical Fiction 🕊️ Quiet Resistance 🗣️ Language As Power 🌊 Isolated Island 💡 Lighthouse Refuge

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 91%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

The Fury

by Alex Michaelides • 2024

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

3.36

246k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

The Fury 91%

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

by Alex Michaelides 2024

3.36

246k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

Homewrecker

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2025

A TV presenter watches a tutor charm her family while her grip on reality slowly slips.

3.66

4k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🤥 Gaslighting Husband 🔮 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🎭 Charismatic Villain

Homewrecker 91%

A TV presenter watches a tutor charm her family while her grip on reality slowly slips.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2025

3.66

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🤥 Gaslighting Husband 🔮 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🎭 Charismatic Villain

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

Dark Is When the Devil Comes

by Daisy Pearce • 2026

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

3.69

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 👹 Monstrous Double 🦴 Body Horror

Dark Is When the Devil Comes 91%

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

by Daisy Pearce 2026

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 👹 Monstrous Double 🦴 Body Horror

Wild Dark Shore

by Charlotte McConaghy • 2025

A shipwrecked woman on a remote island discovers her rescuers may have killed her husband.

4.07

560k+

🌊 Remote Island Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 💔 Grief-Haunted Family

Wild Dark Shore 91%

A shipwrecked woman on a remote island discovers her rescuers may have killed her husband.

by Charlotte McConaghy 2025

4.07

560k+ ratings

🌊 Remote Island Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 💔 Grief-Haunted Family

Summerhouse

by Yiğit Karaahmet • 2025

On a Turkish island, a gay couple's life unravels when desire for a young neighbor turns murderous.

3.59

674

🖤 Literary Suspense ⏳ Age Gap Desire 💔 Long-Term Relationship 👁️ Voyeurism And Obsession 🪦 Cover Up A Death

Summerhouse 91%

On a Turkish island, a gay couple's life unravels when desire for a young neighbor turns murderous.

by Yiğit Karaahmet 2025

3.59

674 ratings

🖤 Literary Suspense ⏳ Age Gap Desire 💔 Long-Term Relationship 👁️ Voyeurism And Obsession 🪦 Cover Up A Death

The Wind off the Small Isles

by Mary Stewart • 1968

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

3.76

774

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ✍️ Creative Renewal

The Wind off the Small Isles 91%

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

by Mary Stewart 1968

3.76

774 ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ✍️ Creative Renewal

The Cruel Dark

by Bea Northwick • 2023

An amnesiac arrives at a crumbling manor where the professor's dead wife refuses to stay buried.

4.03

5k+

🏚️ Gothic Romance 🌫️ Haunted Manor 💀 Psychological Horror 👰 Dead Wife's Shadow 🔍 Unreliable Narrator

The Cruel Dark 91%

An amnesiac arrives at a crumbling manor where the professor's dead wife refuses to stay buried.

by Bea Northwick 2023

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Romance 🌫️ Haunted Manor 💀 Psychological Horror 👰 Dead Wife's Shadow 🔍 Unreliable Narrator

Les marins ne savent pas nager

by Dominique Scali • 2022

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

3.73

1k+

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 📜 Generational Saga 🗣️ Polyphonic Voices

Les marins ne savent pas nager 91%

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

by Dominique Scali 2022

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 📜 Generational Saga 🗣️ Polyphonic Voices

The Other Mrs.

by Mary Kubica • 2020

On a remote Maine island, a woman with blackouts fears she murdered her neighbor.

3.74

165k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Gaslighting Husband 🧩 Dissociative Identity

The Other Mrs. 91%

On a remote Maine island, a woman with blackouts fears she murdered her neighbor.

by Mary Kubica 2020

3.74

165k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Gaslighting Husband 🧩 Dissociative Identity

The Makeover

by Matt McGregor • 2024

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

3.69

2k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love ⚔️ Inheritance Conflict

The Makeover 91%

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

by Matt McGregor 2024

3.69

2k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love ⚔️ Inheritance Conflict

Mrs. March

by Virginia Feito • 2021

Told she inspired her husband's cruel new character, a Manhattan wife sinks into paranoid dread.

3.25

29k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💊 Woman On The Edge 💔 Deteriorating Marriage

Mrs. March 91%

Told she inspired her husband's cruel new character, a Manhattan wife sinks into paranoid dread.

by Virginia Feito 2021

3.25

29k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💊 Woman On The Edge 💔 Deteriorating Marriage

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Death of Mrs. Westaway 91%

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

Reckless Girls

by Rachel Hawkins • 2022

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

3.55

159k+

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery 🏹 Survival Thriller ☀️ Sun-Drenched Horror

Reckless Girls 91%

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

by Rachel Hawkins 2022

3.55

159k+ ratings

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery 🏹 Survival Thriller ☀️ Sun-Drenched Horror

The Minotaur

by Barbara Vine • 2005

At a decaying manor, a Swedish nurse cares for a hidden man. The house hides a killer.

3.65

3k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🤫 Family Secrets 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👪 Eccentric Family 🕰️ Slow Burn Mystery

The Minotaur 91%

At a decaying manor, a Swedish nurse cares for a hidden man. The house hides a killer.

by Barbara Vine 2005

3.65

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🤫 Family Secrets 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👪 Eccentric Family 🕰️ Slow Burn Mystery

Keep The Doctor Away

by James Caine • 2024

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

3.85

5k+

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

Keep The Doctor Away 90%

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

by James Caine 2024

3.85

5k+ ratings

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

GPS

by Lucie Rico • 2022

After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.

3.09

418

🧩 Obsessive Friendship 📱 Grief And Technology 🔍 Literary Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📡 Digital Surveillance

GPS 90%

After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.

by Lucie Rico 2022

3.09

418 ratings

🧩 Obsessive Friendship 📱 Grief And Technology 🔍 Literary Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📡 Digital Surveillance

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 90%

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

We Used to Live Here

by Marcus Kliewer • 2024

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

3.59

305k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

We Used to Live Here 90%

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

by Marcus Kliewer 2024

3.59

305k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

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 👮 Flawed Woman Detective 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets

Quelqu'un d'autre 90%

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 👮 Flawed Woman Detective 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets

Identity

by Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

34k+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Identity 90%

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

by Milan Kundera 1997

3.69

34k+ ratings

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

The Guest

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A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

3.27

117k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

The Guest 90%

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

by Emma Cline 2023

3.27

117k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

Rouge

by Mona Awad • 2023

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

3.53

51k+

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror 🌀 Fractured Psyche 📖 Fairy Tale Horror

Rouge 90%

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

by Mona Awad 2023

3.53

51k+ ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror 🌀 Fractured Psyche 📖 Fairy Tale Horror

The Only One Left

by Riley Sager • 2023

At a decaying cliffside mansion, a caregiver tends a mute woman accused of killing her family.

4.13

644k+

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Unreliable Narrator 🔄 Switched Identities 🔐 Family Secrets

The Only One Left 90%

At a decaying cliffside mansion, a caregiver tends a mute woman accused of killing her family.

by Riley Sager 2023

4.13

644k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Unreliable Narrator 🔄 Switched Identities 🔐 Family Secrets

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