50 Books like Redbelly Crossing

Hairpin Bridge

by Taylor Adams • 2021

On a desolate bridge, a woman confronts the cop who called her twin's death a suicide.

3.48

20k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👯 Twin Sisters 👮 Corrupt Cop 🩸 Family Of Killers

Hairpin Bridge 94%

On a desolate bridge, a woman confronts the cop who called her twin's death a suicide.

by Taylor Adams 2021

3.48

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👯 Twin Sisters 👮 Corrupt Cop 🩸 Family Of Killers

No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2024

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

3.64

88k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

No One Can Know 94%

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2024

3.64

88k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

The Dry

by Jane Harper • 2016

An agent returns to a parched town for a funeral, questioning a staged family murder.

4.06

270k+

🏜️ Australian Noir 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case ⏳ Dual Timeline 🕵️‍♂️ Haunted Detective

The Dry 94%

An agent returns to a parched town for a funeral, questioning a staged family murder.

by Jane Harper 2016

4.06

270k+ ratings

🏜️ Australian Noir 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case ⏳ Dual Timeline 🕵️‍♂️ Haunted Detective

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

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

by Kerryn Mayne • 2024

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

3.79

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

Joy Moody Is Out of Time 94%

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

by Kerryn Mayne 2024

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

Daughter of Mine

by Megan Miranda • 2024

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

3.91

78k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Daughter of Mine 94%

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

by Megan Miranda 2024

3.91

78k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The Trouble Up North

by Travis Mulhauser • 2025

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

3.63

799

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Trouble Up North 94%

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

by Travis Mulhauser 2025

3.63

799 ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

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 94%

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

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2022

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

3.75

236k+

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Summary

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 94%

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2022

3.75

236k+ ratings

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

16k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance 94%

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025

3.65

16k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

What Remains of Teague House

by Stacy Johns • 2025

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

3.42

861

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

What Remains of Teague House 93%

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

by Stacy Johns 2025

3.42

861 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

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 93%

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

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 93%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Not What She Seems

by Yasmin Angoe • 2024

Her grandfather's murder pulls a disgraced academic back to a Southern town hiding a killer.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕵🏾 Cold Case 🔪 Sociopathic Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌫️ Small Town Secrets

Not What She Seems 93%

Her grandfather's murder pulls a disgraced academic back to a Southern town hiding a killer.

by Yasmin Angoe 2024

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕵🏾 Cold Case 🔪 Sociopathic Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌫️ Small Town Secrets

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

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 93%

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 Keeper

by Tana French • 2026

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

4.27

25k+

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family

The Keeper 93%

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

by Tana French 2026

4.27

25k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family

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 93%

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 Innocent

by David Baldacci • 2012

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

4.19

122k+

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🏃 Child On The Run 🔫 Rogue Agent

The Innocent 93%

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

by David Baldacci 2012

4.19

122k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🏃 Child On The Run 🔫 Rogue Agent

Pretty Girls

by Karin Slaughter • 2015

Her dead husband's computer holds snuff films. One victim is her sister, missing twenty years.

4.00

738k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔎 Missing Person Case 💔 Emotionally Harrowing

Pretty Girls 93%

Her dead husband's computer holds snuff films. One victim is her sister, missing twenty years.

by Karin Slaughter 2015

4.00

738k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔎 Missing Person Case 💔 Emotionally Harrowing

The Ice Princess

by Camilla Läckberg • 2010

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

3.76

91k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Ice Princess 93%

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

by Camilla Läckberg 2010

3.76

91k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma

King of Ashes

by S.A. Cosby • 2025

A brother owes a gang a quarter-million. A money man comes home to pay in ash.

3.96

82k+

🎭 Crime Family Drama 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Rural Noir 🔫 Gangland Thriller 🕵️ Inside Man

King of Ashes 93%

A brother owes a gang a quarter-million. A money man comes home to pay in ash.

by S.A. Cosby 2025

3.96

82k+ ratings

🎭 Crime Family Drama 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Rural Noir 🔫 Gangland Thriller 🕵️ Inside Man

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 93%

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

Broken Bayou

by Jennifer Moorhead • 2024

A psychologist's bayou homecoming unearths barrels of bodies and a car from her own childhood.

4.12

33k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔪 Serial Killer 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔒 Family Secrets

Broken Bayou 93%

A psychologist's bayou homecoming unearths barrels of bodies and a car from her own childhood.

by Jennifer Moorhead 2024

4.12

33k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔪 Serial Killer 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔒 Family 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 93%

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

The Missing Half

by Ashley Flowers • 2025

Seven years after her sister vanished, a stranger arrives claiming hers disappeared the same way.

3.79

145k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👭 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🛡️ Protective Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Missing Half 93%

Seven years after her sister vanished, a stranger arrives claiming hers disappeared the same way.

by Ashley Flowers 2025

3.79

145k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👭 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🛡️ Protective Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Under the Storm

by Christoffer Carlsson • 2019

When a Swedish village convicts a man for murder, one detective's doubt persists through the years.

3.66

3k+

🌲 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Under the Storm 93%

When a Swedish village convicts a man for murder, one detective's doubt persists through the years.

by Christoffer Carlsson 2019

3.66

3k+ ratings

🌲 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Dark Places

by Gillian Flynn • 2009

A broke massacre survivor takes money from true-crime fanatics to clear the brother she convicted.

3.94

848k+

🌫️ Cold Case Mystery 🔪 True Crime Fandom 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🩸 Family Massacre Survivor 👧 Secret Child

Dark Places 93%

A broke massacre survivor takes money from true-crime fanatics to clear the brother she convicted.

by Gillian Flynn 2009

3.94

848k+ ratings

🌫️ Cold Case Mystery 🔪 True Crime Fandom 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🩸 Family Massacre Survivor 👧 Secret Child

The Woods

by Harlan Coben • 2007

Twenty years after his sister vanished, a prosecutor finds a body from camp that reopens everything.

4.06

114k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🪦 Buried Family Secrets 👧 Missing Sister 🏕️ Summer Camp Past

The Woods 93%

Twenty years after his sister vanished, a prosecutor finds a body from camp that reopens everything.

by Harlan Coben 2007

4.06

114k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🪦 Buried Family Secrets 👧 Missing Sister 🏕️ Summer Camp Past

Guess Again

by Charlie Donlea • 2025

An ex-detective reopens a cold case. The sole lead: the serial killer who murdered his father.

4.15

62k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🎭 Copycat Crimes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Guess Again 93%

An ex-detective reopens a cold case. The sole lead: the serial killer who murdered his father.

by Charlie Donlea 2025

4.15

62k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🎭 Copycat Crimes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party 93%

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Searcher

by Tana French • 2020

A retired detective's Irish solitude shatters when a teen asks for his help finding her brother.

3.80

165k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 📖 Literary Crime 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔍 Retired Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

The Searcher 93%

A retired detective's Irish solitude shatters when a teen asks for his help finding her brother.

by Tana French 2020

3.80

165k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 📖 Literary Crime 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔍 Retired Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

Blue Mountain

by Lisa Michelle • 2021

Her dying grandmother confesses to being a killer. The evidence is buried on Blue Mountain.

3.93

1k+

🖊️ Literary Suspense 🏚️ Family Crime Saga 🛏️ Deathbed Confession 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Reinvented Identity

Blue Mountain 93%

Her dying grandmother confesses to being a killer. The evidence is buried on Blue Mountain.

by Lisa Michelle 2021

3.93

1k+ ratings

🖊️ Literary Suspense 🏚️ Family Crime Saga 🛏️ Deathbed Confession 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Reinvented Identity

All You Took From Me

by Lisa Kenway • 2024

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

3.59

324

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Forbidden Affair

All You Took From Me 92%

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

by Lisa Kenway 2024

3.59

324 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Forbidden Affair

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

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 92%

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

We Are All the Same in the Dark

by Julia Heaberlin • 2020

A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.

3.77

57k+

🕵️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Girl Case 👮 Female Detective 🏚️ Southern Gothic ☠️ Toxic Small Town

We Are All the Same in the Dark 92%

A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.

by Julia Heaberlin 2020

3.77

57k+ ratings

🕵️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Girl Case 👮 Female Detective 🏚️ Southern Gothic ☠️ Toxic Small Town

Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke • 2001

A Louisiana detective chases the cops who killed his mother through death row and the bayou.

4.18

9k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic Noir 🕵️ Hard-Boiled Detective ⚖️ Death Row Drama 🔍 Familial Cold Case 👯 Trauma-Bonded Sisters

Purple Cane Road 92%

A Louisiana detective chases the cops who killed his mother through death row and the bayou.

by James Lee Burke 2001

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic Noir 🕵️ Hard-Boiled Detective ⚖️ Death Row Drama 🔍 Familial Cold Case 👯 Trauma-Bonded Sisters

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby • 2023

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

4.20

129k+

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

All the Sinners Bleed 92%

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

by S.A. Cosby 2023

4.20

129k+ ratings

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

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

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

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

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 Ghostwriter

by Julie Clark • 2025

Returning to write her dying father's memoir, a disgraced author finds a murder confession.

4.04

95k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Estranged Father Daughter 🎞️ Archival Mystery

The Ghostwriter 92%

Returning to write her dying father's memoir, a disgraced author finds a murder confession.

by Julie Clark 2025

4.04

95k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Estranged Father Daughter 🎞️ Archival Mystery

All Good People Here

by Ashley Flowers • 2022

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

3.82

344k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏠 Hometown Return 🌾 Midwest Gothic

All Good People Here 92%

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

by Ashley Flowers 2022

3.82

344k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏠 Hometown Return 🌾 Midwest Gothic

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

Her Last Breath

by Hilary Davidson • 2021

Her dead sister's email names a killer: the husband. His first wife died young, too.

3.89

21k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏛️ Corrupt Dynasty 👯 Estranged Sisters ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 📩 Message From Beyond

Her Last Breath 92%

Her dead sister's email names a killer: the husband. His first wife died young, too.

by Hilary Davidson 2021

3.89

21k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏛️ Corrupt Dynasty 👯 Estranged Sisters ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 📩 Message From Beyond

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 92%

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

by M.W. Craven 2024

4.55

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All the Little Houses 92%

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3.48

12k+ ratings

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51k+

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The Murder House 92%

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4.06

51k+ ratings

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22k+

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The Dark Horse 92%

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4.30

22k+ ratings

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3.92

3k+

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Tell Me What I Am 92%

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3.92

3k+ ratings

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