50 Books like Rock Bottom

Killers of a Certain Age

by Deanna Raybourn • 2022

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

3.85

122k+

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

Killers of a Certain Age 94%

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

by Deanna Raybourn 2022

3.85

122k+ ratings

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

Take Down

by Fern Michaels • 2014

After a defective drug kills children, a team's FBI heist forces the company to pay.

4.35

2k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Heist Crew 💼 Corporate Thriller 💀 Revenge Thriller 📜 Legal Thriller

Take Down 94%

After a defective drug kills children, a team's FBI heist forces the company to pay.

by Fern Michaels 2014

4.35

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Heist Crew 💼 Corporate Thriller 💀 Revenge Thriller 📜 Legal Thriller

The Collectors

by David Baldacci • 2006

A librarian's death pulls four outcasts into a spy ring inside the Library of Congress.

4.07

53k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 👥 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Crew 🇺🇸 Washington D.C.

The Collectors 93%

A librarian's death pulls four outcasts into a spy ring inside the Library of Congress.

by David Baldacci 2006

4.07

53k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 👥 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Crew 🇺🇸 Washington D.C.

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao • 2025

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

3.56

16k+

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 93%

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

Upside Down

by Fern Michaels • 2014

Men launch a secret justice operation. The women they love are closing in.

4.04

2k+

🦸 Vigilante Justice 💔 Marriage In Trouble 💕 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Thriller

Upside Down 93%

Men launch a secret justice operation. The women they love are closing in.

by Fern Michaels 2014

4.04

2k+ ratings

🦸 Vigilante Justice 💔 Marriage In Trouble 💕 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Thriller

High Stakes

by Fern Michaels • 2017

Undercover at a drug-running male dance show, a reporter races to save his old friend.

4.29

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Thriller 💖 Bodyguard Romance 🤝 Found Family 💊 Drug Smuggling 🔍 Undercover Operation

High Stakes 93%

Undercover at a drug-running male dance show, a reporter races to save his old friend.

by Fern Michaels 2017

4.29

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Thriller 💖 Bodyguard Romance 🤝 Found Family 💊 Drug Smuggling 🔍 Undercover Operation

Next to Heaven

by James Frey • 2025

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

3.34

16k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

Next to Heaven 93%

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

by James Frey 2025

3.34

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

Dead Money

by Jakob Kerr • 2025

A murdered tech CEO, a will that freezes billions, a fixer the killer is hunting.

3.94

14k+

🏢 Corporate Thriller 🌉 Silicon Valley 🔪 Female Antihero 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 💰 Ruthless Ambition

Dead Money 92%

A murdered tech CEO, a will that freezes billions, a fixer the killer is hunting.

by Jakob Kerr 2025

3.94

14k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Thriller 🌉 Silicon Valley 🔪 Female Antihero 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 💰 Ruthless Ambition

The Investigator

by John Sandford • 2022

A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.

4.27

34k+

🎯 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Thriller 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🛢️ Oil Field Crime 🏚️ Small Town Siege

The Investigator 92%

A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.

by John Sandford 2022

4.27

34k+ ratings

🎯 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Thriller 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🛢️ Oil Field Crime 🏚️ Small Town Siege

Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2)

by Juan Gómez-Jurado • 2023

Framed by her boss, a mother must survive a brutal Spanish prison to reach her daughters.

4.09

9k+

🔍 Conspiracy Thriller 🔒 Prison Survival 🕯️ Secret Society 🫂 Found Family 🇪🇸 Spanish Thriller

Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2) 92%

Framed by her boss, a mother must survive a brutal Spanish prison to reach her daughters.

by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2023

4.09

9k+ ratings

🔍 Conspiracy Thriller 🔒 Prison Survival 🕯️ Secret Society 🫂 Found Family 🇪🇸 Spanish Thriller

1st to Die

by James Patterson • 2001

A San Francisco detective hunts a killer stalking newlyweds, even as her own blood betrays her.

4.10

360k+

🔍 Police Procedural 👮 Female Detective 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🌉 San Francisco

1st to Die 92%

A San Francisco detective hunts a killer stalking newlyweds, even as her own blood betrays her.

by James Patterson 2001

4.10

360k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 👮 Female Detective 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🌉 San Francisco

Todo arde (Todo arde, #1)

by Juan Gómez-Jurado • 2022

Betrayed by a banker, a mother recruits two outcasts for a casino heist against corrupt elites.

3.83

16k+

🏦 Heist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 💀 Revenge Plot 🏛️ Corrupt Elite 😏 Dark Humor

Todo arde (Todo arde, #1) 92%

Betrayed by a banker, a mother recruits two outcasts for a casino heist against corrupt elites.

by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 💀 Revenge Plot 🏛️ Corrupt Elite 😏 Dark Humor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A journalist and a hacker reopen a cold case and expose a state conspiracy of abuse.

4.48

58k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ State Conspiracy 💔 Trauma Survivor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Summary

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy 92%

A journalist and a hacker reopen a cold case and expose a state conspiracy of abuse.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.48

58k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ State Conspiracy 💔 Trauma Survivor

The Prank

by L.V. Matthews • 2021

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

3.69

799

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

The Prank 92%

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

by L.V. Matthews 2021

3.69

799 ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

The Perfect Marriage

by Jeneva Rose • 2020

His mistress is dead in his bed. His only defense attorney: the wife he betrayed.

3.97

1.2M+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Framed For Murder 💋 Femme Fatale

The Perfect Marriage 92%

His mistress is dead in his bed. His only defense attorney: the wife he betrayed.

by Jeneva Rose 2020

3.97

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Framed For Murder 💋 Femme Fatale

How to Kill Your Family

by Bella Mackie • 2021

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

3.51

185k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

How to Kill Your Family 92%

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

by Bella Mackie 2021

3.51

185k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

Nash Falls

by David Baldacci • 2025

When a deepfake frames him and his daughter is taken, a VP trades spreadsheets for revenge.

4.29

40k+

📊 Corporate Thriller 🏃 Fugitive Framed ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🔍 FBI Informant 🌐 Global Conspiracy

Nash Falls 92%

When a deepfake frames him and his daughter is taken, a VP trades spreadsheets for revenge.

by David Baldacci 2025

4.29

40k+ ratings

📊 Corporate Thriller 🏃 Fugitive Framed ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🔍 FBI Informant 🌐 Global Conspiracy

Tuya

by Claudia Piñeiro • 2005

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets

Tuya 92%

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

by Claudia Piñeiro 2005

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets

Written Off

by Karen McQuestion • 2025

A bestselling author is kidnapped by amateurs whose ransom demand is ignored by her family.

3.98

922

🖊️ Ghostwriter 🤦 Bungled Crime 🖤 Darkly Comic 🫂 Found Family 📚 Publishing World

Written Off 92%

A bestselling author is kidnapped by amateurs whose ransom demand is ignored by her family.

by Karen McQuestion 2025

3.98

922 ratings

🖊️ Ghostwriter 🤦 Bungled Crime 🖤 Darkly Comic 🫂 Found Family 📚 Publishing World

Zero Days

by Ruth Ware • 2023

A penetration tester comes home to a murdered husband and a murder charge she must outrun.

3.63

130k+

🖥️ Cyber Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run ⚖️ Falsely Accused 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Zero Days 92%

A penetration tester comes home to a murdered husband and a murder charge she must outrun.

by Ruth Ware 2023

3.63

130k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyber Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run ⚖️ Falsely Accused 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It

by Katy Brent • 2023

She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.

3.66

50k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice ✊ Feminist Revenge 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🎭 Dark Comedy Thriller 👁️ Stalker Mystery

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It Summary

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It 92%

She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.

by Katy Brent 2023

3.66

50k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice ✊ Feminist Revenge 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🎭 Dark Comedy Thriller 👁️ Stalker Mystery

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

Fool Me Once

by Harlan Coben • 2016

A widow sees her dead husband on the nanny cam: grief, a hoax, or a threat?

3.97

139k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💭 Gaslighting 🔪 Female Vengeance 🪖 Military Trauma

Fool Me Once 92%

A widow sees her dead husband on the nanny cam: grief, a hoax, or a threat?

by Harlan Coben 2016

3.97

139k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💭 Gaslighting 🔪 Female Vengeance 🪖 Military Trauma

Countdown

by Fern Michaels • 2014

DC tenants freeze while slumlords cash in, so a band of vigilantes plots their Christmas reckoning.

4.30

2k+

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🎄 Christmas Setting

Countdown 92%

DC tenants freeze while slumlords cash in, so a band of vigilantes plots their Christmas reckoning.

by Fern Michaels 2014

4.30

2k+ ratings

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🎄 Christmas Setting

One of Us Is Dead

by Jeneva Rose • 2022

At a Buckhead salon, wealthy women confess everything. One secret will prove deadly.

3.81

150k+

🥀 Female Rivalry 🤝 Unlikely Allies 💎 Wealthy Enclave 🔪 Revenge Plot 📚 Book Club Thriller

One of Us Is Dead 92%

At a Buckhead salon, wealthy women confess everything. One secret will prove deadly.

by Jeneva Rose 2022

3.81

150k+ ratings

🥀 Female Rivalry 🤝 Unlikely Allies 💎 Wealthy Enclave 🔪 Revenge Plot 📚 Book Club Thriller

A Death at the Party

by Amy Stuart • 2023

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

3.55

9k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

A Death at the Party 92%

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

by Amy Stuart 2023

3.55

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

The Librarians

by Sherry Thomas • 2025

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

3.37

7k+

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Librarians 92%

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

by Sherry Thomas 2025

3.37

7k+ ratings

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Hunting Wives

by May Cobb • 2021

Restless mother joins secret Texas shooting club where wine, guns, and seduction end in murder.

3.48

94k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔑 Secret Society 🏡 Small Town Secrets 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Hunting Wives 92%

Restless mother joins secret Texas shooting club where wine, guns, and seduction end in murder.

by May Cobb 2021

3.48

94k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔑 Secret Society 🏡 Small Town Secrets 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Pop Goes the Weasel

by M.J. Arlidge • 2014

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

4.13

29k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pop Goes the Weasel 92%

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2014

4.13

29k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

The Last Housewife

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

3.69

65k+

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Last Housewife 92%

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

by Ashley Winstead 2022

3.69

65k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

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 92%

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 Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

by Jo Nichols • 2025

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

3.74

5k+

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🖤 Outsider Redemption 🤫 Cover Up

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective Summary

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective 92%

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

by Jo Nichols 2025

3.74

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🖤 Outsider Redemption 🤫 Cover Up

The Maid's Diary

by Loreth Anne White • 2023

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

4.20

120k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Maid's Diary 92%

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

by Loreth Anne White 2023

4.20

120k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

If Something Happens to Me

by Alex Finlay • 2024

When his girlfriend vanishes, suspicion shadows him. Then he sees a man with missing fingers.

3.74

51k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏚️ Woman In Hiding 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

If Something Happens to Me 92%

When his girlfriend vanishes, suspicion shadows him. Then he sees a man with missing fingers.

by Alex Finlay 2024

3.74

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏚️ Woman In Hiding 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

by Eve Kellman • 2024

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

3.67

8k+

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller 🔥 Female Rage 🛡️ Protective Sister

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways 92%

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

by Eve Kellman 2024

3.67

8k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller 🔥 Female Rage 🛡️ Protective Sister

Two Nights in Lisbon

by Chris Pavone • 2022

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

3.71

40k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

Two Nights in Lisbon 92%

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

by Chris Pavone 2022

3.71

40k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

The Banker’s Wife

by Cristina Alger • 2018

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

3.90

21k+

📊 Financial Thriller 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🔍 Parallel Investigations 🏛️ Powerful Family Secrets

The Banker’s Wife 92%

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

by Cristina Alger 2018

3.90

21k+ ratings

📊 Financial Thriller 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🔍 Parallel Investigations 🏛️ Powerful Family Secrets

Served Him Right

by Lisa Unger • 2026

A coven of herbalists turns on each other when their friend's abuser is found poisoned.

3.41

9k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Thriller 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🌳 Inherited Trauma 🌙 Women's Secret Society

Served Him Right 92%

A coven of herbalists turns on each other when their friend's abuser is found poisoned.

by Lisa Unger 2026

3.41

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Thriller 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🌳 Inherited Trauma 🌙 Women's Secret Society

The Defense

by Steve Cavanagh • 2016

When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.

4.01

54k+

🔧 Lean Methodology 🛡️ Defense Innovation 🏛️ Government Bureaucracy 🕵️ Customer Discovery 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping

The Defense 91%

When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.

by Steve Cavanagh 2016

4.01

54k+ ratings

🔧 Lean Methodology 🛡️ Defense Innovation 🏛️ Government Bureaucracy 🕵️ Customer Discovery 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano • 2021

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

3.99

243k+

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 91%

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

by Elle Cosimano 2021

3.99

243k+ ratings

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

The Change

by Kirsten Miller • 2022

Midlife gifts three women powers they never asked for, and the dead girls who need them.

4.09

64k+

🗡️ Feminist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Garden Witchery 👻 Speaking To The Dead ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Change 91%

Midlife gifts three women powers they never asked for, and the dead girls who need them.

by Kirsten Miller 2022

4.09

64k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Garden Witchery 👻 Speaking To The Dead ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea • 2023

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

4.14

101k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Those Empty Eyes 91%

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

by Charlie Donlea 2023

4.14

101k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Simply Lies 91%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Dear Debbie

by Freida McFadden • 2026

A suburban mother's enemies start dying, and no one suspects the woman who tends the roses.

3.94

561k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Plot 🧠 Secret Genius 🐻 Maternal Fury 😏 Darkly Funny

Dear Debbie 91%

A suburban mother's enemies start dying, and no one suspects the woman who tends the roses.

by Freida McFadden 2026

3.94

561k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Plot 🧠 Secret Genius 🐻 Maternal Fury 😏 Darkly Funny

Don't Let Him In

by Lisa Jewell • 2025

A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.

3.75

265k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Serial Conman 🔗 Coercive Control 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Sisterhood 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Don't Let Him In 91%

A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.

by Lisa Jewell 2025

3.75

265k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Serial Conman 🔗 Coercive Control 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Sisterhood 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Risk

by S.T. Abby • 2016

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

4.25

389k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

The Risk 91%

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.25

389k+ ratings

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3.91

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Stay Close 91%

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by Harlan Coben 2012

3.91

62k+ ratings

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by Lisa Regan • 2018

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4.19

29k+

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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

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A disgraced lawyer's case: a woman framed for murder, a nine-year-old girl bound for traffickers.

4.27

5k+

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The Last Chance Lawyer 91%

A disgraced lawyer's case: a woman framed for murder, a nine-year-old girl bound for traffickers.

by William Bernhardt 2019

4.27

5k+ ratings

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by Mick Herron • 2010

Exiled to a dead-end desk job, failed spies must solve a kidnapping before the blame buries them.

4.05

86k+

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Slow Horses 91%

Exiled to a dead-end desk job, failed spies must solve a kidnapping before the blame buries them.

by Mick Herron 2010

4.05

86k+ ratings

🕵️ Disgraced Spies 🎭 False-Flag Conspiracy 🖤 Dark Humor 🤝 Found Family 🧩 Ragtag Team

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