1970s Noir Books | Summaries & Audio

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block • 1976

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

3.87

12k+

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim

The Sins of the Fathers 92%

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

by Lawrence Block 1976

3.87

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim

Velvet Was the Night

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2021

A lonely secretary and a government enforcer hunt the same missing woman across 1971 Mexico City.

3.51

31k+

🕵️ Political Noir 🇲🇽 1970s Mexico 👥 Dual Perspective

Velvet Was the Night 88%

A lonely secretary and a government enforcer hunt the same missing woman across 1971 Mexico City.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021

3.51

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Political Noir 🇲🇽 1970s Mexico 👥 Dual Perspective

Dream Town

by David Baldacci • 2022

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

4.09

39k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale

Dream Town 88%

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

by David Baldacci 2022

4.09

39k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale

Shibumi

by Trevanian • 2005

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

4.17

20k+

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller

Shibumi 88%

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

by Trevanian 2005

4.17

20k+ ratings

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller

The Last Coyote

by Michael Connelly • 1995

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

4.26

86k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective

The Last Coyote 88%

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

by Michael Connelly 1995

4.26

86k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective

The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler • 1988

A dying millionaire, two wild daughters, and a PI whose blackmail case leads straight into murder.

3.94

172k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Noir Fiction 💋 Femme Fatale

The Big Sleep 88%

A dying millionaire, two wild daughters, and a PI whose blackmail case leads straight into murder.

by Raymond Chandler 1988

3.94

172k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Noir Fiction 💋 Femme Fatale

Paper Money

by Ken Follett • 1987

A blackmailed minister's leak fuels a bank heist and stock scheme; the press buries the story.

3.41

13k+

🏦 Financial Thriller 💰 Bank Heist 🎭 Political Blackmail

Paper Money 88%

A blackmailed minister's leak fuels a bank heist and stock scheme; the press buries the story.

by Ken Follett 1987

3.41

13k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Thriller 💰 Bank Heist 🎭 Political Blackmail

The Quarry Girls

by Jess Lourey • 2022

1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.

4.01

130k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔍 Missing Girl 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Quarry Girls 88%

1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.

by Jess Lourey 2022

4.01

130k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔍 Missing Girl 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Joyland

by Stephen King • 2013

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

3.93

181k+

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor

Joyland 87%

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

by Stephen King 2013

3.93

181k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor

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

The Black Echo 87%

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

Bloodline

by Sidney Sheldon • 1977

Her father's fatal climb leaves her a drug empire and a hidden enemy on the board.

3.87

35k+

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue

Bloodline 87%

Her father's fatal climb leaves her a drug empire and a hidden enemy on the board.

by Sidney Sheldon 1977

3.87

35k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue

Cockroaches

by Jo Nesbø • 1998

Harry Hole lands in steamy Bangkok to bury a diplomat's scandal but finds secrets that kill.

3.73

66k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🥃 Alcoholic Detective ✈️ Expat Community

Cockroaches 87%

Harry Hole lands in steamy Bangkok to bury a diplomat's scandal but finds secrets that kill.

by Jo Nesbø 1998

3.73

66k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🥃 Alcoholic Detective ✈️ Expat Community

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 87%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Second Life of Nick Mason

by Steve Hamilton • 2016

Nick Mason's release came with a phone. It orders murder. His family guarantees his obedience.

3.75

7k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Noir 👮 Corrupt Police 🏙️ Chicago Setting

The Second Life of Nick Mason 87%

Nick Mason's release came with a phone. It orders murder. His family guarantees his obedience.

by Steve Hamilton 2016

3.75

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Noir 👮 Corrupt Police 🏙️ Chicago Setting

Trunk Music

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A producer found in his Rolls-Royce trunk, staged as a mob execution. Bosch follows the money.

4.22

79k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💋 Femme Fatale

Trunk Music 87%

A producer found in his Rolls-Royce trunk, staged as a mob execution. Bosch follows the money.

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.22

79k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💋 Femme Fatale

The Concrete Blonde

by Michael Connelly • 1994

Harry Bosch shot a serial killer. The trial claims he was wrong; a concrete-encased body agrees.

4.24

81k+

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔪 Serial Killer

The Concrete Blonde 87%

Harry Bosch shot a serial killer. The trial claims he was wrong; a concrete-encased body agrees.

by Michael Connelly 1994

4.24

81k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔪 Serial Killer

Night Passage

by Robert B. Parker • 1997

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

4.12

16k+

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective

Night Passage 87%

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

by Robert B. Parker 1997

4.12

16k+ ratings

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective

The Hot Rock

by Donald E. Westlake • 1970

After stealing a priceless emerald, a crew of thieves chases the vanishing stone across New York.

3.95

7k+

💰 Heist Caper 💎 Cursed Treasure 🧠 Reluctant Mastermind

The Hot Rock 87%

After stealing a priceless emerald, a crew of thieves chases the vanishing stone across New York.

by Donald E. Westlake 1970

3.95

7k+ ratings

💰 Heist Caper 💎 Cursed Treasure 🧠 Reluctant Mastermind

The Cry of the Halidon

by Robert Ludlum • 1972

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

3.77

7k+

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller

The Cry of the Halidon 87%

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

by Robert Ludlum 1972

3.77

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller

Echo Park

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

4.19

69k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer

Echo Park 87%

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.19

69k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer

The Black Ice

by Michael Connelly • 1993

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

4.13

96k+

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death

The Black Ice 87%

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

by Michael Connelly 1993

4.13

96k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death

The Narrows

by Michael Connelly • 2004

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

4.20

67k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective

The Narrows 87%

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

by Michael Connelly 2004

4.20

67k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective

The Last Juror

by John Grisham • 2004

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

3.96

110k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship

The Last Juror 87%

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

by John Grisham 2004

3.96

110k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship

The Gentleman's Hour

by Don Winslow • 2011

A surfer murdered. A false confession. PI Boone Daniels hunts the killer inside his own tribe.

4.13

6k+

🏄 Surf Noir 🕵️ Ex-Cop Detective ☀️ Sunshine Noir

The Gentleman's Hour 87%

A surfer murdered. A false confession. PI Boone Daniels hunts the killer inside his own tribe.

by Don Winslow 2011

4.13

6k+ ratings

🏄 Surf Noir 🕵️ Ex-Cop Detective ☀️ Sunshine Noir

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The City & the City 86%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The Big Empty

by Robert Crais • 2025

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

4.51

16k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo

The Big Empty 86%

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

by Robert Crais 2025

4.51

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Voodoo River 86%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Blood Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2002

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

4.07

12k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement

Blood Orchid 86%

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

by Stuart Woods 2002

4.07

12k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement

Resurrection Walk

by Michael Connelly • 2023

A mother convicted of murdering her deputy ex-husband draws Haller into a deadly sheriff's cover-up.

4.53

78k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🚔 Police Corruption

Resurrection Walk 86%

A mother convicted of murdering her deputy ex-husband draws Haller into a deadly sheriff's cover-up.

by Michael Connelly 2023

4.53

78k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🚔 Police Corruption

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly • 2000

A retired FBI profiler takes on a ritualistic murder. The evidence points straight to Harry Bosch.

4.17

69k+

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot

A Darkness More Than Night 86%

A retired FBI profiler takes on a ritualistic murder. The evidence points straight to Harry Bosch.

by Michael Connelly 2000

4.17

69k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot

The Flamethrowers

by Rachel Kushner • 2013

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

3.51

25k+

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family

The Flamethrowers 86%

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

by Rachel Kushner 2013

3.51

25k+ ratings

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family

[No Country for Old Men] (By

by Cormac McCarthy • 2005

A hunter pockets cartel cash from the dead. The man sent to recover it never negotiates.

4.17

253k+

🏜️ Neo-Western 📚 Literary Thriller 🐈 Cat And Mouse Pursuit

[No Country for Old Men] (By 86%

A hunter pockets cartel cash from the dead. The man sent to recover it never negotiates.

by Cormac McCarthy 2005

4.17

253k+ ratings

🏜️ Neo-Western 📚 Literary Thriller 🐈 Cat And Mouse Pursuit

The Warriors

by Sol Yurick • 1965

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

3.37

3k+

🔪 Literary Crime 👥 Gang Brotherhood 💪 Toxic Masculinity

The Warriors 86%

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

by Sol Yurick 1965

3.37

3k+ ratings

🔪 Literary Crime 👥 Gang Brotherhood 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Cinema Speculation

by Quentin Tarantino • 2022

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

4.04

15k+

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema

Cinema Speculation 86%

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

by Quentin Tarantino 2022

4.04

15k+ ratings

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema

The List of Suspicious Things

by Jennie Godfrey • 2024

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

4.13

49k+

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse

The List of Suspicious Things 86%

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

by Jennie Godfrey 2024

4.13

49k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse

The Overlook

by Michael Connelly • 2007

A murdered doctor and stolen cesium trigger a terror alert, but Bosch suspects a domestic motive.

4.02

57k+

👮 Police Procedural 🖤 Femme Fatale 🎭 Faked Victimhood

The Overlook 86%

A murdered doctor and stolen cesium trigger a terror alert, but Bosch suspects a domestic motive.

by Michael Connelly 2007

4.02

57k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🖤 Femme Fatale 🎭 Faked Victimhood

Heatwave

by John L. Williams • 2025

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

3.89

134

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing

Heatwave 86%

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

by John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 ratings

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

In the Best Families 86%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

Silent Crime

by W.L. Knightly • 2019

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

3.96

2k+

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Silent Crime 86%

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

by W.L. Knightly 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Chien 51

by Laurent Gaudé • 2022

A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Dystopian Noir 💼 Corporate Dystopia 👥 Reluctant Partners

Chien 51 86%

A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.

by Laurent Gaudé 2022

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Noir 💼 Corporate Dystopia 👥 Reluctant Partners

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

3k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object

Senseless 86%

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025

3.83

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object

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

Hello, Transcriber 86%

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

The Kings of Cool

by Don Winslow • 2012

A surf-town marijuana empire faces a shakedown from the violent men who run the drug trade.

4.00

9k+

🏄 Surf Noir 💊 Drug War Saga 🖤 Found Family

The Kings of Cool 86%

A surf-town marijuana empire faces a shakedown from the violent men who run the drug trade.

by Don Winslow 2012

4.00

9k+ ratings

🏄 Surf Noir 💊 Drug War Saga 🖤 Found Family

Small Mercies

by Dennis Lehane • 2023

South Boston, 1974: her daughter vanishes, and the Irish mob will kill to keep its secrets.

4.27

75k+

🏙️ Social Crime Fiction 🔫 Organized Crime Drama 🗡️ Mother'S Revenge

Small Mercies 86%

South Boston, 1974: her daughter vanishes, and the Irish mob will kill to keep its secrets.

by Dennis Lehane 2023

4.27

75k+ ratings

🏙️ Social Crime Fiction 🔫 Organized Crime Drama 🗡️ Mother'S Revenge

Wolf Hour

by Jo Nesbø • 2025

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

4.01

8k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective

Wolf Hour 86%

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

by Jo Nesbø 2025

4.01

8k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective

Prayers for Rain

by Dennis Lehane • 1999

A PI scares off a stalker. She dies anyway. Someone engineered every step of her destruction.

4.09

24k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Psychological Noir 🎭 Master Manipulator

Prayers for Rain 86%

A PI scares off a stalker. She dies anyway. Someone engineered every step of her destruction.

by Dennis Lehane 1999

4.09

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Psychological Noir 🎭 Master Manipulator

Nemesis

by Jo Nesbø • 2002

An Oslo bank heist turns deadly, and the investigation points to one suspect: the lead detective.

3.98

81k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Nemesis 86%

An Oslo bank heist turns deadly, and the investigation points to one suspect: the lead detective.

by Jo Nesbø 2002

3.98

81k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot

Scandal in Babylon 86%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot

Púa

by Lorenzo Silva • 2023

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Púa 86%

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

by Lorenzo Silva 2023

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

These Violent Delights

by Micah Nemerever • 2020

Two young men, one philosophy class, and an obsession that demands they commit a murder together.

3.92

28k+

📚 Dark Academia 💔 Obsessive Love 🔪 Murder Pact

These Violent Delights 86%

Two young men, one philosophy class, and an obsession that demands they commit a murder together.

by Micah Nemerever 2020

3.92

28k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 💔 Obsessive Love 🔪 Murder Pact

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