Beautiful Killer Books | Summaries & Audio

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 88%

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

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite • 2018

Her beautiful sister kills men. She bleaches the evidence. Beauty needs no alibi.

3.64

360k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 😐 Deadpan Narration 🇳🇬 Contemporary Lagos 🧹 Cover-Up Thriller

My Sister, the Serial Killer 87%

Her beautiful sister kills men. She bleaches the evidence. Beauty needs no alibi.

by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018

3.64

360k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 😐 Deadpan Narration 🇳🇬 Contemporary Lagos 🧹 Cover-Up Thriller

The Target

by David Baldacci • 2014

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

4.18

66k+

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Assassin Redemption

The Target 87%

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

by David Baldacci 2014

4.18

66k+ ratings

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Assassin Redemption

Dear Killer

by Katherine Ewell • 2014

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

3.47

5k+

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity 🐱🐭 Cat And Mouse 🪓 Inherited Violence

Dear Killer 87%

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

by Katherine Ewell 2014

3.47

5k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity 🐱🐭 Cat And Mouse 🪓 Inherited Violence

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 💥 Stylish Violence 🕵️ Lone Operative

Shibumi 87%

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 💥 Stylish Violence 🕵️ Lone Operative

The Hit

by David Baldacci • 2013

Ordered to kill his rogue partner, a government assassin uncovers a conspiracy targeting them both.

4.18

80k+

🎯 Government Assassin 🏴 Rogue Agent 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔪 Female Assassin

The Hit 87%

Ordered to kill his rogue partner, a government assassin uncovers a conspiracy targeting them both.

by David Baldacci 2013

4.18

80k+ ratings

🎯 Government Assassin 🏴 Rogue Agent 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔪 Female Assassin

Requiem & Reverie

by Keri Lake • 2019

A widow's dark tenant awakens her desire as a serial killer closes in on her son.

4.01

2k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🩸 Dark Antihero 🔗 Trauma Bonding 👁️ Serial Killer Pov 🌙 Gothic Atmosphere

Requiem & Reverie 87%

A widow's dark tenant awakens her desire as a serial killer closes in on her son.

by Keri Lake 2019

4.01

2k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🩸 Dark Antihero 🔗 Trauma Bonding 👁️ Serial Killer Pov 🌙 Gothic Atmosphere

Paint It All Red

by S.T. Abby • 2016

An FBI agent's girlfriend is a serial killer. Her last target is an entire town.

4.55

322k+

🩸 Female Serial Killer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Love Vs Duty 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine

Paint It All Red 87%

An FBI agent's girlfriend is a serial killer. Her last target is an entire town.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.55

322k+ ratings

🩸 Female Serial Killer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Love Vs Duty 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine

Midnight Black

by Mark Greaney • 2025

Betrayed mid-air, a covert operative fights across Europe to rescue his handler's kidnapped family.

4.62

14k+

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Tactical Action 🇪🇺 European Setting ⏩ Relentless Pace

Midnight Black 87%

Betrayed mid-air, a covert operative fights across Europe to rescue his handler's kidnapped family.

by Mark Greaney 2025

4.62

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Tactical Action 🇪🇺 European Setting ⏩ Relentless Pace

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

A Certain Hunger 87%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

Consent to Kill

by Vince Flynn • 2005

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

4.41

53k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕊️ Choosing Mercy

Consent to Kill 87%

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

by Vince Flynn 2005

4.41

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕊️ Choosing Mercy

Dearly Devoted Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2005

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

3.87

57k+

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🏠 Found Family 😂 Dark Comedy

Dearly Devoted Dexter 87%

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

by Jeff Lindsay 2005

3.87

57k+ ratings

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🏠 Found Family 😂 Dark Comedy

The Assassin and the Empire

by Sarah J. Maas • 2012

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

4.38

65k+

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

The Assassin and the Empire 87%

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

by Sarah J. Maas 2012

4.38

65k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

by Shailee Thompson • 2026

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

3.71

30k+

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates 87%

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

by Shailee Thompson 2026

3.71

30k+ ratings

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

Grotesque

by Natsuo Kirino • 2003

Her sister was too beautiful. Her classmate too ambitious. Both were murdered as Tokyo prostitutes.

3.74

14k+

🖤 Japanese Noir 📖 Literary Crime 💼 Sex Work And Survival 👁️ Beauty As Curse 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Grotesque 87%

Her sister was too beautiful. Her classmate too ambitious. Both were murdered as Tokyo prostitutes.

by Natsuo Kirino 2003

3.74

14k+ ratings

🖤 Japanese Noir 📖 Literary Crime 💼 Sex Work And Survival 👁️ Beauty As Curse 👯 Sibling Rivalry

The Mindf*ck Series

by S.T. Abby • 2016

A woman avenging her family's killers falls in love with the FBI agent hunting her.

4.61

111k+

🎯 Vigilante Justice 💔 Rape Revenge 🔪 Heroine Is The Killer 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Mindf*ck Series 86%

A woman avenging her family's killers falls in love with the FBI agent hunting her.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.61

111k+ ratings

🎯 Vigilante Justice 💔 Rape Revenge 🔪 Heroine Is The Killer 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

Billy Summers

by Stephen King • 2021

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

4.18

199k+

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure ✍️ Writer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Billy Summers 86%

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

by Stephen King 2021

4.18

199k+ ratings

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure ✍️ Writer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Robert Ludlum • 2004

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

4.08

68k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 🐈‍⬛ Hunter Hunted

The Bourne Ultimatum 86%

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

by Robert Ludlum 2004

4.08

68k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 🐈‍⬛ Hunter Hunted

Orphan X

by Gregg Hurwitz • 2016

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

4.14

58k+

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Orphan X 86%

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

by Gregg Hurwitz 2016

4.14

58k+ ratings

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

War Games

by Sheridan Anne • 2025

Twenty assassins. One survivor. Siren's deadliest opponent is the man who makes her want to lose.

4.19

3k+

🩸 Battle Royale 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Child Assassin 🔥 Erotic Suspense

War Games 86%

Twenty assassins. One survivor. Siren's deadliest opponent is the man who makes her want to lose.

by Sheridan Anne 2025

4.19

3k+ ratings

🩸 Battle Royale 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Child Assassin 🔥 Erotic Suspense

Heartbreak Bay

by Rachel Caine • 2021

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

4.25

25k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family

Heartbreak Bay 86%

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

by Rachel Caine 2021

4.25

25k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family

Tick Tock

by Fern Michaels • 2022

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

4.36

6k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge 💻 Cyber Thriller 🔍 Manhunt

Tick Tock 86%

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

by Fern Michaels 2022

4.36

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge 💻 Cyber Thriller 🔍 Manhunt

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 86%

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

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Of Shadow and Sea 86%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Satori

by Don Winslow • 2011

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

3.95

6k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin 💔 Betrayal Romance 💋 Femme Fatale

Satori 86%

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

by Don Winslow 2011

3.95

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin 💔 Betrayal Romance 💋 Femme Fatale

Think Twice

by Harlan Coben • 2024

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

4.22

53k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

Think Twice 86%

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

by Harlan Coben 2024

4.22

53k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

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 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

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 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Hidden Bodies

by Caroline Kepnes • 2016

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

3.75

94k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

Hidden Bodies 86%

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

by Caroline Kepnes 2016

3.75

94k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Fourth Monkey 86%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh • 2023

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

4.13

186k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You 86%

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

by Steve Cavanagh 2023

4.13

186k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

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 86%

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

Random in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2024

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

4.46

28k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Random in Death 86%

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

by J.D. Robb 2024

4.46

28k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Dead Drop

by Tate James • 2022

An assassin's lover was sent to kill her. Now her past mark demands her return.

4.44

13k+

🗡️ Assassin Romance 🔪 Enemies To Lovers ☠️ Touch Her And Die 👥 Found Family 🧠 Mind Games

Dead Drop 86%

An assassin's lover was sent to kill her. Now her past mark demands her return.

by Tate James 2022

4.44

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Romance 🔪 Enemies To Lovers ☠️ Touch Her And Die 👥 Found Family 🧠 Mind Games

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe • 2022

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

3.65

26k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Lovely Bad Things 86%

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

by Trisha Wolfe 2022

3.65

26k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 86%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Bad Tourists

by Caro Carver • 2024

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

3.65

9k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🃏 Unreliable Narrator 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship

Bad Tourists 86%

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

by Caro Carver 2024

3.65

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🃏 Unreliable Narrator 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship

Strange Pictures

by Uketsu • 2022

A student finds a dead woman's blog. Her final drawings, stacked together, show her own murder.

3.93

88k+

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🎨 Messages In Art 👩‍👦 Mother As Monster 🩸 Generational Violence 🖤 Quiet Dread

Strange Pictures 86%

A student finds a dead woman's blog. Her final drawings, stacked together, show her own murder.

by Uketsu 2022

3.93

88k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🎨 Messages In Art 👩‍👦 Mother As Monster 🩸 Generational Violence 🖤 Quiet Dread

Scarlet Angel

by S.T. Abby • 2016

He's an FBI agent. She's the serial killer he's falling in love with.

4.38

324k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪❤️ Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Revenge Quest 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Scarlet Angel 86%

He's an FBI agent. She's the serial killer he's falling in love with.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.38

324k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪❤️ Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Revenge Quest 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Harvest Season

by Brynne Weaver • 2026

He tracked her down to kill her. Then he started helping her bury the bodies.

4.18

21k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😈 Darkly Comedic

Harvest Season 86%

He tracked her down to kill her. Then he started helping her bury the bodies.

by Brynne Weaver 2026

4.18

21k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😈 Darkly Comedic

Ultraluminous

by Katherine Faw • 2017

She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.

3.58

931

🎭 Literary Thriller 🖤 Anti-Heroine 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💰 Transactional Intimacy 💉 Addiction Narrative

Ultraluminous 86%

She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.

by Katherine Faw 2017

3.58

931 ratings

🎭 Literary Thriller 🖤 Anti-Heroine 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💰 Transactional Intimacy 💉 Addiction Narrative

Pop Goes the Weasel

by James Patterson • 1999

A killer shielded by diplomatic immunity faces a detective whose fiancée has just vanished.

4.05

77k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Double Life 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 👁️ Serial Killer Pov

Pop Goes the Weasel 86%

A killer shielded by diplomatic immunity faces a detective whose fiancée has just vanished.

by James Patterson 1999

4.05

77k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Double Life 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 👁️ Serial Killer Pov

Vicious Little Darling

by Teresa Wolf • 2024

A serial killer, bored with blood, finds a woman whose darkness answers his own.

4.37

615

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🩸 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Masked Stalker

Vicious Little Darling 86%

A serial killer, bored with blood, finds a woman whose darkness answers his own.

by Teresa Wolf 2024

4.37

615 ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🩸 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Masked Stalker

The Judge's List

by John Grisham • 2021

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

4.14

122k+

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

The Judge's List 86%

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

by John Grisham 2021

4.14

122k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

Sidetracked

by S.T. Abby • 2016

An FBI profiler hunts a serial killer while dating one, never realizing her victims are all abusers.

4.36

340k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma And Revenge 🎭 Dual Identity 🔥 Female Rage

Sidetracked 86%

An FBI profiler hunts a serial killer while dating one, never realizing her victims are all abusers.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.36

340k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma And Revenge 🎭 Dual Identity 🔥 Female Rage

Cruel Malady

by Trisha Wolfe • 2023

She hunts abusive men. He wants to cure her psychopathy. Their obsession becomes the experiment.

3.81

674

🧠 Psychopath Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💀 Mutual Obsession 😈 Villain Love Story 🔥 Psychosexual

Cruel Malady 86%

She hunts abusive men. He wants to cure her psychopathy. Their obsession becomes the experiment.

by Trisha Wolfe 2023

3.81

674 ratings

🧠 Psychopath Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💀 Mutual Obsession 😈 Villain Love Story 🔥 Psychosexual

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

3k+

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4.03

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The Snowman 86%

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4.03

153k+ ratings

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4.22

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The English Spy 86%

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4.22

32k+ ratings

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4.42

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4.11

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Rules of Prey 86%

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4.11

95k+ ratings

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