🔍 Cold Case Thriller

High-stakes suspense built around forgotten murders and buried truths, where digging into the past puts the investigator squarely in present danger.

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben • 2017

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

4.05

82k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Don't Let Go 92%

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

by Harlan Coben 2017

4.05

82k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Troubled Blood

by Robert Galbraith • 2020

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

4.38

149k+

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Troubled Blood 92%

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

by Robert Galbraith 2020

4.38

149k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Save Her Soul

by Lisa Regan • 2020

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

4.36

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Save Her Soul 92%

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

by Lisa Regan 2020

4.36

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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

Guess Again 92%

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

Missing in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

4.56

8k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir

Missing in the Falls 92%

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.56

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir

Stay Close

by Harlan Coben • 2012

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

3.91

62k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity

Stay Close 92%

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

by Harlan Coben 2012

3.91

62k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity

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

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

The Shadow Murders

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2021

A cold case uncovers a serial killer whose signature is staged accidents and a calendar of tyranny.

4.05

14k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🗄️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Shadow Murders 91%

A cold case uncovers a serial killer whose signature is staged accidents and a calendar of tyranny.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021

4.05

14k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🗄️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Desert Star

by Michael Connelly • 2022

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

4.47

86k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir

Desert Star 91%

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

by Michael Connelly 2022

4.47

86k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir

Cleaning the Gold

by Karin Slaughter • 2019

Undercover at Fort Knox, two men cleaning gold learn their separate missions point to one crime

3.49

25k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪖 Corrupt Military

Cleaning the Gold 91%

Undercover at Fort Knox, two men cleaning gold learn their separate missions point to one crime

by Karin Slaughter 2019

3.49

25k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪖 Corrupt Military

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni • 2014

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

4.10

169k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller

My Sister's Grave 91%

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

by Robert Dugoni 2014

4.10

169k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

4.18

3.5M+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 91%

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.18

3.5M+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

Girl, Forgotten

by Karin Slaughter • 2022

Sent to guard a judge, a U.S. Marshal secretly reopens her daughter's forty-year-old murder.

4.02

122k+

🔎 Cold Case ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Girl, Forgotten 91%

Sent to guard a judge, a U.S. Marshal secretly reopens her daughter's forty-year-old murder.

by Karin Slaughter 2022

4.02

122k+ ratings

🔎 Cold Case ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

by Nicci French • 2024

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

3.96

22k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Summary

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? 91%

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

by Nicci French 2024

3.96

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman

The Snowman

by Jo Nesbø • 2007

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

4.03

153k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

The Snowman 91%

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

by Jo Nesbø 2007

4.03

153k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

Everything We Didn't Say

by Nicole Baart • 2021

To prove her brother innocent, a woman returns to the small town that drove her out.

3.75

32k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Thriller

Everything We Didn't Say 91%

To prove her brother innocent, a woman returns to the small town that drove her out.

by Nicole Baart 2021

3.75

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Thriller

Lethal Prey

by John Sandford • 2025

Five million dollars revives a cold case, forcing a prosecutor who killed once to kill again.

4.21

22k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🖤 Female Serial Killer

Lethal Prey 91%

Five million dollars revives a cold case, forcing a prosecutor who killed once to kill again.

by John Sandford 2025

4.21

22k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🖤 Female Serial Killer

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 91%

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

Murder in the Family

by Cara Hunter • 2023

A filmmaker revisits his stepfather's murder on camera, dragging his family into a fresh nightmare.

3.71

53k+

🥶 Cold Case Mystery 🎬 Documentary Mystery 🤫 Family Cover-Up

Murder in the Family 91%

A filmmaker revisits his stepfather's murder on camera, dragging his family into a fresh nightmare.

by Cara Hunter 2023

3.71

53k+ ratings

🥶 Cold Case Mystery 🎬 Documentary Mystery 🤫 Family Cover-Up

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 91%

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

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Bury Your Past 91%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

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

Deeper Than the Dead 91%

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

Vortex

by Catherine Coulter • 2021

A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.

4.37

13k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ FBI Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller

Vortex 91%

A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.

by Catherine Coulter 2021

4.37

13k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ FBI Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2007

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

4.01

95k+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Keeper of Lost Causes 91%

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007

4.01

95k+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Bones She Buried

by Lisa Regan • 2019

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

4.36

11k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case

The Bones She Buried 91%

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

by Lisa Regan 2019

4.36

11k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case

Ironwood

by Michael Connelly • 2026

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

4.41

21k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Ironwood 91%

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

by Michael Connelly 2026

4.41

21k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

The Purity of Vengeance

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2010

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

4.07

30k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets

The Purity of Vengeance 91%

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010

4.07

30k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets

The Reversal

by Michael Connelly • 2010

A defense lawyer takes his first prosecution: a child killer freed by DNA after twenty-four years.

4.23

93k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 📁 Cold Case

The Reversal 90%

A defense lawyer takes his first prosecution: a child killer freed by DNA after twenty-four years.

by Michael Connelly 2010

4.23

93k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 📁 Cold Case

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

Dark Places 90%

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

Watch Her Disappear

by Lisa Regan • 2022

A dead girl at prom, posed and anonymous. Josie Quinn tracks a killer who preys on the unseen.

4.51

6k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Ritualistic Murders

Watch Her Disappear 90%

A dead girl at prom, posed and anonymous. Josie Quinn tracks a killer who preys on the unseen.

by Lisa Regan 2022

4.51

6k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Ritualistic Murders

The Night Shift

by Alex Finlay • 2022

Fifteen years after a Blockbuster massacre, the sole survivor learns the killer has returned.

3.90

86k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 💔 Sole Survivor

The Night Shift 90%

Fifteen years after a Blockbuster massacre, the sole survivor learns the killer has returned.

by Alex Finlay 2022

3.90

86k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 💔 Sole Survivor

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

The Woods 90%

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

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

If Something Happens to Me 90%

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

Missing You

by Harlan Coben • 2014

An NYPD detective discovers her vanished ex on a dating site, where lonely hearts become prey.

4.01

70k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 💻 Online Deception

Missing You 90%

An NYPD detective discovers her vanished ex on a dating site, where lonely hearts become prey.

by Harlan Coben 2014

4.01

70k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 💻 Online Deception

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 90%

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 Waiting

by Michael Connelly • 2024

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

4.35

74k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective

The Waiting 90%

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

by Michael Connelly 2024

4.35

74k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective

The Family Remains

by Lisa Jewell • 2022

Thames bones bind a widow, detective, and runaway to a Chelsea mansion's thirty-year-old murder.

3.86

201k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets

The Family Remains 90%

Thames bones bind a widow, detective, and runaway to a Chelsea mansion's thirty-year-old murder.

by Lisa Jewell 2022

3.86

201k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets

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

Those Empty Eyes 90%

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

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson • 2024

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

4.08

35k+

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Holmes, Marple & Poe 90%

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

by James Patterson 2024

4.08

35k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Twenty Years Later

by Charlie Donlea • 2021

9/11 remains reopen a murder case, making a journalist with a hidden past the FBI's bait.

4.17

189k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🔬 Forensic Mystery 🪦 Faked Death

Twenty Years Later 90%

9/11 remains reopen a murder case, making a journalist with a hidden past the FBI's bait.

by Charlie Donlea 2021

4.17

189k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🔬 Forensic Mystery 🪦 Faked Death

Split Second

by David Baldacci • 2003

His protectee killed. Hers kidnapped years later. Two disgraced agents, one conspiracy.

4.06

86k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎯 Disgraced Agent

Split Second 90%

His protectee killed. Hers kidnapped years later. Two disgraced agents, one conspiracy.

by David Baldacci 2003

4.06

86k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎯 Disgraced Agent

The Hanging Girl

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2015

A cop's suicide reopens a girl's hanging. Carl Mørck traces it to a remote sun cult.

3.91

21k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Cases 🩸 Ritual Murder

The Hanging Girl 90%

A cop's suicide reopens a girl's hanging. Carl Mørck traces it to a remote sun cult.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2015

3.91

21k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Cases 🩸 Ritual Murder

Silent Bones

by Val McDermid • 2025

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

4.12

7k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society

Silent Bones 90%

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

by Val McDermid 2025

4.12

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society

Bitter Falls

by Rachel Caine • 2020

Her cold case just found a cult. Now her son is headed for their lake of bones.

4.27

33k+

⛪ Religious Cult 🔍 Cold Case 🌙 Southern Noir

Bitter Falls 90%

Her cold case just found a cult. Now her son is headed for their lake of bones.

by Rachel Caine 2020

4.27

33k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Cult 🔍 Cold Case 🌙 Southern Noir

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

Not What She Seems 90%

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

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

The Ice Princess 90%

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

The Silent Wife

by Karin Slaughter • 2020

A prison murder exposes her late husband's mistake: the serial predator he hunted was never caught.

4.23

82k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🩺 Medical Examiner Protagonist

The Silent Wife 90%

A prison murder exposes her late husband's mistake: the serial predator he hunted was never caught.

by Karin Slaughter 2020

4.23

82k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🩺 Medical Examiner Protagonist

It Could Have Been Her

by Lisa Jewell • 2026

A stray dog returns her to the cottage she escaped. The family still buries women underground.

3.83

4k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth

It Could Have Been Her 90%

A stray dog returns her to the cottage she escaped. The family still buries women underground.

by Lisa Jewell 2026

3.83

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth

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

The Ghostwriter 90%

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

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager • 2024

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

3.67

191k+

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery

Middle of the Night 90%

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

by Riley Sager 2024

3.67

191k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery

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