⏳ Dead Man's Switch

A failsafe mechanism ensures that if one person dies, devastating consequences are triggered — making keeping them alive everyone's problem. This ingenious plot device creates impossible moral dilemmas and relentless tension.

The Survivor

by Vince Flynn • 2015

A dead spy's files detonate on a timer. Rapp must crack the code to save the agency.

4.28

28k+

🕵️ Rogue Agent 🌐 Global Manhunt 🔫 Covert Ops 🏛️ Geopolitical Coup 💀 Ruthless Hero

The Survivor 87%

A dead spy's files detonate on a timer. Rapp must crack the code to save the agency.

by Vince Flynn 2015

4.28

28k+ ratings

🕵️ Rogue Agent 🌐 Global Manhunt 🔫 Covert Ops 🏛️ Geopolitical Coup 💀 Ruthless Hero

The Tin Men

by Nelson DeMille • 2025

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

4.23

8k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators 🤖 Rogue AI 💀 Robot Uprising

The Tin Men 86%

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

by Nelson DeMille 2025

4.23

8k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators 🤖 Rogue AI 💀 Robot Uprising

You Are Fatally Invited

by Ande Pliego • 2025

A private island retreat for thriller writers turns deadly when murders copy their own novels.

3.56

21k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island ✍️ Writers Retreat 🌫️ Creeping Dread

You Are Fatally Invited 86%

A private island retreat for thriller writers turns deadly when murders copy their own novels.

by Ande Pliego 2025

3.56

21k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island ✍️ Writers Retreat 🌫️ Creeping Dread

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Playground 85%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Better Off Dead

by Lee Child • 2021

Reacher joins a scarred veteran hunting the border crime boss who abducted her twin brother.

3.84

65k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 🌵 Border Crime 🪦 Fake Death 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🚩 False Flag Plot

Better Off Dead 85%

Reacher joins a scarred veteran hunting the border crime boss who abducted her twin brother.

by Lee Child 2021

3.84

65k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🌵 Border Crime 🪦 Fake Death 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🚩 False Flag Plot

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 85%

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

Tell Me What You Did

by Carter Wilson • 2025

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

3.71

93k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Tell Me What You Did 85%

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

by Carter Wilson 2025

3.71

93k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Nuclear War

by Annie Jacobsen • 2024

North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.

4.36

53k+

🚀 Nuclear Deterrence 📋 Nuclear Policy 🏃 Arms Race 🌍 Existential Risk 💥 Mutual Assured Destruction

Nuclear War 85%

North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.

by Annie Jacobsen 2024

4.36

53k+ ratings

🚀 Nuclear Deterrence 📋 Nuclear Policy 🏃 Arms Race 🌍 Existential Risk 💥 Mutual Assured Destruction

Executive Orders

by Tom Clancy • 1996

After an attack kills the government, Jack Ryan becomes President and must stop a bioweapon plot.

4.12

54k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🦠 Biological Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌍 Geopolitical Tension

Executive Orders 85%

After an attack kills the government, Jack Ryan becomes President and must stop a bioweapon plot.

by Tom Clancy 1996

4.12

54k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🦠 Biological Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌍 Geopolitical Tension

Death Note

by NisiOisiN • 2006

A suspended FBI agent, a series of impossible murders, and a private detective who knows too much.

4.25

15k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Genius Killer 🔪 Serial Killer 💀 Death Prediction 🧩 Mind Games

Death Note 85%

A suspended FBI agent, a series of impossible murders, and a private detective who knows too much.

by NisiOisiN 2006

4.25

15k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Genius Killer 🔪 Serial Killer 💀 Death Prediction 🧩 Mind Games

The Long Walk

by Richard Bachman • 1979

Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty walks with ninety-nine others. Slow down, and soldiers shoot.

4.00

289k+

💀 Dystopian Death Game 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Tragic Male Bond 🏆 Last Man Standing ⚙️ The System As Villain

The Long Walk 85%

Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty walks with ninety-nine others. Slow down, and soldiers shoot.

by Richard Bachman 1979

4.00

289k+ ratings

💀 Dystopian Death Game 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Tragic Male Bond 🏆 Last Man Standing ⚙️ The System As Villain

Red Sky Mourning

by Jack Carr • 2024

A rogue submarine, a quantum AI gone dark, and the retired SEAL between them.

4.48

22k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🎯 One Last Mission 🌐 Geopolitical Warfare 🌊 Naval Warfare

Red Sky Mourning 85%

A rogue submarine, a quantum AI gone dark, and the retired SEAL between them.

by Jack Carr 2024

4.48

22k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🎯 One Last Mission 🌐 Geopolitical Warfare 🌊 Naval Warfare

The Last Murder at the End of the World

by Stuart Turton • 2024

An elder's murder on the last island; her heartbeat was the only barrier against the fog.

3.67

66k+

🚪 Locked Room Murder 🔬 Sci-Fi Mystery 🤖 Engineered Beings 🧬 Hidden Origins 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Last Murder at the End of the World Summary

The Last Murder at the End of the World 85%

An elder's murder on the last island; her heartbeat was the only barrier against the fog.

by Stuart Turton 2024

3.67

66k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Murder 🔬 Sci-Fi Mystery 🤖 Engineered Beings 🧬 Hidden Origins 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Summer Party

by Kate Gray • 2024

A company party turns deadly: eight employees stranded at a sea fort with a killer.

3.77

736

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🖥️ Corporate Thriller 💼 Toxic Workplace 🗡️ Revenge Plot 💀 Multiple Murders

The Summer Party 85%

A company party turns deadly: eight employees stranded at a sea fort with a killer.

by Kate Gray 2024

3.77

736 ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🖥️ Corporate Thriller 💼 Toxic Workplace 🗡️ Revenge Plot 💀 Multiple Murders

The Pilot's Daughter

by Audrey J. Cole • 2021

Her family held hostage, a mother plants a gun on a plane; the hijacking is personal.

4.20

15k+

🛬 Plane Hijacking 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Hostage 🗡️ Revenge Quest 😈 Vengeful Villain 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

The Pilot's Daughter 85%

Her family held hostage, a mother plants a gun on a plane; the hijacking is personal.

by Audrey J. Cole 2021

4.20

15k+ ratings

🛬 Plane Hijacking 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Hostage 🗡️ Revenge Quest 😈 Vengeful Villain 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

End Game

by David Baldacci • 2017

Two assassins search for a vanished handler, uncovering a drug ring inside a Colorado missile silo.

4.21

57k+

🎯 Government Assassin 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers 👤 Hidden Parentage 🤝 Found Family

End Game 85%

Two assassins search for a vanished handler, uncovering a drug ring inside a Colorado missile silo.

by David Baldacci 2017

4.21

57k+ ratings

🎯 Government Assassin 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers 👤 Hidden Parentage 🤝 Found Family

The Ending Writes Itself

by Evelyn Clarke • 2026

Seven writers on a dead author's island compete to finish his last book. The ending kills.

3.47

28k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 📝 Metafictional Thriller 💀 Deadly Competition 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Villain Protagonist

The Ending Writes Itself 85%

Seven writers on a dead author's island compete to finish his last book. The ending kills.

by Evelyn Clarke 2026

3.47

28k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 📝 Metafictional Thriller 💀 Deadly Competition 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Villain Protagonist

The Passengers

by John Marrs • 2019

Eight driverless cars are hijacked. A jury must vote on who lives while the world watches.

4.06

72k+

⚙️ Techno Thriller 💀 Death Game 🎭 Hidden Identities 📊 Social Ranking 💔 Deceptive Love Interest

The Passengers 85%

Eight driverless cars are hijacked. A jury must vote on who lives while the world watches.

by John Marrs 2019

4.06

72k+ ratings

⚙️ Techno Thriller 💀 Death Game 🎭 Hidden Identities 📊 Social Ranking 💔 Deceptive Love Interest

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

3k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted 85%

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025

3.63

3k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

She Started It

by Sian Gilbert • 2023

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

3.57

58k+

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity 🖤 Shared Dark Past 💅 Mean Girl Reckoning

She Started It 85%

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

by Sian Gilbert 2023

3.57

58k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity 🖤 Shared Dark Past 💅 Mean Girl Reckoning

Memorial Day

by Vince Flynn • 2004

A nuclear device is seized, but a second bomb is already racing toward the capital.

4.33

53k+

☢️ Nuclear Terrorism ⏰ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Lone Wolf Operative 🗣️ Interrogation Tactics 🏛️ Political Bureaucracy

Memorial Day 85%

A nuclear device is seized, but a second bomb is already racing toward the capital.

by Vince Flynn 2004

4.33

53k+ ratings

☢️ Nuclear Terrorism ⏰ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Lone Wolf Operative 🗣️ Interrogation Tactics 🏛️ Political Bureaucracy

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 85%

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

This Book Will Bury Me

by Ashley Winstead • 2025

Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.

3.63

31k+

🎬 True Crime Fiction 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 💻 Digital Vigilantism 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Charismatic Villain

This Book Will Bury Me 85%

Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.

by Ashley Winstead 2025

3.63

31k+ ratings

🎬 True Crime Fiction 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 💻 Digital Vigilantism 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Charismatic Villain

The English Spy

by Daniel Silva • 2015

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

4.22

32k+

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death 🐻 Russian Intelligence 🕵️ Reluctant Spy Hero

The English Spy 85%

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

by Daniel Silva 2015

4.22

32k+ ratings

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death 🐻 Russian Intelligence 🕵️ Reluctant Spy Hero

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

Odd Thomas 85%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

You Like It Darker

by Stephen King • 2024

In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.

4.17

94k+

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 👻 Supernatural Thriller 🧬 Father-Son Legacy ⚖️ Fate Vs Free Will 🚔 Wrongful Accusation

You Like It Darker 85%

In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.

by Stephen King 2024

4.17

94k+ ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 👻 Supernatural Thriller 🧬 Father-Son Legacy ⚖️ Fate Vs Free Will 🚔 Wrongful Accusation

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Last One 85%

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

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 85%

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

The Stand

by Stephen King • 1978

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

4.35

853k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders 🎲 Deadly Game ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Stand 85%

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

by Stephen King 1978

4.35

853k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders 🎲 Deadly Game ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Too Old for This

by Samantha Downing • 2025

A true-crime producer wants to clear a serial killer's name. The killer would rather she didn't.

3.78

56k+

🔪 Serial Killer Pov 👵 Geriatric Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 📺 True Crime Culture 😈 Unrepentant Narrator

Too Old for This 85%

A true-crime producer wants to clear a serial killer's name. The killer would rather she didn't.

by Samantha Downing 2025

3.78

56k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Pov 👵 Geriatric Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 📺 True Crime Culture 😈 Unrepentant Narrator

Foreign Agent

by Brad Thor • 2016

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

4.25

17k+

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot 🪖 Special Forces Agent 🌍 Global Manhunt

Foreign Agent 85%

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

by Brad Thor 2016

4.25

17k+ ratings

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot 🪖 Special Forces Agent 🌍 Global Manhunt

Tom Clancy Defense Protocol

by Brian Andrews • 2024

China's false flag primes an invasion of Taiwan, and only Jack Ryan and his daughter can stop it.

4.56

7k+

🤖 Technothriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller 🚩 False Flag Plot 🚁 Defector Extraction 🔍 Reluctant Analyst

Tom Clancy Defense Protocol 85%

China's false flag primes an invasion of Taiwan, and only Jack Ryan and his daughter can stop it.

by Brian Andrews 2024

4.56

7k+ ratings

🤖 Technothriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller 🚩 False Flag Plot 🚁 Defector Extraction 🔍 Reluctant Analyst

The Ghostwriter

by A.R. Torre • 2017

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

4.21

52k+

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

The Ghostwriter 85%

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

by A.R. Torre 2017

4.21

52k+ ratings

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

The President Is Missing

by Bill Clinton • 2018

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

3.86

128k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within 🎯 President In Peril 🏃‍♂️ Off The Grid

The President Is Missing 85%

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

by Bill Clinton 2018

3.86

128k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within 🎯 President In Peril 🏃‍♂️ Off The Grid

The Bear and the Dragon

by Tom Clancy • 2000

China storms Siberia for its oil. To stop them, America arms Russia, risking nuclear war.

3.92

32k+

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller ⚔️ Near Future War 🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft 🕊️ Turned Asset

The Bear and the Dragon 85%

China storms Siberia for its oil. To stop them, America arms Russia, risking nuclear war.

by Tom Clancy 2000

3.92

32k+ ratings

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller ⚔️ Near Future War 🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft 🕊️ Turned Asset

The Family Experiment

by John Marrs • 2024

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

4.03

63k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

The Family Experiment 85%

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

by John Marrs 2024

4.03

63k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

Such Quiet Girls

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2025

A bus detour leads ten children into a buried shipping container. The kidnappers want no witnesses.

3.86

104k+

🔗 Kidnapping Thriller 📦 Contained Thriller ⚰️ Buried Alive 🔓 Ex-Con Redemption 👩‍👧 Sister Protector

Such Quiet Girls 85%

A bus detour leads ten children into a buried shipping container. The kidnappers want no witnesses.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2025

3.86

104k+ ratings

🔗 Kidnapping Thriller 📦 Contained Thriller ⚰️ Buried Alive 🔓 Ex-Con Redemption 👩‍👧 Sister Protector

State of the Union

by Brad Thor • 2004

Sleeper agents activate suitcase nukes in American cities; one operative has hours to stop them.

4.22

31k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🥶 Cold War 🛌 Sleeper Agents

State of the Union 85%

Sleeper agents activate suitcase nukes in American cities; one operative has hours to stop them.

by Brad Thor 2004

4.22

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🥶 Cold War 🛌 Sleeper Agents

Five Found Dead

by Sulari Gentill • 2025

On the Orient Express, a vanished man and a fake outbreak trap two siblings with a killer.

3.37

4k+

📦 Locked Room Mystery 🚂 Luxury Train Setting 🎭 Ensemble Mystery 👵 Elderly Killers 📚 Metafictional Thriller

Five Found Dead 85%

On the Orient Express, a vanished man and a fake outbreak trap two siblings with a killer.

by Sulari Gentill 2025

3.37

4k+ ratings

📦 Locked Room Mystery 🚂 Luxury Train Setting 🎭 Ensemble Mystery 👵 Elderly Killers 📚 Metafictional Thriller

The Breach

by Patrick Lee • 2009

A disgraced ex-cop finds a downed jet in Alaska and a covert war over mind-bending alien weapons.

4.01

10k+

👽 Alien Technology 🕶️ Covert Ops 🧠 Sentient Artifact 👮 Disgraced Ex-Cop ❄️ Alaskan Wilderness

The Breach 85%

A disgraced ex-cop finds a downed jet in Alaska and a covert war over mind-bending alien weapons.

by Patrick Lee 2009

4.01

10k+ ratings

👽 Alien Technology 🕶️ Covert Ops 🧠 Sentient Artifact 👮 Disgraced Ex-Cop ❄️ Alaskan Wilderness

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 84%

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

Rainbow Six

by Tom Clancy • 1998

A covert counterterrorism unit uncovers a plot to release a lethal virus at the Sydney Olympics.

4.14

59k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🦠 Bioterrorism 🌍 Eco-Terrorism 🌐 Global Conspiracy

Rainbow Six 84%

A covert counterterrorism unit uncovers a plot to release a lethal virus at the Sydney Olympics.

by Tom Clancy 1998

4.14

59k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🦠 Bioterrorism 🌍 Eco-Terrorism 🌐 Global Conspiracy

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 84%

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

Transfer of Power

by Vince Flynn • 1999

When terrorists take the White House, one sidelined CIA agent is ruthless enough to stop them.

4.35

61k+

🎯 Counterterrorism 🔒 Hostage Crisis 📋 Bureaucratic Red Tape 🚁 Rescue Mission 🔥 Personal Vendetta

Transfer of Power 84%

When terrorists take the White House, one sidelined CIA agent is ruthless enough to stop them.

by Vince Flynn 1999

4.35

61k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism 🔒 Hostage Crisis 📋 Bureaucratic Red Tape 🚁 Rescue Mission 🔥 Personal Vendetta

Altered Carbon

by Richard K. Morgan • 2002

An immortal hires a soldier, revived in a stranger's body, to solve his own locked-room murder.

4.03

116k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🔄 Body Swapping 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💋 Femme Fatale 👑 Immortal Elite

Altered Carbon 84%

An immortal hires a soldier, revived in a stranger's body, to solve his own locked-room murder.

by Richard K. Morgan 2002

4.03

116k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🔄 Body Swapping 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💋 Femme Fatale 👑 Immortal Elite

House of Spies

by Daniel Silva • 2017

When London burns, an Israeli spymaster tracks a ghost through a global web of art and blood.

4.31

35k+

🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕵️ Spycraft 🎨 Art World Intrigue 🏃 Relentless Pursuit 🎭 Deep Cover

House of Spies 84%

When London burns, an Israeli spymaster tracks a ghost through a global web of art and blood.

by Daniel Silva 2017

4.31

35k+ ratings

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4.18

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Billy Summers 84%

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4.18

199k+ ratings

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5k+

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Death in the Family 84%

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3.65

5k+ ratings

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4.39

21k+

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Lethal Agent 84%

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4.39

21k+ ratings

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4.22

53k+

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Think Twice 84%

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4.22

53k+ ratings

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