🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

Buried truths within a bloodline surface with lethal consequences, revealing that the most dangerous skeletons are the ones hidden in your own family's closet.

No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2024

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

3.64

88k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

No One Can Know 89%

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2024

3.64

88k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

The Heiress

by Rachel Hawkins • 2024

He inherited the estate of a mother who married four times and buried every husband.

3.83

185k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕷️ Deadly Matriarch 💰 Inheritance Battle 🖤 Toxic Family Legacy

The Heiress 89%

He inherited the estate of a mother who married four times and buried every husband.

by Rachel Hawkins 2024

3.83

185k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕷️ Deadly Matriarch 💰 Inheritance Battle 🖤 Toxic Family Legacy

The Drowning Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A colleague's girlfriend vanishes. Josie Quinn uncovers a family built on lies, fraud, and murder.

4.46

7k+

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Generational Trauma 🃏 Family Of Grifters ⛪ Religious Fanaticism 🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective

The Drowning Girls 89%

A colleague's girlfriend vanishes. Josie Quinn uncovers a family built on lies, fraud, and murder.

by Lisa Regan 2021

4.46

7k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Generational Trauma 🃏 Family Of Grifters ⛪ Religious Fanaticism 🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective

The Night We Lost Him

by Laura Dave • 2024

A hotel mogul's cliffside fall reunites his estranged children. The son insists it was no accident.

3.59

128k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👫 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Amateur Investigation ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Night We Lost Him 89%

A hotel mogul's cliffside fall reunites his estranged children. The son insists it was no accident.

by Laura Dave 2024

3.59

128k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👫 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Amateur Investigation ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Family Secret

by Mikayla Davids • 2023

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

3.89

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Family Secret 89%

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

by Mikayla Davids 2023

3.89

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 89%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party 89%

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

Keep It in the Family

by John Marrs • 2022

Seven suitcases in an attic. Seven dead children inside. And her husband's family knows why.

4.06

249k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🩸 Family Of Killers 🔥 Toxic In-Laws 💔 Marriage Betrayal 🏚️ House Of Horrors

Keep It in the Family 89%

Seven suitcases in an attic. Seven dead children inside. And her husband's family knows why.

by John Marrs 2022

4.06

249k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🩸 Family Of Killers 🔥 Toxic In-Laws 💔 Marriage Betrayal 🏚️ House Of Horrors

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

16k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance 89%

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025

3.65

16k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Locked Door

by Freida McFadden • 2021

A surgeon's patients are murdered, hands severed. Her father killed seventeen women the same way.

3.98

673k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👤 Daughter Of A Killer 🩸 Framed For Murder 👯 Secret Sister

The Locked Door 89%

A surgeon's patients are murdered, hands severed. Her father killed seventeen women the same way.

by Freida McFadden 2021

3.98

673k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👤 Daughter Of A Killer 🩸 Framed For Murder 👯 Secret Sister

Redbelly Crossing

by Candice Fox • 2026

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

4.09

2k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Redbelly Crossing 89%

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

by Candice Fox 2026

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Last Party

by A.R. Torre • 2024

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

4.05

111k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother 👀 Nanny With Secrets 🔒 Hidden Past

The Last Party 89%

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

by A.R. Torre 2024

4.05

111k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother 👀 Nanny With Secrets 🔒 Hidden Past

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests

by K.J. Whittle • 2025

Seven strangers at a dinner party receive cards predicting their deaths. The first dies on cue.

3.60

6k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🧠 Psychological Thriller 😈 Seven Deadly Sins 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔐 Family Secrets

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests Summary

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests 88%

Seven strangers at a dinner party receive cards predicting their deaths. The first dies on cue.

by K.J. Whittle 2025

3.60

6k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🧠 Psychological Thriller 😈 Seven Deadly Sins 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔐 Family Secrets

A Killer Wedding

by Joan O'Leary • 2025

When a wedding matriarch is murdered, a journalist must expose the family's secrets before silenced.

3.56

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets ♟️ Family Power Games 🎭 Hidden Identities 💒 Remote Wedding

A Killer Wedding 88%

When a wedding matriarch is murdered, a journalist must expose the family's secrets before silenced.

by Joan O'Leary 2025

3.56

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets ♟️ Family Power Games 🎭 Hidden Identities 💒 Remote Wedding

The Guilty

by David Baldacci • 2015

His mission killed a child. Now an assassin returns to Mississippi, his father charged with murder.

4.22

64k+

🔫 Assassin Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌿 Southern Gothic

The Guilty 88%

His mission killed a child. Now an assassin returns to Mississippi, his father charged with murder.

by David Baldacci 2015

4.22

64k+ ratings

🔫 Assassin Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌿 Southern Gothic

Daughter of Mine

by Megan Miranda • 2024

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

3.91

78k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Daughter of Mine 88%

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

by Megan Miranda 2024

3.91

78k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Death of Mrs. Westaway 88%

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Butcher

by Jennifer Hillier • 2014

A chef finds serial-killer trophies buried by his grandfather, the cop who supposedly caught him.

4.09

92k+

🪓 Serial Killer Thriller 🏠 Domestic Horror 🩸 Generational Violence 📋 True Crime Obsession 👹 Monstrous Patriarch

The Butcher 88%

A chef finds serial-killer trophies buried by his grandfather, the cop who supposedly caught him.

by Jennifer Hillier 2014

4.09

92k+ ratings

🪓 Serial Killer Thriller 🏠 Domestic Horror 🩸 Generational Violence 📋 True Crime Obsession 👹 Monstrous Patriarch

The Last One at the Wedding

by Jason Rekulak • 2024

His daughter's billionaire wedding comes with a corpse, a cover-up, and a family that buys silence.

3.61

190k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💰 Wealth And Corruption 💔 Father-Daughter Estrangement 🔍 Missing Woman 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery

The Last One at the Wedding 88%

His daughter's billionaire wedding comes with a corpse, a cover-up, and a family that buys silence.

by Jason Rekulak 2024

3.61

190k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💰 Wealth And Corruption 💔 Father-Daughter Estrangement 🔍 Missing Woman 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery

Faithful Place

by Tana French • 2010

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

4.00

134k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🇮🇪 Working Class Dublin 🌧️ Dublin Noir

Faithful Place 88%

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

by Tana French 2010

4.00

134k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🇮🇪 Working Class Dublin 🌧️ Dublin Noir

Hairpin Bridge

by Taylor Adams • 2021

On a desolate bridge, a woman confronts the cop who called her twin's death a suicide.

3.48

20k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👯 Twin Sisters 👮 Corrupt Cop 🩸 Family Of Killers

Hairpin Bridge 88%

On a desolate bridge, a woman confronts the cop who called her twin's death a suicide.

by Taylor Adams 2021

3.48

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👯 Twin Sisters 👮 Corrupt Cop 🩸 Family Of Killers

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

by Kerryn Mayne • 2024

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

3.79

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

Joy Moody Is Out of Time 88%

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

by Kerryn Mayne 2024

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny • 2008

A remote lodge, a storm, a killer statue: Chief Inspector Gamache investigates a family's secrets.

4.21

110k+

🏚️ Country House Mystery ✍️ Literary Mystery 👪 Family Reunion Murder ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💰 Rich Family Secrets

A Rule Against Murder 88%

A remote lodge, a storm, a killer statue: Chief Inspector Gamache investigates a family's secrets.

by Louise Penny 2008

4.21

110k+ ratings

🏚️ Country House Mystery ✍️ Literary Mystery 👪 Family Reunion Murder ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Three Mothers

by Hannah Beckerman • 2025

A teen's hit-and-run death forces three mothers to face the darkest secrets their families keep.

4.11

33k+

🌑 Domestic Noir 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 💔 Secret Affair 🤫 Cover-Up

Three Mothers 88%

A teen's hit-and-run death forces three mothers to face the darkest secrets their families keep.

by Hannah Beckerman 2025

4.11

33k+ ratings

🌑 Domestic Noir 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 💔 Secret Affair 🤫 Cover-Up

A Very Bad Thing

by J.T. Ellison • 2024

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

4.13

49k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Family Murder Mystery 🎭 Secret Past Identity 👯 Hidden Sisters

A Very Bad Thing 88%

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

by J.T. Ellison 2024

4.13

49k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Family Murder Mystery 🎭 Secret Past Identity 👯 Hidden Sisters

Such Charming Liars

by Karen M. McManus • 2024

A jewel heist at a billionaire's birthday party becomes a murder trap for a teenage grifter.

3.72

24k+

🎭 Heist Gone Wrong 🃏 Con Artist Family 🫂 Found Family 🎉 Murder At A Party 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets

Such Charming Liars 88%

A jewel heist at a billionaire's birthday party becomes a murder trap for a teenage grifter.

by Karen M. McManus 2024

3.72

24k+ ratings

🎭 Heist Gone Wrong 🃏 Con Artist Family 🫂 Found Family 🎉 Murder At A Party 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets

The Match

by Harlan Coben • 2022

A man raised in the woods finds his DNA match: a reality star destroyed by scandal.

4.18

66k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧬 Genetic Genealogy 🌲 Feral Child 🤝 Found Family 🔍 Hidden Parentage

The Match 88%

A man raised in the woods finds his DNA match: a reality star destroyed by scandal.

by Harlan Coben 2022

4.18

66k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧬 Genetic Genealogy 🌲 Feral Child 🤝 Found Family 🔍 Hidden Parentage

The Ex Who Came Back

by Daniel Hurst • 2025

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

3.61

3k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

The Ex Who Came Back 88%

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

by Daniel Hurst 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

Not Quite Dead Yet

by Holly Jackson • 2025

With days to live after a brutal attack, a woman chases down her own murderer.

3.98

235k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Countdown Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight 💔 Family Betrayal

Not Quite Dead Yet 88%

With days to live after a brutal attack, a woman chases down her own murderer.

by Holly Jackson 2025

3.98

235k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Countdown Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight 💔 Family Betrayal

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family 88%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Vipers

by Katy Hays • 2025

When a dead mother's necklace arrives on Capri, a wealthy family's summer of secrets turns deadly.

3.55

16k+

🖤 Gothic Family Thriller 🏝️ Island Mystery 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets 🕯️ Mother's Unsolved Death 📜 Schemes And Blackmail

The Vipers 88%

When a dead mother's necklace arrives on Capri, a wealthy family's summer of secrets turns deadly.

by Katy Hays 2025

3.55

16k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Thriller 🏝️ Island Mystery 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets 🕯️ Mother's Unsolved Death 📜 Schemes And Blackmail

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory

by Tilly Bagshawe • 2013

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

3.91

7k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory Summary

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory 88%

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

by Tilly Bagshawe 2013

3.91

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

The Better Sister

by Alafair Burke • 2019

Her husband is murdered in the Hamptons. The suspect: the stepson she raised, her sister's son.

3.84

44k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sister Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📱 Social Media Scrutiny

The Better Sister 88%

Her husband is murdered in the Hamptons. The suspect: the stepson she raised, her sister's son.

by Alafair Burke 2019

3.84

44k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sister Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📱 Social Media Scrutiny

Everyone Is Watching

by Heather Gudenkauf • 2024

A desperate mother joins a reality competition, but the game's true prize is survival.

3.64

35k+

🩸 Deadly Competition 📺 Reality Tv Thriller 🤫 Shared Secret 🔒 Closed Circle Suspense 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Everyone Is Watching 88%

A desperate mother joins a reality competition, but the game's true prize is survival.

by Heather Gudenkauf 2024

3.64

35k+ ratings

🩸 Deadly Competition 📺 Reality Tv Thriller 🤫 Shared Secret 🔒 Closed Circle Suspense 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Her Last Breath

by Hilary Davidson • 2021

Her dead sister's email names a killer: the husband. His first wife died young, too.

3.89

21k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏛️ Corrupt Dynasty 👯 Estranged Sisters ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 📩 Message From Beyond

Her Last Breath 88%

Her dead sister's email names a killer: the husband. His first wife died young, too.

by Hilary Davidson 2021

3.89

21k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏛️ Corrupt Dynasty 👯 Estranged Sisters ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 📩 Message From Beyond

Keep Quiet

by Lisa Scottoline • 2014

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

3.83

28k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up 😔 Guilty Conscience 💰 Blackmail

Keep Quiet 88%

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

by Lisa Scottoline 2014

3.83

28k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up 😔 Guilty Conscience 💰 Blackmail

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 88%

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

It Should Have Been You

by Andrea Mara • 2026

One misdirected text. Three hundred neighbours. Then a murder at her exact address.

3.80

38k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Sister Loyalty 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👶 Protective Mother 💔 Secret Affair

It Should Have Been You 88%

One misdirected text. Three hundred neighbours. Then a murder at her exact address.

by Andrea Mara 2026

3.80

38k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Sister Loyalty 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👶 Protective Mother 💔 Secret Affair

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2022

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

3.75

236k+

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Summary

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 88%

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2022

3.75

236k+ ratings

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Run Away

by Harlan Coben • 2019

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

4.06

82k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Run Away 88%

A father searching for his addicted daughter stumbles into a cult's war against its own children.

by Harlan Coben 2019

4.06

82k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔍 Missing Daughter 🔫 Hired Killers 🕯️ Cult Secrets

Blue Mountain

by Lisa Michelle • 2021

Her dying grandmother confesses to being a killer. The evidence is buried on Blue Mountain.

3.93

1k+

🖊️ Literary Suspense 🏚️ Family Crime Saga 🛏️ Deathbed Confession 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Reinvented Identity

Blue Mountain 88%

Her dying grandmother confesses to being a killer. The evidence is buried on Blue Mountain.

by Lisa Michelle 2021

3.93

1k+ ratings

🖊️ Literary Suspense 🏚️ Family Crime Saga 🛏️ Deathbed Confession 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Reinvented Identity

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 🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Domestic Suspense

The Bones She Buried 88%

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 🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Domestic Suspense

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🌫️ Gothic Suspense

The Book of Cold Cases 88%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🌫️ Gothic Suspense

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music 88%

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

3.67

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Dead Husband 88%

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.59

2k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Library After Dark 88%

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3.59

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The Accident 88%

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by Linwood Barclay 2011

4.00

20k+ ratings

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The Quiet Neighbor 88%

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by J.D. Barker 2026

3.87

1k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🩸 Serial Killer 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

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by James Patterson • 1997

A serial killer escapes and threatens a detective's family, while another slaughters across Europe.

4.04

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Cat & Mouse 88%

A serial killer escapes and threatens a detective's family, while another slaughters across Europe.

by James Patterson 1997

4.04

83k+ ratings

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When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

3.79

45k+

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The Girl in the Mirror 88%

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

by Rose Carlyle 2020

3.79

45k+ ratings

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