🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game

A fortune hangs in the balance, and the rules for claiming it are designed to pit heirs against each other in contests where greed can kill.

The Final Gambit

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2022

Before her fortune, Avery Grambs must solve a dead man's puzzle to save her kidnapped uncle.

4.10

477k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📜 Inheritance Drama 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🐱 Cat And Mouse

The Final Gambit 90%

Before her fortune, Avery Grambs must solve a dead man's puzzle to save her kidnapped uncle.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2022

4.10

477k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📜 Inheritance Drama 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Darkly

by Marisha Pessl • 2024

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

3.66

8k+

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Darkly 89%

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

by Marisha Pessl 2024

3.66

8k+ ratings

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

The Last Soul Among Wolves

by Melissa Caruso • 2025

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

4.17

1k+

🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain 🔪 Paranoid Murder Mystery

The Last Soul Among Wolves 89%

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

by Melissa Caruso 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain 🔪 Paranoid Murder Mystery

The Brothers Hawthorne

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2023

Jameson enters a secret club where members bet secrets, and his own father holds the cards.

3.90

170k+

🏛️ Inheritance Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🎭 Secret Society 🛡️ Protective Brothers 💔 Estranged Father

The Brothers Hawthorne 88%

Jameson enters a secret club where members bet secrets, and his own father holds the cards.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2023

3.90

170k+ ratings

🏛️ Inheritance Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🎭 Secret Society 🛡️ Protective Brothers 💔 Estranged Father

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 88%

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

Hide

by Kiersten White • 2022

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

3.31

44k+

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Hide 88%

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

by Kiersten White 2022

3.31

44k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

The Hawthorne Legacy

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2021

A teenage heiress hunts for a missing son whose survival could prove he is her father.

4.18

637k+

🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 🔍 Missing Heir 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 💰 Billionaire Family 💔 Love Triangle

The Hawthorne Legacy 88%

A teenage heiress hunts for a missing son whose survival could prove he is her father.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2021

4.18

637k+ ratings

🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 🔍 Missing Heir 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 💰 Billionaire Family 💔 Love Triangle

How Bad Things Can Get

by Darcy Coates • 2025

She survived a cult massacre. The island festival she's trapped in is its reenactment.

3.71

11k+

💀 Cult Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 🎯 Deadly Game 🏝️ Remote Island 👁️ Prophetic Visions

How Bad Things Can Get 88%

She survived a cult massacre. The island festival she's trapped in is its reenactment.

by Darcy Coates 2025

3.71

11k+ ratings

💀 Cult Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 🎯 Deadly Game 🏝️ Remote Island 👁️ Prophetic Visions

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 87%

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

Doomsday Match

by Jeff Wheeler • 2023

A family invited to a luxury resort must play a Maya ballgame for their lives.

4.15

8k+

🎲 Survival Game 🐆 Maya Mythology 🌟 Ancient Magic 🔮 Magical Awakening 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller

Doomsday Match 87%

A family invited to a luxury resort must play a Maya ballgame for their lives.

by Jeff Wheeler 2023

4.15

8k+ ratings

🎲 Survival Game 🐆 Maya Mythology 🌟 Ancient Magic 🔮 Magical Awakening 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold • 2025

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

3.62

13k+

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

How to Survive a Horror Story 87%

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

by Mallory Arnold 2025

3.62

13k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

Slashtag

by Jon Cohn • 2023

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

4.26

1k+

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Slashtag 87%

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

by Jon Cohn 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie • 1938

An old tyrant gathers his bitter heirs for Christmas, then turns up murdered inside a locked room.

3.98

110k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 💔 Dysfunctional Family 👤 Hidden Heir 💎 Inheritance Dispute

Hercule Poirot's Christmas 87%

An old tyrant gathers his bitter heirs for Christmas, then turns up murdered inside a locked room.

by Agatha Christie 1938

3.98

110k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 💔 Dysfunctional Family 👤 Hidden Heir 💎 Inheritance Dispute

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 87%

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 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 87%

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

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 87%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

The Island

by Natasha Preston • 2023

Six influencers, one remote island. The boat vanishes, then the bodies start dropping.

3.48

39k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Slasher Thriller 📱 Social Media Influencers 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl

The Island 87%

Six influencers, one remote island. The boat vanishes, then the bodies start dropping.

by Natasha Preston 2023

3.48

39k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Slasher Thriller 📱 Social Media Influencers 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl

The Island

by Adrian McKinty • 2022

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

3.76

43k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

The Island 87%

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

by Adrian McKinty 2022

3.76

43k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

The Party

by Natasha Preston • 2024

Ten friends, one remote castle, a rising storm, and a killer who knows their darkest secret.

3.51

13k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Friend Group In Peril 🌫️ Gaslighting

The Party 87%

Ten friends, one remote castle, a rising storm, and a killer who knows their darkest secret.

by Natasha Preston 2024

3.51

13k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Friend Group In Peril 🌫️ Gaslighting

Alone

by Cyn Balog • 2017

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend 👥 Hidden Twin 🎯 Deadly Game

Alone 87%

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

by Cyn Balog 2017

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend 👥 Hidden Twin 🎯 Deadly Game

Suicidas

by Raphael Montes • 2012

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

4.05

10k+

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Suicidas 87%

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

by Raphael Montes 2012

4.05

10k+ ratings

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

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 87%

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

Bloodline

by Sidney Sheldon • 1977

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

3.87

35k+

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue 💰 Inheritance Thriller 🏔️ 1970s Europe

Bloodline 87%

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

by Sidney Sheldon 1977

3.87

35k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue 💰 Inheritance Thriller 🏔️ 1970s Europe

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

4.04

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes 86%

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

Fiend

by Alma Katsu • 2025

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

3.38

3k+

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Fiend 86%

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

by Alma Katsu 2025

3.38

3k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

The Escape Game

by Marissa Meyer • 2026

A teen returns to the reality show where her sister died, only to find the killer already inside.

3.80

8k+

📺 Reality Tv Mystery 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Male Lead

The Escape Game 86%

A teen returns to the reality show where her sister died, only to find the killer already inside.

by Marissa Meyer 2026

3.80

8k+ ratings

📺 Reality Tv Mystery 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Male Lead

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield • 2021

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

3.63

4k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

It's Behind You 86%

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021

3.63

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

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 86%

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

The Murder at Redmire Hall

by J.R. Ellis • 2018

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

4.28

15k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

The Murder at Redmire Hall 86%

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

by J.R. Ellis 2018

4.28

15k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

Abandon

by Blake Crouch • 2009

A journalist and her estranged father search a ghost town for gold that already killed everyone.

3.62

32k+

🏜️ Western Horror ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 💔 Estranged Family 👻 Ghost Town Expedition 💰 Cursed Treasure

Abandon 86%

A journalist and her estranged father search a ghost town for gold that already killed everyone.

by Blake Crouch 2009

3.62

32k+ ratings

🏜️ Western Horror ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 💔 Estranged Family 👻 Ghost Town Expedition 💰 Cursed Treasure

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop 86%

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine • 2024

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

3.68

12k+

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

Two Sides to Every Murder 86%

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

by Danielle Valentine 2024

3.68

12k+ ratings

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie • 1950

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

4.01

88k+

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

A Murder Is Announced 86%

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

by Agatha Christie 1950

4.01

88k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Cari Mora

by Thomas Harris • 2019

A Colombian survivor works at Escobar's Miami mansion while a trafficker hunts the gold beneath it.

2.83

12k+

🍃 Narco Thriller 🪖 Former Child Soldier 💰 Treasure Hunt Thriller 🌴 Miami Underworld 🔪 Predator Vs Prey

Cari Mora 86%

A Colombian survivor works at Escobar's Miami mansion while a trafficker hunts the gold beneath it.

by Thomas Harris 2019

2.83

12k+ ratings

🍃 Narco Thriller 🪖 Former Child Soldier 💰 Treasure Hunt Thriller 🌴 Miami Underworld 🔪 Predator Vs Prey

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

5150, rue des Ormes

by Patrick Senécal • 1994

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

4.08

7k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

5150, rue des Ormes 86%

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

by Patrick Senécal 1994

4.08

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Something I Keep Upstairs 86%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Dead Man's Folly

by Agatha Christie • 1956

During a country house fête, a staged murder game gives cover to a real killer.

3.82

39k+

🏡 Country House Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detective 🎪 Deadly Party Game 🎭 False Identity 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

Dead Man's Folly 86%

During a country house fête, a staged murder game gives cover to a real killer.

by Agatha Christie 1956

3.82

39k+ ratings

🏡 Country House Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detective 🎪 Deadly Party Game 🎭 False Identity 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

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 86%

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

Sparkling Cyanide

by Agatha Christie • 1945

Letters claim his wife was murdered, so a widower restages the fatal dinner party.

3.92

43k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🍷 Dinner Party Murder 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Unreliable Suspects ✨ Elegant Suspense

Sparkling Cyanide 86%

Letters claim his wife was murdered, so a widower restages the fatal dinner party.

by Agatha Christie 1945

3.92

43k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🍷 Dinner Party Murder 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Unreliable Suspects ✨ Elegant Suspense

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

Sunburned

by Katherine Wood • 2025

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

3.72

2k+

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Sunburned 86%

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

by Katherine Wood 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

After the Funeral

by Agatha Christie • 1953

A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.

3.92

51k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 English Country House 💰 Inheritance Drama 🎭 Hidden Identity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

After the Funeral 86%

A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.

by Agatha Christie 1953

3.92

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 English Country House 💰 Inheritance Drama 🎭 Hidden Identity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

You Will Be Mine

by Natasha Preston • 2018

A student's housemates are stalked by a killer who removes hearts. The next valentine could be hers.

3.73

30k+

🏫 College Thriller 🔪 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 💔 Brother's Betrayal 💝 Holiday Horror

You Will Be Mine 86%

A student's housemates are stalked by a killer who removes hearts. The next valentine could be hers.

by Natasha Preston 2018

3.73

30k+ ratings

🏫 College Thriller 🔪 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 💔 Brother's Betrayal 💝 Holiday Horror

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+

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She Started It 86%

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

The Cabin

by Natasha Preston • 2016

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

3.62

45k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

The Cabin 86%

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

by Natasha Preston 2016

3.62

45k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

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