💔 Divorced Detective

A sleuth whose failed marriage shadows every case—personal wreckage lending grit, empathy, and a particular hunger for resolution to their investigations.

Night Passage

by Robert B. Parker • 1997

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

4.12

16k+

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 🍂 New England Town

Night Passage 90%

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

by Robert B. Parker 1997

4.12

16k+ ratings

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 🍂 New England Town

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 89%

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

The Kept Woman

by Karin Slaughter • 2016

A murdered ex-cop, a vanished woman, and the bloody trail points to the detective's estranged wife.

4.15

87k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🖤 Toxic Ex-Wife 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Kept Woman 89%

A murdered ex-cop, a vanished woman, and the bloody trail points to the detective's estranged wife.

by Karin Slaughter 2016

4.15

87k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🖤 Toxic Ex-Wife 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block • 1976

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

3.87

12k+

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim

The Sins of the Fathers 89%

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

by Lawrence Block 1976

3.87

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim

Echo Burning

by Lee Child • 2001

Hitchhiking in Texas, a former military cop is asked to kill a desperate woman's husband.

4.05

109k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor

Echo Burning 88%

Hitchhiking in Texas, a former military cop is asked to kill a desperate woman's husband.

by Lee Child 2001

4.05

109k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor

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 88%

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

Resurrection Walk

by Michael Connelly • 2023

A mother convicted of murdering her deputy ex-husband draws Haller into a deadly sheriff's cover-up.

4.53

78k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🚔 Police Corruption

Resurrection Walk 88%

A mother convicted of murdering her deputy ex-husband draws Haller into a deadly sheriff's cover-up.

by Michael Connelly 2023

4.53

78k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🚔 Police Corruption

Wolf Hour

by Jo Nesbø • 2025

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

4.01

8k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective

Wolf Hour 88%

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

by Jo Nesbø 2025

4.01

8k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective

The Concrete Blonde

by Michael Connelly • 1994

Harry Bosch shot a serial killer. The trial claims he was wrong; a concrete-encased body agrees.

4.24

81k+

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔪 Serial Killer

The Concrete Blonde 88%

Harry Bosch shot a serial killer. The trial claims he was wrong; a concrete-encased body agrees.

by Michael Connelly 1994

4.24

81k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔪 Serial Killer

Lullaby Town

by Robert Crais • 1992

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

4.16

15k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

Lullaby Town 88%

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

by Robert Crais 1992

4.16

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

The Scarred Woman

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2017

A Danish detective hunts a caseworker who is murdering the clients she was meant to help.

3.94

19k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

The Scarred Woman 88%

A Danish detective hunts a caseworker who is murdering the clients she was meant to help.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2017

3.94

19k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

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 88%

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

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Flaggermusmannen 88%

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

by Jo Nesbø 1997

3.55

132k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly • 2000

A retired FBI profiler takes on a ritualistic murder. The evidence points straight to Harry Bosch.

4.17

69k+

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot

A Darkness More Than Night 88%

A retired FBI profiler takes on a ritualistic murder. The evidence points straight to Harry Bosch.

by Michael Connelly 2000

4.17

69k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot

When the Evil Waits

by M.J. Lee • 2021

A haunted detective tracks a child killer who posed a body in a locked-down Manchester wood.

4.43

2k+

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Damaged Detective 🔎 Missing Child Case

When the Evil Waits 88%

A haunted detective tracks a child killer who posed a body in a locked-down Manchester wood.

by M.J. Lee 2021

4.43

2k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Damaged Detective 🔎 Missing Child Case

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

4.05

296k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

The Silkworm 88%

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

by Robert Galbraith 2014

4.05

296k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

The Narrows

by Michael Connelly • 2004

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

4.20

67k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective

The Narrows 88%

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

by Michael Connelly 2004

4.20

67k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Voodoo River 88%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

by Rob Thomas • 2014

A spring breaker disappears. The cops won't act. Veronica Mars takes a case Neptune wants buried.

3.98

46k+

🔍 Female PI 🕵️ Missing Person Case 🏚️ Corrupt Small Town

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line 88%

A spring breaker disappears. The cops won't act. Veronica Mars takes a case Neptune wants buried.

by Rob Thomas 2014

3.98

46k+ ratings

🔍 Female PI 🕵️ Missing Person Case 🏚️ Corrupt Small Town

23 1/2 Lies

by James Patterson • 2023

The murdered man at her crime scene is her father, presumed dead for years.

3.71

18k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Family Secrets 🧊 Cold Case

23 1/2 Lies 88%

The murdered man at her crime scene is her father, presumed dead for years.

by James Patterson 2023

3.71

18k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Family Secrets 🧊 Cold Case

Blood Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2002

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

4.07

12k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement

Blood Orchid 88%

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

by Stuart Woods 2002

4.07

12k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement

Games People Play

by Owen Mullen • 2017

A baby vanishes from a beach, pulling a haunted PI into a web of domestic betrayal.

4.10

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 👶 Missing Child 👻 Haunted Detective

Games People Play 88%

A baby vanishes from a beach, pulling a haunted PI into a web of domestic betrayal.

by Owen Mullen 2017

4.10

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 👶 Missing Child 👻 Haunted Detective

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven • 2024

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

4.55

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective

The Mercy Chair 88%

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

by M.W. Craven 2024

4.55

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective

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 88%

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

Open Season

by Jonathan Kellerman • 2025

A body dumped at an LA hospital pulls a detective and psychologist into a sniper's killing spree.

4.16

13k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Open Season 88%

A body dumped at an LA hospital pulls a detective and psychologist into a sniper's killing spree.

by Jonathan Kellerman 2025

4.16

13k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Not Dead Enough

by Peter James • 2007

A woman is murdered in Brighton. Her husband's DNA is everywhere, but he was miles away.

4.13

15k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Investigation ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Not Dead Enough 88%

A woman is murdered in Brighton. Her husband's DNA is everywhere, but he was miles away.

by Peter James 2007

4.13

15k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Investigation ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Echo Park

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

4.19

69k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer

Echo Park 87%

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.19

69k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer

Silent Crime

by W.L. Knightly • 2019

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

3.96

2k+

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Silent Crime 87%

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

by W.L. Knightly 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Abandoned in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2022

Women remade into his lost mother, left on playgrounds. Eve Dallas hunts an abandoned son's rage.

4.40

27k+

🏙️ Future Noir 🔎 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Maternal Abandonment

Abandoned in Death 87%

Women remade into his lost mother, left on playgrounds. Eve Dallas hunts an abandoned son's rage.

by J.D. Robb 2022

4.40

27k+ ratings

🏙️ Future Noir 🔎 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Maternal Abandonment

The Black Ice

by Michael Connelly • 1993

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

4.13

96k+

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death

The Black Ice 87%

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

by Michael Connelly 1993

4.13

96k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death

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 87%

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

The Leopard

by Jo Nesbø • 2009

A detective in exile returns to Norway to catch a killer who drowns women without water.

4.10

65k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Damaged Detective

The Leopard 87%

A detective in exile returns to Norway to catch a killer who drowns women without water.

by Jo Nesbø 2009

4.10

65k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Damaged Detective

Nemesis

by Jo Nesbø • 2002

An Oslo bank heist turns deadly, and the investigation points to one suspect: the lead detective.

3.98

81k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Nemesis 87%

An Oslo bank heist turns deadly, and the investigation points to one suspect: the lead detective.

by Jo Nesbø 2002

3.98

81k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

by Michael Brandman • 2011

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

4.12

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 87%

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

by Michael Brandman 2011

4.12

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1

by William Kent Krueger • 2012

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

4.30

1k+

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 Summary

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 87%

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

by William Kent Krueger 2012

4.30

1k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology

Love Me Not

by M.J. Arlidge • 2017

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

4.13

15k+

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing

Love Me Not 87%

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2017

4.13

15k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing

Trunk Music

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A producer found in his Rolls-Royce trunk, staged as a mob execution. Bosch follows the money.

4.22

79k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💋 Femme Fatale

Trunk Music 87%

A producer found in his Rolls-Royce trunk, staged as a mob execution. Bosch follows the money.

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.22

79k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 💋 Femme Fatale

Blood Work

by Michael Connelly • 1998

A retired FBI agent learns his donor was murdered. Guilt drives him to find her killer.

4.16

62k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Retired Detective

Blood Work 87%

A retired FBI agent learns his donor was murdered. Guilt drives him to find her killer.

by Michael Connelly 1998

4.16

62k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Retired Detective

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural

Jazz Funeral 87%

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural

Black Water Rising

by Sean Watkin • 2025

Three dead girls on Liverpool's docks. A retired detective is called back to the water.

3.97

300

🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🔙 Retired Detective

Black Water Rising 87%

Three dead girls on Liverpool's docks. A retired detective is called back to the water.

by Sean Watkin 2025

3.97

300 ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🔙 Retired Detective

Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda

by Leif G.W. Persson • 2005

A police student murdered. A cynical detective. Too many clues, not enough answers.

3.23

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🌨️ Nordic Noir 🕵️ Flawed Detective

Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda Summary

Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda 87%

A police student murdered. A cynical detective. Too many clues, not enough answers.

by Leif G.W. Persson 2005

3.23

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🌨️ Nordic Noir 🕵️ Flawed Detective

A Cold Day in Hell

by Lissa Marie Redmond • 2018

A cold case detective works for her rival to clear his godson of a murder charge.

4.06

1k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Damaged Detective ⚖️ Ambiguous Guilt

A Cold Day in Hell 87%

A cold case detective works for her rival to clear his godson of a murder charge.

by Lissa Marie Redmond 2018

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Damaged Detective ⚖️ Ambiguous Guilt

The Devil's Star

by Jo Nesbø • 2006

A broken Oslo detective must catch a ritual killer while teamed with his corrupt nemesis.

4.06

78k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Alcoholic Detective

The Devil's Star 87%

A broken Oslo detective must catch a ritual killer while teamed with his corrupt nemesis.

by Jo Nesbø 2006

4.06

78k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Alcoholic Detective

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 87%

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

Hello, Transcriber

by Hannah Morrissey • 2021

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

3.43

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage

Hello, Transcriber 87%

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

by Hannah Morrissey 2021

3.43

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage

Desperation in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2022

A murdered teen's uniform leads Eve Dallas into a secret academy that grooms girls for sale.

4.57

27k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔗 Child Trafficking 🫂 Found Family

Desperation in Death 87%

A murdered teen's uniform leads Eve Dallas into a secret academy that grooms girls for sale.

by J.D. Robb 2022

4.57

27k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔗 Child Trafficking 🫂 Found Family

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Knife

by Jo Nesbø • 2019

A detective wakes covered in blood, no memory, his wife murdered. He's the prime suspect.

4.27

37k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥃 Alcoholic Detective

Knife 87%

A detective wakes covered in blood, no memory, his wife murdered. He's the prime suspect.

by Jo Nesbø 2019

4.27

37k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥃 Alcoholic Detective

Career of Evil

by Robert Galbraith • 2015

The severed leg on her desk was meant for her boss, a PI with dangerous enemies.

4.22

231k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Private Investigator 💀 Taunting Killer

Career of Evil 87%

The severed leg on her desk was meant for her boss, a PI with dangerous enemies.

by Robert Galbraith 2015

4.22

231k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Private Investigator 💀 Taunting Killer

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