🤐 Friend Group Suspicion

Paranoia seeps into a circle of friends as someone among them harbors a secret — or a threat — turning intimacy into a source of dread.

You'll Be the Death of Me

by Karen M. McManus • 2021

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

3.73

85k+

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

You'll Be the Death of Me 89%

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2021

3.73

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

If You Tell a Lie

by Lucinda Berry • 2024

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

3.49

44k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

If You Tell a Lie 89%

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lucinda Berry 2024

3.49

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

3.94

206k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

What Lies in the Woods 89%

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023

3.94

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

The Hunting Party

by Lucy Foley • 2018

Old friends gather at a remote Scottish lodge and a blizzard traps them with a body.

3.60

368k+

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🖤 Toxic Friendship ❄️ Snowbound Tension 🏔️ Remote Lodge 👤 Stalker Narrative

The Hunting Party 88%

Old friends gather at a remote Scottish lodge and a blizzard traps them with a body.

by Lucy Foley 2018

3.60

368k+ ratings

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🖤 Toxic Friendship ❄️ Snowbound Tension 🏔️ Remote Lodge 👤 Stalker Narrative

The Holiday

by T.M. Logan • 2019

A wife on holiday discovers her husband's lover is one of her three oldest friends.

3.89

55k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔒 Locked-Room Tension

The Holiday 88%

A wife on holiday discovers her husband's lover is one of her three oldest friends.

by T.M. Logan 2019

3.89

55k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔒 Locked-Room Tension

All-Night Party

by R.L. Stine • 1997

Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.

3.76

2k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 👤 Killer Among Us 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 🏝️ Remote Island Cabin

All-Night Party 88%

Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.

by R.L. Stine 1997

3.76

2k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 👤 Killer Among Us 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 🏝️ Remote Island Cabin

The Dare

by Natasha Preston • 2024

Four seniors on a dare. One deadly mistake. A secret that will make them enemies.

3.79

21k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚠️ Dangerous Dares 🪦 Fatal Cover-Up 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 🎯 Being Framed

The Dare 88%

Four seniors on a dare. One deadly mistake. A secret that will make them enemies.

by Natasha Preston 2024

3.79

21k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚠️ Dangerous Dares 🪦 Fatal Cover-Up 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 🎯 Being Framed

We Were Never Here

by Andrea Bartz • 2021

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

3.49

147k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

We Were Never Here 88%

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

by Andrea Bartz 2021

3.49

147k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

The Perfectionists

by Sara Shepard • 2014

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

3.78

15k+

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere 🔍 Teen Girl Detectives

The Perfectionists 88%

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

by Sara Shepard 2014

3.78

15k+ ratings

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere 🔍 Teen Girl Detectives

The Note

by Alafair Burke • 2025

Three friends leave a prank note on a Hamptons car. The man who finds it disappears.

3.43

22k+

📝 Prank Gone Dark 🏠 Weekend Getaway Suspense 👯 Friend Trio Drama 🌊 Hamptons Setting 🔍 Missing Person Case

The Note 88%

Three friends leave a prank note on a Hamptons car. The man who finds it disappears.

by Alafair Burke 2025

3.43

22k+ ratings

📝 Prank Gone Dark 🏠 Weekend Getaway Suspense 👯 Friend Trio Drama 🌊 Hamptons Setting 🔍 Missing Person Case

His & Hers

by Alice Feeney • 2020

A reporter and her detective ex investigate a friend's murder in the hometown they once fled.

4.10

368k+

👥 Dual Narration Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friendship Group 🤥 Unreliable Narrators 🎒 School Clique Revenge 🎥 Media And Murder

His & Hers 88%

A reporter and her detective ex investigate a friend's murder in the hometown they once fled.

by Alice Feeney 2020

4.10

368k+ ratings

👥 Dual Narration Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friendship Group 🤥 Unreliable Narrators 🎒 School Clique Revenge 🎥 Media And Murder

The Woman in Suite 11

by Ruth Ware • 2025

A journalist's Swiss hotel reunion turns deadly when every guest survived the same cruise nightmare.

3.54

75k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Frenemy Bonds 😰 Claustrophobic Tension 👁️ Surveillance Dread

The Woman in Suite 11 88%

A journalist's Swiss hotel reunion turns deadly when every guest survived the same cruise nightmare.

by Ruth Ware 2025

3.54

75k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Frenemy Bonds 😰 Claustrophobic Tension 👁️ Surveillance Dread

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate 88%

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

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 88%

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

Don't Swipe Right

by L.M. Chilton • 2023

A heartbroken barista swipes for distraction, but someone is killing every man she matches with.

3.49

15k+

🎭 Dark Comedy Mystery 📱 Online Dating Thriller 💔 Best Friend Betrayal ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 😈 Dark Humor

Don't Swipe Right 88%

A heartbroken barista swipes for distraction, but someone is killing every man she matches with.

by L.M. Chilton 2023

3.49

15k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Comedy Mystery 📱 Online Dating Thriller 💔 Best Friend Betrayal ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 😈 Dark Humor

In a Dark, Dark Wood

by Ruth Ware • 2015

A shrouded past resurfaces when a writer attends a hen party in an isolated glass house.

3.71

403k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🥂 Deadly Hen Party 🩸 Framed For Murder 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🐌 Slow-Burn Suspense

In a Dark, Dark Wood 88%

A shrouded past resurfaces when a writer attends a hen party in an isolated glass house.

by Ruth Ware 2015

3.71

403k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🥂 Deadly Hen Party 🩸 Framed For Murder 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🐌 Slow-Burn Suspense

Seven Lies

by Elizabeth Kay • 2020

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

3.34

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Seven Lies 88%

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

by Elizabeth Kay 2020

3.34

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Woman Who Lied

by Claire Douglas • 2023

A novelist's unpublished thriller becomes the script for a killer targeting everyone in her circle.

3.91

33k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📖 Fiction Meets Reality 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Friend Betrayal 🪦 Buried Secrets

The Woman Who Lied 88%

A novelist's unpublished thriller becomes the script for a killer targeting everyone in her circle.

by Claire Douglas 2023

3.91

33k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📖 Fiction Meets Reality 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Friend Betrayal 🪦 Buried Secrets

Only If You're Lucky

by Stacy Willingham • 2024

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

3.56

80k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Only If You're Lucky 88%

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

by Stacy Willingham 2024

3.56

80k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Bye, Baby

by Carola Lovering • 2024

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

3.74

54k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

Bye, Baby 88%

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

by Carola Lovering 2024

3.74

54k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

The Guest List

by Lucy Foley • 2020

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

3.79

1.3M+

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Guest List 88%

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

by Lucy Foley 2020

3.79

1.3M+ ratings

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Lion's Den

by Katherine St. John • 2020

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

3.88

25k+

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🌊 Mediterranean Setting

The Lion's Den 88%

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

by Katherine St. John 2020

3.88

25k+ ratings

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🌊 Mediterranean Setting

None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell • 2023

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

4.07

1.1M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

None of This Is True 88%

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

by Lisa Jewell 2023

4.07

1.1M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

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 88%

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

What Happens in the Dark

by Kia Abdullah • 2025

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

3.95

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

What Happens in the Dark 88%

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

by Kia Abdullah 2025

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Ward D

by Freida McFadden • 2023

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

3.96

646k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Identity 😰 Creeping Dread

Ward D 88%

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.96

646k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Identity 😰 Creeping Dread

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Lynn Weingarten • 2015

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

3.40

20k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls Summary

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls 88%

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

by Lynn Weingarten 2015

3.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Hunting Wives

by May Cobb • 2021

Restless mother joins secret Texas shooting club where wine, guns, and seduction end in murder.

3.48

94k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔑 Secret Society 🏡 Small Town Secrets 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Hunting Wives 88%

Restless mother joins secret Texas shooting club where wine, guns, and seduction end in murder.

by May Cobb 2021

3.48

94k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔑 Secret Society 🏡 Small Town Secrets 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

A Line in the Dark

by Malinda Lo • 2017

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

3.25

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

A Line in the Dark 88%

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

by Malinda Lo 2017

3.25

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

The Hitchcock Hotel

by Stephanie Wrobel • 2024

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

3.59

12k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

The Hitchcock Hotel 87%

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

by Stephanie Wrobel 2024

3.59

12k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2002

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

3.32

6k+

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 87%

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2002

3.32

6k+ ratings

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

Kill Joy

by Holly Jackson • 2021

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

3.72

177k+

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Kill Joy 87%

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

by Holly Jackson 2021

3.72

177k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt • 1992

Six classics students at a secluded Vermont college share one secret: they murdered their friend.

4.15

1.1M+

📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ☠️ Toxic Friendship 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense 🍂 New England Gothic

The Secret History 87%

Six classics students at a secluded Vermont college share one secret: they murdered their friend.

by Donna Tartt 1992

4.15

1.1M+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ☠️ Toxic Friendship 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense 🍂 New England Gothic

The Guilt Trip

by Sandie Jones • 2021

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

3.41

37k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Friend Group Drama

The Guilt Trip 87%

She suspects her husband is sleeping with the bride. By the wedding night, someone is dead.

by Sandie Jones 2021

3.41

37k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 💒 Destination Wedding 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Friend Group Drama

Read Between the Lies

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2026

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

3.36

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

Read Between the Lies 87%

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2026

3.36

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

The Thrashers

by Julie Soto • 2025

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

4.01

18k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Thrashers 87%

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

by Julie Soto 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Mean Moms

by Emma Rosenblum • 2025

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

3.50

25k+

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

Mean Moms 87%

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

by Emma Rosenblum 2025

3.50

25k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

The Invite

by A.J. McDine • 2022

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

3.86

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Invite 87%

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

by A.J. McDine 2022

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

Finders Keepers

by Natalie Barelli • 2023

Her lost diary is now a bestseller, and its darkest entry connects her to a teacher's murder.

3.80

8k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Stolen Story 🕯️ Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 📱 Influencer Culture

Finders Keepers 87%

Her lost diary is now a bestseller, and its darkest entry connects her to a teacher's murder.

by Natalie Barelli 2023

3.80

8k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Stolen Story 🕯️ Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 📱 Influencer Culture

Killer's Kiss

by R.L. Stine • 1997

Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.

3.79

2k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🔪 Ya Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Toxic Rivalry 🔺 Love Triangle

Killer's Kiss 87%

Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.

by R.L. Stine 1997

3.79

2k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🔪 Ya Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Toxic Rivalry 🔺 Love Triangle

Her Pretty Face

by Robyn Harding • 2018

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

3.71

16k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Her Pretty Face 87%

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

by Robyn Harding 2018

3.71

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley • 2022

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

3.64

731k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

The Paris Apartment 87%

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

by Lucy Foley 2022

3.64

731k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

Before We Were Innocent

by Ella Berman • 2023

Ten years after covering up a friend's death, Bess's accomplice returns needing another alibi.

3.40

88k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕊️ Survivor's Guilt

Before We Were Innocent 87%

Ten years after covering up a friend's death, Bess's accomplice returns needing another alibi.

by Ella Berman 2023

3.40

88k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕊️ Survivor's Guilt

Nothing More to Tell

by Karen M. McManus • 2022

To land a true crime internship, she reopens the murder her oldest friends swore to forget.

3.88

75k+

🎙️ True Crime Journalism 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏫 Private School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Nothing More to Tell 87%

To land a true crime internship, she reopens the murder her oldest friends swore to forget.

by Karen M. McManus 2022

3.88

75k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Journalism 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏫 Private School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Five Survive

by Holly Jackson • 2022

Six friends. A broken-down RV. A sniper outside demanding the secret one of them is keeping.

4.08

286k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🪓 Survival Thriller 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 🛣️ Road Trip Gone Wrong 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse

Five Survive 87%

Six friends. A broken-down RV. A sniper outside demanding the secret one of them is keeping.

by Holly Jackson 2022

4.08

286k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🪓 Survival Thriller 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 🛣️ Road Trip Gone Wrong 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 87%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

Pretty Little Liars

by Sara Shepard • 2006

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

3.84

214k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

Pretty Little Liars 87%

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

by Sara Shepard 2006

3.84

214k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

The Only Survivors

by Megan Miranda • 2023

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

3.54

90k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

The Only Survivors 87%

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

by Megan Miranda 2023

3.54

90k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

I'll Follow You

by Charlene Wang • 2025

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

3.66

5k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🏛️ Elite College Campus 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame

I'll Follow You 87%

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

by Charlene Wang 2025

3.66

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🏛️ Elite College Campus 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame

One of Us

by Elizabeth Day • 2025

A lecturer orbiting a powerful family discovers the crime a sister's funeral was meant to bury.

3.77

9k+

🏚️ Class Outsider 👥 Obsessive Friendship 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🎭 Biting Social Satire 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

One of Us 87%

A lecturer orbiting a powerful family discovers the crime a sister's funeral was meant to bury.

by Elizabeth Day 2025

3.77

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Class Outsider 👥 Obsessive Friendship 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🎭 Biting Social Satire 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

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