🔍 Murder Mystery Romance

Stories that braid the thrill of solving a killing with the slow burn of falling in love, where suspects and suitors overlap in delicious tension. The mystery and the romance deepen each other.

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 ❓ Will-They-Won't-They 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

Troubled Blood 91%

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 ❓ Will-They-Won't-They 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

by Shailee Thompson • 2026

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

3.71

30k+

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates 91%

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

by Shailee Thompson 2026

3.71

30k+ ratings

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

Death and Her Devotion

by Kendra Elliot • 2016

A TV star is found murdered, posed like a crime-show victim, derailing a small-town cop's wedding.

4.20

10k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌟 Celebrity Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🎬 Copycat Crime 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

Death and Her Devotion 91%

A TV star is found murdered, posed like a crime-show victim, derailing a small-town cop's wedding.

by Kendra Elliot 2016

4.20

10k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌟 Celebrity Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🎬 Copycat Crime 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

A Perilous Undertaking

by Deanna Raybourn • 2017

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

4.09

35k+

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

A Perilous Undertaking 90%

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

by Deanna Raybourn 2017

4.09

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

The Collector

by Nora Roberts • 2014

A house-sitter witnesses a murder. The victim's artist brother needs her eyes to find the killer.

4.00

39k+

🪟 Witness To Murder 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Brooding Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Collector 90%

A house-sitter witnesses a murder. The victim's artist brother needs her eyes to find the killer.

by Nora Roberts 2014

4.00

39k+ ratings

🪟 Witness To Murder 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Brooding Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Random in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2024

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

4.46

28k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Random in Death 90%

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

by J.D. Robb 2024

4.46

28k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Time is Money

by Gina LaManna • 2021

An ice-cream-truck body drags a detective through mobsters, lovers, and a phantom thief.

4.57

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 💕 Romantic Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Master Thief 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight

Time is Money 90%

An ice-cream-truck body drags a detective through mobsters, lovers, and a phantom thief.

by Gina LaManna 2021

4.57

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 💕 Romantic Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Master Thief 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight

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 🫥 Haunted Detective 🫂 Found Family

Abandoned in Death 90%

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 🫥 Haunted Detective 🫂 Found Family

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Black Bear Alibi 90%

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Murder at Kensington Palace

by Andrea Penrose • 2019

Cousin murdered, twin accused. A satirist and a chemist hunt the real killer in Regency London.

4.15

10k+

🧪 Scientific Murder Mystery 🎭 Aristocrat In Hiding ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Murder at Kensington Palace 90%

Cousin murdered, twin accused. A satirist and a chemist hunt the real killer in Regency London.

by Andrea Penrose 2019

4.15

10k+ ratings

🧪 Scientific Murder Mystery 🎭 Aristocrat In Hiding ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Be Still My Heart

by Emily McIntire • 2021

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

3.98

18k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Be Still My Heart 90%

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

by Emily McIntire 2021

3.98

18k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Her Grave Secrets

by Kendra Elliot • 2014

A skull on the riverbank pulls a detective into the drug war that killed her father.

4.27

12k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏠 Return To Hometown 💔 Grieving Detective

Her Grave Secrets 90%

A skull on the riverbank pulls a detective into the drug war that killed her father.

by Kendra Elliot 2014

4.27

12k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏠 Return To Hometown 💔 Grieving Detective

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

7k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale 🏰 Haunted Castle ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Death of a Ghost 90%

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale 🏰 Haunted Castle ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Glory in Death

by J.D. Robb • 1995

A tough detective chases a serial killer whose trail leads straight to the man she loves.

4.27

73k+

🖤 Haunted Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💰 Wealthy Love Interest 💔 Gritty Romance 📺 Media Satire

Glory in Death 90%

A tough detective chases a serial killer whose trail leads straight to the man she loves.

by J.D. Robb 1995

4.27

73k+ ratings

🖤 Haunted Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💰 Wealthy Love Interest 💔 Gritty Romance 📺 Media Satire

The Broken Places

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A detective and her undercover partner hunt a killer whose drug turns trauma into violence.

3.76

11k+

🖤 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Broken Places 90%

A detective and her undercover partner hunt a killer whose drug turns trauma into violence.

by Mia Sheridan 2024

3.76

11k+ ratings

🖤 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

On Her Father's Grave

by Kendra Elliot • 2014

A cop buries her father in small-town Oregon, then a teen dies from an unknown drug.

4.16

14k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👮 Partners To Lovers 💔 Grieving Daughter

On Her Father's Grave 90%

A cop buries her father in small-town Oregon, then a teen dies from an unknown drug.

by Kendra Elliot 2014

4.16

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🏠 Return To Hometown 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👮 Partners To Lovers 💔 Grieving Daughter

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead 90%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Love & Other Killers

by Brynne Weaver • 2025

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

3.97

58k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

Love & Other Killers 90%

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

by Brynne Weaver 2025

3.97

58k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

Dead in Her Tracks

by Kendra Elliot • 2015

A Christmas motel murder launches a small-town cop's hunt for a killer hiding among friends.

4.18

11k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Hidden Predator 🔗 Captive Survivor 💑 Coworkers In Love

Dead in Her Tracks 90%

A Christmas motel murder launches a small-town cop's hunt for a killer hiding among friends.

by Kendra Elliot 2015

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Hidden Predator 🔗 Captive Survivor 💑 Coworkers In Love

The Wrong Bones

by Melinda Leigh • 2022

A despised island contractor is murdered, and the deputy investigating knows every suspect by name.

4.38

10k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Damaged Hero 🔍 Cold Case 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Wrong Bones 90%

A despised island contractor is murdered, and the deputy investigating knows every suspect by name.

by Melinda Leigh 2022

4.38

10k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Damaged Hero 🔍 Cold Case 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Mystery Guest

by Nita Prose • 2023

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

3.79

163k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

The Mystery Guest 90%

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

by Nita Prose 2023

3.79

163k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert

by Joël Dicker • 2012

A blocked writer visits his mentor, then a thirty-year-old skeleton surfaces in the mentor's garden.

4.20

245k+

📚 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Amateur Detective ✍️ Writer Protagonist

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert Summary

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert 90%

A blocked writer visits his mentor, then a thirty-year-old skeleton surfaces in the mentor's garden.

by Joël Dicker 2012

4.20

245k+ ratings

📚 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Amateur Detective ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Girl in Room 105

by Chetan Bhagat • 2018

A tutor discovers his ex-girlfriend murdered in her hostel room and is named the prime suspect.

3.57

26k+

🎓 Campus Murder 🕌 Interfaith Romance 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕷️ Toxic Obsession 👥 Loyal Sidekick

The Girl in Room 105 90%

A tutor discovers his ex-girlfriend murdered in her hostel room and is named the prime suspect.

by Chetan Bhagat 2018

3.57

26k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Murder 🕌 Interfaith Romance 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕷️ Toxic Obsession 👥 Loyal Sidekick

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

by Catherine Mack • 2024

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

3.45

40k+

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Mystery

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies Summary

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies 90%

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

by Catherine Mack 2024

3.45

40k+ ratings

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Mystery

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

A Great Deliverance 90%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

The Obsession

by Nora Roberts • 2016

Naomi hid her past. Now a murder in her new town duplicates her father's brutal style.

4.23

93k+

🎭 Copycat Killer 👤 Killer's Daughter 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Small Town Romance 🐕 Loyal Dog

The Obsession 90%

Naomi hid her past. Now a murder in her new town duplicates her father's brutal style.

by Nora Roberts 2016

4.23

93k+ ratings

🎭 Copycat Killer 👤 Killer's Daughter 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Small Town Romance 🐕 Loyal Dog

Think Twice

by Harlan Coben • 2024

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

4.22

53k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

Think Twice 90%

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

by Harlan Coben 2024

4.22

53k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

New Girl in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

4.40

12k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

New Girl in the Falls 90%

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.40

12k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Till Death

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

Returning home, a serial killer's sole survivor finds her FBI agent ex and a copycat waiting.

3.89

11k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 📋 Copycat Killer 💕 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

Till Death 90%

Returning home, a serial killer's sole survivor finds her FBI agent ex and a copycat waiting.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

3.89

11k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 📋 Copycat Killer 💕 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

Low Pressure

by Sandra Brown • 2012

Her novel about her sister's murder awakens a killer; her ally: the pilot once accused.

3.93

27k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧠 Repressed Memories 🛡️ Protective Hero 🗝️ Family Secrets

Low Pressure 90%

Her novel about her sister's murder awakens a killer; her ally: the pilot once accused.

by Sandra Brown 2012

3.93

27k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧠 Repressed Memories 🛡️ Protective Hero 🗝️ Family Secrets

Murder Is Easy

by Agatha Christie • 1939

A train passenger warns a retired policeman of village murders. He scoffs. She is killed.

3.77

34k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village Mystery 🔍 Sleuthing Couple 🎭 Unlikely Culprit 🖼️ Frame Job

Murder Is Easy 90%

A train passenger warns a retired policeman of village murders. He scoffs. She is killed.

by Agatha Christie 1939

3.77

34k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village Mystery 🔍 Sleuthing Couple 🎭 Unlikely Culprit 🖼️ Frame Job

Scarlet Angel

by S.T. Abby • 2016

He's an FBI agent. She's the serial killer he's falling in love with.

4.38

324k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪❤️ Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Revenge Quest 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Scarlet Angel 90%

He's an FBI agent. She's the serial killer he's falling in love with.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.38

324k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪❤️ Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Revenge Quest 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Amanda Quick • 2017

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

3.83

12k+

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

The Girl Who Knew Too Much 90%

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

by Amanda Quick 2017

3.83

12k+ ratings

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

See How She Dies

by Lisa Jackson • 2004

Proving she's a kidnapped heiress brings a fortune, a taboo desire, and a killer's focus.

3.86

6k+

🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Suspicious Family 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🏨 Hotel Dynasty

See How She Dies 90%

Proving she's a kidnapped heiress brings a fortune, a taboo desire, and a killer's focus.

by Lisa Jackson 2004

3.86

6k+ ratings

🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Suspicious Family 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🏨 Hotel Dynasty

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson • 2019

To prove a dead boy innocent, Pip reopens his girlfriend's murder. The killer is watching.

4.28

1.8M+

🕵️ Amateur Detective 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Reopened 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏫 High School Mystery

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 90%

To prove a dead boy innocent, Pip reopens his girlfriend's murder. The killer is watching.

by Holly Jackson 2019

4.28

1.8M+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Detective 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Reopened 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏫 High School Mystery

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 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

Bury Your Past 90%

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 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

The Naturals

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2013

A teen profiler joins an FBI cold case squad, and a serial killer starts leaving her messages.

4.22

358k+

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔍 Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏠 Found Family

The Naturals 90%

A teen profiler joins an FBI cold case squad, and a serial killer starts leaving her messages.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013

4.22

358k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔍 Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏠 Found Family

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 💕 Will They Or Won't They 🕵️ Damaged Detective

Career of Evil 90%

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 💕 Will They Or Won't They 🕵️ Damaged Detective

The Risk

by S.T. Abby • 2016

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

4.25

389k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

The Risk 90%

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.25

389k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

188k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 🎭 Undercover Operation

Lethal White 90%

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018

4.25

188k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 🎭 Undercover Operation

Nemesis

by Agatha Christie • 1971

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

3.87

46k+

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💔 Possessive Love 🏚️ Decaying Manor

Nemesis 90%

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

by Agatha Christie 1971

3.87

46k+ ratings

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💔 Possessive Love 🏚️ Decaying Manor

Naked in Death

by J.D. Robb • 1995

A detective tracking a serial killer of escorts falls for her billionaire prime suspect.

4.13

205k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Haunted Detective ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance

Naked in Death 90%

A detective tracking a serial killer of escorts falls for her billionaire prime suspect.

by J.D. Robb 1995

4.13

205k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Haunted Detective ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe • 2022

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

3.65

26k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Lovely Bad Things 90%

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

by Trisha Wolfe 2022

3.65

26k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

A Line to Kill

by Anthony Horowitz • 2021

An island literary festival, a murdered sponsor, and every writer had a reason to kill him.

3.94

47k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 📖 Meta Mystery 🏝️ Remote Island Setting 🔍 Small Town Secrets

A Line to Kill 90%

An island literary festival, a murdered sponsor, and every writer had a reason to kill him.

by Anthony Horowitz 2021

3.94

47k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 📖 Meta Mystery 🏝️ Remote Island Setting 🔍 Small Town Secrets

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell • 2023

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

3.99

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder 90%

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell 2023

3.99

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Lovely Violent Things

by Trisha Wolfe • 2023

A profiler investigating ritual murders cannot resist the dark professor who is her prime suspect.

4.02

12k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🧠 Philosophical Thriller 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Loving The Suspect 💔 Trauma Bonded

Lovely Violent Things 90%

A profiler investigating ritual murders cannot resist the dark professor who is her prime suspect.

by Trisha Wolfe 2023

4.02

12k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🧠 Philosophical Thriller 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Loving The Suspect 💔 Trauma Bonded

Killer Instinct

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2014

An imprisoned serial killer orchestrates new murders. Five teen profilers hunt his accomplices.

4.26

237k+

🎯 Serial Killer Profiling 💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 🏛️ College Campus Crime 🧬 Serial Killer's Child

Killer Instinct 89%

An imprisoned serial killer orchestrates new murders. Five teen profilers hunt his accomplices.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2014

4.26

237k+ ratings

🎯 Serial Killer Profiling 💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 🏛️ College Campus Crime 🧬 Serial Killer's Child

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

by Alexandra Benedict • 2023

A reclusive crossword setter must solve a killer's jigsaw before each piece becomes a body.

3.41

12k+

🎄 Holiday Mystery 👵 Elderly Amateur Sleuth 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Christmas

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders 89%

A reclusive crossword setter must solve a killer's jigsaw before each piece becomes a body.

by Alexandra Benedict 2023

3.41

12k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Mystery 👵 Elderly Amateur Sleuth 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Christmas

Hothouse Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2009

Exiled to Florida, a CIA officer hunts a serial killer as her abuser runs the police.

3.95

7k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👤 Corrupt Authority Figure 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Hothouse Orchid 89%

Exiled to Florida, a CIA officer hunts a serial killer as her abuser runs the police.

by Stuart Woods 2009

3.95

7k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👤 Corrupt Authority Figure 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 89%

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

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