🌃 New England Noir

Crime fiction set against the deceptively quaint backdrop of New England, where dark secrets fester beneath clapboard houses and old money. The region's Puritan shadows make perfect noir territory.

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 💔 Divorced Detective 🍂 New England Town 🌧️ Melancholy Noir

Night Passage 92%

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 💔 Divorced Detective 🍂 New England Town 🌧️ Melancholy Noir

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 😈 Vengeful Antagonist 🔪 Gritty Crime

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 91%

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 😈 Vengeful Antagonist 🔪 Gritty Crime

Hatchet Island

by Paul Doiron • 2022

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

4.05

5k+

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up 💑 Detective Couple 🏝️ Island Investigation

Hatchet Island 90%

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

by Paul Doiron 2022

4.05

5k+ ratings

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up 💑 Detective Couple 🏝️ Island Investigation

Prayers for Rain

by Dennis Lehane • 1999

A PI scares off a stalker. She dies anyway. Someone engineered every step of her destruction.

4.09

24k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Psychological Noir 🎭 Master Manipulator 😔 Guilt-Ridden PI 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Prayers for Rain 89%

A PI scares off a stalker. She dies anyway. Someone engineered every step of her destruction.

by Dennis Lehane 1999

4.09

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Psychological Noir 🎭 Master Manipulator 😔 Guilt-Ridden PI 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story 89%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

The Last Policeman

by Ben H. Winters • 2012

Earth has six months left. A detective investigates a suicide that looks like murder.

3.77

36k+

🕵️ Pre-Apocalypse Mystery 🔍 Obsessive Detective 🖤 Melancholy Noir 🏘️ Small-Town New England 💊 Drug Trade Conspiracy

The Last Policeman 89%

Earth has six months left. A detective investigates a suicide that looks like murder.

by Ben H. Winters 2012

3.77

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Pre-Apocalypse Mystery 🔍 Obsessive Detective 🖤 Melancholy Noir 🏘️ Small-Town New England 💊 Drug Trade Conspiracy

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

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

3.67

2k+

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

The Dead Husband 89%

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

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

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

The Edge

by David Baldacci • 2023

An ex-Ranger protects a shattered woman while untangling her sister's murder in a small Maine town.

4.33

60k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🪖 Military Investigator 🧠 Repressed Memories 👥 Family Conspiracy 🔍 Staged Crime Scene

The Edge 89%

An ex-Ranger protects a shattered woman while untangling her sister's murder in a small Maine town.

by David Baldacci 2023

4.33

60k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🪖 Military Investigator 🧠 Repressed Memories 👥 Family Conspiracy 🔍 Staged Crime Scene

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 89%

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

A Talent for Murder

by Peter Swanson • 2024

A librarian's husband travels for work. So do the murders. She asks a friend to investigate.

3.62

54k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🐭 Cat And Mouse 👁️ Serial Killer Pov 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

A Talent for Murder 89%

A librarian's husband travels for work. So do the murders. She asks a friend to investigate.

by Peter Swanson 2024

3.62

54k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🐭 Cat And Mouse 👁️ Serial Killer Pov 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Smilla's Sense of Snow

by Peter Høeg • 1992

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

3.73

53k+

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

Smilla's Sense of Snow 89%

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

by Peter Høeg 1992

3.73

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

The Kind Worth Killing

by Peter Swanson • 2015

A businessman's airport confession that he wants his wife dead lands him an unlikely accomplice.

3.97

246k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 💋 Femme Fatale 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Murder Pact 🔀 Double Cross

The Kind Worth Killing 89%

A businessman's airport confession that he wants his wife dead lands him an unlikely accomplice.

by Peter Swanson 2015

3.97

246k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 💋 Femme Fatale 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Murder Pact 🔀 Double Cross

Coram House

by Bailey Seybolt • 2025

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

3.63

5k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Coram House 88%

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

by Bailey Seybolt 2025

3.63

5k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 🪞 Dark Mirror 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Leopard 88%

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 🪞 Dark Mirror 🩸 Generational Trauma

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 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

Hello, Transcriber 88%

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 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby • 2023

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

4.20

129k+

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

All the Sinners Bleed 88%

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

by S.A. Cosby 2023

4.20

129k+ ratings

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

Next to Heaven

by James Frey • 2025

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

3.34

16k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

Next to Heaven 88%

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

by James Frey 2025

3.34

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

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 ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

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 ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 88%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🕸️ Conspiracy Thriller 👑 Wealthy Family Secrets

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 88%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🕸️ Conspiracy Thriller 👑 Wealthy Family Secrets

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 📺 Media Frenzy 🏘️ Small Town Sweden

Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda Summary

Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda 88%

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 📺 Media Frenzy 🏘️ Small Town Sweden

Save Her Soul

by Lisa Regan • 2020

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

4.36

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Haunted Detective 🏭 Rust Belt Noir

Save Her Soul 88%

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

by Lisa Regan 2020

4.36

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Haunted Detective 🏭 Rust Belt Noir

The Ghosts of Belfast

by Stuart Neville • 2009

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

3.93

9k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance 🏙️ Post-Conflict Belfast 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Ghosts of Belfast 88%

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

by Stuart Neville 2009

3.93

9k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance 🏙️ Post-Conflict Belfast 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Midnight Sun

by Jo Nesbø • 2015

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

3.61

20k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family 👨 Reluctant Father Figure 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Midnight Sun 88%

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

by Jo Nesbø 2015

3.61

20k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family 👨 Reluctant Father Figure 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Shadow Murders

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2021

A cold case uncovers a serial killer whose signature is staged accidents and a calendar of tyranny.

4.05

14k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🗄️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killer 🕵️ Obsessed Detective

The Shadow Murders 88%

A cold case uncovers a serial killer whose signature is staged accidents and a calendar of tyranny.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021

4.05

14k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🗄️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killer 🕵️ Obsessed 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 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

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 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

Finding Mrs. Ford

by Deborah Goodrich Royce • 2019

A wealthy widow's secret past resurfaces when FBI agents question her about a man from Iraq.

3.68

3k+

🎭 Stolen Identity 💔 Dark Female Friendship ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕵️ 1970s Noir 🌊 Coastal New England

Finding Mrs. Ford 88%

A wealthy widow's secret past resurfaces when FBI agents question her about a man from Iraq.

by Deborah Goodrich Royce 2019

3.68

3k+ ratings

🎭 Stolen Identity 💔 Dark Female Friendship ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕵️ 1970s Noir 🌊 Coastal New England

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 🔐 Family Secrets 🧩 Dissociative Identity

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 🔐 Family Secrets 🧩 Dissociative Identity

Ironwood

by Michael Connelly • 2026

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

4.41

21k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💼 Police Corruption 🏝️ Isolated Island

Ironwood 88%

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

by Michael Connelly 2026

4.41

21k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💼 Police Corruption 🏝️ Isolated Island

Indelible

by Karin Slaughter • 2004

A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.

4.15

62k+

🖤 Southern Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💀 Medical Examiner Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💊 Meth Underworld

Indelible 88%

A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.

by Karin Slaughter 2004

4.15

62k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💀 Medical Examiner Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💊 Meth Underworld

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 🔍 Missing Persons 👮‍♂️ Ex-Sheriff Detective

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 Summary

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 88%

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 🔍 Missing Persons 👮‍♂️ Ex-Sheriff Detective

The Searcher

by Tana French • 2020

A retired detective's Irish solitude shatters when a teen asks for his help finding her brother.

3.80

165k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 📖 Literary Crime 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔍 Retired Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

The Searcher 88%

A retired detective's Irish solitude shatters when a teen asks for his help finding her brother.

by Tana French 2020

3.80

165k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 📖 Literary Crime 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔍 Retired Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

Mother's Day

by Patricia MacDonald • 1994

A birth mother's return ends in murder. Her daughter's adoptive parents are the prime suspects.

4.25

9k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 👶 Adoption Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Corrupt Authority

Mother's Day 88%

A birth mother's return ends in murder. Her daughter's adoptive parents are the prime suspects.

by Patricia MacDonald 1994

4.25

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 👶 Adoption Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Corrupt Authority

Missing in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

4.56

8k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔍 Police Procedural

Missing in the Falls 88%

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.56

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔍 Police Procedural

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

4.18

3.5M+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👥 Mismatched Investigators 📰 Investigative Journalism

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 88%

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.18

3.5M+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👥 Mismatched Investigators 📰 Investigative Journalism

Insomnia

by Stephen King • 1994

Sleep gone, an old widower sees the strings of fate. His neighbor is being pulled.

3.84

169k+

👁️ Cosmic Horror 👴 Elderly Protagonists 💕 Late In Life Romance ⚖️ Fate Versus Free Will 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice

Insomnia 88%

Sleep gone, an old widower sees the strings of fate. His neighbor is being pulled.

by Stephen King 1994

3.84

169k+ ratings

👁️ Cosmic Horror 👴 Elderly Protagonists 💕 Late In Life Romance ⚖️ Fate Versus Free Will 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice

Truth or Dare

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.

4.18

10k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🛋️ Therapist Villain 👮 Police Corruption 🌊 Coastal Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Truth or Dare 88%

A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022

4.18

10k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🛋️ Therapist Villain 👮 Police Corruption 🌊 Coastal Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense

I Will Find You

by Harlan Coben • 2023

Convicted of killing his son, a father discovers proof the boy lives and must escape.

4.13

127k+

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔓 Prison Break 🔍 Missing Child 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Wealthy Dynasty

I Will Find You 88%

Convicted of killing his son, a father discovers proof the boy lives and must escape.

by Harlan Coben 2023

4.13

127k+ ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔓 Prison Break 🔍 Missing Child 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Wealthy Dynasty

The Hunter

by Tana French • 2024

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

4.07

74k+

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👴 Retired Detective

The Hunter 88%

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

by Tana French 2024

4.07

74k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👴 Retired Detective

The Gentleman's Hour

by Don Winslow • 2011

A surfer murdered. A false confession. PI Boone Daniels hunts the killer inside his own tribe.

4.13

6k+

🏄 Surf Noir 🕵️ Ex-Cop Detective ☀️ Sunshine Noir 💀 Cartel Violence 🤙 Surf Brotherhood

The Gentleman's Hour 88%

A surfer murdered. A false confession. PI Boone Daniels hunts the killer inside his own tribe.

by Don Winslow 2011

4.13

6k+ ratings

🏄 Surf Noir 🕵️ Ex-Cop Detective ☀️ Sunshine Noir 💀 Cartel Violence 🤙 Surf Brotherhood

The Snowman

by Jo Nesbø • 2007

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

4.03

153k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight

The Snowman 88%

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

by Jo Nesbø 2007

4.03

153k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Thinner 88%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

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 👻 Haunted Detective 🏛️ Police Corruption

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 👻 Haunted Detective 🏛️ Police Corruption

Vigil Harbor

by Julia Glass • 2022

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

3.66

2k+

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Vigil Harbor 88%

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

by Julia Glass 2022

3.66

2k+ ratings

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

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 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Silent Crime 88%

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 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Police

by Jo Nesbø • 2013

Oslo officers are murdered at their own cold case scenes; the killer is wearing a badge.

4.24

50k+

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Old God's Time 88%

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3.80

19k+ ratings

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4.04

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The Midnight Feast 88%

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3.57

296k+ ratings

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3.97

300

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Black Water Rising 88%

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3.97

300 ratings

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