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🔍 Post-War Mystery

Crime and detective fiction set against the backdrop of postwar upheaval, where unsolved murders and hidden secrets reflect a society's unresolved moral debts.
The Comfort of Ghosts
by Jacqueline Winspear • 2024
An investigator finds squatters in a derelict London mansion: children trained for a secret war.
4.40
17k+
🫂 Found Family👶 Secret Child🪖 Soldier'S Homecoming
The Comfort of Ghosts Summary
The Comfort of Ghosts 92%
An investigator finds squatters in a derelict London mansion: children trained for a secret war.
by Jacqueline Winspear 2024
4.40
17k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family👶 Secret Child🪖 Soldier'S Homecoming
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø • 2000
A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.
3.95
111k+
🖤 Scandinavian Noir🔍 Police Procedural🥃 Haunted Detective
The Redbreast Summary
The Redbreast 90%
A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.
by Jo Nesbø 2000
3.95
111k+ ratings
🖤 Scandinavian Noir🔍 Police Procedural🥃 Haunted Detective
The Small Boat of Great Sorrows
by Dan Fesperman • 2003
A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.
4.01
808
🔍 Hunting War Criminals🧬 Inherited Guilt🕵️ Undercover Operation
The Small Boat of Great Sorrows Summary
The Small Boat of Great Sorrows 90%
A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.
by Dan Fesperman 2003
4.01
808 ratings
🔍 Hunting War Criminals🧬 Inherited Guilt🕵️ Undercover Operation
Year Zero
by Ian Buruma • 2013
1945 meant liberation, hunger, and vengeance: a new world rose from ruins, already split.
3.92
2k+
🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction⚖️ Postwar Justice🧳 Displaced Persons
Year Zero Summary
Year Zero 90%
1945 meant liberation, hunger, and vengeance: a new world rose from ruins, already split.
by Ian Buruma 2013
3.92
2k+ ratings
🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction⚖️ Postwar Justice🧳 Displaced Persons
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
3.83
16k+
🕵️ Cold Cases🧬 Forensic History🏴 Nazi Occupation
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank 90%
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022
3.83
16k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold Cases🧬 Forensic History🏴 Nazi Occupation
Spies of the Balkans
by Alan Furst • 2010
1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.
3.94
7k+
🕵️ Espionage Noir🚪 Escape Network🛡️ Reluctant Hero
Spies of the Balkans Summary
Spies of the Balkans 90%
1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.
by Alan Furst 2010
3.94
7k+ ratings
🕵️ Espionage Noir🚪 Escape Network🛡️ Reluctant Hero
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene • 1943
Winning a cake at a Blitz fête plunges a guilt-ridden man into a deadly spy conspiracy.
3.78
8k+
🕵️‍♂️ Wartime Espionage💣 Blitz London🧠 Amnesia Thriller
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear 90%
Winning a cake at a Blitz fête plunges a guilt-ridden man into a deadly spy conspiracy.
by Graham Greene 1943
3.78
8k+ ratings
🕵️‍♂️ Wartime Espionage💣 Blitz London🧠 Amnesia Thriller
The Odessa File
by Frederick Forsyth • 1972
A reporter follows a suicide's diary into a secret SS network that hides war criminals from justice.
4.14
64k+
🎯 Nazi Hunting🕯️ Postwar Reckoning🎭 False Identity
The Odessa File Summary
The Odessa File 90%
A reporter follows a suicide's diary into a secret SS network that hides war criminals from justice.
by Frederick Forsyth 1972
4.14
64k+ ratings
🎯 Nazi Hunting🕯️ Postwar Reckoning🎭 False Identity
Don't Let Go
by Harlan Coben • 2017
Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.
4.05
82k+
🔍 Cold Case🏘️ Small Town Secrets🚀 Cold War Mystery
Don't Let Go Summary
Don't Let Go 89%
Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.
by Harlan Coben 2017
4.05
82k+ ratings
🔍 Cold Case🏘️ Small Town Secrets🚀 Cold War Mystery
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie • 1976
A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.
4.00
54k+
🏘️ Village Mystery🔍 Cold Case🧠 Buried Memories
Sleeping Murder Summary
Sleeping Murder 89%
A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.
by Agatha Christie 1976
4.00
54k+ ratings
🏘️ Village Mystery🔍 Cold Case🧠 Buried Memories
Agony Hill
by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024
In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.
3.83
2k+
🏘️ Small Town Mystery📖 Literary Mystery🔒 Family Secrets
Agony Hill Summary
Agony Hill 89%
In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.
by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024
3.83
2k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Mystery📖 Literary Mystery🔒 Family Secrets
The Scarlet Papers
by Matthew Richardson • 2023
A struggling historian inherits a dead spy's memoir and becomes the target of a ruthless cover-up.
4.28
5k+
📡 Cold War Espionage🕵️ Mole Hunt🎭 Double Agent
The Scarlet Papers Summary
The Scarlet Papers 89%
A struggling historian inherits a dead spy's memoir and becomes the target of a ruthless cover-up.
by Matthew Richardson 2023
4.28
5k+ ratings
📡 Cold War Espionage🕵️ Mole Hunt🎭 Double Agent
The First Casualty
by Ben Elton • 2005
Declared dead, a detective jailed for refusing to kill must solve a poet's murder in Flanders.
3.95
7k+
🕵️ Wwi Murder Mystery✊ Conscientious Objector🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Gay Love
The First Casualty Summary
The First Casualty 89%
Declared dead, a detective jailed for refusing to kill must solve a poet's murder in Flanders.
by Ben Elton 2005
3.95
7k+ ratings
🕵️ Wwi Murder Mystery✊ Conscientious Objector🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Gay Love
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
by Robin Stevens • 2022
A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.
4.15
2k+
🔍 Child Sleuths🇬🇧 Wartime England🏛️ Country House Mystery
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 89%
A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.
by Robin Stevens 2022
4.15
2k+ ratings
🔍 Child Sleuths🇬🇧 Wartime England🏛️ Country House Mystery
Cat Among the Pigeons
by Agatha Christie • 1959
Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.
3.86
52k+
🏫 Boarding School Mystery🕵️ Cold War Espionage💎 Hidden Fortune
Cat Among the Pigeons Summary
Cat Among the Pigeons 89%
Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.
by Agatha Christie 1959
3.86
52k+ ratings
🏫 Boarding School Mystery🕵️ Cold War Espionage💎 Hidden Fortune
A Death in Vienna
by Daniel Silva • 2004
An art-restoring ex-spy hunts a Nazi war criminal after a Vienna bombing nearly kills his friend.
4.25
32k+
🕵️ Nazi Hunting📜 Historical Thriller🕵️‍♂️ Reluctant Spy
A Death in Vienna Summary
A Death in Vienna 89%
An art-restoring ex-spy hunts a Nazi war criminal after a Vienna bombing nearly kills his friend.
by Daniel Silva 2004
4.25
32k+ ratings
🕵️ Nazi Hunting📜 Historical Thriller🕵️‍♂️ Reluctant Spy
A Man of Some Repute
by Elizabeth Edmondson • 2015
A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.
3.77
12k+
🏰 Country House Murder❄️ Cold Case Investigation🇬🇧 Postwar England
A Man of Some Repute Summary
A Man of Some Repute 89%
A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.
by Elizabeth Edmondson 2015
3.77
12k+ ratings
🏰 Country House Murder❄️ Cold Case Investigation🇬🇧 Postwar England
The Pledge
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1957
To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.
3.90
11k+
📚 Literary Crime Fiction🔍 Obsessed Detective⚖️ Mob Justice
The Pledge Summary
The Pledge 89%
To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1957
3.90
11k+ ratings
📚 Literary Crime Fiction🔍 Obsessed Detective⚖️ Mob Justice
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett • 1978
A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.
4.22
171k+
🕵️ WWII Espionage🐈 Cat And Mouse👩‍👦 Protective Mother
Eye of the Needle Summary
Eye of the Needle 89%
A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.
by Ken Follett 1978
4.22
171k+ ratings
🕵️ WWII Espionage🐈 Cat And Mouse👩‍👦 Protective Mother
Beekeeping for Beginners
by Laurie R. King • 2011
1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.
4.13
5k+
🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche🤝 Unlikely Mentorship🔍 Apprentice Detective
Beekeeping for Beginners Summary
Beekeeping for Beginners 89%
1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.
by Laurie R. King 2011
4.13
5k+ ratings
🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche🤝 Unlikely Mentorship🔍 Apprentice Detective
The Enemy at Home
by Kevin O'Brien • 2023
A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.
4.10
2k+
🖤 Historical Domestic Noir🔧 Women War Workers👤 Killer In The Family
The Enemy at Home Summary
The Enemy at Home 89%
A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.
by Kevin O'Brien 2023
4.10
2k+ ratings
🖤 Historical Domestic Noir🔧 Women War Workers👤 Killer In The Family
Taken at the Flood
by Agatha Christie • 1948
When a blackmailer dies in a quiet village, Poirot finds every heir had reason to kill.
3.75
31k+
🇬🇧 Postwar England🔪 Village Murder Mystery🕵️ Golden Age Detective
Taken at the Flood Summary
Taken at the Flood 89%
When a blackmailer dies in a quiet village, Poirot finds every heir had reason to kill.
by Agatha Christie 1948
3.75
31k+ ratings
🇬🇧 Postwar England🔪 Village Murder Mystery🕵️ Golden Age Detective
Murder at Holly House
by Denzil Meyrick • 2023
A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.
3.20
11k+
🏘️ Village Mystery🏰 Country House Mystery🕵️ Bumbling Detective
Murder at Holly House Summary
Murder at Holly House 89%
A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.
by Denzil Meyrick 2023
3.20
11k+ ratings
🏘️ Village Mystery🏰 Country House Mystery🕵️ Bumbling Detective
De Camino
by Anya Niewierra • 2021
Her husband's ashes reveal a stolen identity. Walking his Camino route, she inherits his hunters.
3.96
28k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller🎭 Hidden Identity✉️ Confession Letter
De Camino Summary
De Camino 89%
Her husband's ashes reveal a stolen identity. Walking his Camino route, she inherits his hunters.
by Anya Niewierra 2021
3.96
28k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller🎭 Hidden Identity✉️ Confession Letter
Atlas
by Lucinda Riley • 2023
Fleeing Siberia mute, he loved and lost in Paris, then built a family of seven daughters.
4.51
92k+
🏠 Family Saga💕 Found Family💔 Lost Love
Atlas Summary
Atlas 89%
Fleeing Siberia mute, he loved and lost in Paris, then built a family of seven daughters.
by Lucinda Riley 2023
4.51
92k+ ratings
🏠 Family Saga💕 Found Family💔 Lost Love
The Bookseller of Inverness
by S.G. MacLean • 2022
A scarred bookseller's quiet life shatters when a murder links to a Jacobite revenge list.
4.06
10k+
⚔️ Post-Culloden Scotland🔍 Historical Whodunit📜 Coded Manuscript
The Bookseller of Inverness Summary
The Bookseller of Inverness 89%
A scarred bookseller's quiet life shatters when a murder links to a Jacobite revenge list.
by S.G. MacLean 2022
4.06
10k+ ratings
⚔️ Post-Culloden Scotland🔍 Historical Whodunit📜 Coded Manuscript
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie • 1922
Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.
3.84
72k+
🕵️ Golden Age Mystery🔍 Amateur Sleuths🤝 Crime Solving Duo
The Secret Adversary Summary
The Secret Adversary 89%
Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.
by Agatha Christie 1922
3.84
72k+ ratings
🕵️ Golden Age Mystery🔍 Amateur Sleuths🤝 Crime Solving Duo
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
by Agatha Christie • 1952
Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.
3.86
41k+
🕵️ Golden Age Mystery🏘️ English Village🎭 Hidden Identity
Mrs. McGinty's Dead Summary
Mrs. McGinty's Dead 89%
Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.
by Agatha Christie 1952
3.86
41k+ ratings
🕵️ Golden Age Mystery🏘️ English Village🎭 Hidden Identity
The River We Remember
by William Kent Krueger • 2023
A body in the Alabaster River. A Native American veteran arrested. A sheriff with his own secrets.
4.24
107k+
🕵️ Small Town Mystery🪶 Indigenous Prejudice⚖️ Wrongful Accusation
The River We Remember Summary
The River We Remember 89%
A body in the Alabaster River. A Native American veteran arrested. A sheriff with his own secrets.
by William Kent Krueger 2023
4.24
107k+ ratings
🕵️ Small Town Mystery🪶 Indigenous Prejudice⚖️ Wrongful Accusation
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
I Hear the Sirens in the Street Summary
I Hear the Sirens in the Street 89%
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
The Girl in the Green Dress
by Mariah Fredericks • 2025
A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.
3.51
2k+
🎷 Jazz Age Mystery🔒 Locked Room Mystery📰 Reporter As Detective
The Girl in the Green Dress Summary
The Girl in the Green Dress 89%
A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.
by Mariah Fredericks 2025
3.51
2k+ ratings
🎷 Jazz Age Mystery🔒 Locked Room Mystery📰 Reporter As Detective
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth • 1971
A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.
4.27
147k+
🎯 Political Assassination🐱 Cat And Mouse🎭 Master Of Disguise
The Day of the Jackal Summary
The Day of the Jackal 89%
A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.
by Frederick Forsyth 1971
4.27
147k+ ratings
🎯 Political Assassination🐱 Cat And Mouse🎭 Master Of Disguise
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
by Sarah Waters • 2006
In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.
3.71
33k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical💔 Forbidden Love❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Summary
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 89%
In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.
by Sarah Waters 2006
3.71
33k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical💔 Forbidden Love❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery
The Lieutenants
by W.E.B. Griffin • 1986
From North Africa to Cold War Berlin, officers navigate war, captivity, and the shadow war.
4.34
9k+
🔗 Pow Escape🕵️ Cold War Espionage🏜️ North African Campaign
The Lieutenants Summary
The Lieutenants 89%
From North Africa to Cold War Berlin, officers navigate war, captivity, and the shadow war.
by W.E.B. Griffin 1986
4.34
9k+ ratings
🔗 Pow Escape🕵️ Cold War Espionage🏜️ North African Campaign
The Hollow
by Agatha Christie • 1946
When a doctor is shot by the pool, his wife holds the gun and Poirot holds his doubts.
3.80
45k+
🏠 Country House Mystery🕰️ Golden Age Mystery🤫 Collective Cover-Up
The Hollow Summary
The Hollow 88%
When a doctor is shot by the pool, his wife holds the gun and Poirot holds his doubts.
by Agatha Christie 1946
3.80
45k+ ratings
🏠 Country House Mystery🕰️ Golden Age Mystery🤫 Collective Cover-Up
Hickory Dickory Dock
by Agatha Christie • 1955
A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.
3.77
41k+
🔒 Closed Circle Mystery🔍 Master Detective🇬🇧 Postwar London
Hickory Dickory Dock Summary
Hickory Dickory Dock 88%
A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.
by Agatha Christie 1955
3.77
41k+ ratings
🔒 Closed Circle Mystery🔍 Master Detective🇬🇧 Postwar London
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback
by Robert Cormier • 1998
A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.
3.39
5k+
🏘️ Postwar Small Town👁️ Witness Guilt💔 Fallen Mentor
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback Summary
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback 88%
A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.
by Robert Cormier 1998
3.39
5k+ ratings
🏘️ Postwar Small Town👁️ Witness Guilt💔 Fallen Mentor
The One Percent Solution
by Gordon Lafer • 2017
Bureaucrats, not presidents, designed occupied Japan. Their blueprint was done before Hiroshima.
4.50
70
🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction📋 Foreign Policy Planning🏛️ Bureaucratic Politics
The One Percent Solution Summary
The One Percent Solution 88%
Bureaucrats, not presidents, designed occupied Japan. Their blueprint was done before Hiroshima.
by Gordon Lafer 2017
4.50
70 ratings
🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction📋 Foreign Policy Planning🏛️ Bureaucratic Politics
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 Summary
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
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn • 2021
Three women codebreakers at Bletchley Park forge an unbreakable bond, until a traitor shatters it.
4.44
382k+
🔐 Wartime Codebreaking⏳ Dual Timeline🕵️ Traitor In The Ranks
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code 88%
Three women codebreakers at Bletchley Park forge an unbreakable bond, until a traitor shatters it.
by Kate Quinn 2021
4.44
382k+ ratings
🔐 Wartime Codebreaking⏳ Dual Timeline🕵️ Traitor In The Ranks
Operation Paperclip
by Annie Jacobsen • 2014
To beat the Soviets, America recruited 1,600 Nazi scientists and buried their crimes.
4.15
11k+
🕰️ Postwar History🕵️ Intelligence History🧪 Nazi Scientists
Operation Paperclip Summary
Operation Paperclip 88%
To beat the Soviets, America recruited 1,600 Nazi scientists and buried their crimes.
by Annie Jacobsen 2014
4.15
11k+ ratings
🕰️ Postwar History🕵️ Intelligence History🧪 Nazi Scientists
The Spies of Warsaw
by Alan Furst • 2008
A French attaché in 1937 Warsaw spies on Nazi Germany, but his own government refuses to listen.
3.90
8k+
🕵️ Historical Espionage📚 Literary Spy Fiction😬 Reluctant Spy
The Spies of Warsaw Summary
The Spies of Warsaw 88%
A French attaché in 1937 Warsaw spies on Nazi Germany, but his own government refuses to listen.
by Alan Furst 2008
3.90
8k+ ratings
🕵️ Historical Espionage📚 Literary Spy Fiction😬 Reluctant Spy
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey • 1951
A bedridden Scotland Yard inspector reopens the coldest case: Richard III and the vanished princes.
3.89
40k+
🛋️ Armchair Detective📜 Historical Cold Case📖 Revisionist History
The Daughter of Time Summary
The Daughter of Time 88%
A bedridden Scotland Yard inspector reopens the coldest case: Richard III and the vanished princes.
by Josephine Tey 1951
3.89
40k+ ratings
🛋️ Armchair Detective📜 Historical Cold Case📖 Revisionist History
The Secret Hours
by Mick Herron • 2023
A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.
4.25
22k+
🥶 Cold War Espionage📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back
The Secret Hours Summary
The Secret Hours 88%
A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.
by Mick Herron 2023
4.25
22k+ ratings
🥶 Cold War Espionage📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back
The Huntress
by Kate Quinn • 2019
A photographer's new stepmother is a Nazi. Two war-scarred hunters and her camera are closing in.
4.30
219k+
🕵️ Nazi Hunting✈️ Night Witches💍 Marriage Of Convenience
The Huntress Summary
The Huntress 88%
A photographer's new stepmother is a Nazi. Two war-scarred hunters and her camera are closing in.
by Kate Quinn 2019
4.30
219k+ ratings
🕵️ Nazi Hunting✈️ Night Witches💍 Marriage Of Convenience
After the Funeral
by Agatha Christie • 1953
A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.
3.92
51k+
🕵️ Golden Age Mystery🏠 English Country House💰 Inheritance Drama
After the Funeral Summary
After the Funeral 88%
A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.
by Agatha Christie 1953
3.92
51k+ ratings
🕵️ Golden Age Mystery🏠 English Country House💰 Inheritance Drama
The Children Return
by Martin Walker • 2015
Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.
4.23
8k+
🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural🎯 Counterterrorism Plot⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery
The Children Return Summary
The Children Return 88%
Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.
by Martin Walker 2015
4.23
8k+ ratings
🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural🎯 Counterterrorism Plot⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery
The Living and the Lost
by Ellen Feldman • 2021
A Jewish emigre returns to Berlin to judge Nazis, haunted by the escape that saved her.
3.83
1k+
🏚️ Postwar Berlin🪞 Survivor Guilt⚖️ Denazification
The Living and the Lost Summary
The Living and the Lost 88%
A Jewish emigre returns to Berlin to judge Nazis, haunted by the escape that saved her.
by Ellen Feldman 2021
3.83
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Postwar Berlin🪞 Survivor Guilt⚖️ Denazification
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell • 2004
After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.
4.01
270k+
🕵️ Covert Mission🔮 Shamanic Visions🏔️ Alaska Wilderness
Cloud Atlas Summary
Cloud Atlas 88%
After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.
by David Mitchell 2004
4.01
270k+ ratings
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A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie • 1950
The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.
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The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.
by Agatha Christie 1950
4.01
88k+ ratings
🕰️ Golden Age Detective🎭 Identity Swap💰 Inheritance Plot
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