🕵️ Private Investigations

Gritty, methodical stories of sleuths working outside the badge, digging through lies and locked doors to uncover truths the authorities missed or ignored.

Lullaby Town

by Robert Crais • 1992

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

4.16

15k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 💬 Witty Banter

Lullaby Town 89%

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

by Robert Crais 1992

4.16

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 💬 Witty Banter

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

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

4.05

296k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 📜 Manuscript As Clue 🤝 Detective Duo

The Silkworm 89%

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

by Robert Galbraith 2014

4.05

296k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 📜 Manuscript As Clue 🤝 Detective Duo

The Big Empty

by Robert Crais • 2025

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

4.51

16k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo 🤫 Family Secrets 👨‍👧 Missing Father

The Big Empty 89%

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

by Robert Crais 2025

4.51

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo 🤫 Family Secrets 👨‍👧 Missing Father

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block • 1976

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

3.87

12k+

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim ⛪ Corrupt Clergyman 🚫 Unlicensed PI

The Sins of the Fathers 89%

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

by Lawrence Block 1976

3.87

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim ⛪ Corrupt Clergyman 🚫 Unlicensed PI

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson • 2024

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

4.08

35k+

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🗽 New York Crime

Holmes, Marple & Poe 88%

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

by James Patterson 2024

4.08

35k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🗽 New York Crime

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

by Rob Thomas • 2014

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

3.98

46k+

🔍 Female PI 🕵️ Missing Person Case 🏚️ Corrupt Small Town 🌃 Noir Atmosphere 😏 Sardonic Sleuth

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line 88%

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

by Rob Thomas 2014

3.98

46k+ ratings

🔍 Female PI 🕵️ Missing Person Case 🏚️ Corrupt Small Town 🌃 Noir Atmosphere 😏 Sardonic Sleuth

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 88%

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

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

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 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Predator

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 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Predator

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 88%

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

Taken

by Robert Crais • 2012

A desperate mother hires Elvis Cole to find her daughter, abducted by traffickers in the desert.

4.23

21k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🚨 Kidnapping 🔗 Human Trafficking 💀 Cartel Crime 👥 Buddy Investigators

Taken 88%

A desperate mother hires Elvis Cole to find her daughter, abducted by traffickers in the desert.

by Robert Crais 2012

4.23

21k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🚨 Kidnapping 🔗 Human Trafficking 💀 Cartel Crime 👥 Buddy Investigators

Blood Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2002

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

4.07

12k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ☀️ Sunshine Noir

Blood Orchid 88%

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

by Stuart Woods 2002

4.07

12k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ☀️ Sunshine Noir

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith • 2013

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

3.89

630k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Cuckoo's Calling 88%

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

by Robert Galbraith 2013

3.89

630k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

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

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 👤 Missing Persons 🕯️ Secret Society

Don't Let Go 88%

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 👤 Missing Persons 🕯️ Secret Society

Open Season

by Jonathan Kellerman • 2025

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

4.16

13k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Psychologist Detective 👥 Detective Duo

Open Season 87%

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

by Jonathan Kellerman 2025

4.16

13k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Psychologist Detective 👥 Detective Duo

The Hallmarked Man

by Robert Galbraith • 2025

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

4.20

73k+

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 🕯️ Secret Societies

The Hallmarked Man 87%

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

by Robert Galbraith 2025

4.20

73k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 🕯️ Secret Societies

College Girl, Missing

by Shawn Cohen • 2024

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

3.54

18k+

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

College Girl, Missing 87%

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

by Shawn Cohen 2024

3.54

18k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

Desert Star

by Michael Connelly • 2022

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

4.47

86k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir ⏳ Aging Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Desert Star 87%

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

by Michael Connelly 2022

4.47

86k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir ⏳ Aging Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

The Girls in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

A missing teen pulls a sheriff into a predator network buried beneath her quiet town.

4.51

7k+

🕵️ Missing Persons 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 📋 Police Procedural 💻 Online Grooming

The Girls in the Falls 87%

A missing teen pulls a sheriff into a predator network buried beneath her quiet town.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.51

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Missing Persons 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 📋 Police Procedural 💻 Online Grooming

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

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

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Jazz Funeral 87%

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

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 87%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

In the Best Families 87%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Dragnet Nation 87%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

London Falling

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2026

A young impostor dies in the Thames. Police close the case. His parents don't.

4.37

36k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🔍 Family Investigation 🎭 Impostor Narrative 🚫 Police Failure 🌫️ Dark And Atmospheric

London Falling 87%

A young impostor dies in the Thames. Police close the case. His parents don't.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2026

4.37

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🔍 Family Investigation 🎭 Impostor Narrative 🚫 Police Failure 🌫️ Dark And Atmospheric

The Waiting

by Michael Connelly • 2024

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

4.35

74k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective 🏄 Surfer Detective 🧬 Genetic Genealogy

The Waiting 87%

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

by Michael Connelly 2024

4.35

74k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective 🏄 Surfer Detective 🧬 Genetic Genealogy

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Nightshade

by Michael Connelly • 2025

A body surfaces in the Catalina harbor as an exiled detective's worst enemy takes the case.

4.05

71k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏝️ Island Mystery 💰 Small Town Corruption 🔍 Outsider Detective ⚔️ Rival Detectives

Nightshade 87%

A body surfaces in the Catalina harbor as an exiled detective's worst enemy takes the case.

by Michael Connelly 2025

4.05

71k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏝️ Island Mystery 💰 Small Town Corruption 🔍 Outsider Detective ⚔️ Rival Detectives

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Ghost Story 87%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Echo Park

by Michael Connelly • 2006

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

4.19

69k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Haunted Detective 🌴 Los Angeles

Echo Park 87%

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

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.19

69k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Haunted Detective 🌴 Los Angeles

Framed!

by James Ponti • 2016

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

4.38

9k+

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic 👫 Partner Sleuths 👶 Search For Birth Family

Framed! 87%

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

by James Ponti 2016

4.38

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic 👫 Partner Sleuths 👶 Search For Birth Family

The Patience of the Spider

by Andrea Camilleri • 2004

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

4.04

7k+

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery 🌊 Mediterranean Noir 💔 Family Betrayal

The Patience of the Spider 87%

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

by Andrea Camilleri 2004

4.04

7k+ ratings

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery 🌊 Mediterranean Noir 💔 Family Betrayal

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman • 2002

An album of murder photos arrives, reopening the cold case that broke a detective years ago.

3.94

14k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🏛️ Corrupt Institution 🤝 Consultant And Detective

The Murder Book 87%

An album of murder photos arrives, reopening the cold case that broke a detective years ago.

by Jonathan Kellerman 2002

3.94

14k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🏛️ Corrupt Institution 🤝 Consultant And Detective

Backwater Justice

by Fern Michaels • 2024

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

4.42

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Backwater Justice 87%

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

by Fern Michaels 2024

4.42

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Silent Bones

by Val McDermid • 2025

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

4.12

7k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society 👮 Female Detective 📋 Dark Procedural

Silent Bones 87%

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

by Val McDermid 2025

4.12

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society 👮 Female Detective 📋 Dark Procedural

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 87%

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

Echo Burning

by Lee Child • 2001

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

4.05

109k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor 💔 Abusive Marriage 🌵 Desert Noir

Echo Burning 87%

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

by Lee Child 2001

4.05

109k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor 💔 Abusive Marriage 🌵 Desert Noir

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Nemesis

by Jo Nesbø • 2002

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

3.98

81k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective ⚖️ Revenge Quest 🔒 Detective As Suspect

Nemesis 87%

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

by Jo Nesbø 2002

3.98

81k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective ⚖️ Revenge Quest 🔒 Detective As Suspect

The Satsuma Complex

by Bob Mortimer • 2022

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

3.68

75k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎯 MacGuffin Chase 🚨 Police Corruption

The Satsuma Complex 87%

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

by Bob Mortimer 2022

3.68

75k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎯 MacGuffin Chase 🚨 Police Corruption

Resurrection Walk

by Michael Connelly • 2023

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

4.53

78k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🚔 Police Corruption 🏛️ Courtroom Drama 🕵️ Retired Detective

Resurrection Walk 87%

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

by Michael Connelly 2023

4.53

78k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🚔 Police Corruption 🏛️ Courtroom Drama 🕵️ Retired Detective

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities 🕳️ Hidden City 🏺 Artifact Smuggling

The City & the City 87%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities 🕳️ Hidden City 🏺 Artifact Smuggling

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly • 2000

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

4.17

69k+

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot 🕵️ Flawed Detective ↩️ Former Agent Returns

A Darkness More Than Night 87%

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

by Michael Connelly 2000

4.17

69k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot 🕵️ Flawed Detective ↩️ Former Agent Returns

The Deserter

by Nelson DeMille • 2019

Two Army investigators hunt a Delta Force deserter in Caracas, only to find themselves hunted.

4.09

20k+

🕵️ Military Investigation 🕶️ Covert Operations 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🖤 Tragic Antihero 🏛️ Government Conspiracy

The Deserter 87%

Two Army investigators hunt a Delta Force deserter in Caracas, only to find themselves hunted.

by Nelson DeMille 2019

4.09

20k+ ratings

🕵️ Military Investigation 🕶️ Covert Operations 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🖤 Tragic Antihero 🏛️ Government Conspiracy

Killer Insight

by Karoline Anderson • 2024

A Seattle detective uses past-life dreams to solve murders, until the serial killer targets her.

3.70

🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Detective 🔄 Past Lives 🩸 Serial Killer 🧬 Forensic Evidence 🚔 Police Procedural

Killer Insight 87%

A Seattle detective uses past-life dreams to solve murders, until the serial killer targets her.

by Karoline Anderson 2024

3.70

88 ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Detective 🔄 Past Lives 🩸 Serial Killer 🧬 Forensic Evidence 🚔 Police Procedural

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 87%

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

Corn Dolls

by K.T. Galloway • 2021

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child 👩‍💼 Women Investigators 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Corn Dolls 87%

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

by K.T. Galloway 2021

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child 👩‍💼 Women Investigators 🤝 Unlikely Partners

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