🔍 Reluctant Detective

Protagonists who never asked to solve a crime but find themselves drawn inexorably into the mystery, often against their better judgment. The tension between resistance and compulsion gives these stories their distinctive, compelling pull.

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

The Satsuma Complex 89%

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

Think of a Number

by John Verdon • 2010

Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.

3.88

40k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

Think of a Number 88%

Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.

by John Verdon 2010

3.88

40k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

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

Desert Star 88%

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

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Death of a Nurse 88%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

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

The Silkworm 88%

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

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

Troubled Blood 88%

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

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 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

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

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

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

The Big Empty 88%

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

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

The Mystery Guest 88%

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

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

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

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners

The Word is Murder 88%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners

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

Lullaby Town 88%

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

Hang on St. Christopher

by Adrian McKinty • 2020

One last case for a Belfast cop: a murdered man with Picassos, guns, and no identity.

4.42

2k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🍀 Troubles Fiction

Hang on St. Christopher 88%

One last case for a Belfast cop: a murdered man with Picassos, guns, and no identity.

by Adrian McKinty 2020

4.42

2k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🍀 Troubles Fiction

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

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

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

A Great Deliverance 88%

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

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

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

A Deadly Episode

by Anthony Horowitz • 2026

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their own book's adaptation.

4.02

11k+

🪞 Meta Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 🎬 Film Set Mystery

A Deadly Episode 88%

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their own book's adaptation.

by Anthony Horowitz 2026

4.02

11k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 🎬 Film Set Mystery

Mr. Mercedes

by Stephen King • 2014

A retired detective haunted by a mass murder case receives a taunting letter from the killer.

4.04

380k+

👴 Retired Detective 📉 Economic Despair ✉️ Taunting Killer

Mr. Mercedes 88%

A retired detective haunted by a mass murder case receives a taunting letter from the killer.

by Stephen King 2014

4.04

380k+ ratings

👴 Retired Detective 📉 Economic Despair ✉️ Taunting Killer

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance

One for the Money 88%

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance

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

Resurrection Walk 88%

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Sins of the Fathers 88%

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

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Gentle Lady 88%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo • 2009

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

4.04

53k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

Sworn to Silence 88%

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

by Linda Castillo 2009

4.04

53k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

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

Nightshade 88%

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

The Red Shore

by William Shaw • 2025

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

4.24

958

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings

The Red Shore 88%

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

by William Shaw 2025

4.24

958 ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

The Flaw in All Magic 88%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

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

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

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

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

The Twist of a Knife

by Anthony Horowitz • 2022

A mystery writer, framed for his critic's murder, turns to the detective he just fired.

4.09

40k+

🪞 Metafictional Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 🕵️ Reluctant Detective Duo

The Twist of a Knife 88%

A mystery writer, framed for his critic's murder, turns to the detective he just fired.

by Anthony Horowitz 2022

4.09

40k+ ratings

🪞 Metafictional Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 🕵️ Reluctant Detective Duo

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

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

The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman • 2022

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

4.35

283k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Bullet That Missed 88%

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

by Richard Osman 2022

4.35

283k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation

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

Bury Your Past 88%

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

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

Night Passage 88%

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

Death of a Bore

by M.C. Beaton • 2005

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

3.85

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Bore 88%

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

by M.C. Beaton 2005

3.85

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

Simply Lies 88%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

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

Ghost Story 88%

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

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

Hothouse Orchid 88%

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

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

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 88%

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

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

The Waiting 88%

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

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman • 2024

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

4.05

197k+

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village

We Solve Murders 88%

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

by Richard Osman 2024

4.05

197k+ ratings

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village

The Sentence is Death

by Anthony Horowitz • 2018

A novelist plays Watson to a difficult detective investigating a lawyer bludgeoned with a rare wine.

3.98

57k+

📚 Metafictional Mystery 🔍 Modern Whodunit 🕵️ Brilliant Abrasive Detective

The Sentence is Death 88%

A novelist plays Watson to a difficult detective investigating a lawyer bludgeoned with a rare wine.

by Anthony Horowitz 2018

3.98

57k+ ratings

📚 Metafictional Mystery 🔍 Modern Whodunit 🕵️ Brilliant Abrasive Detective

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman • 2020

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

3.85

804k+

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership

The Thursday Murder Club 88%

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

by Richard Osman 2020

3.85

804k+ ratings

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

5k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

Suburban Dicks 87%

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021

3.91

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

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

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

The clocks [by] Agatha Christie

by Agatha Christie • 1963

A corpse. Four stopped clocks. A typist who was never supposed to be there.

3.73

43k+

🪑 Armchair Detective 💰 Inheritance Scheme 🕰️ Staged Crime Scene

The clocks [by] Agatha Christie 87%

A corpse. Four stopped clocks. A typist who was never supposed to be there.

by Agatha Christie 1963

3.73

43k+ ratings

🪑 Armchair Detective 💰 Inheritance Scheme 🕰️ Staged Crime Scene

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

Save Her Soul 87%

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

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

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

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