🔐 Secrets And Guilt

Characters burdened by what they know and what they've done, carrying concealed truths that corrode them from within. The weight of the unspoken becomes its own quiet punishment.

The Lying Room

by Nicci French • 2019

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

3.62

16k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

The Lying Room 89%

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

by Nicci French 2019

3.62

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

Keep Quiet

by Lisa Scottoline • 2014

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

3.83

28k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up 😔 Guilty Conscience 💰 Blackmail

Keep Quiet 89%

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

by Lisa Scottoline 2014

3.83

28k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up 😔 Guilty Conscience 💰 Blackmail

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The New Wife 89%

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager • 2024

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

3.67

191k+

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery 🤫 Accidental Death Cover-Up 😞 Childhood Guilt

Middle of the Night 88%

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

by Riley Sager 2024

3.67

191k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery 🤫 Accidental Death Cover-Up 😞 Childhood Guilt

If You Tell a Lie

by Lucinda Berry • 2024

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

3.49

44k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

If You Tell a Lie 88%

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lucinda Berry 2024

3.49

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 88%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

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 💔 War Trauma 🥾 Camino Pilgrimage

De Camino 88%

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 💔 War Trauma 🥾 Camino Pilgrimage

Tuya

by Claudia Piñeiro • 2005

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets

Tuya 88%

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

by Claudia Piñeiro 2005

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets

The Girl In Cell A

by Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

670

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Girl In Cell A 88%

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

by Vaseem Khan 2025

3.92

670 ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Accident

by Linwood Barclay • 2011

A contractor's wife dies driving the wrong way. She never drank, and the town knows why.

4.00

20k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👀 Child As Witness 👜 Counterfeit Trade

The Accident 88%

A contractor's wife dies driving the wrong way. She never drank, and the town knows why.

by Linwood Barclay 2011

4.00

20k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👀 Child As Witness 👜 Counterfeit Trade

The Ex Who Came Back

by Daniel Hurst • 2025

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

3.61

3k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

The Ex Who Came Back 88%

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

by Daniel Hurst 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⏰ Secrets From The Past 💰 Blackmail

Three Mothers

by Hannah Beckerman • 2025

A teen's hit-and-run death forces three mothers to face the darkest secrets their families keep.

4.11

33k+

🌑 Domestic Noir 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 💔 Secret Affair 🤫 Cover-Up

Three Mothers 88%

A teen's hit-and-run death forces three mothers to face the darkest secrets their families keep.

by Hannah Beckerman 2025

4.11

33k+ ratings

🌑 Domestic Noir 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 💔 Secret Affair 🤫 Cover-Up

The Stranger

by Harlan Coben • 2015

When a stranger exposes his wife's faked pregnancy, a father discovers the truth can be deadly.

3.90

104k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🔍 Secret Past 💔 Unraveling Marriage ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Stranger 88%

When a stranger exposes his wife's faked pregnancy, a father discovers the truth can be deadly.

by Harlan Coben 2015

3.90

104k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🔍 Secret Past 💔 Unraveling Marriage ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Better Sister

by Alafair Burke • 2019

Her husband is murdered in the Hamptons. The suspect: the stepson she raised, her sister's son.

3.84

44k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sister Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📱 Social Media Scrutiny

The Better Sister 88%

Her husband is murdered in the Hamptons. The suspect: the stepson she raised, her sister's son.

by Alafair Burke 2019

3.84

44k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sister Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📱 Social Media Scrutiny

Drowning in Paper Flowers

by E.L. Westbury • 2024

Her husband's mistress came from the Southern town she fled, bringing the past into her kitchen.

4.15

33k+

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

Drowning in Paper Flowers 88%

Her husband's mistress came from the Southern town she fled, bringing the past into her kitchen.

by E.L. Westbury 2024

4.15

33k+ ratings

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

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

The Man Made of Smoke

by Alex North • 2025

When a captive boy begged for help, Daniel hid. Now the other witnesses are dying.

3.73

31k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🤐 Bystander Guilt 👨‍👦 Father-Son Reckoning 🙊 Small Town Secrets

The Man Made of Smoke 88%

When a captive boy begged for help, Daniel hid. Now the other witnesses are dying.

by Alex North 2025

3.73

31k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🤐 Bystander Guilt 👨‍👦 Father-Son Reckoning 🙊 Small Town Secrets

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

37k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Dead in the Water 88%

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Anna O

by Matthew Blake • 2024

A murder suspect has slept four years. One sleep psychologist is determined to wake her.

3.43

32k+

😴 Sleep Disorder 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🏠 Family Secrets ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📺 Trial By Media

Anna O 88%

A murder suspect has slept four years. One sleep psychologist is determined to wake her.

by Matthew Blake 2024

3.43

32k+ ratings

😴 Sleep Disorder 🔍 Psychologist Sleuth 🏠 Family Secrets ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📺 Trial By Media

A Beautiful Couple

by Leslie Wolfe • 2024

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

4.06

18k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

A Beautiful Couple 88%

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

by Leslie Wolfe 2024

4.06

18k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

The Red House 88%

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

Things We Do in the Dark

by Jennifer Hillier • 2022

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

3.94

140k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Things We Do in the Dark 87%

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

by Jennifer Hillier 2022

3.94

140k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

All You Took From Me

by Lisa Kenway • 2024

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

3.59

324

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Forbidden Affair

All You Took From Me 87%

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

by Lisa Kenway 2024

3.59

324 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Forbidden Affair

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party 87%

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Last One at the Wedding

by Jason Rekulak • 2024

His daughter's billionaire wedding comes with a corpse, a cover-up, and a family that buys silence.

3.61

190k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💰 Wealth And Corruption 💔 Father-Daughter Estrangement 🔍 Missing Woman 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery

The Last One at the Wedding 87%

His daughter's billionaire wedding comes with a corpse, a cover-up, and a family that buys silence.

by Jason Rekulak 2024

3.61

190k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💰 Wealth And Corruption 💔 Father-Daughter Estrangement 🔍 Missing Woman 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery

Tuesday's Child

by Anya Mora • 2019

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

4.26

8k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Tuesday's Child 87%

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

by Anya Mora 2019

4.26

8k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Limitations

by Scott Turow • 2006

A judge stalked by anonymous threats must decide a rape case that resurrects his own guilt.

3.48

4k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤲 Moral Reckoning 🔙 Past Sins Resurface 🔍 Introspective Thriller

Limitations 87%

A judge stalked by anonymous threats must decide a rape case that resurrects his own guilt.

by Scott Turow 2006

3.48

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤲 Moral Reckoning 🔙 Past Sins Resurface 🔍 Introspective Thriller

The Last Party

by A.R. Torre • 2024

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

4.05

111k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother 👀 Nanny With Secrets 🔒 Hidden Past

The Last Party 87%

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

by A.R. Torre 2024

4.05

111k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother 👀 Nanny With Secrets 🔒 Hidden Past

The Associate

by John Grisham • 2009

Blackmailed over a college party, a young lawyer must betray his firm or lose everything.

3.72

76k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🕵️ Corporate Espionage 📼 Blackmail Plot 🎭 Double Life 👁️ Paranoia

The Associate 87%

Blackmailed over a college party, a young lawyer must betray his firm or lose everything.

by John Grisham 2009

3.72

76k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🕵️ Corporate Espionage 📼 Blackmail Plot 🎭 Double Life 👁️ Paranoia

The Inmate

by Freida McFadden • 2022

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

4.00

1.1M+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Inmate 87%

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

by Freida McFadden 2022

4.00

1.1M+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Dinner

by Herman Koch • 2009

Two couples share appetizers while negotiating how to cover up their sons' violent crime.

3.22

177k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🍽️ Dinner Party Drama 🔒 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Dinner 87%

Two couples share appetizers while negotiating how to cover up their sons' violent crime.

by Herman Koch 2009

3.22

177k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🍽️ Dinner Party Drama 🔒 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Holiday

by T.M. Logan • 2019

A wife on holiday discovers her husband's lover is one of her three oldest friends.

3.89

55k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔒 Locked-Room Tension

The Holiday 87%

A wife on holiday discovers her husband's lover is one of her three oldest friends.

by T.M. Logan 2019

3.89

55k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔒 Locked-Room Tension

Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins • 2017

A death at the Drowning Pool forces Jules back to a town where questioning women vanish.

3.59

422k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👻 Local Legend 🍎 Teacher-Student Affair 🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Sister Estrangement

Into the Water 87%

A death at the Drowning Pool forces Jules back to a town where questioning women vanish.

by Paula Hawkins 2017

3.59

422k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👻 Local Legend 🍎 Teacher-Student Affair 🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Sister Estrangement

The Housemaid is Watching

by Freida McFadden • 2024

A suburban mother's fresh start turns bloody when she finds a hidden room and a dead body.

3.85

1.1M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🚪 Hidden Room 🔒 Secret Past 👀 Creepy Neighbor

The Housemaid is Watching 87%

A suburban mother's fresh start turns bloody when she finds a hidden room and a dead body.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.85

1.1M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🚪 Hidden Room 🔒 Secret Past 👀 Creepy Neighbor

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 87%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Tu ne jugeras point

by Armel Job • 2009

When a baby disappears from his stroller, a Belgian judge sifts through a mother's deceptions.

3.25

250

🖋️ Literary Crime Fiction 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ⚖️ Community Judgment 🔍 Judicial Investigation 🌫️ Moral Ambiguity

Tu ne jugeras point 87%

When a baby disappears from his stroller, a Belgian judge sifts through a mother's deceptions.

by Armel Job 2009

3.25

250 ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime Fiction 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ⚖️ Community Judgment 🔍 Judicial Investigation 🌫️ Moral Ambiguity

The Cheerleaders

by Kara Thomas • 2018

Five cheerleaders died. Five years later, a sister digs up their secrets and awakens a killer.

3.74

57k+

🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 📁 Cold Case 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚠️ Predatory Adult

The Cheerleaders 87%

Five cheerleaders died. Five years later, a sister digs up their secrets and awakens a killer.

by Kara Thomas 2018

3.74

57k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 📁 Cold Case 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚠️ Predatory Adult

Defending Jacob

by William Landay • 2012

A prosecutor's son is charged with murder. The search for the truth will fracture his family.

4.00

312k+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏠 Family Under Suspicion 🤔 Ambiguous Guilt 👀 Community Paranoia

Defending Jacob 87%

A prosecutor's son is charged with murder. The search for the truth will fracture his family.

by William Landay 2012

4.00

312k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏠 Family Under Suspicion 🤔 Ambiguous Guilt 👀 Community Paranoia

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

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

4.04

24k+

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

Deeper Than the Dead 87%

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

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

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

No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2024

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

3.64

88k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

No One Can Know 87%

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2024

3.64

88k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

Never Have I Ever

by Joshilyn Jackson • 2019

A glamorous stranger invades her book club with a game designed to expose her darkest secret.

3.73

58k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Psychological Suspense 😈 Neighbor From Hell 👯 Female Friendship 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

Never Have I Ever 87%

A glamorous stranger invades her book club with a game designed to expose her darkest secret.

by Joshilyn Jackson 2019

3.73

58k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Psychological Suspense 😈 Neighbor From Hell 👯 Female Friendship 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

[The Innocent] [By

by Harlan Coben • 2005

An ex-con's camera phone shows his wife with a stranger, dragging him into a blackmail conspiracy.

4.01

46k+

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🤫 Secret Past 👮 Corrupt Cops

[The Innocent] [By 87%

An ex-con's camera phone shows his wife with a stranger, dragging him into a blackmail conspiracy.

by Harlan Coben 2005

4.01

46k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🤫 Secret Past 👮 Corrupt Cops

Boy in the Box

by Marc E. Fitch • 2020

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

3.65

179

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Boy in the Box 87%

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

by Marc E. Fitch 2020

3.65

179 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Bulfinch's Mythology

by Thomas Bulfinch • 1855

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

4.14

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains 🔮 Cult Of Personality 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Bulfinch's Mythology 87%

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

by Thomas Bulfinch 1855

4.14

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains 🔮 Cult Of Personality 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

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

A Death at the Party

by Amy Stuart • 2023

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

3.55

9k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

A Death at the Party 87%

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

by Amy Stuart 2023

3.55

9k+ ratings

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Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

4.21

52k+

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The Ghostwriter 87%

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4.21

52k+ ratings

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by Araminta Hall • 2020

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3.41

6k+

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Imperfect Women 87%

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by Araminta Hall 2020

3.41

6k+ ratings

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4.18

10k+

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Truth or Dare 87%

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by M.J. Arlidge 2022

4.18

10k+ ratings

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by Carter Wilson • 2021

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

3.67

2k+

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The Dead Husband 87%

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

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