Widow's Investigation Books | Summaries & Audio

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

Truth and Justice

by Fern Michaels • 2020

Her husband's sister stole her frozen eggs. A vigilante sisterhood helps her steal back her life.

4.38

4k+

🦸‍♀️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Stolen Identity 🪖 Military Widow 🧬 Fertility Fraud 🃏 Con Artist

Truth and Justice 88%

Her husband's sister stole her frozen eggs. A vigilante sisterhood helps her steal back her life.

by Fern Michaels 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🦸‍♀️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Stolen Identity 🪖 Military Widow 🧬 Fertility Fraud 🃏 Con Artist

Tick Tock

by Fern Michaels • 2022

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

4.36

6k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge 💻 Cyber Thriller 🔍 Manhunt

Tick Tock 88%

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

by Fern Michaels 2022

4.36

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge 💻 Cyber Thriller 🔍 Manhunt

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

Blindsided

by Fern Michaels • 2013

Twin judges profit from imprisoned children. A grieving widow reunites her old allies for payback.

4.30

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Small Town 👵 Older Heroines 👯 Female Ensemble

Blindsided 88%

Twin judges profit from imprisoned children. A grieving widow reunites her old allies for payback.

by Fern Michaels 2013

4.30

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Small Town 👵 Older Heroines 👯 Female Ensemble

Judgement Prey

by John Sandford • 2023

A federal judge's family is massacred in St. Paul. The widow isn't waiting for an arrest.

4.35

28k+

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🩹 Traumatized Detective 🗡️ Female Revenge ❄️ Minnesota Winter

Judgement Prey 87%

A federal judge's family is massacred in St. Paul. The widow isn't waiting for an arrest.

by John Sandford 2023

4.35

28k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🩹 Traumatized Detective 🗡️ Female Revenge ❄️ Minnesota Winter

Dead Simple

by Peter James • 2005

A stag night joke leaves a groom buried alive. The friends who buried him are dead.

4.06

32k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🪦 Buried Alive 🕷️ Black Widow 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 🌊 Seaside Crime

Dead Simple 87%

A stag night joke leaves a groom buried alive. The friends who buried him are dead.

by Peter James 2005

4.06

32k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🪦 Buried Alive 🕷️ Black Widow 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 🌊 Seaside Crime

Missing in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

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

4.56

8k+

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

Missing in the Falls 87%

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

by Elle Gray 2023

4.56

8k+ ratings

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

The 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 87%

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

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

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 87%

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

Her Grave Secrets

by Kendra Elliot • 2014

A skull on the riverbank pulls a detective into the drug war that killed her father.

4.27

12k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏠 Return To Hometown 💔 Grieving Detective

Her Grave Secrets 87%

A skull on the riverbank pulls a detective into the drug war that killed her father.

by Kendra Elliot 2014

4.27

12k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏠 Return To Hometown 💔 Grieving Detective

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

The Librarians

by Sherry Thomas • 2025

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

3.37

7k+

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Librarians 87%

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

by Sherry Thomas 2025

3.37

7k+ ratings

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

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

Letting Go

by Liz Colbert • 2025

Her husband murdered, she takes her daughter home, but threats await. So does an FBI agent.

3.98

429

🖤 Young Widow 👧 Single Parent Romance 🕵️ FBI Agent Hero 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 🛡️ Protective Family

Letting Go 87%

Her husband murdered, she takes her daughter home, but threats await. So does an FBI agent.

by Liz Colbert 2025

3.98

429 ratings

🖤 Young Widow 👧 Single Parent Romance 🕵️ FBI Agent Hero 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 🛡️ Protective Family

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh • 2023

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

4.13

186k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You 87%

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

by Steve Cavanagh 2023

4.13

186k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

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 87%

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

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

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 🐴 Amish Community ❄️ Winter Isolation

Sworn to Silence 87%

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 🐴 Amish Community ❄️ Winter Isolation

The Banker’s Wife

by Cristina Alger • 2018

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

3.90

21k+

📊 Financial Thriller 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🔍 Parallel Investigations 🏛️ Powerful Family Secrets

The Banker’s Wife 87%

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

by Cristina Alger 2018

3.90

21k+ ratings

📊 Financial Thriller 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🔍 Parallel Investigations 🏛️ Powerful Family Secrets

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 87%

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

Not Dead Enough

by Peter James • 2007

A woman is murdered in Brighton. Her husband's DNA is everywhere, but he was miles away.

4.13

15k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Investigation ⚖️ Framed For Murder 👻 Haunted Detective 👁️ Obsessed Stalker

Not Dead Enough 87%

A woman is murdered in Brighton. Her husband's DNA is everywhere, but he was miles away.

by Peter James 2007

4.13

15k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Investigation ⚖️ Framed For Murder 👻 Haunted Detective 👁️ Obsessed Stalker

The Guest Room

by Tasha Sylva • 2023

Her sister's murder unsolved, Tess rents the room to a guest, then reads his diary.

3.31

3k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Grief 👁️ Voyeurism 🔪 Female Obsession 🏘️ Creepy Neighbor

The Guest Room 87%

Her sister's murder unsolved, Tess rents the room to a guest, then reads his diary.

by Tasha Sylva 2023

3.31

3k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Grief 👁️ Voyeurism 🔪 Female Obsession 🏘️ Creepy Neighbor

The Bones She Buried

by Lisa Regan • 2019

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

4.36

11k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case 🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Domestic Suspense

The Bones She Buried 87%

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

by Lisa Regan 2019

4.36

11k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case 🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Domestic Suspense

Stay Close

by Harlan Coben • 2012

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

3.91

62k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Female Vigilante

Stay Close 87%

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

by Harlan Coben 2012

3.91

62k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Female Vigilante

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 87%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

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

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Fourth Monkey 87%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

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

Heartbreak Bay

by Rachel Caine • 2021

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

4.25

25k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family

Heartbreak Bay 87%

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

by Rachel Caine 2021

4.25

25k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis • 2023

Her husband's sudden death exposes a secret family, and a friend who knows the truth.

4.10

5k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👥 Multiple Personalities 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Double Life 🧩 Psychological Suspense

No One Saw It Coming 87%

Her husband's sudden death exposes a secret family, and a friend who knows the truth.

by Susan Lewis 2023

4.10

5k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👥 Multiple Personalities 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Double Life 🧩 Psychological Suspense

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni • 2014

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

4.10

169k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👮 Female Detective 🔒 Wrongful Conviction

My Sister's Grave 87%

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

by Robert Dugoni 2014

4.10

169k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👮 Female Detective 🔒 Wrongful Conviction

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea • 2023

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

4.14

101k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Those Empty Eyes 87%

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

by Charlie Donlea 2023

4.14

101k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

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

Save Her Soul

by Lisa Regan • 2020

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

4.36

8k+

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

Save Her Soul 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 🖤 Haunted Detective 🏭 Rust Belt Noir

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1

by William Kent Krueger • 2012

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

4.30

1k+

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology 🔍 Missing Persons 👮‍♂️ Ex-Sheriff Detective

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 Summary

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 87%

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

by William Kent Krueger 2012

4.30

1k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology 🔍 Missing Persons 👮‍♂️ Ex-Sheriff Detective

The 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

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 87%

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

Pop Goes the Weasel

by M.J. Arlidge • 2014

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

4.13

29k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pop Goes the Weasel 87%

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2014

4.13

29k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

25 Alive

by James Patterson • 2025

A murdered mentor, a cryptic message, and four friends racing to catch a serial killer.

4.15

32k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👯 Female Friendship 🔍 Women Sleuths ⚖️ Legal Thriller

25 Alive 87%

A murdered mentor, a cryptic message, and four friends racing to catch a serial killer.

by James Patterson 2025

4.15

32k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👯 Female Friendship 🔍 Women Sleuths ⚖️ Legal Thriller

Her Deadly Touch

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A detective on leave finds a mother posed at her child's grave, lips sealed with wax.

4.45

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕯️ Ritual Murders

Her Deadly Touch 87%

A detective on leave finds a mother posed at her child's grave, lips sealed with wax.

by Lisa Regan 2021

4.45

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕯️ Ritual Murders

Hush Little Girl

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A murdered child with a doll halts her wedding, pulling Quinn into the family's darkest history.

4.51

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤫 Family Secrets 👻 Hidden Child 💔 Detective With Trauma

Hush Little Girl 87%

A murdered child with a doll halts her wedding, pulling Quinn into the family's darkest history.

by Lisa Regan 2021

4.51

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤫 Family Secrets 👻 Hidden Child 💔 Detective With Trauma

Cat And Mouse

by M.J. Arlidge • 2022

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

4.21

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

Cat And Mouse 87%

A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2022

4.21

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏆 Trophy Killer

Post-Mortem

by Patricia Daniels Cornwell • 1990

A medical examiner tracks a serial strangler as a saboteur in her office buries the case.

4.03

261k+

🔬 Forensic Investigation 🩸 Serial Killer 👩‍🔬 Female Investigator 🏛️ Institutional Sabotage 💻 Computer Hacking

Post-Mortem 87%

A medical examiner tracks a serial strangler as a saboteur in her office buries the case.

by Patricia Daniels Cornwell 1990

4.03

261k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Investigation 🩸 Serial Killer 👩‍🔬 Female Investigator 🏛️ Institutional Sabotage 💻 Computer Hacking

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

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