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  • The Lost Girls by Elle Gray

    The Lost Girls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Whatever you do, don’t look back.After learning the shocking truth behind the man she fell for, Blake feels lost at sea.She feels adrift. And is punishing herself for not realizing who Mark was or his true motive by her side...
  • The Girl and the Field of Bones by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Field of Bones by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are secrets only the dead can tell.And some of these secrets refuse to remain buried.Since the death of her mother, FBI agent Emma Griffin has devoted her life to uncover the truth behind even the most shocking mysteries.Now Emma must confront the dangerous, but unavoidable truth behind what she witnessed in the temple. The people behind this secret society call themselves the Order...
  • An Unreliable Truth by Victor Methos

    An Unreliable Truth by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife, Victor Methos’s acclaimed Desert Plains series continues with the saga of two brilliant defense attorneys and a client whose confession may not be what it seems.Two couples cut to bits near a canyon close to the Nevada border...
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    crime  legal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A horrific beginning.Ends with the most unexpected twist...Marie was young, beautiful, and vibrant.Her life was cruelly taken from her.Her murderer still roams this world, potentially looking for a new prey...
  • The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh

    The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICAThe Sandman killings have been solved. Daniel Miller murdered fourteen people before he vanished. His wife, Carrie, now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believe she knew and helped cover up her husband's crimes.THE LAWYEREddie Flynn won't take a case unless his client is innocent...
  • The Girl and the Secret Society by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Secret Society by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Evil has many faces. This one you will never see coming.This is the bizarre and shocking case of Lakyn Monroe.In the midst of filming her show, Lakyn vanished without a trace.Four months have passed, and the unusual disappearance of the internet celebrity has garnered nationwide attention...
  • Think Twice by Harlan Coben

    Think Twice by Harlan Coben

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III​ reunite to find a dead man come back to life in this gripping thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Will Find You.Former basketball star Myron Bolitar has barely restarted his agency for sports stars and celebrities when two federal agents walk into his office, asking for answers...
  • The Girl and the Deadly End by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Deadly End by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Small towns have secrets. The dark mysteries of Emma's life are ready to be told.It has been more than a year since Emma Griffin stumbled upon a clue behind the dangerous secrets of her past. Now, she has the answers at her fingertips.The only question is will she survive long enough to find them?As Greg struggles to recover, Emma keeps watch over him...
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    crime  investigator  suspense  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  justice
  • Reasonable Fear by Scott Pratt

    Reasonable Fear by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Three young women are found floating in a lake. The suspect is one of the richest and most powerful men in Tennessee. "Reasonable Fear" is the fourth of the bestselling Joe Dillard series offered by Scott Pratt. In this novel, Dillard has become the district attorney in Northeast Tennessee...
  • The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pride. Greed. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Wrath. Sloth.The sins that make us our own worst enemy.And at any given time, we all could fall victim to them.Fighting those demons at times seems impossible.Especially when they come to life…FBI agent Emma Griffin has seen her share of dark and twisted murders.When she's called onto a new case, Emma finds herself baffled and horrified by the crime scene...
  • The Girl and the Deadly Secrets by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Deadly Secrets by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a home invasion landed Emma in a comatose state. Sam faces another shocking event as he finds himself fighting off an assassin in Emma’s hospital room. Someone obviously wanted to keep Emma quiet forever. But the question is, why?Now, after weeks of being in a coma, FBI agent Emma Griffin is finally awake.Xavier gets Emma, and the gang to join a charity organization that he’s a part of...
  • The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was just another ordinary night.And an ordinary meal to accompany it.A glass of wine, a plate of chicken.And the sound of the ticking clock. But then, the unexpected feeling of disorientation seeps in.Cheryl suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous...Then something far more unexpected happened.And in an instant an ordinary night turned into a night full of incomprehensible mysteries...
  • The Girl in the Woods by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl in the Woods by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m all alone now… But I just have to make it there.I need to keep going… Keep…A beautiful woman's body is found frozen on the ground.And many questions that no one can answer arises.When Emma Griffin joined the FBI, she had hopes that she could find out the truth about her own past. But over time she realized that it was more than just herself. She wanted to be a voice for the victims...
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    crime  investigator  suspense  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  justice
  • The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological  thriller
  • Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh

    Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Alexandra Avellino has just found her father's mutilated body, and needs the police right away. She believes her sister killed him, and that she is still in the house with a knife. Sofia Avellino has just found her father's mutilated body and needs the police right away. She believes her sister, Alexandra did it, and that she is still in the house, locked in the bathroom...
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    crime  legal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Autumn's Game by Mary Stone

    Autumn's Game by Mary Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ‘Till death do us part’ has never been so true...Armed with a slew of advanced degrees and powerful intuition, forensic psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent is ready to conquer the world and touch the lives of its seven billion inhabitants. She’s prepared to fight for justice, right the wrongs...because she knows what it’s like to be wronged...
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    suspense  crime  romance  mystery  murder  fiction  psychological  book
  • Here After by Sean Costello

    Here After by Sean Costello

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    LOVE. LOSS. OBSESSION. REDEMPTION.Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingly random search for a missing child, risking his sanity, even his life in a grief-induced quest. His journey propels him into the darkest reaches of human suffering, and pits him squarely against an adversary whose own obsession defies all reason...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery  paranormal
  • Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight...
  • The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The sound of a blood curdling scream echoed through the manor. Her pleas ignored, her screams unheard...
  • Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

    Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Kill For Me, Kill for You, What if the witness was more twisted than the killer?Something is wrong with Ruby Johnson...
  • It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay

    It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honorable Mention in the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award Historical Fiction Category2021 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award 2021 Finalist Wishing Shelf Book AwardRiveting Southern Fiction by the award-winning author of When We Were Brave. ~Set in a world where women of the KKK betray their neighbors, horrors of unscrupulous foundling homes come to light, and buried mysteries are not all that hidden...
  • Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg

    Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick's Bambach's new avant-garde film isn't enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noah's dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end, whatever the cost...
  • Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance

    Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the “grand master of the genre” (The Providence Journal), Ali Reynolds’s personal life is thrown into turmoil just as two men show up on the scene—a former employee of her husband’s who has just been released from prison and a serial killer who sets his sights a little too close to home...
  • Dangerous Waters by A.J. Rivers

    Dangerous Waters by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She was terrorized, afraid, and desperate for help.But her hopeless pleas would never be answered. No one would come to her rescue.Now her body lays lifeless, floating in the water.The girl could not escape the deadly and sinister secrets that Windsor Island holds…It’s been a year since the body of FBI agent Emma Griffin's ex-boyfriend was found on the beach...
  • The Porn Star Murders by Victor Methos

    The Porn Star Murders by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A FAMILY MURDERED... In 2006, the Blum family were brutally killed in their home. Detective Jon Stanton worked the case but was never able to turn up enough to make an arrest. Now, having left the San Diego PD, he still keeps the Blum file in his home. A SADISTIC KILLER WITH A MOTIVE TO LIE..
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    crime  investigator  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  killer
  • Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley

    Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some Amish communities aren’t so cozy. Paper Roses is the electrifying new addition to the Serenity’s Plain Secrets’ mystery/crime thriller series. While an archeological team digs up Blood Rock’s sinister past, a forbidden romance begins, and Serenity races to stop a serial killer before he strikes again...
  • Lonely Hearts by Lisa Gray

    Lonely Hearts by Lisa Gray

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She found love on Death Row with her prison pen pal. She’s been missing ever since. Can Jessica Shaw track her down?A missing persons case should be pretty straightforward for private investigator Jessica Shaw. After all, it’s what she does best. But this latest case proves to be anything but straightforward.Christine Ryan is desperate to find her childhood friend Veronica Lowe...
  • The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sherwood is a sleepy little town. A town full of friendly faces, and even friendlier neighbors.Which is why FBI agent Emma Griffin isn't surprised when her new neighbor starts stopping by to chat.Turns out her neighbor has a dark past and secrets that made her run...
  • The Girl and the Hunt by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Hunt by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Catch me.The words that taunted FBI Agent Emma Griffin on the blood-soaked train ride from Sherwood continue to follow her.Drawn to Feathered Nest, she discovers that the horror is far from over and whoever is behind the dare has no intention of his brutal game slowing down any time soon...
  • Fatal Finale by Miranda Rijks

    Fatal Finale by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who is abducting talented young musicians – and why?When a gifted violinist disappears from a prestigious music academy, the police ask psychologist Dr. Pippa Durrant to help with the case.Working alongside new flame, DS Joe Swain, Pippa quickly realises that the world of first class musicianship is not all peace and harmony...
  • 12 Months to Live by James Patterson, Mike Lupica

    12 Months to Live by James Patterson, Mike Lupica

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Criminal attorney Jane F. Smith, tough as nails, has received a terminal diagnosis and doesn't have much time. Is her own client trying to kill her first?Her name is Jane Smith. To friends and foes, she's Jane Effing Smith.  Why? Because she's the best criminal defense attorney in the Hamptons—the elite world of New York's rich and infamous...
  • Justice in Time by John Ellsworth

    Justice in Time by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Legal Thriller With Romance by USA TODAY Bestseller John EllsworthAssistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a U.S. Senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead sitting in her Mercedes with a garden hose from the exhaust into her window. Suicide? Maybe, except the detectives learn the wife's fingerprints are nowhere on the hose...
  • Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? by David B. Lyons

    Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? by David B. Lyons

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If your daughter went missing, how many years would it take for you to admit she’s never coming home? Betsy Blake was only four years old when she vanished outside her family home in Dublin. Her father – wracked with guilt for the past seventeen years – still can’t bring himself to admit the search is over, despite the fact his wife has moved on and police have closed off the investigation...
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    crime  investigator  suspense  adult  book  cozy  drama  fiction
  • The Woman in the Woods by A.J. Rivers

    The Woman in the Woods by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I thought the worst part of a blackout was waking up in a strange place.Turns out waking up next to a dead woman is far worse… Memory lapses have plagued PI Dean Steele since childhood.This time when he opens his eyes, there's a woman lying nearby.A woman he doesn't recognize...
  • The Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell

    The Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sabre Brown’s phone rings at 2 a.m. It’s her brother Ron. After seven years in the Witness Protection Program, someone has discovered his whereabouts, and has tried to kill him. He’s called to warn Sabre that she is in imminent danger. Sabre and her private investigator, J.P., leave sunny San Diego to search for her brother in the cold, wintry Northwest...
  • Black Widow by Victor Methos

    Black Widow by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Murders With No Motive…Two men are found killed one month apart in luxurious Honolulu hotels. The Honolulu Police Department finds the cases unsolvable. With no discernible motive, and a brutality no one on the force has ever seen, the killings appear to be the work of an intensely deranged mind. A mind the police feel is one step ahead of their investigation...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction  killer
  • Fear No Truth by LynDee Walker

    Fear No Truth by LynDee Walker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ASIN B07KYTLJ6S moved to the most recent editionFor fans of James Patterson and Melinda Leigh: Introducing a brand new series from bestselling thriller author LynDee Walker! Two dead girls.One determined Texas Ranger.Three horrifying truths...
  • Sin City Homicide by Victor Methos

    Sin City Homicide by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A BILLIONAIRE MURDERED . . .The rape-homicide of a prominent Las Vegas couple sends shock waves through the community. With no active leads, the LVPD Homicide Unit is growing desperate.A DETECTIVE WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE . . .Brought in as a consultant, Detective Jon Stanton discovers that there's more to this case than anyone is revealing to him...
    Categorized as:
    crime  financial  legal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  killer
  • The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose

    The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect MarriageTill death do us part. Yours. Not Mine. It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  romance  mystery  fiction  psychological  murder  book
  • The Locked Box by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Locked Box by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What secrets does the hidden box hold? In a dark room, aboard a large cargo ship, a man sits shackled in place.As time passes his situation grows far more desperate.Unbeknownst to him, his partner Olivia Knight has traveled across the Atlantic to a small coastal town.There in Newhaven, England all is seemingly idyllic...
  • The Juror by George Dawes Green

    The Juror by George Dawes Green

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    This is a psychological thriller about a young woman threatened by the Mafia who must return a verdict of 'not guilty' to ensure the safety of her son. The book has been turned into a movie, featuring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  drama  fiction
  • The Mermaid by Anki Edvinsson

    The Mermaid by Anki Edvinsson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Could the prime suspect in a murder be a victim too?The body of a homeless woman is found in the river, viciously beaten and with all her teeth removed. A young immigrant, the prime suspect in a recent spate of robberies in Umeå, was seen running in the vicinity around the time the body was dumped. Trouble is, he hasn’t been seen since...
  • The Edge by Lucy Goacher

    The Edge by Lucy Goacher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes it’s easier to believe the lie. But is the truth right in front of you?Everyone says Poppy jumped. My beautiful, creative sister, with her paint-splattered dresses and sunshine smile, took her own life. And I think they’re right. Until the day I speak to Daniel.Everyone says his sister jumped too. But he has proof that she was pushed...
  • The Girl and the Deadly Express by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Deadly Express by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone’s life on board the deadly express?FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her...
  • The Abduction by Mark Gimenez

    The Abduction by Mark Gimenez

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ben Brice lives alone in the New Mexico wilderness where he battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estranged son, John, an Internet geek-turned-billionaire, half watches his daughter Gracie's soccer game while conducting business on his cell phone. When her mother Elizabeth arrives, the coach reports that her uncle has already collected Gracie...
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    crime  legal  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dark
  • City Dark by Roger A. Canaff

    City Dark by Roger A. Canaff

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A vanished mother, the grip of darkness, a lifelong mystery. Forty years later, a prosecutor faces them all again, this time as a murder suspect in a pulse-pounding legal thriller of psychological suspense.On a steaming night in 1977, New York City is plunged into darkness and two boys, Joe and Robbie, are abandoned by their mother, Lois...
  • Little Sister by Gytha Lodge

    Little Sister by Gytha Lodge

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Detective Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. She's striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. She's also covered in blood. When Jonah races to help, the girl insists she's fine. Then she smiles. It's her sister he needs to worry about...
  • The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One by one the guests at the Misty Pines Ski Lodge are dropping dead…After an action-packed year of fighting crime, FBI Agent Olivia Knight is ready for a relaxing getaway with her partner Brock.But trouble has a way of finding her everywhere...Her arrival at the ski lodge is welcomed by chaos with the death of a female guest...
    Categorized as:
    crime  investigator  suspense  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  mystery
  • A Critical Tangent by Reily Garrett

    A Critical Tangent by Reily Garrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Reily has a way of combining murder, intrigue, twists and turns with just the right amount of romance…” – J. George, VINE VOICEShe doesn’t trust cops.Can the detective trust his instincts?Keiki Tallerman’s life shatters on a remote mountaintop in Pennsylvania after witnessing her best friend’s bizarre execution...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  murder  mystery
  • Shattered by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Shattered by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eighteen years ago, Lucy Flannery’s young life was shattered when her mother and little brother were murdered – a crime made all the more heartbreaking by the fact that the killer was her father. However, recently uncovered evidence proves that her father was wrongfully convicted...
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