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  • Paint It All Red by S.T. Abby

    Paint It All Red by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Hush, little baby, don't say a word... Will Logan choose them? Or will we watch them burn together? It's time to fuck with their minds. It's time to finish it all. It's time to paint it all red... Monsters don't usually wish for happily-ever-afters. **BE WARNED: Some descriptions are vivid and can be a trigger for sensitive readers...
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    crime  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary  dark
  • All the Lies by S.T. Abby

    All the Lies by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    To understand the monsters in the world, you have to get inside their heads. It's a dangerous place to be, especially when you start to empathize and lose your own sense of morality.But that's never happened to me...I've never felt conflicted on any case. Right is right and wrong is wrong. It's simple. Black and white. There's no such thing as a gray area.But fuck this case...
  • In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni

    In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling series.What family secrets are behind two disappearances? Seattle detective Tracy Crosswhite is determined to uncover the truth in the latest installment of New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s heart-stopping series...
  • Genesis by Chris Carter

    Genesis by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A killing like no other.A killer more twisted than he’s ever seen before.A case that will test him to the limit. Has Robert Hunter finally met his match?‘Do you believe the Devil exists, Detective?’ the officer at the end of the line asks. ‘Because if you don’t . . . I’m sure you will once you get here.’ Robert Hunter is called to the most vicious crime scene he has ever attended...
  • Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

    Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    To kill a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous. To love a monster, you have to share your soul...Logan Bennett makes me want to have a future not tainted by the constant hunger for revenge. Doesn't mean I can stop. Doesn't mean I want to stop. It just means I want more...one day...
  • Sidetracked by S.T. Abby

    Sidetracked by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    They always want to break me, but I'm too strong now. Untouchable.Or at least I was...until her.****LOGANI've had tunnel vision for one main goal for so long, that I forgot there was a whole other world just outside. Until Lana.She's everything I never expected, and I love the fact I can never guess her every move or reaction. It's part of the reason I keep falling...
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    crime  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  book
  • High Force by LJ Ross

    High Force by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hell has unleashed a demon – and he’s coming for you… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison and kidnapped one of his best detectives from her own home. His brutality is the stuff of legend – Ryan lost his sister and nearly his own life bringing the man to justice first time around...
  • Dying Truth by Angela Marsons

    Dying Truth by Angela Marsons

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    How far would you go to protect your darkest secrets? When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide – a final devastating act from a troubled girl. But then the broken body of a young boy is discovered at the same school and it’s clear to Detective Kim Stone that these deaths are not tragic accidents...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama  family  female-mc
  • A Whisper of Sorrows by J.D. Kirk

    A Whisper of Sorrows by J.D. Kirk

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The hunter has become the hunted.Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan caught the twisted child killer known as Mister Whisper.Two days ago, Mister Whisper escaped.Now, Jack must track down the most ruthless enemy he has ever faced before he can strike again. But, after ten years behind bars, it isn't just murder that Mister Whisper has in mind.It's revenge...
  • The Lost Sister by Elle Gray

    The Lost Sister by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The truth will set you free.For FBI Agent Blake Wilder the price of that truth requires the ultimate sacrifice.Blake Wilder lives with reoccurring nightmares from her grim and mysterious past.Fourteen years ago, her entire family was taken from her.Her parents murdered, and her sister taken...
  • 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...
  • Hello Again by Brenda Novak

    Hello Again by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From NYT bestseller Brenda Novak comes the next installment of Dr. Evelyn Talbot and her murderous home for psychopaths in Hello Again. SHE CAN MAKE SENSE OF A COMPLEX CRIMINAL MIND. Evelyn Talbot, a psychiatrist at a maximum-security prison in Alaska, studies some of the world's worst serial killers. But she’s about to meet her most elusive patient at Hanover House yet: Dr...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  female-mc  fiction
  • Woman in the Water by Elle Gray

    Woman in the Water by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Charlotte's body lays lifeless floating in a pool. Ruby red water surrounds her.Her daughter's desperate screams fill the air..."Mom?!!!!".Charlotte MacMillan, the mother of three, found dead. Murdered in broad daylight.Only two know the twisted truth. The victim and her killer.To solve this case, Paxton must bring light to the unrelenting darkness.Unmask the truth behind the devastating lies...
  • Her Last Call by Elle Gray

    Her Last Call by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Come out, come out, wherever you are...” A beautiful young woman trapped within a killer’s sick and twisted game.Stella Hughes called for help, but help did not come in time.She could not hide, fight, or escape.Stella was ensnared in the killer’s web.The victim of a twisted serial killer’s mind...
  • An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

    An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff's Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery - a serial killer who has been kidnapping, torturing and mutilating victims all over the United States for at least twenty-five years...
  • One by One by Chris Carter

    One by One by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    'I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?' Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address - a private broadcast. Hunter logs on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins. But the caller doesn't want Detective Hunter to just watch, he wants him to participate, and refusal is simply not an option...
  • Twisted Lies by Angela Marsons

    Twisted Lies by Angela Marsons

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her stomach lurches as she sits in the windowless room. He throws her phone to the ground, grinds it against the floor with the heel of his shoe and brings his face closer to hers. There was no turning back now, her life as she knew it was gone...
  • Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons, Ángela Marsons

    Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons, Ángela Marsons

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Kim felt sickness sweep over her as she watched little Grace dust off her dirty hands. Blonde curls tumbled around her face. Then, Grace disappeared into the crowd. Kim wanted to pause the recording, run outside, and grab her to stop what was about to happen.One August afternoon, eight-year-old Grace Lennard skips into the garden of the childcare center she attends and vanishes into thin air...
  • No More Lies by Elle Gray

    No More Lies by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "MOM?! DAD?!Who would do this?”Sixteen years ago, young Blake Wilder arrived home to find her parents brutally murdered. As the devastated Blake frantically searched her house for her baby sister. She soon realized the young girl was missing, nowhere to be found...
  • The Moor: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    The Moor: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND and LONGSTONE The circus is in town… When a ten-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’s witnessed a murder, he has no idea he’s about to step into his most spellbinding case yet...
  • The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the riveting conclusion of the 4MK trilogy, Barker takes the thriller to an entirely new level. Hear No Evil For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me” conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades...
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    crime  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Hunting Evil by Chris Carter

    Hunting Evil by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    'Every story one day comes to an end.' As roommates, they met for the first time in college. Two of the brightest minds ever to graduate from Stamford Psychology University. As adversaries, they met again in Quantico, Virginia. Robert Hunter had become the head of the LAPD’s Ultra Violent Crimes Unit...
  • The House on the Hill by Elle Gray

    The House on the Hill by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a family of 4 goes missing seemingly in the dead of night, Blake Wilder and her team are called to find the young family and determine the reason for their sudden disappearance.Change is the only constant in life. It’s a lesson FBI Agent Blake Wilder is having to learn all over again. Summoned to DC by a Bureau legend, Blake is excited, imagining big things on the horizon for her team...
  • The Hit List by Elle Gray

    The Hit List by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a deadly bomb goes off in a small town outside of Dallas, FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are called to the case.Could this crime be a case of terrorism or is it murder disguised within a massive disaster? Soon Blake’s unit discovers a plot that’s far more complex.And when they unearth a revenge plot spurred on by a massive conspiracy...
  • The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

    The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .Washington Poe has a story to tell.And he needs you to listen.You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . .He'll tell you about a man who was tied to a tree and stoned to death, a man who had tattooed himself with a code so obscure, even the gifted analyst Tilly Bradshaw struggled to break it...
  • Bamburgh by L.J. Ross

    Bamburgh by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a cantankerous old woman dies at her home in the sleepy, picturesque village of Bamburgh, DCI Ryan doesn’t think much of it—except, that is, for the small matter of it having been his wife who happened to find her body...
  • The Secret She Kept by Elle Gray

    The Secret She Kept by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Soon, I’ll see you. Soon, we’ll be together again...For FBI agent Blake Wilder, the past is inescapable.And the one lead she had, regarding the mysteries of her past, only led to dead bodies and dead ends.When Blake is assigned a new case, they find that their victim has been stuffed into a barrel — in pieces...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  drama  female-mc  fiction  friendship
  • The Chosen Girls by Elle Gray

    The Chosen Girls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Three...“Need a ride?”Fourteen years ago, FBI agent Blake Wilder's life turned upside down.Her parents were murdered, and her sister was taken.At the age of 22, Blake joined the FBI. Hoping one day she would find out the truth behind her tragic past. Unfortunately, the only lead she had; a man she had known since childhood was found dead...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  drama  female-mc  fiction  friendship
  • Find Her Alive by Lisa Regan

    Find Her Alive by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Detective Josie Quinn hasn’t heard from her sister since Trinity stormed out of the house in the heat of an argument three weeks ago. So, when human remains are found at the remote hunting cabin where Trinity was last seen, Josie can only assume the worst...
  • A Perfect Wife by Elle Gray

    A Perfect Wife by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    'Til death do us part… They say every action you take has a series of consequences. And that death is an inevitable end.There is truth to all of that, but for a price.The precious thing you lost, might just find its way back to you…Fourteen years ago, Blake Wilder's life turned into one of tragedy.In an instant she lost her family... Her parents murdered, and her sister taken...
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    crime  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  dark  drama  female-mc
  • Her Perfect Crime by Elle Gray

    Her Perfect Crime by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The dead tell no tales.And the unspeakable evil they know of, may be one that would forever remain buried six feet under… How do you solve an unsolvable string of robberies that leaves a bloody trail of murder and mayhem?FBI agent Blake Wilder is all too familiar with unsolved cases. Plagued by the mysterious tragedies that destroyed her family...
  • 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...
  • Sinister by Jana Deleon

    Sinister by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Street kids are disappearing, but how do you report that to the police when, from their standpoint, the missing people didn’t exist to begin with? Hustle is certain that something bad has happened to his friend Jinx, and the only person he can turn to for help is private investigator Shaye Archer...
    Categorized as:
    crime  north-america  usa  louisiana  urban  mystery  fiction  suspense
  • The First Death by Kendra Elliot

    The First Death by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Rowan Wolff was five years old when she, her brother, and their babysitter were kidnapped by a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. The babysitter was murdered...
  • All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods every time. All of the victims were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any tape...
  • Where the Blame Lies by Mia Sheridan

    Where the Blame Lies by Mia Sheridan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Abducted. Terrorized. Imprisoned. At nineteen-years-old, college student Josie Stratton was kidnapped by a madman and held shackled for ten months in an abandoned warehouse before she finally escaped her hellish prison...
  • Blood Lines by Angela Marsons

    Blood Lines by Angela Marsons

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    How do you catch a killer who leaves no trace?A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn’t add up...
  • Dead Souls by Angela Marsons

    Dead Souls by Angela Marsons

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The truth was dead and buried…until now. When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine archaeological dig, a Black Country field suddenly becomes a complex crime scene for Detective Kim Stone. As the bones are sorted, it becomes clear that the grave contains more than one victim. The bodies hint at unimaginable horror, bearing the markings of bullet holes and animal traps...
  • The Infirmary by L.J. Ross, Jonathan Keeble

    The Infirmary by L.J. Ross, Jonathan Keeble

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Introducing the new, unabridged version of The Infirmary by LJ Ross, the author of the international number one best-selling series, the DCI Ryan Mysteries.There's a serial killer targeting the streets of Newcastle, seemingly picking his victims at random but subjecting them all to the same torturous end...
  • Triple Cross by James Patterson

    Triple Cross by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who’s murdering entire families—and who will next be coming for Cross.A methodical killer is targeting multigenerational families in and around Washington, DC—striking under cover of darkness, triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence of any kind.   Alex isn’t the only one investigating...
  • The Unlucky Girl by Elle Gray

    The Unlucky Girl by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Las Vegas the booze is always flowing, and sinful indulgence is endless.If you’re lucky, a hangover is the only thing you’re left with.But for two unlucky girls the outcome of a simple mix up turns into a case of kidnapping, extortion, and fatal consequences…After finally closing the chapter of Blake’s painful past...
  • Night at the Asylum by Elle Gray

    Night at the Asylum by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You better watch your back. You better do your best to hide.Because at Whitehorn there are strange forces at play.Someone or something is watching.And the bizarre death within a secured room is only the beginning...Within a short period of time FBI agent Blake Wilder has had to overcome many life altering events...
  • Stolen Angels by Rita Herron

    Stolen Angels by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twisting her hands together, she bites back a sob. She only turned her back for a second, and then her daughter was gone. Every mother in town would be hugging their children tighter tonight.Lara is baking cupcakes when her daughter Ava runs to catch the school bus just one block away. Chasing after her, Lara sees the bus tumbling past, and waves. But Ava never turns up at school...
  • The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “You’re going on a date with someone you’ve just met online?There are a bunch of crazies out there. You need to be careful!”After multiple assassination attempts, FBI agent Emma Griffin is on the road to recovery.At times though, her dreams and reality seem to blur together. Leaving her to question aspects of her life...
  • The Night Stalker by Chris Carter

    The Night Stalker by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When an unidentified female body is discovered laid out on a slab in an abandoned butcher's shop, the cause of death is unclear. Her body bears no marks, except for the fact that her lips have been stitched shut...
  • I Am Death by Chris Carter

    I Am Death by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    AN EVIL MIND was Chris Carters's most acclaimed novel to date, described by the Daily mail as: 'A chilling, compulsive portrait of a psychopath, and proves that Carter is now in the Jeffrey Deaver class.' It spent three weeks in the Sunday Timestop ten and received brillant reviews and sales. This terrifying new standalone thriller reunites Hunter and Garcia in their most explosive case to date...
    Categorized as:
    crime  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  fiction  horror
  • The Caller by Chris Carter

    The Caller by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Don't miss GENESIS, the latest must-read serial killer thriller from master of the genre, Chris Carter. Available to order now.THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERBe careful before answering your next call. It could be the beginning of your worst nightmare.After a tough week, Tanya Kaitlin is looking forward to a relaxing night in, but as she steps out of her shower, she hears her phone ring...
  • Her Mother's Grave by Lisa Regan

    Her Mother's Grave by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Detective Josie Quinn races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose...
    Categorized as:
    crime  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  killer
  • Losing Leah Holloway by Lisa Regan

    Losing Leah Holloway by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Five years ago, Claire Fletcher escaped her abductor. But some scars never fade, and surviving was just the beginning…When Claire sees a car full of children careen into a river, she rushes to the rescue. But the driver, a mother named Leah Holloway, prefers to drown. For Claire and her ex, Detective Connor Parks, it doesn’t add up...
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