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Dot Hutchison
4.02 · 183 ratings
fiction · book · horror · audiobook · contemporary · serial-killers · murder · mystery · crime · thriller · psychological · killer · suspense · law-enforcement · dark · drama · friendship · adult · abuse · young-adult
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Yukito Ayatsuji
4.00 · 110 ratings
fiction · adult · horror · crime · murder · mystery · amateur-sleuth · law-enforcement · book · psychological · thriller · classics · literary · suspense · whodunit · locked-room · poc-mc · 20th-century · asia · spooky
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Karin Slaughter
4.00 · 918 ratings
mystery · fiction · suspense · audiobook · crime · thriller · adult · murder · book · contemporary · law-enforcement · horror · police-procedural · drama · psychological · killer · dark · female-author · action-adventure · abuse
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Jennifer Hillier
3.98 · 167 ratings
adult · crime · thriller · mystery · psychological · fiction · suspense · book · contemporary · drama · audiobook · dark · horror · murder · serial-killers · female-author · killer · family · kidnapping · female-mc
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Mark Edwards
3.96 · 411 ratings
suspense · psychological · adult · fiction · crime · book · thriller · mystery · audiobook · horror · murder · contemporary · drama · kidnapping · killer · action-adventure · dark · paranormal · family · law-enforcement
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Simone St. James
3.95 · 243 ratings
horror · mystery · paranormal · suspense · ghosts · adult · fiction · supernatural · book · crime · audiobook · spooky · killer · gothic · historical-fiction · historical · murder · thriller · female-author · 20th-century
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Lars Kepler
3.94 · 239 ratings
book · audiobook · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · adult · psychological · murder · noir · horror · thriller · contemporary · serial-killers · police-procedural · scandinavia · killer · urban · action-adventure
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Richard Montanari
3.94 · 114 ratings
book · crime · thriller · mystery · fiction · suspense · adult · law-enforcement · police-procedural · audiobook · murder · serial-killers · horror · contemporary · psychological · killer · drama · action-adventure · north-america · pennsylvania
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Gillian Flynn
3.93 · 413 ratings
suspense · fiction · psychological · audiobook · mystery · crime · horror · book · 21st-century · contemporary · drama · thriller · murder · female-mc · adult · dark · family · unreliable-narrator · realistic · mental-illness
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Thomas Harris
3.91 · 322 ratings
adult · fiction · horror · mystery · crime · book · law-enforcement · serial-killers · psychological · thriller · drama · literary · classics · dark · murder · contemporary · audiobook · killer · suspense · action-adventure
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Chevy Stevens
3.90 · 208 ratings
mystery · crime · thriller · psychological · audiobook · suspense · fiction · book · family · contemporary · killer · murder · drama · horror · action-adventure · female-mc · adult · dark · survival · realistic
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Liz Nugent
3.90 · 106 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · dark · thriller · adult · book · psychological · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · family · horror · drama · murder · female-author · historical-fiction · death · mental-illness · realistic
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Simon Beckett
3.90 · 172 ratings
thriller · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · audiobook · book · horror · suspense · contemporary · law-enforcement · murder · forensics · killer · male-author · action-adventure · police-procedural · medical · british-isles · united-kingdom
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Riley Sager
3.90 · 273 ratings
mystery · fiction · book · thriller · horror · suspense · psychological · contemporary · adult · murder · crime · killer · audiobook · spooky · dark · supernatural · death · drama · male-author · historical-fiction
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Mo Hayder
3.87 · 200 ratings
adult · thriller · horror · crime · mystery · fiction · suspense · audiobook · book · law-enforcement · murder · psychological · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · dark · female-author · serial-killers · drama · hard-boiled
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Alice Feeney
3.86 · 168 ratings
thriller · adult · fiction · suspense · book · psychological · crime · audiobook · horror · family · murder · contemporary · dark · unreliable-narrator · drama · mystery · killer · female-author · secrets · realistic
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Stuart Turton
3.84 · 191 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Stuart Turton
- The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Stuart Turton
- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
fiction · mystery · horror · adult · supernatural · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · paranormal · murder · magical-realism · spooky · gothic · book · literary-fiction · suspense · fantasy · action-adventure · dark
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Catherine Ryan Howard
3.84 · 146 ratings
crime · fiction · thriller · book · psychological · suspense · mystery · horror · adult · audiobook · contemporary · murder · killer · police-procedural · serial-killers · law-enforcement · death · female-author · female-mc · drama
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Amy Engel
3.84 · 104 ratings
audiobook · fiction · family · book · suspense · drama · female-mc · murder · contemporary · young-adult · action-adventure · horror · new-adult · mystery · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · dark · survival
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C.J. Tudor
3.82 · 173 ratings
horror · mystery · suspense · audiobook · fiction · psychological · adult · book · thriller · crime · paranormal · spooky · murder · supernatural · contemporary · dark · family · killer · terror · mental-illness
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Alex North
3.81 · 116 ratings
crime · psychological · thriller · horror · adult · mystery · fiction · suspense · supernatural · book · murder · serial-killers · audiobook · contemporary · police-procedural · law-enforcement · dark · family · drama · killer
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Michael Slade
3.80 · 100 ratings
crime · mystery · serial-killers · fiction · adult · thriller · horror · book · suspense · murder · graphic-violence · psychological · law-enforcement · historical · dark · slasher · pulp · police-procedural · action-adventure · archaeology
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir
3.79 · 250 ratings
fiction · suspense · mystery · crime · noir · thriller · book · contemporary · audiobook · adult · female-author · murder · law-enforcement · horror · killer · psychological · female-mc · europe · journey · supernatural
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Jeff Lindsay
3.74 · 343 ratings
suspense · book · adult · crime · murder · fiction · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · horror · killer · psychological · thriller · action-adventure · humor · dark · serial-killers · forensics · comedy · contemporary
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Robin Cook
3.70 · 874 ratings
medical · adult · fiction · suspense · crime · book · mystery · thriller · horror · audiobook · action-adventure · murder · contemporary · terror · law-enforcement · drama · political-intrigue · killer · conspiracies · 20th-century
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