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Louise Penny
4.21 · 760 ratings
adult · fiction · crime · contemporary · murder · book · mystery · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · thriller · killer · cozy · police-procedural · whodunit · female-author · 21st-century · family · literary-fiction · friendship
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · magical-realism · book · historical · gothic · drama · horror · audiobook · crime · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · adult · urban-fantasy
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Nicole Trope
4.03 · 189 ratings
adult · fiction · book · psychological · contemporary · suspense · thriller · crime · female-mc · domestic-drama · literary-fiction · family · mystery · breakup · audiobook · abuse · dark · drama · friendship · revenge
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Kate Morton
4.00 · 341 ratings
audiobook · suspense · gothic · book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · drama · female-author · adult · 20th-century · crime · 21st-century · romance · secrets · realistic
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John Hart
3.99 · 161 ratings
audiobook · killer · suspense · psychological · thriller · mystery · family · crime · drama · book · adult · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · murder · law-enforcement · action-adventure · abuse · dark · police-procedural
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Rene Denfeld
3.98 · 112 ratings
crime · book · adult · mystery · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · drama · suspense · abuse · supernatural · literary-fiction · psychological · female-author · realistic · dark · 21st-century · killer · mental-illness · kidnapping
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Jane Harper
3.97 · 176 ratings
adult · crime · fiction · murder · mystery · suspense · book · death · journey · female-author · law-enforcement · family · drama · thriller · killer · contemporary · audiobook · psychological · whodunit · action-adventure
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Kevin Wignall
3.96 · 150 ratings
book · suspense · audiobook · fiction · thriller · crime · adult · political-intrigue · conspiracies · action-adventure · mystery · literary-fiction · espionage · murder · law-enforcement · kidnapping · contemporary · drama · psychological · realistic
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S.E. Lynes
3.96 · 122 ratings
suspense · adult · book · fiction · audiobook · psychological · crime · thriller · literary-fiction · contemporary · family · female-mc · domestic-drama · mystery · murder · female-author · kidnapping · drama · abuse · friendship
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Jordanna Max Brodsky
3.95 · 101 ratings
magic · female-mc · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · audiobook · myths · paranormal · book · historical-fiction · mystery · crime · contemporary · suspense · urban-fantasy · romance · literary-fiction · female-author · adult · magical-realism
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Heather Gudenkauf
3.88 · 271 ratings
audiobook · suspense · psychological · crime · fiction · contemporary · thriller · book · literary-fiction · mystery · drama · family · adult · murder · killer · realistic · small-town · female-mc · abuse · usa
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Tana French
3.86 · 404 ratings
law-enforcement · fiction · book · thriller · crime · suspense · literary-fiction · adult · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · dark · female-author · murder · death · realistic · drama · killer · police-procedural · 21st-century
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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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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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Rosamund Lupton
3.82 · 131 ratings
contemporary · suspense · literary-fiction · book · psychological · female-author · thriller · adult · fiction · mystery · crime · drama · family · audiobook · female-mc · season-winter · 21st-century · grief · killer · medical
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John le Carré
3.82 · 698 ratings
fiction · espionage · political-intrigue · adult · thriller · book · suspense · crime · action-adventure · politics · audiobook · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · war · violent-conflict · 20th-century · literary · classics · cold-war
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Martin Suter
3.80 · 124 ratings
book · audiobook · contemporary · fiction · mystery · adult · literary-fiction · crime · classics · literary · drama · male-author · suspense · 21st-century · humor · thriller · scandinavia · mental-illness · substance-abuse · myths
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Richard Price
3.79 · 161 ratings
book · urban · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · mystery · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · adult · audiobook · thriller · police-procedural · noir · drama · realistic · classics · psychological · substance-abuse · literary
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Attica Locke
3.73 · 101 ratings
audiobook · suspense · literary-fiction · book · poc-author · female-author · black-mc · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · poc-mc · fiction · mystery · crime · killer · racism · historical-fiction · murder · drama · noir
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Juli Zeh
3.73 · 130 ratings
fiction · adult · contemporary · book · crime · literary-fiction · audiobook · mystery · female-author · drama · suspense · politics · dystopia · 21st-century · sci-fi · legal · psychics · humor · psychological · futuristic
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Sara Gran
3.71 · 131 ratings
suspense · fiction · mystery · thriller · book · female-mc · crime · adult · noir · contemporary · investigator · female-author · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · audiobook · killer · murder · dark · mental-illness · urban
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Peter Swanson
3.70 · 256 ratings
book · fiction · audiobook · suspense · psychological · thriller · crime · adult · murder · contemporary · literary-fiction · mystery · serial-killers · killer · horror · drama · dark · secrets · law-enforcement · death
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Patrick deWitt
3.69 · 113 ratings
fiction · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · adult · humor · contemporary · comedy · satire · historical-fiction · crime · killer · 21st-century · dark · family · action-adventure · mystery · suspense · fantasy · coming-of-age
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Natsuo Kirino
3.69 · 102 ratings
feminism · mystery · literary-fiction · contemporary · fiction · female-mc · book · crime · drama · horror · psychological · poc-mc · adult · female-author · noir · dark · poc-author · family · thriller · suspense
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Bret Easton Ellis
3.61 · 284 ratings
book · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · literary · classics · dark · audiobook · psychological · mystery · transgressive-mc · crime · drama · adult · satire · horror · spirituality · postmodernism · substance-abuse · cults
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Ian McEwan
3.60 · 614 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · adult · book · contemporary · drama · classics · literary · male-author · crime · 20th-century · psychological · historical-fiction · mystery · family · 21st-century · realistic · humor · suspense
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Chris Pavone
3.59 · 104 ratings
crime · fiction · thriller · adult · book · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · espionage · literary-fiction · political-intrigue · drama · action-adventure · mystery · psychological · politics · 21st-century · financial · murder · historical-fiction
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A.J. Banner
3.58 · 116 ratings
female-mc · fiction · thriller · adult · book · psychological · suspense · audiobook · crime · mystery · contemporary · drama · family · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · unreliable-narrator · domestic-drama · murder · horror · love-triangle
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