crime + thriller

37 books tagged both “crime” and “thriller”.

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1st to Die

James Patterson · 2001

Lindsay, Claire, Cindy and Jill hunt a honeymoon killer terrorizing San Francisco.

2,536-word summary · 11 min read

In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware · 2015

Writer Nora joins hen party Clare in glass house where a murder happens.

2,253-word summary · 10 min read

Kiss the Girls

James Patterson · 1995

Cross hunts Casanova kidnapping women including niece Naomi.

2,397-word summary · 11 min read

Red Dragon

Thomas Harris · 1981

Graham consults Lecter to catch Tooth Fairy Dolarhyde.

2,592-word summary · 12 min read

The Coworker

Freida McFadden · 2023

When odd accountant Dawn vanishes, star salesperson Natalie becomes the prime suspect in a tense office thriller with turtles, lies and revenge.

2,511-word summary · 11 min read

The Locked Door

Freida McFadden · 2021

Surgeon Nora Davis hides serial killer father while patients die.

2,465-word summary · 11 min read

The Maidens

Alex Michaelides · 2021

Therapist Mariana hunts Cambridge professor Edward Fosca after a Maidens murder.

2,234-word summary · 10 min read

The Only One Left

Riley Sager · 2023

Caregiver Kit tends mute Lenora Hope accused of 1929 family murders.

2,592-word summary · 12 min read

The Outsider

Stephen King · 2018

Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

2,586-word summary · 11 min read

Wrong Place Wrong Time

Gillian McAllister · 2022

Jen sees her son Todd kill a stranger, then wakes the day before, slipping back in time to stop the murder.

2,522-word summary · 11 min read

In the Woods

Tana French · 2007

A detective investigates a girl's murder in the woods where his own friends vanished twenty years earlier.

2,773-word summary · 12 min read