1st to Die
Lindsay, Claire, Cindy and Jill hunt a honeymoon killer terrorizing San Francisco.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
mystery + suspense
36 books tagged both “mystery” and “suspense”.
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Before I Go to Sleep
Christine wakes each day with no memory, and her secret journal reveals her husband lies.
2,577-word summary · 11 min read
Hidden Pictures
Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.
2,332-word summary · 10 min read
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Writer Nora joins hen party Clare in glass house where a murder happens.
2,253-word summary · 10 min read
Mr. Mercedes
Retired Hodges hunts Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield concert plot.
2,281-word summary · 10 min read
The Coworker
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 Last Mrs. Parrish
A con artist targets a rich wife, then the marriage game turns with a hidden past.
2,018-word summary · 9 min read
The Locked Door
Surgeon Nora Davis hides serial killer father while patients die.
2,465-word summary · 11 min read
The Maidens
Therapist Mariana hunts Cambridge professor Edward Fosca after a Maidens murder.
2,234-word summary · 10 min read
The Only One Left
Caregiver Kit tends mute Lenora Hope accused of 1929 family murders.
2,592-word summary · 12 min read
Into the Water
A drowning pool, eleven narrators, and sisters divided in Hawkins's murky second thriller.
2,598-word summary · 12 min read
The Lost Apothecary
A hidden 1791 apothecary poisons cruel men, and two centuries later an historian uncovers her trail.
2,691-word summary · 12 min read