Detective's Family Books | Summaries & Audio

The Big Empty

by Robert Crais • 2025

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

4.51

16k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo 🤫 Family Secrets 👨‍👧 Missing Father

The Big Empty 89%

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

by Robert Crais 2025

4.51

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo 🤫 Family Secrets 👨‍👧 Missing Father

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Jazz Funeral 89%

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Bones She Buried

by Lisa Regan • 2019

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

4.36

11k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case 🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Domestic Suspense

The Bones She Buried 88%

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

by Lisa Regan 2019

4.36

11k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case 🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Domestic Suspense

23 1/2 Lies

by James Patterson • 2023

The murdered man at her crime scene is her father, presumed dead for years.

3.71

18k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Family Secrets 🧊 Cold Case 👤 Estranged Father 🌉 San Francisco

23 1/2 Lies 88%

The murdered man at her crime scene is her father, presumed dead for years.

by James Patterson 2023

3.71

18k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🤫 Family Secrets 🧊 Cold Case 👤 Estranged Father 🌉 San Francisco

The Drowning Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A colleague's girlfriend vanishes. Josie Quinn uncovers a family built on lies, fraud, and murder.

4.46

7k+

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Generational Trauma 🃏 Family Of Grifters ⛪ Religious Fanaticism 🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective

The Drowning Girls 88%

A colleague's girlfriend vanishes. Josie Quinn uncovers a family built on lies, fraud, and murder.

by Lisa Regan 2021

4.46

7k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 💔 Generational Trauma 🃏 Family Of Grifters ⛪ Religious Fanaticism 🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective

Faithful Place

by Tana French • 2010

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

4.00

134k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🇮🇪 Working Class Dublin 🌧️ Dublin Noir

Faithful Place 88%

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

by Tana French 2010

4.00

134k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🇮🇪 Working Class Dublin 🌧️ Dublin Noir

Fallen

by Karin Slaughter • 2011

A GBI agent's mother is kidnapped, her baby locked in a shed. Every answer points home.

4.23

79k+

🕵️ Police Procedural 🔑 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏚️ American South

Fallen 88%

A GBI agent's mother is kidnapped, her baby locked in a shed. Every answer points home.

by Karin Slaughter 2011

4.23

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Police Procedural 🔑 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏚️ American South

The Patience of the Spider

by Andrea Camilleri • 2004

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

4.04

7k+

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery 🌊 Mediterranean Noir 💔 Family Betrayal

The Patience of the Spider 88%

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

by Andrea Camilleri 2004

4.04

7k+ ratings

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery 🌊 Mediterranean Noir 💔 Family Betrayal

Lullaby Town

by Robert Crais • 1992

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

4.16

15k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 💬 Witty Banter

Lullaby Town 88%

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

by Robert Crais 1992

4.16

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 💬 Witty Banter

Desperation in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2022

A murdered teen's uniform leads Eve Dallas into a secret academy that grooms girls for sale.

4.57

27k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔗 Child Trafficking 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Wounded Detective 🌃 Near Future Crime

Desperation in Death 88%

A murdered teen's uniform leads Eve Dallas into a secret academy that grooms girls for sale.

by J.D. Robb 2022

4.57

27k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔗 Child Trafficking 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Wounded Detective 🌃 Near Future Crime

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

Bury Your Past 88%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family 88%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Her Final Confession

by Lisa Regan • 2018

Josie Quinn's colleague vanishes. The only clue: a photograph pinned to the dead man in her home.

4.43

12k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Cop Under Suspicion 🫂 Found Family 💔 Mother's Sacrifice

Her Final Confession 88%

Josie Quinn's colleague vanishes. The only clue: a photograph pinned to the dead man in her home.

by Lisa Regan 2018

4.43

12k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Cop Under Suspicion 🫂 Found Family 💔 Mother's Sacrifice

The Red Shore

by William Shaw • 2025

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

4.24

958

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Red Shore 88%

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

by William Shaw 2025

4.24

958 ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Waiting

by Michael Connelly • 2024

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

4.35

74k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective 🏄 Surfer Detective 🧬 Genetic Genealogy

The Waiting 88%

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

by Michael Connelly 2024

4.35

74k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective 🏄 Surfer Detective 🧬 Genetic Genealogy

Echo Park

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

4.19

69k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Haunted Detective 🌴 Los Angeles

Echo Park 88%

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.19

69k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Haunted Detective 🌴 Los Angeles

Abandoned in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2022

Women remade into his lost mother, left on playgrounds. Eve Dallas hunts an abandoned son's rage.

4.40

27k+

🏙️ Future Noir 🔎 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Maternal Abandonment 🫥 Haunted Detective 🫂 Found Family

Abandoned in Death 88%

Women remade into his lost mother, left on playgrounds. Eve Dallas hunts an abandoned son's rage.

by J.D. Robb 2022

4.40

27k+ ratings

🏙️ Future Noir 🔎 Serial Killer Hunt 💔 Maternal Abandonment 🫥 Haunted Detective 🫂 Found Family

Desert Star

by Michael Connelly • 2022

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

4.47

86k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir ⏳ Aging Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Desert Star 87%

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

by Michael Connelly 2022

4.47

86k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir ⏳ Aging Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Blood Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2002

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

4.07

12k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ☀️ Sunshine Noir

Blood Orchid 87%

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

by Stuart Woods 2002

4.07

12k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ☀️ Sunshine Noir

Night Passage

by Robert B. Parker • 1997

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

4.12

16k+

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective 🍂 New England Town 🌧️ Melancholy Noir

Night Passage 87%

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

by Robert B. Parker 1997

4.12

16k+ ratings

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective 🍂 New England Town 🌧️ Melancholy Noir

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo • 2009

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

4.04

53k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective 🐴 Amish Community ❄️ Winter Isolation

Sworn to Silence 87%

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

by Linda Castillo 2009

4.04

53k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective 🐴 Amish Community ❄️ Winter Isolation

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Predator

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 87%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Predator

London Falling

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2026

A young impostor dies in the Thames. Police close the case. His parents don't.

4.37

36k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🔍 Family Investigation 🎭 Impostor Narrative 🚫 Police Failure 🌫️ Dark And Atmospheric

London Falling 87%

A young impostor dies in the Thames. Police close the case. His parents don't.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2026

4.37

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🔍 Family Investigation 🎭 Impostor Narrative 🚫 Police Failure 🌫️ Dark And Atmospheric

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven • 2024

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

4.55

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 🧩 Dissociative Identity

The Mercy Chair 87%

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

by M.W. Craven 2024

4.55

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 🧩 Dissociative Identity

Not Dead Enough

by Peter James • 2007

A woman is murdered in Brighton. Her husband's DNA is everywhere, but he was miles away.

4.13

15k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Investigation ⚖️ Framed For Murder 👻 Haunted Detective 👁️ Obsessed Stalker

Not Dead Enough 87%

A woman is murdered in Brighton. Her husband's DNA is everywhere, but he was miles away.

by Peter James 2007

4.13

15k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Investigation ⚖️ Framed For Murder 👻 Haunted Detective 👁️ Obsessed Stalker

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

A Great Deliverance 87%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

Voodoo River 87%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

The Last Coyote

by Michael Connelly • 1995

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

4.26

86k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective 👻 Haunted Detective 🏛️ Police Corruption

The Last Coyote 87%

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

by Michael Connelly 1995

4.26

86k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective 👻 Haunted Detective 🏛️ Police Corruption

The Keeper

by Tana French • 2026

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

4.27

25k+

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family

The Keeper 87%

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

by Tana French 2026

4.27

25k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime 🔍 Retired Detective 🫂 Found Family

Framed!

by James Ponti • 2016

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

4.38

9k+

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic 👫 Partner Sleuths 👶 Search For Birth Family

Framed! 87%

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

by James Ponti 2016

4.38

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic 👫 Partner Sleuths 👶 Search For Birth Family

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🕸️ Conspiracy Thriller 👑 Wealthy Family Secrets

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 87%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🕸️ Conspiracy Thriller 👑 Wealthy Family Secrets

Games People Play

by Owen Mullen • 2017

A baby vanishes from a beach, pulling a haunted PI into a web of domestic betrayal.

4.10

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 👶 Missing Child 👻 Haunted Detective 🔒 Domestic Secrets 🎭 Unreliable Characters

Games People Play 87%

A baby vanishes from a beach, pulling a haunted PI into a web of domestic betrayal.

by Owen Mullen 2017

4.10

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 👶 Missing Child 👻 Haunted Detective 🔒 Domestic Secrets 🎭 Unreliable Characters

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception 💎 Lost Artifact 🎪 Carnival Mystery

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 87%

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception 💎 Lost Artifact 🎪 Carnival Mystery

Sharp Force

by Patricia Cornwell • 2025

A killer stalks women with holograms. Scarpetta's Christmas autopsy exposes a senator's crimes.

4.08

14k+

🔬 Forensic Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏛️ Political Interference 💔 Dysfunctional Family 💻 Tech-Based Crime

Sharp Force 87%

A killer stalks women with holograms. Scarpetta's Christmas autopsy exposes a senator's crimes.

by Patricia Cornwell 2025

4.08

14k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏛️ Political Interference 💔 Dysfunctional Family 💻 Tech-Based Crime

Breathe Your Last

by Lisa Regan • 2020

A champion drowns without a fight. The killer's weapon: brownies laced with a mind-erasing poison.

4.50

8k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 👁️ Killer Pov 🎭 Hidden In Plain Sight

Breathe Your Last 87%

A champion drowns without a fight. The killer's weapon: brownies laced with a mind-erasing poison.

by Lisa Regan 2020

4.50

8k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 👁️ Killer Pov 🎭 Hidden In Plain Sight

The Mystery Guest

by Nita Prose • 2023

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

3.79

163k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

The Mystery Guest 87%

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

by Nita Prose 2023

3.79

163k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

Cat & Mouse

by James Patterson • 1997

A serial killer escapes and threatens a detective's family, while another slaughters across Europe.

4.04

83k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎯 Personal Vendetta 🎭 Double Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Danger

Cat & Mouse 87%

A serial killer escapes and threatens a detective's family, while another slaughters across Europe.

by James Patterson 1997

4.04

83k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎯 Personal Vendetta 🎭 Double Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Danger

Crosshairs

by James Patterson • 2024

An NYPD detective hunts a sniper, only to find evidence pointing at his own partner.

4.45

20k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎯 Sniper Thriller 🗽 New York City

Crosshairs 87%

An NYPD detective hunts a sniper, only to find evidence pointing at his own partner.

by James Patterson 2024

4.45

20k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎯 Sniper Thriller 🗽 New York City

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

4.05

296k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 📜 Manuscript As Clue 🤝 Detective Duo

The Silkworm 87%

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

by Robert Galbraith 2014

4.05

296k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 📜 Manuscript As Clue 🤝 Detective Duo

Open Season

by Jonathan Kellerman • 2025

A body dumped at an LA hospital pulls a detective and psychologist into a sniper's killing spree.

4.16

13k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Psychologist Detective 👥 Detective Duo

Open Season 87%

A body dumped at an LA hospital pulls a detective and psychologist into a sniper's killing spree.

by Jonathan Kellerman 2025

4.16

13k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Psychologist Detective 👥 Detective Duo

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2022

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

3.75

236k+

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Summary

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 87%

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2022

3.75

236k+ ratings

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

The Concrete Blonde

by Michael Connelly • 1994

Harry Bosch shot a serial killer. The trial claims he was wrong; a concrete-encased body agrees.

4.24

81k+

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔪 Serial Killer 📋 Copycat Killer 👻 Haunted Detective

The Concrete Blonde 87%

Harry Bosch shot a serial killer. The trial claims he was wrong; a concrete-encased body agrees.

by Michael Connelly 1994

4.24

81k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔪 Serial Killer 📋 Copycat Killer 👻 Haunted Detective

The 24th Hour

by James Patterson • 2024

An Olympian and her husband murdered. Four women hunt the killer through a family's darkest secrets.

4.08

35k+

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👥 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🔒 Family Secrets

The 24th Hour 87%

An Olympian and her husband murdered. Four women hunt the killer through a family's darkest secrets.

by James Patterson 2024

4.08

35k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👥 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🔒 Family Secrets

Find Her Alive

by Lisa Regan • 2020

A detective's twin vanishes from a cabin, leaving ritual bones and a dormant killer holding her.

4.47

9k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔍 Female Detective 💀 Staged Crime Scenes

Find Her Alive 87%

A detective's twin vanishes from a cabin, leaving ritual bones and a dormant killer holding her.

by Lisa Regan 2020

4.47

9k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔍 Female Detective 💀 Staged Crime Scenes

The Ghost Orchid

by Jonathan Kellerman • 2024

An eerie double murder in Bel Air exposes a victim's secret past and a vengeful brother.

4.18

17k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧩 Psychological Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

The Ghost Orchid 87%

An eerie double murder in Bel Air exposes a victim's secret past and a vengeful brother.

by Jonathan Kellerman 2024

4.18

17k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧩 Psychological Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

The Girl With No Name

by Lisa Regan • 2018

Josie Quinn's search for a missing newborn entangles her vanished fiancé and an amnesiac woman.

4.24

17k+

👮 Police Procedural 🍼 Missing Infant 🤔 Amnesia Mystery 🔗 Loved One Under Suspicion 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Girl With No Name 87%

Josie Quinn's search for a missing newborn entangles her vanished fiancé and an amnesiac woman.

by Lisa Regan 2018

4.24

17k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🍼 Missing Infant 🤔 Amnesia Mystery 🔗 Loved One Under Suspicion 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

Hush Little Girl

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A murdered child with a doll halts her wedding, pulling Quinn into the family's darkest history.

4.51

9k+

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by Lisa Regan 2021

4.51

9k+ ratings

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A mother convicted of murdering her deputy ex-husband draws Haller into a deadly sheriff's cover-up.

4.53

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Resurrection Walk 87%

A mother convicted of murdering her deputy ex-husband draws Haller into a deadly sheriff's cover-up.

by Michael Connelly 2023

4.53

78k+ ratings

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Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke • 2001

A Louisiana detective chases the cops who killed his mother through death row and the bayou.

4.18

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Purple Cane Road 87%

A Louisiana detective chases the cops who killed his mother through death row and the bayou.

by James Lee Burke 2001

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic Noir 🕵️ Hard-Boiled Detective ⚖️ Death Row Drama 🔍 Familial Cold Case 👯 Trauma-Bonded Sisters

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by Keigo Higashino • 2021

Abusive boyfriend murdered, florist flees; physicist finds doll linking her to club owner.

3.73

3k+

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Invisible Helix 87%

Abusive boyfriend murdered, florist flees; physicist finds doll linking her to club owner.

by Keigo Higashino 2021

3.73

3k+ ratings

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