🏘️ Eccentric Small Town

A community where normalcy is the true oddity, and the town's collective strangeness creates a world unto itself—insular, charming, and deeply human.

The Stupidest Angel

by Christopher Moore • 2004

A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.

3.80

47k+

🧠 Zombie Comedy 😈 Dark Comedy 🤪 Absurdist Humor

The Stupidest Angel 89%

A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.

by Christopher Moore 2004

3.80

47k+ ratings

🧠 Zombie Comedy 😈 Dark Comedy 🤪 Absurdist Humor

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

Welcome to Night Vale 89%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

Lost Lambs

by Madeline Cash • 2026

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

3.86

54k+

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets

Lost Lambs 88%

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

by Madeline Cash 2026

3.86

54k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets

Early Morning Riser

by Katherine Heiny • 2021

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

3.57

32k+

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life

Early Morning Riser 88%

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

by Katherine Heiny 2021

3.57

32k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

3.86

85k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy

John Dies at the End 87%

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy

The Rabbit Factor

by Antti Tuomainen • 2020

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

3.78

6k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

The Rabbit Factor 87%

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

by Antti Tuomainen 2020

3.78

6k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Mistakes Were Made

by Lucy Score • 2026

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

4.25

47k+

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Mistakes Were Made 87%

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

by Lucy Score 2026

4.25

47k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

by Drew Hayden Taylor • 2010

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

3.64

3k+

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 87%

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

by Drew Hayden Taylor 2010

3.64

3k+ ratings

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

by Heather Webber • 2023

A strange letter pulls a grieving woman to Driftwood, where a shop of curiosities reshapes her life.

3.92

14k+

🦋 Small-Town Magic 🫂 Found Family ☕ Coffee Shop Setting

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities Summary

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities 87%

A strange letter pulls a grieving woman to Driftwood, where a shop of curiosities reshapes her life.

by Heather Webber 2023

3.92

14k+ ratings

🦋 Small-Town Magic 🫂 Found Family ☕ Coffee Shop Setting

Going Home in the Dark

by Dean Koontz • 2025

Four friends, amnesia-plagued, return home after a coma, only to find utopia built on horror.

3.48

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Repressed Memories

Going Home in the Dark 87%

Four friends, amnesia-plagued, return home after a coma, only to find utopia built on horror.

by Dean Koontz 2025

3.48

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Repressed Memories

Death of a Bore

by M.C. Beaton • 2005

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

3.85

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Bore 87%

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

by M.C. Beaton 2005

3.85

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Death of a Nurse 87%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Left Behind

by Robert Wuthnow • 2018

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

3.58

650

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide

The Left Behind 87%

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

by Robert Wuthnow 2018

3.58

650 ratings

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide

What the Hell Did I Just Read

by David Wong • 2017

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

4.18

18k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality

What the Hell Did I Just Read 87%

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

by David Wong 2017

4.18

18k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality

Whiskey Rebellion

by Liliana Hart • 2011

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

3.94

12k+

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist

Whiskey Rebellion 87%

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

by Liliana Hart 2011

3.94

12k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Gentle Lady 87%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Cranford

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1853

In Cranford, the ladies rule: tea first, gossip second, and no misfortune faced without neighbors.

3.83

48k+

🏘️ Small Town Chronicle 👒 Genteel Poverty 🧶 Eccentric Spinsters

Cranford 87%

In Cranford, the ladies rule: tea first, gossip second, and no misfortune faced without neighbors.

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853

3.83

48k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Chronicle 👒 Genteel Poverty 🧶 Eccentric Spinsters

Country People

by Daniel Mason • 2026

A stalled academic moves his family to Vermont and joins believers of a hollow earth.

3.84

616

🚚 City To Country Move 📚 Academic Family Life 🗣️ Storytelling And Myth

Country People 87%

A stalled academic moves his family to Vermont and joins believers of a hollow earth.

by Daniel Mason 2026

3.84

616 ratings

🚚 City To Country Move 📚 Academic Family Life 🗣️ Storytelling And Myth

Still Life

by Louise Penny • 2005

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective

Still Life 87%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective

The Lost Continent

by Bill Bryson • 1989

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

3.81

65k+

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

The Lost Continent 87%

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

by Bill Bryson 1989

3.81

65k+ ratings

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

Home to Harmony

by Philip Gulley • 2000

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

3.99

6k+

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor

Home to Harmony 87%

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

by Philip Gulley 2000

3.99

6k+ ratings

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor

Jerusalem

by Jez Butterworth • 2009

A woodland outlaw's kingdom crumbles as eviction and a missing girl turn his village against him.

4.04

3k+

🎭 Tragicomedy 🌳 Rural England 🏕️ Found Family

Jerusalem 87%

A woodland outlaw's kingdom crumbles as eviction and a missing girl turn his village against him.

by Jez Butterworth 2009

4.04

3k+ ratings

🎭 Tragicomedy 🌳 Rural England 🏕️ Found Family

Death of Yesterday

by M.C. Beaton • 2013

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

3.73

7k+

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence

Death of Yesterday 87%

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

by M.C. Beaton 2013

3.73

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence

Big Bad Wool

by Leonie Swann • 2009

When a werewolf's howl echoes across their French meadow, a flock of sheep turns detective.

3.77

3k+

🐑 Animal Sleuths 🏰 Rural France 🧡 Found Family

Big Bad Wool 86%

When a werewolf's howl echoes across their French meadow, a flock of sheep turns detective.

by Leonie Swann 2009

3.77

3k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Sleuths 🏰 Rural France 🧡 Found Family

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath • 2004

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

3.71

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family

Everything on a Waffle 86%

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

by Polly Horvath 2004

3.71

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family

Three Bags Full

by Leonie Swann • 2005

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

3.55

28k+

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths

Three Bags Full 86%

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

by Leonie Swann 2005

3.55

28k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

57k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family

The Hollow Places 86%

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

3.78

57k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family

The Answer Is No

by Fredrik Backman • 2024

A loner's world unravels when a frying pan sparks a bureaucratic war and accidental online cult.

3.91

126k+

🎭 Satirical Fiction 🏘️ Reluctant Community 📋 Absurd Bureaucracy

The Answer Is No 86%

A loner's world unravels when a frying pan sparks a bureaucratic war and accidental online cult.

by Fredrik Backman 2024

3.91

126k+ ratings

🎭 Satirical Fiction 🏘️ Reluctant Community 📋 Absurd Bureaucracy

The Hunter

by Tana French • 2024

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

4.07

74k+

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family

The Hunter 86%

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

by Tana French 2024

4.07

74k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family

Small Town, Big Magic

by Hazel Beck • 2022

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

3.32

17k+

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity

Small Town, Big Magic 86%

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

by Hazel Beck 2022

3.32

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity

Death of a Dreamer

by M.C. Beaton • 2006

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

3.89

7k+

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Death of a Dreamer 86%

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

by M.C. Beaton 2006

3.89

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets

South of the Buttonwood Tree

by Heather Webber • 2020

An outcast finds a baby under a magical tree; claiming her exposes hidden family pasts.

4.28

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🫂 Found Family 👶 Abandoned Baby Mystery

South of the Buttonwood Tree 86%

An outcast finds a baby under a magical tree; claiming her exposes hidden family pasts.

by Heather Webber 2020

4.28

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🫂 Found Family 👶 Abandoned Baby Mystery

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren • 1945

Alone at nine with impossible strength, a monkey, and a horse, Pippi Longstocking answers to nobody.

4.15

210k+

🏠 Eccentric Orphan 💪 Superhuman Strength 😄 Whimsical Humor

Pippi Longstocking 86%

Alone at nine with impossible strength, a monkey, and a horse, Pippi Longstocking answers to nobody.

by Astrid Lindgren 1945

4.15

210k+ ratings

🏠 Eccentric Orphan 💪 Superhuman Strength 😄 Whimsical Humor

Anxious People

by Fredrik Backman • 2019

A desperate bank robber crashes an apartment viewing, turning it into an accidental hostage crisis.

4.16

830k+

🏔️ Nordic Literary Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤦 Bungled Crime

Anxious People 86%

A desperate bank robber crashes an apartment viewing, turning it into an accidental hostage crisis.

by Fredrik Backman 2019

4.16

830k+ ratings

🏔️ Nordic Literary Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤦 Bungled Crime

Logging Off

by Nick Spalding • 2020

A graphic designer's tech addiction literally makes him ill. His cure: 60 days, zero screens.

3.95

9k+

🖥️ Tech Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Modern Anxiety

Logging Off 86%

A graphic designer's tech addiction literally makes him ill. His cure: 60 days, zero screens.

by Nick Spalding 2020

3.95

9k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Modern Anxiety

Cul-de-sac Carnage

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

4.45

2k+

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy

Cul-de-sac Carnage 86%

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.45

2k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Road to Tender Hearts

by Annie Hartnett • 2025

A lonely lottery winner inherits two orphans, a road trip, and a death-predicting cat.

4.33

115k+

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy 👴 Reluctant Guardian

The Road to Tender Hearts 86%

A lonely lottery winner inherits two orphans, a road trip, and a death-predicting cat.

by Annie Hartnett 2025

4.33

115k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy 👴 Reluctant Guardian

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao • 2025

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

3.56

16k+

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 86%

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery

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

Night Passage 86%

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

Meeting Mungo Thunk

by Keith A. Pearson • 2018

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

4.49

3k+

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 💔 Second Chance Romance

Meeting Mungo Thunk 86%

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

by Keith A. Pearson 2018

4.49

3k+ ratings

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 💔 Second Chance Romance

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Agony Hill 86%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

7k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Death of a Ghost 86%

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

5k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

Suburban Dicks 86%

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021

3.91

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist

Odd Thomas 86%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist

Part of Your World

by Abby Jimenez • 2022

To keep her family's approval, a surgeon hides the small-town carpenter she's fallen for.

4.25

893k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Opposites Attract 🤫 Secret Relationship

Part of Your World 86%

To keep her family's approval, a surgeon hides the small-town carpenter she's fallen for.

by Abby Jimenez 2022

4.25

893k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Opposites Attract 🤫 Secret Relationship

Equal Rites

by Terry Pratchett • 1987

A wizard's staff chooses a baby girl. The magic school isn't ready for her.

4.07

202k+

🖤 Satirical Fantasy 🎓 Magical University 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship

Equal Rites 86%

A wizard's staff chooses a baby girl. The magic school isn't ready for her.

by Terry Pratchett 1987

4.07

202k+ ratings

🖤 Satirical Fantasy 🎓 Magical University 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship

The Corpse in the Closet

by Lucy Score • 2021

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

4.25

38k+

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic

The Corpse in the Closet 86%

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

by Lucy Score 2021

4.25

38k+ ratings

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic

Wicked Walking

by Claudia Cain • 2022

A witch hunts a possessing entity that can wear the face of anyone she loves.

4.42

161

🔮 Small Town Witchcraft 👁️ Possession Horror 🧙 Family Of Witches

Wicked Walking 86%

A witch hunts a possessing entity that can wear the face of anyone she loves.

by Claudia Cain 2022

4.42

161 ratings

🔮 Small Town Witchcraft 👁️ Possession Horror 🧙 Family Of Witches

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton • 1985

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

3.64

22k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable

Death of a Gossip 86%

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

by M.C. Beaton 1985

3.64

22k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable

The Lightning Tree

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.

3.94

5k+

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets

The Lightning Tree 86%

A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets

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