💔 Hidden Guilt

A character harbors a secret culpability that corrodes them from within, their outward life a performance masking inner torment. The tension lies in whether confession will bring relief or ruin.

The Lying Room

by Nicci French • 2019

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

3.62

16k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets

The Lying Room 89%

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

by Nicci French 2019

3.62

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets

Keep Quiet

by Lisa Scottoline • 2014

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

3.83

28k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up

Keep Quiet 89%

A father covers up his son's hit-and-run, but a witness demands payment for what he saw.

by Lisa Scottoline 2014

3.83

28k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🤫 Cover Up

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets

The New Wife 89%

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets

De Camino

by Anya Niewierra • 2021

Her husband's ashes reveal a stolen identity. Walking his Camino route, she inherits his hunters.

3.96

28k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identity ✉️ Confession Letter

De Camino 89%

Her husband's ashes reveal a stolen identity. Walking his Camino route, she inherits his hunters.

by Anya Niewierra 2021

3.96

28k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identity ✉️ Confession Letter

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager • 2024

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

3.67

191k+

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery

Middle of the Night 88%

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

by Riley Sager 2024

3.67

191k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery

[The Innocent] [By

by Harlan Coben • 2005

An ex-con's camera phone shows his wife with a stranger, dragging him into a blackmail conspiracy.

4.01

46k+

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

[The Innocent] [By 88%

An ex-con's camera phone shows his wife with a stranger, dragging him into a blackmail conspiracy.

by Harlan Coben 2005

4.01

46k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

If You Tell a Lie

by Lucinda Berry • 2024

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

3.49

44k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship

If You Tell a Lie 88%

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lucinda Berry 2024

3.49

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship

Death Row

by Freida McFadden • 2025

On death row for her husband's murder, a woman glimpses him alive in the visiting room.

3.53

236k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏠 Domestic Thriller ⚠️ Fatal Misunderstanding

Death Row 88%

On death row for her husband's murder, a woman glimpses him alive in the visiting room.

by Freida McFadden 2025

3.53

236k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏠 Domestic Thriller ⚠️ Fatal Misunderstanding

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon • 1998

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

3.99

56k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Tell Me Your Dreams 88%

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

by Sidney Sheldon 1998

3.99

56k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Tuya

by Claudia Piñeiro • 2005

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance

Tuya 88%

Finding a lipstick love note, a housewife follows her husband, watches a death, and chooses silence.

by Claudia Piñeiro 2005

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🕵️ Crime Cover-Up 🔪 Female Vengeance

The Inmate

by Freida McFadden • 2022

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

4.00

1.1M+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Inmate 88%

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

by Freida McFadden 2022

4.00

1.1M+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Things We Do in the Dark

by Jennifer Hillier • 2022

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

3.94

140k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity

Things We Do in the Dark 88%

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

by Jennifer Hillier 2022

3.94

140k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Girl In Cell A

by Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

670

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory

The Girl In Cell A 88%

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

by Vaseem Khan 2025

3.92

670 ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory

Undone

by John Colapinto • 2015

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

3.39

356

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal

Undone 88%

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

by John Colapinto 2015

3.39

356 ratings

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal

El psicoanalista

by John Katzenbach • 2002

A psychoanalyst has two weeks to unmask the stranger threatening to destroy everyone he loves.

4.11

70k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔪 Revenge Quest

El psicoanalista 88%

A psychoanalyst has two weeks to unmask the stranger threatening to destroy everyone he loves.

by John Katzenbach 2002

4.11

70k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔪 Revenge Quest

Bulfinch's Mythology

by Thomas Bulfinch • 1855

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

4.14

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains

Bulfinch's Mythology 88%

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

by Thomas Bulfinch 1855

4.14

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Red House 88%

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Pretty Little Wife

by Darby Kane • 2020

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

3.91

76k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting

Pretty Little Wife 88%

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

by Darby Kane 2020

3.91

76k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting

The Murder House

by James Patterson • 2015

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

4.06

51k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse

The Murder House 88%

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

by James Patterson 2015

4.06

51k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse

The Stranger

by Harlan Coben • 2015

When a stranger exposes his wife's faked pregnancy, a father discovers the truth can be deadly.

3.90

104k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🔍 Secret Past

The Stranger 88%

When a stranger exposes his wife's faked pregnancy, a father discovers the truth can be deadly.

by Harlan Coben 2015

3.90

104k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🔍 Secret Past

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

37k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind

Dead in the Water 88%

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind

Púa

by Lorenzo Silva • 2023

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Púa 88%

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

by Lorenzo Silva 2023

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Lying Game 88%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Accident

by Linwood Barclay • 2011

A contractor's wife dies driving the wrong way. She never drank, and the town knows why.

4.00

20k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Accident 88%

A contractor's wife dies driving the wrong way. She never drank, and the town knows why.

by Linwood Barclay 2011

4.00

20k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Boy in the Box

by Marc E. Fitch • 2020

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

3.65

179

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong

Boy in the Box 88%

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

by Marc E. Fitch 2020

3.65

179 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong

A Bad, Bad Place

by Frances Crawford • 2026

A child finds a murdered woman on Glasgow's railway. She saw the killer. He knows.

4.01

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow Noir 👧 Child Witness 🕯️ Generational Trauma

A Bad, Bad Place 88%

A child finds a murdered woman on Glasgow's railway. She saw the killer. He knows.

by Frances Crawford 2026

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow Noir 👧 Child Witness 🕯️ Generational Trauma

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau

by Graeme Macrae Burnet • 2014

A waitress vanishes in Alsace, and a reclusive banker falls under an old detective's gaze.

3.79

5k+

🖤 Psychological Noir 🏚️ Repressed Outsider 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau Summary

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau 88%

A waitress vanishes in Alsace, and a reclusive banker falls under an old detective's gaze.

by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2014

3.79

5k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Noir 🏚️ Repressed Outsider 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Last Party

by A.R. Torre • 2024

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

4.05

111k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother

The Last Party 88%

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

by A.R. Torre 2024

4.05

111k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother

Limitations

by Scott Turow • 2006

A judge stalked by anonymous threats must decide a rape case that resurrects his own guilt.

3.48

4k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤲 Moral Reckoning

Limitations 88%

A judge stalked by anonymous threats must decide a rape case that resurrects his own guilt.

by Scott Turow 2006

3.48

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤲 Moral Reckoning

The Serial Killer’s Daughter

by Alice Hunter • 2022

A serial killer's daughter with blackouts is the prime suspect when her husband's lover vanishes.

3.81

9k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🦋 Daughter Of A Killer

The Serial Killer’s Daughter 87%

A serial killer's daughter with blackouts is the prime suspect when her husband's lover vanishes.

by Alice Hunter 2022

3.81

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🦋 Daughter Of A Killer

All You Took From Me

by Lisa Kenway • 2024

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

3.59

324

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery

All You Took From Me 87%

After a crash erases her memory, an anaesthetist finds her dead husband's secrets are hunting her.

by Lisa Kenway 2024

3.59

324 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir ❓ Amnesia Mystery

Tu ne jugeras point

by Armel Job • 2009

When a baby disappears from his stroller, a Belgian judge sifts through a mother's deceptions.

3.25

250

🖋️ Literary Crime Fiction 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ⚖️ Community Judgment

Tu ne jugeras point 87%

When a baby disappears from his stroller, a Belgian judge sifts through a mother's deceptions.

by Armel Job 2009

3.25

250 ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime Fiction 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ⚖️ Community Judgment

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

Simply Lies 87%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

Cross Justice

by James Patterson • 2015

Alex Cross clears his cousin of murder while uncovering the family secrets that killed his parents.

4.27

34k+

🏚️ Small Town Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Thriller 🔒 Wrongful Accusation

Cross Justice 87%

Alex Cross clears his cousin of murder while uncovering the family secrets that killed his parents.

by James Patterson 2015

4.27

34k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Thriller 🔒 Wrongful Accusation

Never Tell

by Lisa Gardner • 2019

A pregnant widow, a smoking gun, and a detective who let her walk once before.

4.11

42k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔐 Family Secrets

Never Tell 87%

A pregnant widow, a smoking gun, and a detective who let her walk once before.

by Lisa Gardner 2019

4.11

42k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔐 Family Secrets

The Man Made of Smoke

by Alex North • 2025

When a captive boy begged for help, Daniel hid. Now the other witnesses are dying.

3.73

31k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🤐 Bystander Guilt

The Man Made of Smoke 87%

When a captive boy begged for help, Daniel hid. Now the other witnesses are dying.

by Alex North 2025

3.73

31k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🤐 Bystander Guilt

Sleeping Beauty

by Phillip Margolin • 2004

A true-crime book about her murdered family holds a secret only the real killer could know.

3.93

4k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Sleeping Beauty 87%

A true-crime book about her murdered family holds a secret only the real killer could know.

by Phillip Margolin 2004

3.93

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Framed For Murder

The Pledge

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1957

To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.

3.90

11k+

📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Obsessed Detective ⚖️ Mob Justice

The Pledge 87%

To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1957

3.90

11k+ ratings

📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Obsessed Detective ⚖️ Mob Justice

The Redeemer

by Jo Nesbø • 2016

An assassin shoots the wrong Salvation Army brother. The real target paid for the bullet.

4.09

51k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Redeemer 87%

An assassin shoots the wrong Salvation Army brother. The real target paid for the bullet.

by Jo Nesbø 2016

4.09

51k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Briars

by Sarah Crouch • 2026

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

3.67

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Briars 87%

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

by Sarah Crouch 2026

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity

What Happened to the Bennetts

by Lisa Scottoline • 2022

A carjacking kills his daughter, and the FBI agents hiding his family know who did it.

3.79

83k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

What Happened to the Bennetts 87%

A carjacking kills his daughter, and the FBI agents hiding his family know who did it.

by Lisa Scottoline 2022

3.79

83k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Her Pretty Face

by Robyn Harding • 2018

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

3.71

16k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past

Her Pretty Face 87%

At her son's private school, a new mother arrives: glamorous, warm, and hiding a murder.

by Robyn Harding 2018

3.71

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔍 Hidden Criminal Past

Confessions

by Kanae Minato • 2008

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

3.93

87k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir

Confessions 87%

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

by Kanae Minato 2008

3.93

87k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir

The Coworker

by Freida McFadden • 2023

Her peculiar coworker vanishes. On her desk: a turtle figurine slick with blood.

3.73

593k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏢 Office Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder

The Coworker 87%

Her peculiar coworker vanishes. On her desk: a turtle figurine slick with blood.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.73

593k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏢 Office Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder

The Good Liar

by Denise Mina • 2025

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

3.54

4k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System

The Good Liar 87%

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

by Denise Mina 2025

3.54

4k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System

The Ex Who Came Back

by Daniel Hurst • 2025

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

3.61

3k+

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets

The Ex Who Came Back 87%

A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.

by Daniel Hurst 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets

A Death in Vienna

by Daniel Silva • 2004

An art-restoring ex-spy hunts a Nazi war criminal after a Vienna bombing nearly kills his friend.

4.25

32k+

🕵️ Nazi Hunting 📜 Historical Thriller 🕵️‍♂️ Reluctant Spy

A Death in Vienna 87%

An art-restoring ex-spy hunts a Nazi war criminal after a Vienna bombing nearly kills his friend.

by Daniel Silva 2004

4.25

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Nazi Hunting 📜 Historical Thriller 🕵️‍♂️ Reluctant Spy

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

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

The Dinner

by Herman Koch • 2009

Two couples share appetizers while negotiating how to cover up their sons' violent crime.

3.22

177k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🍽️ Dinner Party Drama

The Dinner 87%

Two couples share appetizers while negotiating how to cover up their sons' violent crime.

by Herman Koch 2009

3.22

177k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🍽️ Dinner Party Drama

The List

by Steve Martini • 1997

An overlooked novelist invents a male pseudonym. The bestseller attracts millions, and a murderer.

3.96

13k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 📚 Publishing World ✍️ Secret Authorship

The List 87%

An overlooked novelist invents a male pseudonym. The bestseller attracts millions, and a murderer.

by Steve Martini 1997

3.96

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 📚 Publishing World ✍️ Secret Authorship

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