🔪 Jealousy And Murder

When envy turns lethal, these narratives explore the psychological descent from resentment to violence, often revealing how ordinary emotions can produce extraordinary crimes.

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 88%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

So Happy Together

by Olivia Worley • 2025

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

3.45

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

So Happy Together 87%

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

by Olivia Worley 2025

3.45

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

Othello

by William Shakespeare • 1603

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

3.89

440k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer 💔 Jealous Husband 🤎 Interracial Romance

Othello 87%

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

by William Shakespeare 1603

3.89

440k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer 💔 Jealous Husband 🤎 Interracial Romance

Four Great Tragedies

by William Shakespeare • 1606

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

4.42

18k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero 🕯️ Manipulative Villain 💚 Toxic Jealousy

Four Great Tragedies 87%

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

by William Shakespeare 1606

4.42

18k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero 🕯️ Manipulative Villain 💚 Toxic Jealousy

Killer's Kiss

by R.L. Stine • 1997

Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.

3.79

2k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🔪 Ya Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Toxic Rivalry 🔺 Love Triangle

Killer's Kiss 87%

Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.

by R.L. Stine 1997

3.79

2k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🔪 Ya Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Toxic Rivalry 🔺 Love Triangle

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 Prom Queen

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Five girls compete for prom queen. A murderer is choosing victims from the ballot.

3.71

6k+

🗡️ Teen Slasher 🏆 Deadly Competition 😱 Killer Among Friends 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Prom Queen 87%

Five girls compete for prom queen. A murderer is choosing victims from the ballot.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.71

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Slasher 🏆 Deadly Competition 😱 Killer Among Friends 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Till Death Us Do Part

by Vincent Bugliosi • 2004

No weapon, no witness, no forensic evidence. A prosecutor convicted two killers with a paper trail.

4.05

3k+

🧩 Circumstantial Evidence 🔍 Murder Investigation 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Master Manipulators 🏚️ Domestic Homicide

Till Death Us Do Part 87%

No weapon, no witness, no forensic evidence. A prosecutor convicted two killers with a paper trail.

by Vincent Bugliosi 2004

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧩 Circumstantial Evidence 🔍 Murder Investigation 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Master Manipulators 🏚️ Domestic Homicide

She Didn't See It Coming

by Shari Lapena • 2025

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

3.87

143k+

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

She Didn't See It Coming 87%

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

by Shari Lapena 2025

3.87

143k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie • 1937

Shot dead on her Nile honeymoon: a bride who stole her best friend's fiancé. Poirot investigates.

4.12

310k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 🧩 Clever Whodunit 📻 1930s Setting

Death on the Nile 87%

Shot dead on her Nile honeymoon: a bride who stole her best friend's fiancé. Poirot investigates.

by Agatha Christie 1937

4.12

310k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 🧩 Clever Whodunit 📻 1930s Setting

Think Twice

by Harlan Coben • 2024

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

4.22

53k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

Think Twice 87%

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

by Harlan Coben 2024

4.22

53k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

La Mort du roi Tsongor

by Laurent Gaudé • 2002

A childhood vow returns on a princess's wedding day, dooming her kingdom to war.

3.93

4k+

🎭 Mythic Tragedy 💔 War Over A Woman 👬 Sibling Rivalry 🏚️ Inherited Ruin 🏰 Doomed Dynasty

La Mort du roi Tsongor 86%

A childhood vow returns on a princess's wedding day, dooming her kingdom to war.

by Laurent Gaudé 2002

3.93

4k+ ratings

🎭 Mythic Tragedy 💔 War Over A Woman 👬 Sibling Rivalry 🏚️ Inherited Ruin 🏰 Doomed Dynasty

Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback

by Agatha Christie • 1944

A seaside house, two wives, and a murder staged to frame the innocent.

3.96

32k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 😈 Charming Sociopath 💔 Love Triangle ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback Summary

Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback 86%

A seaside house, two wives, and a murder staged to frame the innocent.

by Agatha Christie 1944

3.96

32k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 😈 Charming Sociopath 💔 Love Triangle ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

A Twisted Love Story

by Samantha Downing • 2023

His ex cries stalker. A detective digs. A body surfaces. Their toxic love won't die.

3.21

14k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 💔 Toxic Relationship 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🔫 Partners In Crime 👁️ Stalking

A Twisted Love Story 86%

His ex cries stalker. A detective digs. A body surfaces. Their toxic love won't die.

by Samantha Downing 2023

3.21

14k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 💔 Toxic Relationship 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🔫 Partners In Crime 👁️ Stalking

Hidden Bodies

by Caroline Kepnes • 2016

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

3.75

94k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

Hidden Bodies 86%

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

by Caroline Kepnes 2016

3.75

94k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Bitter Blood 86%

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

The Girl in Room 105

by Chetan Bhagat • 2018

A tutor discovers his ex-girlfriend murdered in her hostel room and is named the prime suspect.

3.57

26k+

🎓 Campus Murder 🕌 Interfaith Romance 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕷️ Toxic Obsession 👥 Loyal Sidekick

The Girl in Room 105 86%

A tutor discovers his ex-girlfriend murdered in her hostel room and is named the prime suspect.

by Chetan Bhagat 2018

3.57

26k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Murder 🕌 Interfaith Romance 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕷️ Toxic Obsession 👥 Loyal Sidekick

If You Tell

by Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

360k+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

If You Tell 86%

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

by Gregg Olsen 2019

3.98

360k+ ratings

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

Cutthroat

by Octavia Grant • 2025

A wife catches her husband with her sister. The internet watches her destroy them.

4.18

14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Quest 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🩸 Framed For Murder

Cutthroat 86%

A wife catches her husband with her sister. The internet watches her destroy them.

by Octavia Grant 2025

4.18

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Quest 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🩸 Framed For Murder

The Art Thief

by Michael Finkel • 2023

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

3.92

103k+

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

The Art Thief 86%

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

by Michael Finkel 2023

3.92

103k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

The Girl in the Mirror

by Rose Carlyle • 2020

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

3.79

45k+

🎭 Stolen Identity 💸 Inheritance Rivalry 🖤 Envy And Obsession 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🕵️ Dark Family Secrets

The Girl in the Mirror 86%

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

by Rose Carlyle 2020

3.79

45k+ ratings

🎭 Stolen Identity 💸 Inheritance Rivalry 🖤 Envy And Obsession 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🕵️ Dark Family Secrets

The Devotion of Suspect X

by Keigo Higashino • 2005

A math genius hides his neighbor's murder, not knowing the investigator is his oldest friend.

4.17

80k+

🔄 Inverted Mystery 🧮 Mathematical Mystery 🤫 Murder Cover-Up 🖤 Obsessive Love ♟️ Intellectual Duel

The Devotion of Suspect X 86%

A math genius hides his neighbor's murder, not knowing the investigator is his oldest friend.

by Keigo Higashino 2005

4.17

80k+ ratings

🔄 Inverted Mystery 🧮 Mathematical Mystery 🤫 Murder Cover-Up 🖤 Obsessive Love ♟️ Intellectual Duel

Sparkling Cyanide

by Agatha Christie • 1945

Letters claim his wife was murdered, so a widower restages the fatal dinner party.

3.92

43k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🍷 Dinner Party Murder 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Unreliable Suspects ✨ Elegant Suspense

Sparkling Cyanide 86%

Letters claim his wife was murdered, so a widower restages the fatal dinner party.

by Agatha Christie 1945

3.92

43k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🍷 Dinner Party Murder 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Unreliable Suspects ✨ Elegant Suspense

All-Night Party

by R.L. Stine • 1997

Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.

3.76

2k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 👤 Killer Among Us 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 🏝️ Remote Island Cabin

All-Night Party 86%

Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.

by R.L. Stine 1997

3.76

2k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 👤 Killer Among Us 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 🏝️ Remote Island Cabin

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 86%

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

New Boy

by Tracy Chevalier • 2017

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

3.49

10k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

New Boy 86%

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

by Tracy Chevalier 2017

3.49

10k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

Andromaque

by Jean Racine • 1667

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

3.70

10k+

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage 👩‍👦 Maternal Sacrifice 🔪 Jealous Revenge

Andromaque 86%

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

by Jean Racine 1667

3.70

10k+ ratings

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage 👩‍👦 Maternal Sacrifice 🔪 Jealous Revenge

Malice

by Keigo Higashino • 1996

A novelist murdered in a locked room. The childhood friend's confession is perfect: too perfect.

4.06

37k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ✍️ Literary Rivalry 📝 False Confession

Malice 86%

A novelist murdered in a locked room. The childhood friend's confession is perfect: too perfect.

by Keigo Higashino 1996

4.06

37k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ✍️ Literary Rivalry 📝 False Confession

A View from the Bridge

by Arthur Miller • 1977

A longshoreman's grip on his niece turns desperate when her suitor arrives from Italy.

3.71

19k+

🎭 Modern Greek Tragedy 🧳 Immigrant Narrative 💚 Obsessive Jealousy 🤫 Code Of Silence ⚔️ Honor And Shame

A View from the Bridge 86%

A longshoreman's grip on his niece turns desperate when her suitor arrives from Italy.

by Arthur Miller 1977

3.71

19k+ ratings

🎭 Modern Greek Tragedy 🧳 Immigrant Narrative 💚 Obsessive Jealousy 🤫 Code Of Silence ⚔️ Honor And Shame

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh • 2023

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

4.13

186k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You 86%

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

by Steve Cavanagh 2023

4.13

186k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Self-Made Widow

by Fabian Nicieza • 2022

A dead lawyer, a serene widow, and the suburban mom who knows she's lying.

3.88

2k+

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🔍 Amateur Detective 👯 Frenemies ♟️ Psychological Duel 😈 Dark Humor

The Self-Made Widow 86%

A dead lawyer, a serene widow, and the suburban mom who knows she's lying.

by Fabian Nicieza 2022

3.88

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Noir 🔍 Amateur Detective 👯 Frenemies ♟️ Psychological Duel 😈 Dark Humor

The Pact

by Sharon J. Bolton • 2021

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

3.92

22k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Pact 86%

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

by Sharon J. Bolton 2021

3.92

22k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

These Violent Delights

by Micah Nemerever • 2020

Two young men, one philosophy class, and an obsession that demands they commit a murder together.

3.92

28k+

📚 Dark Academia 💔 Obsessive Love 🔪 Murder Pact 🥀 Moral Decay 🕰️ 1970s America

These Violent Delights 86%

Two young men, one philosophy class, and an obsession that demands they commit a murder together.

by Micah Nemerever 2020

3.92

28k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 💔 Obsessive Love 🔪 Murder Pact 🥀 Moral Decay 🕰️ 1970s America

The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie • 1942

Anonymous letters torment a quiet village, but the ensuing suicide is a smokescreen for murder.

3.85

60k+

✍️ Poison Pen Letters 🏘️ Village Mystery 👁️ Outsider Narrator 🎭 Scapegoat 🖤 Hidden Resentment

The Moving Finger 86%

Anonymous letters torment a quiet village, but the ensuing suicide is a smokescreen for murder.

by Agatha Christie 1942

3.85

60k+ ratings

✍️ Poison Pen Letters 🏘️ Village Mystery 👁️ Outsider Narrator 🎭 Scapegoat 🖤 Hidden Resentment

The Club

by Ellery Lloyd • 2022

A celebrity island club opens with blackmail. Before the weekend ends, the host vanishes.

3.28

128k+

🏝️ Locked Island ⭐ Celebrity Elite 📦 Blackmail Scheme 🎭 Behind The Scenes 🖤 Dark Glamour

The Club 86%

A celebrity island club opens with blackmail. Before the weekend ends, the host vanishes.

by Ellery Lloyd 2022

3.28

128k+ ratings

🏝️ Locked Island ⭐ Celebrity Elite 📦 Blackmail Scheme 🎭 Behind The Scenes 🖤 Dark Glamour

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

by Eve Kellman • 2024

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

3.67

8k+

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller 🔥 Female Rage 🛡️ Protective Sister

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways 86%

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

by Eve Kellman 2024

3.67

8k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller 🔥 Female Rage 🛡️ Protective Sister

The Day After the Party

by Nicole Trope • 2023

Her birthday party is a blank. The only clue: a cryptic note in her husband's handwriting.

3.61

7k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Envy And Obsession

The Day After the Party 86%

Her birthday party is a blank. The only clue: a cryptic note in her husband's handwriting.

by Nicole Trope 2023

3.61

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Envy And Obsession

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate 86%

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

Passions in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2024

A bride garroted at her bachelorette party. Eve Dallas hunts the killer in her closest circle.

4.27

23k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 💔 Obsessive Ex 🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🔪 Friend Betrayal

Passions in Death 86%

A bride garroted at her bachelorette party. Eve Dallas hunts the killer in her closest circle.

by J.D. Robb 2024

4.27

23k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 💔 Obsessive Ex 🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🔪 Friend Betrayal

Love Letters to a Serial Killer

by Tasha Coryell • 2024

A woman corresponds with an accused serial killer and falls into an all-consuming dangerous romance.

3.27

40k+

🔍 True Crime Obsession 🖤 Women Who Love Killers 💻 Internet Sleuths 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ✉️ Prison Correspondence

Love Letters to a Serial Killer 86%

A woman corresponds with an accused serial killer and falls into an all-consuming dangerous romance.

by Tasha Coryell 2024

3.27

40k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Obsession 🖤 Women Who Love Killers 💻 Internet Sleuths 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ✉️ Prison Correspondence

Keep It in the Family

by John Marrs • 2022

Seven suitcases in an attic. Seven dead children inside. And her husband's family knows why.

4.06

249k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🩸 Family Of Killers 🔥 Toxic In-Laws 💔 Marriage Betrayal 🏚️ House Of Horrors

Keep It in the Family 86%

Seven suitcases in an attic. Seven dead children inside. And her husband's family knows why.

by John Marrs 2022

4.06

249k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🩸 Family Of Killers 🔥 Toxic In-Laws 💔 Marriage Betrayal 🏚️ House Of Horrors

For You and Only You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2023

Joe Goldberg's Harvard fellowship becomes a trap when his new crush and old crimes collide.

3.28

15k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💘 Obsessive Love ✍️ Writers' Workshop

For You and Only You 86%

Joe Goldberg's Harvard fellowship becomes a trap when his new crush and old crimes collide.

by Caroline Kepnes 2023

3.28

15k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💘 Obsessive Love ✍️ Writers' Workshop

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio • 2017

After his classmate drowns, a young actor takes the blame. Ten years later, he reveals why.

4.08

422k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Campus Mystery 🔪 Murder Among Friends 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Tragic Queer Love

If We Were Villains 86%

After his classmate drowns, a young actor takes the blame. Ten years later, he reveals why.

by M.L. Rio 2017

4.08

422k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Campus Mystery 🔪 Murder Among Friends 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Tragic Queer Love

Lord Edgware Dies

by Agatha Christie • 1933

An actress wishes her husband dead. He is murdered that night, and her alibi is unbreakable.

3.95

64k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🧐 Witty Whodunit 👸 Beautiful Sociopath 🔄 Identity Swap Murder 🪤 Frame Job

Lord Edgware Dies 86%

An actress wishes her husband dead. He is murdered that night, and her alibi is unbreakable.

by Agatha Christie 1933

3.95

64k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🧐 Witty Whodunit 👸 Beautiful Sociopath 🔄 Identity Swap Murder 🪤 Frame Job

The Tenant

by Freida McFadden • 2025

Blake takes in a tenant. His life unravels: rashes, maggots, severed fingers. His fiancée walks out.

3.84

715k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Intimate Betrayal 🕯️ Gaslighting 😈 Roommate From Hell

The Tenant 86%

Blake takes in a tenant. His life unravels: rashes, maggots, severed fingers. His fiancée walks out.

by Freida McFadden 2025

3.84

715k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Intimate Betrayal 🕯️ Gaslighting 😈 Roommate From Hell

Do Not Disturb

by Freida McFadden • 2021

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

3.89

388k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal 🏃 Fugitive Protagonist 💍 Abusive Marriage

Do Not Disturb 86%

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

by Freida McFadden 2021

3.89

388k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal 🏃 Fugitive Protagonist 💍 Abusive Marriage

The Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie • 1923

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

3.86

123k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past 💔 False Confession 💋 Femme Fatale

The Murder on the Links 85%

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

by Agatha Christie 1923

3.86

123k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past 💔 False Confession 💋 Femme Fatale

Confessions Of A Cannibal

by Robert Keller • 2015

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

3.99

374

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Insanity Defense

Confessions Of A Cannibal 85%

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

by Robert Keller 2015

3.99

374 ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Insanity Defense

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

A Certain Hunger 85%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare • 1623

Three witches tell a Scottish general he will be king; his wife pushes him to murder.

3.89

1.0M+

🎭 Tragic Hero 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 👻 Haunted By Guilt 🏴 Medieval Scotland 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

Macbeth 85%

Three witches tell a Scottish general he will be king; his wife pushes him to murder.

by William Shakespeare 1623

3.89

1.0M+ ratings

🎭 Tragic Hero 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 👻 Haunted By Guilt 🏴 Medieval Scotland 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

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