🎭 Sensation Fiction

The Victorian genre of shock and scandal — novels built on bigamy, madness, secret identities, and crimes lurking behind respectable drawing-room doors.

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins • 1859

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

4.02

168k+

🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger 🏥 Unjust Asylum

The Woman in White 91%

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

by Wilkie Collins 1859

4.02

168k+ ratings

🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger 🏥 Unjust Asylum

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens • 1853

A lawsuit devours fortunes for generations as an orphaned girl uncovers the secret of her birth.

4.02

115k+

🏛️ Legal Satire 🔍 Secret Parentage 🗣️ Dual Narration

Bleak House 89%

A lawsuit devours fortunes for generations as an orphaned girl uncovers the secret of her birth.

by Charles Dickens 1853

4.02

115k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Satire 🔍 Secret Parentage 🗣️ Dual Narration

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2005

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

4.13

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro Summary

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro 87%

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2005

4.13

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

Mary Barton

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1848

After a wealthy suitor's murder, a Manchester working girl races to prove her true love innocent.

3.75

22k+

🏭 Industrial Novel ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🥀 Fallen Woman

Mary Barton 87%

After a wealthy suitor's murder, a Manchester working girl races to prove her true love innocent.

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1848

3.75

22k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Novel ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🥀 Fallen Woman

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough • 2025

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

3.71

34k+

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity

We Live Here Now 87%

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

by Sarah Pinborough 2025

3.71

34k+ ratings

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity

The Luminaries

by Eleanor Catton • 2013

Thirteen strangers in a gold-rush town keep secrets, but a dead hermit's fortune won't stay buried.

3.75

87k+

⛏️ Gold Rush 🕯️ Victorian Mystery 👥 Doppelgangers

The Luminaries 87%

Thirteen strangers in a gold-rush town keep secrets, but a dead hermit's fortune won't stay buried.

by Eleanor Catton 2013

3.75

87k+ ratings

⛏️ Gold Rush 🕯️ Victorian Mystery 👥 Doppelgangers

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Creep 87%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

4.30

329k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 87%

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892

4.30

329k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Chase 87%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1902

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

4.14

393k+

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

The Hound of the Baskervilles 87%

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902

4.14

393k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

The Art of a Lie

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson • 2025

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

4.10

7k+

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist

The Art of a Lie 87%

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2025

4.10

7k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

4.13

499k+

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator

A Study in Scarlet 87%

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.13

499k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator

The Family Upstairs

by Lisa Jewell • 2019

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

3.95

577k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion

The Family Upstairs 87%

At twenty-five, Libby inherits a mansion: three bodies, missing siblings, a stranger still inside.

by Lisa Jewell 2019

3.95

577k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Cult Household 🏛️ Inherited Mansion

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason • 2019

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

3.66

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective

The Darwin Affair 87%

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

by Timothy Mason 2019

3.66

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective

Verity

by Colleen Hoover • 2018

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

4.29

3.9M+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor

Verity 87%

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

by Colleen Hoover 2018

4.29

3.9M+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

The Silence Factory 87%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

by Anthony Trollope • 1875

A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.

4.09

14k+

📈 Financial Speculation 🏛️ London Society 💰 Fortune Hunter

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope Summary

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope 87%

A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.

by Anthony Trollope 1875

4.09

14k+ ratings

📈 Financial Speculation 🏛️ London Society 💰 Fortune Hunter

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2010

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

3.20

7k+

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Apartment 16 86%

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt

by Chelsea Iversen • 2024

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

3.56

3k+

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt Summary

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt 86%

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

by Chelsea Iversen 2024

3.56

3k+ ratings

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage

The Housemaid

by Sarah A. Denzil • 2021

At a grand gothic estate, a new maid learns why the last one never left.

3.57

32k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔪 Family Of Predators 👀 Servant Perspective

The Housemaid 86%

At a grand gothic estate, a new maid learns why the last one never left.

by Sarah A. Denzil 2021

3.57

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔪 Family Of Predators 👀 Servant Perspective

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity

The Death of Mrs. Westaway 86%

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity

The Black Country

by Alex Grecian • 2013

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

3.74

7k+

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Black Country 86%

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

by Alex Grecian 2013

3.74

7k+ ratings

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1890

A locked room corpse. A missing fortune. A one-legged fugitive. Holmes chases them down the Thames.

3.88

181k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔎 Deductive Reasoning 💎 Treasure Hunt

The Sign of Four 86%

A locked room corpse. A missing fortune. A one-legged fugitive. Holmes chases them down the Thames.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890

3.88

181k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔎 Deductive Reasoning 💎 Treasure Hunt

The Spirit Engineer

by A.J. West • 2021

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness

The Spirit Engineer 86%

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

by A.J. West 2021

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

by John Fowles • 1969

An engaged gentleman meets a fallen woman on the sea wall, and his Victorian world tilts.

3.88

56k+

🕰️ Neo Victorian 📖 Metafiction 💔 Fallen Woman

The French Lieutenant’s Woman 86%

An engaged gentleman meets a fallen woman on the sea wall, and his Victorian world tilts.

by John Fowles 1969

3.88

56k+ ratings

🕰️ Neo Victorian 📖 Metafiction 💔 Fallen Woman

Midnight Rooms

by Donyae Coles • 2024

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

3.38

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws

Midnight Rooms 86%

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

by Donyae Coles 2024

3.38

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws

The Turnout

by Megan Abbott • 2021

A contractor's hammer tears through a family ballet studio, exposing secrets no renovation can fix.

3.11

24k+

🩰 Ballet Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👯 Sisters In Crisis

The Turnout 86%

A contractor's hammer tears through a family ballet studio, exposing secrets no renovation can fix.

by Megan Abbott 2021

3.11

24k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👯 Sisters In Crisis

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory

by Tilly Bagshawe • 2013

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

3.91

7k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory Summary

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory 86%

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

by Tilly Bagshawe 2013

3.91

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Anubis Gates

by Tim Powers • 1983

Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.

3.90

18k+

🕰️ Closed Time Loops 🫥 Body Theft 🏚️ Victorian Underworld

The Anubis Gates 86%

Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.

by Tim Powers 1983

3.90

18k+ ratings

🕰️ Closed Time Loops 🫥 Body Theft 🏚️ Victorian Underworld

Sundial

by Catriona Ward • 2022

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

3.78

26k+

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror

Sundial 86%

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

by Catriona Ward 2022

3.78

26k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror

The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen • 1890

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

3.67

17k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment

The Great God Pan 86%

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

by Arthur Machen 1890

3.67

17k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment

The Cottage

by Lisa Stone • 2021

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

3.69

9k+

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children

The Cottage 86%

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

by Lisa Stone 2021

3.69

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer • 1845

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

3.40

2k+

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood 86%

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845

3.40

2k+ ratings

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse

What a Carve Up!

by Jonathan Coe • 1994

A lonely biographer uncovers how one family's greed poisoned Britain, then the murders start.

4.11

13k+

🎭 Political Satire 🏚️ Country House Mystery 😈 Family Of Villains

What a Carve Up! 86%

A lonely biographer uncovers how one family's greed poisoned Britain, then the murders start.

by Jonathan Coe 1994

4.11

13k+ ratings

🎭 Political Satire 🏚️ Country House Mystery 😈 Family Of Villains

Aliss

by Patrick Senécal • 2000

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

4.33

11k+

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction

Aliss 86%

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

by Patrick Senécal 2000

4.33

11k+ ratings

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction

Gaslit

by R.R. Haywood • 2024

A disgraced ex-cop house-sits a remote manor, but the gaslights flicker and every room has eyes.

4.04

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏰 Isolated Estate

Gaslit 86%

A disgraced ex-cop house-sits a remote manor, but the gaslights flicker and every room has eyes.

by R.R. Haywood 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏰 Isolated Estate

Fingersmith

by Sarah Waters • 2002

In Victorian England, an orphan thief falls for the heiress she was hired to help defraud.

4.02

120k+

📜 Queer Historical 🏚️ Gothic Estate 🎩 Victorian London

Fingersmith 86%

In Victorian England, an orphan thief falls for the heiress she was hired to help defraud.

by Sarah Waters 2002

4.02

120k+ ratings

📜 Queer Historical 🏚️ Gothic Estate 🎩 Victorian London

Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens • 1839

Sent to a hellish boarding school by his scheming uncle, a young man's mercy becomes defiance.

3.95

47k+

🏙️ Victorian Social Novel 📚 Bildungsroman 🔒 Family Secrets

Nicholas Nickleby 86%

Sent to a hellish boarding school by his scheming uncle, a young man's mercy becomes defiance.

by Charles Dickens 1839

3.95

47k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian Social Novel 📚 Bildungsroman 🔒 Family Secrets

Venetian Vespers

by John Banville • 2025

An English writer follows his wife to Venice, is ensnared by seductive twins, then she disappears.

3.54

4k+

🖤 Gothic Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Obsessive Love

Venetian Vespers 86%

An English writer follows his wife to Venice, is ensnared by seductive twins, then she disappears.

by John Banville 2025

3.54

4k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Obsessive Love

The Big Four

by Agatha Christie • 1927

A dying stranger's warning plunges Poirot into a war against four masterminds who want the world.

3.56

78k+

🕵️ International Thriller 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🌍 Global Conspiracy

The Big Four 86%

A dying stranger's warning plunges Poirot into a war against four masterminds who want the world.

by Agatha Christie 1927

3.56

78k+ ratings

🕵️ International Thriller 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🌍 Global Conspiracy

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë • 1853

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

3.78

82k+

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Villette 86%

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

by Charlotte Brontë 1853

3.78

82k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

The Forsyth Saga

by John Galsworthy • 1921

A possessive husband drives his wife away. A generation later, their children fall in love.

4.19

21k+

🌳 Family Saga 🎭 Social Critique 💔 Forbidden Love

The Forsyth Saga 86%

A possessive husband drives his wife away. A generation later, their children fall in love.

by John Galsworthy 1921

4.19

21k+ ratings

🌳 Family Saga 🎭 Social Critique 💔 Forbidden Love

Dark Is When the Devil Comes

by Daisy Pearce • 2026

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

3.69

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters

Dark Is When the Devil Comes 86%

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

by Daisy Pearce 2026

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters

The Favorite Girl

by Monica Arya • 2024

A housekeeper at a pristine estate discovers the family's dark secret: a wing of imprisoned women.

3.71

50k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting

The Favorite Girl 86%

A housekeeper at a pristine estate discovers the family's dark secret: a wing of imprisoned women.

by Monica Arya 2024

3.71

50k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery

The Book of Cold Cases 86%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy • 1886

He sells his wife at a country fair. Years later, as mayor, his past resurfaces.

3.87

67k+

🎭 Victorian Tragedy 🔄 Rise And Fall 😳 Public Shame

The Mayor of Casterbridge 86%

He sells his wife at a country fair. Years later, as mayor, his past resurfaces.

by Thomas Hardy 1886

3.87

67k+ ratings

🎭 Victorian Tragedy 🔄 Rise And Fall 😳 Public Shame

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie • 1924

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

3.95

127k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist

The Man in the Brown Suit 86%

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

by Agatha Christie 1924

3.95

127k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

by Claire North • 2016

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

3.64

12k+

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller

The Sudden Appearance of Hope 86%

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

by Claire North 2016

3.64

12k+ ratings

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller

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 86%

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 Makeover

by Matt McGregor • 2024

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

3.69

2k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Makeover 86%

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

by Matt McGregor 2024

3.69

2k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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