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Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
book · contemporary · young-adult · crime · thriller · fiction · murder · suspense · audiobook · killer · mystery · whodunit · law-enforcement · horror · female-author · realistic · racism · high-school · dark · female-mc
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Dot Hutchison
130 ratings 4.05 ·
horror · book · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · thriller · crime · drama · mystery · serial-killers · dark · killer · law-enforcement · murder · psychological · suspense · abuse · friendship · kidnapping · young-adult
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Jeff Menapace
122 ratings 4.02 ·
adult · fiction · horror · book · crime · mystery · serial-killers · suspense · murder · psychological · thriller · supernatural · audiobook · kidnapping · pulp · dark · anthologies · graphic-violence · splatterpunk · fantasy
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Karin Slaughter
876 ratings 4.01 ·
mystery · fiction · thriller · audiobook · suspense · crime · adult · murder · contemporary · law-enforcement · book · horror · killer · psychological · drama · police-procedural · dark · action-adventure · female-author · abuse
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Lars Kepler
221 ratings 4.00 ·
adult · crime · thriller · fiction · murder · mystery · psychological · audiobook · law-enforcement · noir · suspense · book · contemporary · serial-killers · horror · police-procedural · drama · scandinavia · europe · sweden
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Jennifer Hillier
166 ratings 3.98 ·
suspense · contemporary · book · thriller · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · psychological · drama · audiobook · dark · horror · murder · serial-killers · family · female-author · killer · spooky · kidnapping
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Simon Beckett
156 ratings 3.94 ·
book · audiobook · mystery · fiction · adult · crime · thriller · contemporary · suspense · law-enforcement · horror · murder · forensics · killer · action-adventure · medical · police-procedural · male-author · political-intrigue · united-kingdom
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Simone St. James
209 ratings 3.93 ·
suspense · paranormal · audiobook · fiction · spooky · adult · book · horror · mystery · supernatural · crime · ghosts · killer · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · murder · female-author · womens-fiction · dark
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Mark Edwards
350 ratings 3.93 ·
suspense · adult · psychological · fiction · book · crime · mystery · thriller · audiobook · horror · murder · drama · contemporary · kidnapping · action-adventure · dark · killer · family · paranormal · mental-illness
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Gillian Flynn
268 ratings 3.92 ·
suspense · fiction · psychological · audiobook · book · mystery · crime · horror · contemporary · female-mc · murder · adult · dark · thriller · drama · 21st-century · family · female-author · mental-illness · realistic
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Chevy Stevens
190 ratings 3.90 ·
family · contemporary · suspense · fiction · psychological · audiobook · book · mystery · crime · thriller · murder · dark · killer · drama · action-adventure · female-mc · adult · survival · realistic · abuse
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Riley Sager
228 ratings 3.90 ·
mystery · fiction · book · thriller · contemporary · suspense · psychological · horror · murder · killer · audiobook · crime · dark · spooky · adult · death · drama · plot-twist · young-adult · male-author
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
fiction · mystery · psychological · thriller · adult · crime · dark · audiobook · contemporary · book · suspense · horror · family · murder · female-author · historical-fiction · killer · drama · death · mental-illness
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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · psychological · thriller · adult · contemporary · book · suspense · spooky · murder · mystery · literary-fiction · crime · drama · horror · dark · killer · law-enforcement · 21st-century · audiobook · mental-illness
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
adult · supernatural · fiction · mystery · horror · literary-fiction · crime · magical-realism · murder · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · paranormal · suspense · book · gothic · spooky · dark · killer · action-adventure
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Alice Feeney
151 ratings 3.87 ·
thriller · crime · adult · fiction · psychological · suspense · book · audiobook · horror · murder · contemporary · killer · dark · unreliable-narrator · drama · mystery · family · secrets · female-author · death
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Catherine Ryan Howard
132 ratings 3.86 ·
horror · crime · thriller · fiction · psychological · suspense · book · audiobook · adult · murder · mystery · contemporary · killer · serial-killers · police-procedural · death · law-enforcement · cozy · dark · drama
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Amy Engel
104 ratings 3.84 ·
book · fiction · audiobook · family · drama · suspense · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · mystery · new-adult · horror · coming-of-age · female-mc · murder · young-adult · action-adventure · contemporary · futuristic · romance
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Claire Douglas
174 ratings 3.83 ·
crime · book · murder · mystery · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · contemporary · suspense · audiobook · horror · killer · family · friendship · drama · secrets · death · serial-killers · unreliable-narrator
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Paul Cleave
118 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · thriller · crime · book · suspense · mystery · audiobook · adult · serial-killers · murder · literary-fiction · law-enforcement · horror · killer · psychological · contemporary · police-procedural · oceania · young-adult · family
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C.J. Tudor
144 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · psychological · adult · audiobook · suspense · mystery · horror · spooky · murder · paranormal · thriller · crime · book · dark · contemporary · supernatural · terror · killer · family · female-author
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Shari Lapena
240 ratings 3.81 ·
book · suspense · fiction · psychological · thriller · contemporary · crime · audiobook · female-mc · murder · adult · drama · killer · female-author · family · horror · law-enforcement · domestic-drama · mystery · realistic
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir
228 ratings 3.79 ·
thriller · crime · fiction · mystery · audiobook · noir · suspense · contemporary · book · adult · female-author · murder · law-enforcement · horror · psychological · killer · female-mc · scandinavia · europe · journey
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Ruth Ware
306 ratings 3.74 ·
thriller · fiction · suspense · crime · adult · psychological · book · audiobook · murder · contemporary · killer · horror · literary-fiction · drama · mystery · female-author · female-mc · death · dark · 21st-century
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Jeff Lindsay
244 ratings 3.73 ·
adult · crime · fiction · murder · mystery · suspense · book · audiobook · horror · law-enforcement · psychological · action-adventure · killer · thriller · humor · serial-killers · dark · comedy · death · drama
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Lisa Unger
481 ratings 3.72 ·
crime · mystery · suspense · fiction · psychological · audiobook · adult · thriller · book · contemporary · murder · horror · family · supernatural · killer · drama · ghosts · paranormal · female-author · female-mc
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Peter Swanson
244 ratings 3.70 ·
mystery · thriller · crime · book · audiobook · fiction · psychological · suspense · murder · adult · contemporary · literary-fiction · killer · horror · drama · dark · serial-killers · death · law-enforcement · secrets
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Robin Cook
714 ratings 3.69 ·
suspense · medical · adult · fiction · crime · book · mystery · thriller · horror · audiobook · contemporary · action-adventure · murder · terror · political-intrigue · law-enforcement · drama · killer · 20th-century · conspiracies
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