mystery + suspense

36 books tagged both “mystery” and “suspense”.

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The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena · 2016

After a dinner next door, Anne and Marco find baby Cora gone and every neighbor has a motive.

2,053-word summary · 9 min read

The Perfect Marriage

Jeneva Rose · 2020

A defense lawyer defends her husband accused of killing his mistress.

2,084-word summary · 9 min read

Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell · 2017

Ten years after Ellie vanished, her mother finds a link in a new family.

1,956-word summary · 9 min read

Never Lie

Freida McFadden · 2022

Newlyweds snowed in at a missing psychiatrist's house find tapes of patients.

3,849-word summary · 17 min read

Angels & Demons

Dan Brown · 2000

Dan Brown's Angels & Demons explained: a murdered physicist, the Illuminati, four missing cardinals, and Robert Langdon racing through Rome to stop an…

2,548-word summary · 11 min read

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn · 2012

Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl fully retold: Nick and Amy Dunne, the diary, Desi, the treasure hunt, and why the ending stays ugly.

2,334-word summary · 10 min read

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown · 2003

Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code retold: a Louvre murder, Sophie Neveu, the Grail cryptex, and the chase to Rosslyn.

2,590-word summary · 12 min read

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins · 2015

Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train retold: Rachel's commute, Jess and Jason, Megan missing, and what really happened that night.

2,391-word summary · 11 min read

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden · 2022

The Housemaid retold: Millie cleans for the Winchesters, locked doors, twists in Long Island.

2,000-word summary · 9 min read

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · 2019

Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient retold: Alicia's silence, Theo's obsession, the Alcestis clue, and the final flip.

2,412-word summary · 11 min read

Verity

Colleen Hoover · 2018

Colleen Hoover's Verity explained: Lowen, injured Verity Crawford, the hidden autobiography, and the letter that flips everything.

2,593-word summary · 12 min read