The Outsider
Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.
2,586-word summary · 11 min read
mystery + thriller
57 books tagged both “mystery” and “thriller”.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Jen sees her son Todd kill a stranger, then wakes the day before, slipping back in time to stop the murder.
2,522-word summary · 11 min read
In the Woods
A detective investigates a girl's murder in the woods where his own friends vanished twenty years earlier.
2,773-word summary · 12 min read
Into the Water
A drowning pool, eleven narrators, and sisters divided in Hawkins's murky second thriller.
2,598-word summary · 12 min read
The Wife Between Us
A jealous ex-wife stalks her replacement, but nothing in this marriage is what it seems.
2,756-word summary · 12 min read
A Flicker in the Dark
Psychologist Chloe Davis faces copycat disappearances in Baton Rouge twenty years after her father confessed to murders.
3,074-word summary · 14 min read
Along Came a Spider
Detective Alex Cross hunts Gary Soneji after two children vanish from a Washington school and a Lindbergh echo grows.
2,523-word summary · 11 min read
As Good As Dead
Pip faces online threats and a stalker as she investigates a serial case in the trilogy finale.
2,962-word summary · 13 min read
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine guests enter Tranquillum House for ten days while director Masha hides smoothies and motives.
2,313-word summary · 10 min read
Pretty Girls
Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.
2,498-word summary · 11 min read
Rock Paper Scissors
Amelia and Adam spend a locked anniversary weekend at Blackwater Chapel, trading letters that hide who wrote what.
3,135-word summary · 14 min read
The Bourne Identity
An amnesiac pulled from the sea hunts his identity as Jason Bourne while assassins and the CIA close in.
2,994-word summary · 13 min read