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Top authors writing murder horror
Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
young-adult · book · contemporary · crime · thriller · murder · fiction · suspense · mystery · audiobook · killer · horror · whodunit · female-author · law-enforcement · realistic · racism · female-mc · high-school · dark
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Dot Hutchison
130 ratings 4.05 ·
horror · book · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · crime · drama · thriller · mystery · serial-killers · law-enforcement · killer · dark · murder · psychological · suspense · abuse · friendship · kidnapping · young-adult
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Jeff Menapace
122 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · adult · horror · book · suspense · serial-killers · crime · mystery · psychological · murder · thriller · audiobook · supernatural · graphic-violence · splatterpunk · anthologies · dark · kidnapping · pulp · justice
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Karin Slaughter
876 ratings 4.01 ·
mystery · fiction · thriller · audiobook · suspense · crime · adult · murder · contemporary · law-enforcement · book · horror · psychological · killer · drama · police-procedural · dark · female-author · action-adventure · abuse
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Lars Kepler
221 ratings 4.00 ·
law-enforcement · noir · audiobook · fiction · murder · mystery · psychological · thriller · adult · crime · book · suspense · horror · serial-killers · contemporary · police-procedural · killer · europe · urban · sweden
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Jennifer Hillier
167 ratings 3.98 ·
thriller · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · psychological · suspense · contemporary · book · drama · audiobook · dark · horror · murder · serial-killers · female-author · killer · family · kidnapping · domestic-drama
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Simon Beckett
156 ratings 3.94 ·
book · audiobook · adult · crime · thriller · mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · law-enforcement · horror · murder · forensics · killer · medical · action-adventure · male-author · police-procedural · political-intrigue · europe
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Mark Edwards
360 ratings 3.93 ·
suspense · adult · psychological · fiction · book · crime · mystery · thriller · audiobook · horror · murder · contemporary · drama · kidnapping · action-adventure · killer · dark · paranormal · family · law-enforcement
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Simone St. James
209 ratings 3.93 ·
audiobook · spooky · fiction · adult · suspense · paranormal · horror · supernatural · mystery · ghosts · crime · book · killer · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · murder · female-author · dark · ww1
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Gillian Flynn
269 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · suspense · crime · mystery · horror · book · psychological · audiobook · drama · thriller · 21st-century · adult · murder · female-mc · dark · contemporary · unreliable-narrator · mental-illness · realistic · female-author
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Chevy Stevens
190 ratings 3.90 ·
fiction · psychological · audiobook · family · contemporary · suspense · mystery · thriller · crime · book · murder · dark · killer · drama · female-mc · adult · survival · action-adventure · abuse · horror
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
contemporary · adult · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · psychological · audiobook · dark · suspense · book · horror · family · drama · female-author · murder · death · historical-fiction · killer · mental-illness
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Riley Sager
230 ratings 3.89 ·
mystery · book · fiction · thriller · horror · psychological · suspense · contemporary · murder · crime · audiobook · killer · drama · death · adult · spooky · dark · gothic · supernatural · realistic
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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · mental-illness · dark-academia · realistic · murder · mystery · spooky · literary-fiction · drama · dark · killer · horror · law-enforcement · crime
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
horror · adult · mystery · fiction · supernatural · magical-realism · suspense · book · paranormal · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · crime · murder · action-adventure · killer · dark · gothic · spooky
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Alice Feeney
151 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · psychological · adult · crime · thriller · book · suspense · horror · audiobook · murder · contemporary · dark · killer · mystery · drama · unreliable-narrator · family · secrets · female-author · death
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Catherine Ryan Howard
132 ratings 3.86 ·
book · suspense · fiction · psychological · thriller · crime · horror · contemporary · murder · mystery · adult · audiobook · killer · serial-killers · law-enforcement · death · police-procedural · whodunit · female-mc · female-author
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Thomas Harris
236 ratings 3.86 ·
adult · fiction · horror · crime · mystery · serial-killers · law-enforcement · psychological · thriller · book · audiobook · killer · dark · murder · suspense · contemporary · drama · literary · classics · action-adventure
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Amy Engel
104 ratings 3.84 ·
audiobook · fiction · family · book · suspense · drama · female-mc · murder · contemporary · action-adventure · young-adult · horror · new-adult · mystery · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · apocalyptic · dark
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Claire Douglas
174 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · murder · mystery · psychological · thriller · adult · crime · book · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · horror · killer · friendship · family · drama · secrets · death · serial-killers · unreliable-narrator
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Paul Cleave
118 ratings 3.82 ·
book · suspense · fiction · thriller · crime · mystery · audiobook · adult · serial-killers · murder · literary-fiction · law-enforcement · horror · killer · contemporary · psychological · police-procedural · young-adult · family · new-zealand
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C.J. Tudor
145 ratings 3.82 ·
audiobook · adult · fiction · psychological · suspense · horror · mystery · murder · spooky · paranormal · crime · thriller · book · dark · contemporary · supernatural · killer · terror · family · female-author
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Shari Lapena
243 ratings 3.81 ·
suspense · book · thriller · fiction · psychological · contemporary · adult · crime · female-mc · murder · audiobook · female-author · drama · killer · family · domestic-drama · mystery · horror · law-enforcement · death
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir
228 ratings 3.79 ·
suspense · book · contemporary · audiobook · noir · thriller · fiction · mystery · crime · adult · female-author · murder · law-enforcement · horror · killer · psychological · female-mc · iceland · journey · scandinavia
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Ruth Ware
307 ratings 3.74 ·
suspense · fiction · thriller · adult · psychological · crime · contemporary · audiobook · murder · book · killer · female-author · female-mc · horror · literary-fiction · drama · mystery · dark · death · spooky
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Jeff Lindsay
244 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · murder · mystery · adult · crime · book · suspense · horror · law-enforcement · audiobook · psychological · action-adventure · killer · humor · thriller · dark · serial-killers · comedy · death · drama
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Lisa Unger
481 ratings 3.72 ·
suspense · fiction · psychological · mystery · crime · audiobook · adult · thriller · book · contemporary · murder · family · horror · killer · supernatural · drama · ghosts · paranormal · female-author · female-mc
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Robin Cook
714 ratings 3.69 ·
adult · fiction · suspense · medical · crime · mystery · book · thriller · horror · audiobook · contemporary · action-adventure · terror · murder · drama · political-intrigue · law-enforcement · killer · cozy · 20th-century
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