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Dot Hutchison
130 ratings 4.05 ·
horror · book · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · crime · drama · thriller · mystery · serial-killers · dark · killer · law-enforcement · psychological · murder · suspense · abuse · friendship · kidnapping · young-adult
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Karin Slaughter
876 ratings 4.01 ·
mystery · fiction · thriller · suspense · audiobook · crime · adult · contemporary · murder · law-enforcement · book · horror · psychological · killer · drama · police-procedural · dark · action-adventure · female-author · abuse
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A.R. Torre
201 ratings 3.99 ·
adult · crime · murder · fiction · psychological · suspense · book · contemporary · audiobook · thriller · mystery · female-mc · dark · drama · mental-illness · serial-killers · new-adult · death · horror · killer
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Sharon J. Bolton
293 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · crime · book · fiction · adult · suspense · thriller · psychological · law-enforcement · audiobook · contemporary · female-mc · murder · killer · dark · police-procedural · female-author · horror · 21st-century · drama
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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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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 ·
audiobook · psychological · fiction · contemporary · suspense · family · mystery · thriller · crime · book · killer · dark · murder · drama · survival · female-mc · adult · action-adventure · horror · abuse
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · dark · audiobook · mystery · psychological · fiction · crime · adult · thriller · family · horror · female-author · realistic · mental-illness · death · killer · historical-fiction · murder
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Jim Thompson
162 ratings 3.89 ·
noir · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · pulp · 20th-century · literary · classics · audiobook · thriller · dark · contemporary · male-author · killer · literary-fiction
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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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Tana French
330 ratings 3.89 ·
book · mystery · thriller · literary-fiction · crime · contemporary · suspense · fiction · law-enforcement · audiobook · realistic · drama · death · 21st-century · murder · psychological · female-author · adult · dark · killer
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Alice Feeney
151 ratings 3.87 ·
book · suspense · psychological · fiction · crime · adult · thriller · contemporary · murder · horror · audiobook · family · mystery · drama · unreliable-narrator · killer · dark · female-author · secrets · kidnapping
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Mo Hayder
200 ratings 3.87 ·
book · suspense · horror · audiobook · fiction · mystery · thriller · adult · crime · law-enforcement · psychological · murder · contemporary · police-procedural · killer · dark · serial-killers · female-author · hard-boiled · drama
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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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Richard Bachman
309 ratings 3.83 ·
horror · fiction · book · male-author · suspense · mystery · audiobook · adult · contemporary · drama · supernatural · 20th-century · dark · psychological · terror · crime · thriller · ghosts · literary · classics
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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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Greer Hendricks
161 ratings 3.79 ·
thriller · crime · psychological · fiction · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · book · womens-fiction · adult · drama · female-mc · mystery · family · realistic · female-author · domestic-drama · urban · 21st-century · dark
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Tom Rob Smith
126 ratings 3.78 ·
suspense · fiction · mystery · action-adventure · audiobook · adult · book · horror · drama · thriller · historical-fiction · dark · violent-conflict · crime · communism · family · police-procedural · law-enforcement · espionage · political-intrigue
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J.P. Delaney
134 ratings 3.76 ·
psychological · suspense · book · audiobook · thriller · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · contemporary · horror · drama · dark · secrets · literary-fiction · domestic-drama · marriage · murder · europe · realistic
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Paula Hawkins
157 ratings 3.74 ·
audiobook · 21st-century · dark · killer · law-enforcement · female-author · unreliable-narrator · thriller · literary-fiction · adult · crime · drama · murder · mystery · fiction · psychological · suspense · contemporary · book · mental-illness
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Jennifer McMahon
285 ratings 3.71 ·
fiction · mystery · horror · book · psychological · audiobook · suspense · family · thriller · drama · supernatural · paranormal · contemporary · crime · dark · ghosts · murder · spooky · killer · gothic
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Megan Abbott
252 ratings 3.41 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · book · thriller · female-author · audiobook · dark · noir · psychological · literary-fiction · adult · 21st-century · drama · contemporary · young-adult · historical-fiction · realistic · historical
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