Mystery Thriller

Mystery-thrillers are stories with twists and turns that keep you on your toes guessing about the truth, the POV's truth, and about what will happen next. They can be written from a hero's POV or from a sinister character's POV. Some are scary and make your heart beat faster, making it hard to put down. Some stories make you laugh if you have a witty writer with an unusual sense of humor easy to relate to. Both types can be hard to put down when they're page turners. And you can find many page turners among a variety of styles and writers, depending on what seeks your fancy.

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The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives
What We Did to Survive
Whidbey
A Good Person
Stakeouts and Strollers
Killing Me Softly
Her First Lie (Hannah Bauer, #.5)
How to Survive in the Woods
The Dreadfuls
A Bad, Bad Place
The Survivor
Young World
Turn Off the Light
Dig
The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
The Dinner Party: A Pick Your Poison Adventure
It's Not Her
Want to Know a Secret?
Anatomy of an Alibi
Judge Stone
Gone Before Goodbye
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
The Widow
First Lie Wins
She Didn't See It Coming
Revenge Prey (Lucas Davenport #36)
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
Heartwood
Daisy Darker
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldTwins by Caroline B. CooneyHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerStranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
Twin Thrillers
173 books — 53 voters
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne WeaverHaunting Adeline by H.D. CarltonLeather & Lark by Brynne WeaverHunting Adeline by H.D. CarltonBlack Sheep by Alexa Harlowe
Murderous Lovers
71 books — 44 voters

Truly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonPeople Like Us by Dana  MelePrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorPrivate by Kate BrianThe Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Boarding School Mysteries
141 books — 95 voters
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris PriestleyThe Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing HahnA Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
Middle Grade Historical Ghost Fiction
37 books — 19 voters

The Madman's Daughter by Megan ShepherdThe Fall by Bethany GriffinTen by Gretchen McNeilJane by April LindnerThis Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
YA Gothic Retellings
95 books — 79 voters
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesHome Before Dark by Riley SagerOne of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManusAll Your Twisted Secrets by Diana UrbanEight Perfect Murders by Peter  Swanson
Mystery & Thriller 2020
351 books — 575 voters

The Silent Patient
Gone Girl
The Girl on the Train
And Then There Were None
The Guest List
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
Verity
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
Sharp Objects
None of This Is True
The Woman in the Window
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
Then She Was Gone

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