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Closed Circle

Trapped with a killer. Locked manor, stranded island, snowbound lodge. The murderer is someone in the room.

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    The Ending Writes Itself cover

    The Ending Writes Itself

    Evelyn Clarke · Mystery & Thriller

    A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending

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    We Used to Live Here

    Marcus Kliewer · Horror

    As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque…

    haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    A Box Full of Darkness cover

    A Box Full of Darkness

    Simone St. James · Horror

    “From the book’s chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

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    And Then There Were None

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    First there were ten--a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · locked room · cat and mouse · twist ending

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    The Thursday Murder Club

    Richard Osman · Mystery & Thriller

    In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The…

    cozy vibes · found family · closed circle

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    Never Lie

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · locked room · survival · twist ending

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    The Inheritance Games

    Jennifer Lynn Barnes · Mystery & Thriller

    Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out.

    twist ending · closed circle · heist · found family

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    It

    Stephen King · Horror

    "*It*" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King.

    cosmic horror · found family · coming of age · survival · closed circle · demons

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    The Intruder cover

    The Intruder

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    Who knows what the storm will blow in… Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane.

    psychological thriller · high stakes survival · forced proximity · twist ending · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Compound

    Aisling Rawle · Literary Fiction

    Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular…

    psychological thriller · morally grey character · closed circle · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Murder on the Orient Express

    AGATHA CHRISTIE · Mystery & Thriller

    Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the famous Orient Express in its tracks as it travels through the mountainous Balkans.

    closed circle · locked room · twist ending

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    You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

    Vincent Tirado · Horror

    Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing…

    demons · dark academia · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Monumental

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    A novel of pagan terror from the author of The Ritual and The Reddening.

    survival · closed circle · grimdark

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    The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

    Philip Fracassi · Horror

    Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers guessing…

    survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Storm

    Rachel Hawkins · Mystery & Thriller

    St. Medard's Bay, Alabama, is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town; the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · small town · missing person

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Haunting of Hill House

    Shirley Jackson · Horror

    First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    The Ruins

    Scott Smith · Horror

    Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists.

    cosmic horror · high stakes survival · closed circle · psychological thriller

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    The Dorians

    Nick Cutter · Horror

    The all-new novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!

    cosmic horror · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    We Love You, Bunny

    Mona Awad · Literary Fiction

    Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle, The…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    We Are All Guilty Here

    Karin Slaughter · Mystery & Thriller

    Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone.

    psychological thriller · small town · closed circle

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    The Staircase in the Woods

    Chuck Wendig · Horror

    While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a…

    haunted setting · closed circle · psychological thriller

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    Breathe In, Bleed Out

    Brian McAuley · Horror

    "Brian McAuley keeps you guessing the whole gory, satisfying way through this one.

    closed circle · survival · high stakes survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    closed circle · twist ending · cat and mouse

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    Jurassic Park

    Michael Crichton · Mystery & Thriller

    Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton.

    high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle · survival

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    You Are Fatally Invited

    Ande Pliego · Mystery & Thriller

    **An exclusive thriller writer’s retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered in this twisty locked room…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending

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    Guillotine

    Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

    The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.

    closed circle · high stakes survival · survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    People Watching

    Jason Gray · Horror

    Another by the author of "Pandemonium" issues 1 through infinity, and the author of the "Horror world "series, as well as other stories, this one…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    Kiss Slay Replay

    Rachel Harrison · Horror

    Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty…

    psychological thriller · time travel · twist ending · closed circle · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Hollow Places

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly…

    cosmic horror · portal fantasy · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle

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    Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

    Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

    When Noah's aging parents stop returning his calls, he travels to their Virginia home and finds it in shambles.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle

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    Shady Hollow

    Juneau Black · Mystery & Thriller

    The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together…

    cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

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    With a Vengeance

    Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A haunted past.

    revenge plot · psychological thriller · closed circle · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Haar cover

    The Haar

    David Sodergren · Horror

    “I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and…

    gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

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    Widow's Point

    Richard Chizmar · Horror

    Richard Chizmar, “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste), and his son W.H.

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle · cat and mouse

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    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding · Literary Fiction

    Introduction by E.M. Forster.

    coming of age · survival · closed circle · grimdark

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    Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone cover

    Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

    Benjamin Stevenson · Mystery & Thriller

    I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

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    The Maid

    Nita Prose · Mystery & Thriller

    Molly Gray is not like everyone else.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

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    Hell House

    Richard Matheson · Horror

    Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    Ring shout

    P. Djèlí Clark · Horror

    historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · closed circle

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    House of Splinters

    Laura Purcell · Horror

    House of Splinters is the long-awaited prequel to bestselling and multi award-winning author Laura Purcell's gothic horror classic, The Silent…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

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    Five Survive

    Holly Jackson · Mystery & Thriller

    Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend – the older brother – his perfect girlfriend – a secret crush – a…

    psychological thriller · high stakes survival · closed circle · twist ending

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    Our Sister's Keeper

    Jasmine Holmes · Literary Fiction

    Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming. No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white…

    historical fiction · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts · closed circle

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    The Murder at World's End cover

    The Murder at World's End

    Ross Montgomery · Mystery & Thriller

    Knives Out meets Downton Abbey! Secrets, murder, and mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo—an under-butler and a foul-mouthed…

    locked room · closed circle

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    The Seven Dials Mystery cover

    The Seven Dials Mystery

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Brings back several characters from an earlier novel, *The Secret of Chimneys*, in a story that can best be described as a John Buchan thriller told…

    cozy vibes · closed circle · historical fiction

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    One of Us Is Lying

    Karen M. McManus · Mystery & Thriller

    Pay close attention and you might solve this.

    closed circle · multiple timelines · cat and mouse · psychological thriller · twist ending

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    Crawlspace

    Adam Christopher · Horror

    Enter an edge-of-your-seat nightmare to the darkest frontiers in Crawlspace, a sci-fi horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Adam…

    cosmic horror · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Backstabbers

    Eliza Jabore · Horror

    When three friends lose their way in a serial killer's old hunting ground, they must fight to survive the threat in the woods—and each other—in this…

    survival · psychological thriller · high stakes survival · cat and mouse · closed circle

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    House of Margins

    Tlotlo Tsamaase · Mystery & Thriller

    Serial the podcast meets The Other Black Girl in a haunted house, as young African author disappears after being invited to an exclusive writing…

    missing person · psychological thriller · coming of age · closed circle · haunted setting

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    Last One Out

    Jane Harper · Mystery & Thriller

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town.

    psychological thriller · small town · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    MS Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block

    JESSE. SUTANTO · Mystery & Thriller

    psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Killer Question

    Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

    Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly…

    cozy vibes · small town · closed circle · cat and mouse

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    Buyer Beware

    Catherine Ryan Howard · Mystery & Thriller

    Get ready to be addicted to the page-turning new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of The Trap and 56 Days, in which two women's…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Slasher Summer

    E. L. Chen · Horror

    PRE-ORDER THE SLASHER OF SUMMER '26.

    survival · closed circle · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Crafting for Sinners

    Jenny Kiefer · Horror

    “You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin…

    survival · high stakes survival · grimdark · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Evil Under the Sun

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of England, Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha…

    psychological thriller · closed circle

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    Murder at Spindle Manor

    Morgan Stang · Mystery & Thriller

    Mysteries abound in Spindle Manor.

    cozy vibes · closed circle

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    Death on the Nile

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway ( Linnet Doyle) had been shot through the head.

    cozy vibes · closed circle · twist ending

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    We Solve Murders

    Richard Osman · Mystery & Thriller

    Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest.

    cozy vibes · closed circle

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    Horrorstor

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

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    The Watchers cover

    The Watchers

    A.M. Shine · Horror

    An Irish horror adventure set in the unknown forests of Galway, where humans are kept under observation by screaming creatures, from debut author A.

    survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    Grace

    A.M. Shine · Horror

    A haunting tale of ancient evil and long-buried secrets in an isolated Irish community from the author of hit horror novel The Watchers.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · closed circle

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    Dig

    J. H. Markert · Horror

    The soil on Crow Island holds secrets, and they’re ready to be unearthed.

    psychological thriller · revenge plot · trauma recovery · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Academy cover

    The Academy

    Elin Hilderbrand · Literary Fiction

    It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news: America…

    dark academia · coming of age · closed circle · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    How to Cheat Your Own Death

    Kristen Perrin · Mystery & Thriller

    *Preorder Now* 'Captivating' R. L. Killmore, author of A Cinnamon Falls Mystery 'Smart, original and lively . . . I loved it' Gilly MacMillan, author…

    closed circle · twist ending

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    Bright Young Women

    Jessica Knoll · Mystery & Thriller

    Tallahassee, 1978. Sorority president Pamela Schumacher wakes to a shocking scene of implausible violence and death, and is drawn into a mystifying…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · high stakes survival

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    What We Did to Survive

    Megan Lally · Mystery & Thriller

    A vacation in paradise turns deadly when four teens' sailing charter hits stormy seas in this propulsive new thriller from New York Times and USA…

    psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Playing for Keeps

    Stephanie Salinas · Mystery & Thriller

    Hallie Bishop rushes home to see her ailing father only to find that she's too late.

    revenge plot · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    Haven

    Ani Katz · Mystery & Thriller

    “Absorbing and uncanny.” —Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching A summer retreat to an elite island enclave tied to a Big Tech company becomes a…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Green Mile

    Stephen King · Horror

    The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · redemption arc · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Hounding

    Xenobe Purvis · Horror

    Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on…

    gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Graveyard Shift

    M. L. Rio · Mystery & Thriller

    Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · closed circle · found family

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Halloween Party

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Mystery writer Ariadne Oliver has been invited to a Hallowe’en party at Woodleigh Common.

    closed circle · locked room · twist ending

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    Murder at Holly House

    Denzil Meyrick · Mystery & Thriller

    A festive mystery perfect for fans of Murder on the Christmas Express and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's Christmas A village of secrets.

    cozy vibes · closed circle · holiday romance

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    The Mist

    Stephen King · Horror

    David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm.

    cosmic horror · survival · closed circle · high stakes survival

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    Darker Days

    Thomas Olde Heuvelt · Horror

    "Darker Days reinforces that Olde Heuvelt is one of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror”— Mike Flanagan, director of The Haunting of…

    psychological thriller · grimdark · closed circle

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    Sweetside Motel

    E. L. Chen · Horror

    With the pandemic sweeping the globe, Sarah Ng makes a desperate escape from Toronto to start a new life.

    psychological thriller · forced proximity · cat and mouse · closed circle · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Burial Rites

    Hannah Kent · Literary Fiction

    Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master,…

    historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · closed circle · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Nine Lives

    Peter Swanson · Mystery & Thriller

    Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · cat and mouse · twist ending

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    The Midnight Knock

    John Fram · Mystery & Thriller

    "In the frigid west Texas desert, seven weary travelers converge on a lonely motel at the foot of a massive mountain.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · high stakes survival · locked room

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    A Very Novel Murder

    Ellie Alexander · Mystery & Thriller

    Opening a detective agency above her beloved bookstore seems like the perfect business plan--until Annie Murray's first case involves a suspicious…

    cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

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    The Guest List

    Lucy Foley · Mystery & Thriller

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR “I loved this book.

    closed circle · multiple timelines · twist ending · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Voyage of the Damned

    Frances White · Mystery & Thriller

    The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America!

    closed circle · twist ending · paranormal romance

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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St.

    closed circle · locked room · cat and mouse · twist ending · cozy vibes

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    Daisy Darker

    Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

    Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart.

    locked room · psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Home Before Dark

    Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of USA Today's Best Books of 2020 “A haunted house story—with a twist….[Sager] does not hold…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · twist ending · closed circle

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    The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

    Stuart Turton · Mystery & Thriller

    "Pop your favorite Agatha Christie whodunnit into a blender with a scoop of Downton Abbey, a dash of Quantum Leap, and a liberal sprinkling of…

    twist ending · multiple timelines · closed circle

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    How Bad Things Can Get

    Darcy Coates · Horror

    It was supposed to be the party of the century: miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be…

    survival · high stakes survival · closed circle · locked room

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Beach cover

    The Beach

    Alex Garland · Literary Fiction

    Een jonge reiziger komt met zijn metgezellen terecht op een verborgen, paradijselijk Thais eiland, dat langzaam aan verandert in een nachtmerrie.

    coming of age · psychological thriller · closed circle · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Getting Away with Murder cover

    Getting Away with Murder

    Shari Lapena · Mystery & Thriller

    The tenth thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Last Time We Drowned cover

    The Last Time We Drowned

    Saratoga Schaefer · Mystery & Thriller

    From Cosmopolitan's Cosmo Reads imprint comes The Last Time We Drowned, a razor-sharp, atmospheric, and impossible to put down locked-room…

    psychological thriller · locked room · closed circle · high stakes survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Wool

    Hugh Howey · Sci-Fi

    In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep.

    dystopian society · survival · closed circle · post apocalyptic

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    4:50 From Paddington

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans…

    closed circle · cat and mouse · twist ending

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    The City & The City

    China Miéville · Mystery & Thriller

    Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Besźel.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · urban fantasy · closed circle

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    Wake Up Dead Man (The Dark Secrets of the Knives Out Sequel)

    Kristle L. Hawkins · Mystery & Thriller

    A gripping murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

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    House of Idyll

    Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom and Guillotine comes a darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a…

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
  96. 96
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    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    H. G. Wells · Horror

    Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H.

    cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · survival · closed circle

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    The Stepford Wives

    Ira Levin · Horror

    For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Horror Movie

    Paul Tremblay · Horror

    In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · closed circle

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    Boys in the Valley

    Philip Fracassi · Horror

    The Exorcist meets Lord of the Flies, by way of Midnight Mass, in Boys in the Valley, a brilliant coming-of-age tale from award-winning author Philip…

    coming of age · gothic atmosphere · survival · closed circle

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    Withered Hill

    David Barnett · Horror

    'A terrific, unexpected twist' Guardian 'Withered Hill is the ultimate nightmare destination' Laird Barron InsideA year ago Sophie Wickham stumbled…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · amnesia · closed circle · haunted setting

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    Shutter Island

    Dennis Lehane · Mystery & Thriller

    U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island's Ashcliffe Hospital in search of an escaped mental patient, but…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Wonderland

    Jennifer Hillier · Mystery & Thriller

    Welcome to Wonderland. By day, it's a magical place boasting a certain retro charm. Excited children, hands sticky with cotton candy, run…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Gray After Dark

    Noelle West Ihli · Mystery & Thriller

    A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape. When a tragic accident sidelines Miley's dreams of Olympic gold, she takes a summer…

    psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  104. 104
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    On a Quiet Street

    Seraphina Nova Glass · Mystery & Thriller

    The perfect neighborhood can be the perfect place to hide… Who wouldn’t want to live in Brighton Hills?

    psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Villa

    Rachel Hawkins · Mystery & Thriller

    From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  106. 106
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    The Missing Ones

    A. R. Torre · Mystery & Thriller

    In an exclusive and close-knit community, the secrets of the past threaten to destroy three women in a shocking novel of suspense by New York Times…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · missing person · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  107. 107
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    The Woman in Suite 11

    Ruth Ware · Mystery & Thriller

    INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10,…

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  108. 108
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    Murder at the Vicarage

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    ***Murder at the Vicarage (1930)is the first Miss Marple mystery book by Agatha Christie.*** Miss Jane Marple is a village busybody who applies…

    cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

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    The Red House Mystery

    A.A. Milne · Mystery & Thriller

    Read this Murder Mystery Novel set in an English Country House “Of course it's very hampering being a detective, when you don't know anything about…

    cozy vibes · closed circle

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    Ours Is a Tale of Murder

    Nora Murphy · Mystery & Thriller

    "A shocking collision made all the more satisfying by Murphy's brilliant twists...Clear your schedule—you won't be putting this down until that last,…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · closed circle

  111. 111
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    Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife

    Martin Edwards · Mystery & Thriller

    Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter…

    locked room · closed circle · twist ending

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    The Christmas Appeal

    Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

    When a dead body interrupts the rehearsals for their holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk, Fairway Players Femi and Charlotte page through…

    closed circle · twist ending · found family

  113. 113
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    Death to Valentine's Day

    · Mystery & Thriller

    Maia's Valentine's Day goes from bad to worse when she kisses a masked stranger at a mountain lodge party—only to discover he's her cheating ex's…

    closed circle · locked room · high stakes survival · forced proximity

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    The Nine Tailors

    Dorothy Leigh Sayers · Mystery & Thriller

    When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how he…

    cozy vibes · closed circle · historical fiction

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    The Christmas Clue

    Nicola Upson · Mystery & Thriller

    In this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who…

    historical fiction · closed circle · locked room · cozy vibes · twist ending

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    Miss Marple

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Presented for the first time in one volume are all twenty of the short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, that delightful spinster whose innocent…

    closed circle · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

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    I Have Some Questions for You

    Rebecca Makkai · Mystery & Thriller

    Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Murder on the Rocks

    T. E. Kinsey · Mystery & Thriller

    February 1913. Lady Hardcastle and her diminutive but brave lady's maid, Flo, have been invited by their friend JB McIntyre to spend the weekend at…

    cozy vibes · historical fiction · closed circle

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    The Graceview Patient

    Caitlin Starling · Horror

    Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · closed circle

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    Bad Things Happen Here

    Mark Morris · Horror

    Hardcover with sprayed edges. A new chiller from multi award winning author of over 50 novels, winner of the New York Festival Radio Award for Best…

    small town · closed circle · haunted setting · psychological thriller

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    You Watched in Silence

    H. Lee Justine · Horror

    In this shivery blend of queer psychological thriller and horror, evocatively set in the secluded islands of the Pacific Northwest, You Watched in…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    House of Monstrous Women

    Daphne Fama · Horror

    A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the mazelike home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror…

    gothic atmosphere · witches · closed circle · survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Old Soul

    Susan Barker · Horror

    The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any…

    psychological thriller · cosmic horror · trauma recovery · closed circle

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    The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

    Lilian Jackson Braun · Mystery & Thriller

    The world of modern art is a mystery to many.

    cozy vibes · closed circle

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    The Marlow Murder Club

    Robert Thorogood · Mystery & Thriller

    To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero… Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy.

    cozy vibes · closed circle · twist ending

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    Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel

    Lucy Foley · Mystery & Thriller

    A brand new Miss Marple novel from Lucy Foley, the #1 bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast.

    locked room · closed circle

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    The Sign of Four

    Conan Sir Arthur Doyle · Mystery & Thriller

    The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

    historical fiction · cat and mouse · closed circle

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    Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

    Sandra Jackson-Opoku · Mystery & Thriller

    A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café.

    cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

  129. 129
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    Friends and Liars

    Kit Frick · Mystery & Thriller

    From “edge-of-your-seat suspense” (Booklist) author Kit Frick comes an insidious thriller about four estranged friends trapped in a powerful family’s…

    psychological thriller · forced proximity · closed circle · twist ending · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Heirs

    Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé · Mystery & Thriller

    From the award-winning New York Times and Indie bestselling author of Ace of Spades comes a compelling mystery about five teen geniuses, their…

    psychological thriller · found family · revenge plot · closed circle

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    This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone

    Catherine Mack · Mystery & Thriller

    'The most fun you'll have between the pages of a book!' – Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal 'A zany, madcap murder…

    closed circle · locked room · twist ending · cozy vibes

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    Local Woman Missing

    Mary Kubica · Mystery & Thriller

    Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · missing person · twist ending · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Last Devil to Die

    Richard Osman · Mystery & Thriller

    "Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club.

    cozy vibes · closed circle

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    A Death in the Dark

    Ellie Alexander · Mystery & Thriller

    An assistant athletics coach is found murdered at Redwood Grove High School and all evidence points one way--but the Novel Detectives are about to…

    closed circle · amnesia · small town · cozy vibes

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    Survive the Night

    Riley Sager · Horror

    It’s November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending · survival

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    The Twisted Ones

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · survival · closed circle

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    The Fox Hunt

    Caitlin Breeze · Fantasy

    Dive into the dark underbelly of England’s most ancient university, where behind closed doors a circle of privileged students enter into a dark pagan…

    dark academia · grimdark · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Silo 2

    Hugh Howey · Sci-Fi

    Dies ist Teil 2 von SILO: Hugh Howeys verstörende Zukunftsvision ist rasanter Thriller und Gesellschaftsroman in einem.

    dystopian society · closed circle · survival · political intrigue

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    Downbelow Station

    C. J. Cherryh · Sci-Fi

    From back cover Daw paperback February 1981: Pell's Star occupied the central spot in the coming conflict between Earth's tired stellar empire and…

    space opera · political intrigue · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit