The Sound of Madness Reading Challenge - hosted by queenterribletimy

Red Cold River
Red Cold River: I hope you didn’t think I would miss inserting a song or two from my favorite band, Breaking Benjamin. I can kinda see a thriller or murder mystery for this one. But it can also be a book with a lot of blood spilling, a war, something grimdark. 
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

18 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The House on the Water by Margot Hunt

The House on the Water

Margot Hunt

2 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Magic for Liars

Sarah Gailey

9 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Saint X

Alexis Schaitkin

12 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Sierra Crane Murdoch

14 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative slow-paced
When You Find Me by P.J. Vernon

When You Find Me

P.J. Vernon

10 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu

The Best Lies

Sarah Lyu

11 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

A Dowry of Blood

A Dowry of Blood #1

S.T. Gibson

248 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Quand je parle aux morts by Guillaume Morrissette
Quand je parle aux morts
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Guillaume Morrissette

Quand je parle aux morts

Guillaume Morrissette

499 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

Haunted Homicide by Lucy Ness

Haunted Homicide

A Haunted Mansion Mystery #1

Lucy Ness

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced