Books like The Ranger by Ace Atkins

In Massachusetts, Police Chief Jesse Stone tackles a surge of car thefts as political intrigue, summer tourism, and a PR executive’s ambitions threaten to derail his investigation.

Rory Yates, a Texas Ranger on the brink of promotion, faces a murder accusation when his ex‑wife Anne is found dead, forcing him to investigate the brutal crime and clear his name.

Three elderly men gunned down at a diner, a prosecutor's daughter joins her mother in investigating a pattern of violence.

"When Grace's estranged sister Liza shows up on her doorstep, the timing couldn't be worse. Grace's beloved boss and benefactor, Bennett Marshfield, has finally gotten her to agree to a DNA test to establish if he is, in fact, her uncle. If so, Grace would move from being the trusted curator and manager of Marshfield Manor to Bennett's heir. And her duplicitous sister would be right behind her in the line of inheritance. Liza is not the only mysterious visitor to arrive in town. A man claiming to be an FBI agent has shown up, and a swarm of avaricious antique collectors have descended on Emberstowne for a prestigious convention. When Bennett reveals he's in mind to acquire a secret antique and the FBI agent turns up dead, the plot thickens. And Grace can't help but wonder if Liza is at the center of it all"--

LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the killer to justice.