Books like The damned by Andrew Pyper

Dan Brown’s thriller follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu as they race through Paris to solve a murder at the Louvre, uncovering a conflict between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over a controversial religious secret.

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

Harvard professor Robert Langdon races across Italy to decipher a deadly riddle tied to Dante’s Inferno, uncovering secret passages, art, and cryptography before the world is changed forever.

Stephen King’s Revival follows a charismatic preacher’s rise and fall in a small New England town, exploring music, addiction, and religious fanaticism amid family drama and supernatural mystery.

A relentless mastermind turns Alex Cross’s devotion into a deadly game, threatening the family he loves most.

In Wyoming’s remote Black Hills, game warden Joe Pickett lands at a mysterious ranch where rumours of hidden wealth and murder swirl. He must uncover the truth while confronting dangerous locals and unexpected betrayal.

Detective Joona Linna returns from Sweden to chase a web of homicides tied to a clandestine arms deal, blending crime investigation with thriller suspense.

Retired special forces operative Sam Dryden meets a terrified girl fleeing armed men on a Southern California boardwalk, uncovering a secret government prison and a forgotten past that threatens both of them.

When a young woman is taken hostage, the kidnappers demand $400,000 and a secret "October List". In a tense race across New York, investigators and a desperate mother confront corruption and deadly stakes.

Erin Palmer, a young science student, discovers a deadly DNA linked to psychopathy after witnessing her family's murder. Teaming with a billionaire, she races to uncover the truth while confronting personal betrayal and a looming global conspiracy.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

Former superstar couple Thom and Jennifer Harlow vanish from their ranch, sparking a private‑investigation by famed agent Jack Morgan into secrets of fame, family, and financial ruin.

A retired FBI agent in Tucson confronts a resurging serial killer while juggling family drama and an uneasy household, forcing her to question whom she can trust.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Teenager Jenn becomes the new Hunter, leading teams to protect humanity from vampires called the Cursed Ones, while facing an even darker threat that puts the future of the world at stake.

Six heroin addicts wake on a Florida Keys island, forced to swim for a drug cache while a yacht’s shadowy crew looms nearby. Survival hangs in the balance as alliances break and motives surface.

A seasoned banker hides a dark past until a survivor of a Vietnam grenade attack forces him to confront his buried vengeance, leading to a dangerous, city‑wide crusade that tests loyalty, justice, and morality.

In the New England town of Coventry, a deadly blizzard two decades ago left families shattered, and now a new storm threatens to unleash the same ghosts and horrors that still haunt its residents.

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.