Books like Brother by Ania Ahlborn

Alex Cross, the FBI agent, returns as a psychologist in D.C., tracking a serial rapist that resurfaces from a past case involving his wife's murder.

A mother's nightmare returns as she discovers her children are missing in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and must confront the shadowy figure who murdered her first children.

Max Walker, the family's golden boy, discovers his intersex identity amid family secrets and political ambitions, forcing him to confront love, identity, and the limits of his parents’ secrecy.

In Uncle Silas, a 17‑year‑old orphan is thrust into a web of family betrayal when her guardian plans to murder her for her fortune.

Lucas Graham, a burnt‑out true‑crime author, jumps from New York into the haunted farm of cult‑murderer Jeffrey Halcomb in Washington, chasing a story that blurs the line between confession and survival.

Frances Foggarty, now in her fifties, recalls how her brother Tom, killed at nine, returns as a ghost after the funeral, guiding her through grief and the challenges of life with a tyrannical aunt and polio.

A suspenseful tale of a professor and his 12-year-old daughter in Venice, where they uncover a terrifying secret.

"--a small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years. Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing in the small town of Deer Valley, Oregon, the locals are starting to lose hope. They're well aware that the first forty-eight hours are critical and after that, the odds usually point to a worst-case scenario. And despite Stevie Clark's youth, he knows that, too; he's seen the cop shows. He knows what each ticking moment may mean for Jude, his cousin and best friend. That, and there was that boy, Max Larsen...the one from years ago, found dead after also disappearing under mysterious circumstances. And then there were the animals: pets gone missing out of yards. For years, the residents of Deer Valley have murmured about these unsolved crimes...and that a killer may still be lurking around their quiet town. Now, fear is reborn--and for Stevie, who is determined to find out what really happened to Jude, the awful truth may be too horrifying to imagine"--

Simeon leads his brothers to Egypt in a desperate bid for food, only to confront his long‑lost brother Joseph, who now rules as a vengeful king. With the help of Mandisa, a language‑interpreting handmaid, Simeon must face his past and learn to love again.

In the 1960s, half‑brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger, raised in state institutions after their mother’s murder, are seized as hostages by a death‑row killer and forced on a violent journey from California to Texas.

Ex‑FBI profiler Jade Marlow hunts the notorious psychopathic killer Allander Atlasia, who has escaped Alcatraz‑II and is murdering victims in a twisted reenactment of his past. A tense battle of wit and terror unfolds in San Francisco.

Hank Mitchell’s calm routine shatters when he, his brother Jacob, and their cynical accomplice Lou uncover an astonishing treasure that threatens to consume them with greed and danger.