Books like Killjoy by Ann Cleeves

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown after a brief stay in a psychiatric hospital to cover the murders of two preteen girls, and must confront the trauma of her own past to uncover the truth.

Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup. Bosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The prosecution's file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller's client didn't do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he's been tracking has also been tracking him.

Detective Jimmy Perez investigates the murder of a teenage girl on the Shetland Islands, uncovering long-buried secrets and confronting the past.

Inspector Jimmy Perez and Detective Inspector Willow Reeves investigate the murder of a journalist on Shetland, uncovering a scandal that forces long‑hidden secrets into the light.

FBI analyst Avery Delaney races to uncover a brilliant killer’s elaborate plan after the woman who raised her vanishes.

Investigator Vera Stanhope hunts a young man's murderer and discovers a web of secrets within a tightly-knit English town.

Sheriff Walt Fleming races against time in Sun Valley’s icy nights, chasing a missing skier, a dead teammate, and a vanished friend while uncovering a dangerous bio‑hazard that threatens the town and its powerful elites.

Former Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his drought‑hit hometown to attend the funeral of his best friend Luke and unwittingly rekindles a decades‑old mystery of murder, false alibis, and buried secrets.

The story of Police Detective Banks, facing a complex and violent crime.

Detective Banks and Cabbot investigate two chilling murders in a small English town.

Detective Alan Banks, Detective Chief Inspector Annie Cabbot, and Detective Inspector Stanley Chadwick are called to solve a series of murders connected to the Mad Hatters, a rock band that has gone through a number of tragedies, lost one member to madness and another to the shallow end of a swimming pool, and is now embarking on their first big concert tour in years.

Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigates a mysterious murder in the Yorkshire Dales, while Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, once a lover, comes to help and uncover the darker aspects of his family's past.

Detective Banks investigates a case involving a runaway girl and her father's determination to destroy his career, leading him into a web of drugs, sex, and crime in London.

Alan Banks, a seasoned detective in England, tackles a new case that tests his dedication and procedural skills in this classic police mystery.

The leader of an environmental survey struggles to manage the schemes of her rival team members before a friend's suspicious suicide introduces her to unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope.