Books like The boy in the woods by Carter Wilson

John Grisham’s debut legal thriller follows a murder trial in Mississippi that explores capital punishment, racial discrimination, and the complexities of the judicial system.

During the eighteenth century, a scandalous arranged marriage and a vanished treasure ring threaten England’s aristocratic families, as two cousins defy fate and confront smugglers, fugitives, and the specter of justice.

Twenty years after a summer camp tragedy in New Jersey, prosecutor Paul Copeland is forced to confront buried secrets when a new homicide links back to the missing teens, forcing him to face family ghosts and hidden truths.

Amy Schumer’s new memoir blends sharp humor with candid reflections on her teenage years, family, relationships, and sexuality, revealing the moments that forged her bold, stand‑up comedian persona.

In southeast Minnesota, a school board vote to allow a local reporter to be killed triggers a mystery, as Virgil Flowers investigates a dognapping ring that has expanded into medical labs and a murder.

Three Portland teens—Alexis, Nick, and Ruby—track a missing autistic man, only to uncover a body and a sharp‑witted investigation that turns them into unlikely detectives in their own right.

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.

Richard Louv’s updated *Last Child in the Woods* explains how modern children suffer from nature‑deficit disorder, offers 101 practical actions, and documents the growth of Leave No Child Inside movements across the U.S., Canada, and abroad.

Amid grief and new beginnings, a novelist’s life in Fog Harbor, Massachusetts, is shattered again when a series of murders targets young women, forcing her to confront personal demons and a chilling confession from a crisis hotline caller.

Actress‑turned‑private‑investigator Jasmine Sharp and Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod uncover a tangled web of murder, occult rituals and Scotland’s art scene when a missing sister’s disappearance turns into a homicide investigation.

After a cornea transplant, crime‑writer Rachel de Luca begins seeing vivid visions of murders—real crimes tied to the dead brother of detective Mason Brown, who keeps a secret of organ donation. Together they must unravel a deadly link between sight, death, and a lingering killer.

Private investigator Naomi Cottle wrestles with her own past as she delves into the disappearance of five‑year‑old Madison Culver, uncovering a harrowing abduction story that blurs the line between past and present.

"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.

On Halloween, a missing‑mother mystery turns into a chilling police investigation when a former teen prank goes deadly. A detective must now confront her past and a series of ominous footprints before the next victim falls.