Books like A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris

The final chapter of the Hero of Olympus saga, where demigods confront ancient prophecy, ghost‑haunted memories, and the looming battle between Greek and Roman forces.

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.

Sookie Stackhouse finds herself embroiled in a sinister conspiracy when the bar she works at, Merlotte’s, is firebombed. While she collaborates with her friend Sam to uncover the culprit, she must also navigate a plot involving vampires and their ambitions.

Former CIA agents turned detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell investigate a murder inside a secretive lab near a CIA training camp, uncovering a conspiracy that could shatter national security.

When four children disappear from a Georgia soccer field—including Aurora Teagarden’s brother—Aurora and her husband, true‑crime writer Robin Crusoe, take it upon themselves to investigate the case.

In "The Tremor of Forgery," American writer Howard Ingham arrives in sweltering Tunisia to draft a film script, only to find his apartment invaded and a murder committed amid an eerie cast of ex‑patriote and local characters.

Olivia Taylor, 24, discovers she is the daughter of accused serial killers and moves to small-town Cainsville, Illinois, to prove their innocence. As she and lawyer Gabriel investigate, Olivia must unlock long‑suppressed psychic gifts to outwit hidden foes.

Contains: - [Angels & Demons](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL76838W/Angels_Demons) - [Da Vinci Code](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837W/The_Da_Vinci_Code)

"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.

Cecilia Fitzpatrick’s flawless life unravels when she discovers a letter from her husband meant only for after his death. The secret threatens to shatter her marriage, her community, and the closely guarded lives of her closest friends.

Ex‑police officer turned assassin Nadia Stafford tracks a vanished teen in Canadian woods while confronting her own buried trauma in a high‑stakes thriller.

A spirited single woman faces the scandal of an illicit bed with a rake, risking ruin or finding redemption as she confronts her own choices.

After losing legal custody of her infant son, Susanna Miller disappears with his child, assuming a new identity and seeking refuge in Annapolis, Maryland, where she must confront past ties and new dangers.