Books like Hardcase by Dan Simmons

Four‑year‑old physics professor Jason Dessen is abducted and drugged, waking in a dystopian world where his family and reality are altered, forcing him to confront a formidable foe and the darkest parts of himself.

The Godfather is a crime novel by Mario Puzo that follows the rise of the fictional Corleone Mafia family in New York City and Long Beach between 1945 and 1955.

In Dan Simmons’ chilling historical adventure, the Franklin expedition’s steamships Terror and Erebus are trapped in the Arctic for two years, where crew face starvation, mutiny, and a nameless terror lurking in the ice.

In a distant future, mankind survives on the planet Safehold, its leaders conceal the remaining industrial civilization behind a medieval façade.

A wealthy New York family’s son is kidnapped, forcing a detective to investigate a ruthless kidnapper who demands moral truth instead of ransom. With the FBI and city leaders involved, the case threatens the city’s stability.

When musician Paul Casablancas is murdered in the Mission District, Claire DeWitt, a woman private investigator, discovers the case ties to her previous investigations, including a missing girl from the 1980s East Village and a miniature horse theft in Marin.

In a 2036 America, ex‑detective Nick Bottom’s vivid memories of a 2010 murder may solve a magnate’s son’s death—and expose a link to his own tragedy.

In 1933 New York, the Corleone crime family battles for dominance.

A tense confrontation in Chicago as Jimmy Collucci, a rising Mafia figure, collides with Jessie Taylor, an African‑American woman fueled by vengeance against his organization.

Walter Mosley's acclaimed detective series continues as former K9 officer Leonid McGill navigates political intrigue, family burdens, and a missing‑person case in modern Manhattan.

A bumbling thief, Dortmunder, returns from the wild, sparking a police chase and a series of crimes across the city.

A cyber‑futuristic detective saga of 2076, where every U.S. citizen carries a secret identity, following a private eye through neon‑lit alleys in ten tightly drawn issues plus a behind‑the‑scenes special.

Widowed journalist Patrick Rush joins a candlelit writing circle, only to discover a serial killer stalking Toronto whose murders mirror a story the group writes.

A cold case in France sets off a clash of wine and the criminal underworld.

The Good Guys follows FBI agents and mob operatives as they race through New York’s underworld, uncovering a missing professor, a mob hit, and a war between rivals.

History's most infamous killers are often the most elusive. Cold cases recounts in fascinating detail the story of how these crimes have been solved and, in some cases, wrongfully convicted people saved by new evidence. There are stories of criminals who were tracked down after years of believing that they had, literally, got away with murder. They include Danny Keith Hooks, who murdered five prostitutes in a crack house, and Joe Clark, a psychotic teenager who liked to break the bones of younger boys before putting them to death. They, like many others here, escaped justice for a long time, but, finally, the long arm of the law reached out and slammed them behind bars. In other cases, new evidence has come to light, often years after someone has been tried and convicted, showing perhaps that an innocent person has been languishing behind bars and that the real killer is still on the loose. Such is the case with the famous "Serial" podcast program about Adnan Syed, originally convicted of killing his high school girlfriend which led to a re-examination of evidence and a brand new trail.

An ex-cop, John Dortmunder, reluctantly joins the criminal underworld to recover a stolen treasure, facing impossible odds and a mysterious past.

A powerful novel of organized crime in 1940s New York City.

Mario Puzo's novels explore the world of organized crime and the lives of Italian Americans in New York.