Books like The kill riff by David J. Schow

A weary father and his young son journey across a bleak, post‑apocalyptic America, battling cannibals, starvation, and a harsh winter in a desperate quest for safety and a glimpse of remaining civilization.

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

When Libby Day’s family is brutally murdered, she blames her older brother Ben, who is imprisoned for life. Twenty‑four years later, a coaxing group suggests Ben’s innocence and forces Libby to revisit the night’s trauma and unravel the truth.

A story of teenage girls, friendship, and the future of technology in the 21st century Tokyo.

Stark, a bodyguard for Lucifer, becomes a cold‑hearted killing machine after a zombie bite, risking his humanity with a possible cure.

Joe Hill’s bestselling novel NOS4A2 is a suspenseful thriller that follows a string of child kidnappings and the clash between good and evil, weaving in psychic powers and a chilling, dark atmosphere.

Set in a quiet 1950s American suburb, two orphaned sisters, Meg and Susan, are held captive in their aunt’s basement as her deteriorating mental health begins to poison their family and the surrounding community.

A journalist in Branson, Missouri, uncovers a country music murder trial and becomes entangled with unscrupulous reporters, leading to a surprising twist.

A heartwarming tale of love and discovery, Oh My Stars follows the journey of a young woman from the Great Depression to the bright lights of California.

The King Hits Hollywood! Just finished with the shooting of Kissin' Cousins-and fresh from a headline-making affair with the sizzling Ann-Margret-Elvis Aron Presley is at one devilish crossroads. Should he choose glittering Hollywood, or the temptations of Graceland? Keep making lucrative bad movies, or go back to doing the music he loves? His search for the truly good script that can mean the best of both worlds only creates more chaos between his ruthlessly scheming manager and the industry powerbrokers who won't take him seriously. Elvis is convinced that he's forever trapped in one hell-bound bargain. . . But when a fellow ex-soldier swears he's been wrongly convicted of killing a beautiful starlet, Elvis finds far worse trouble. To uncover the truth, he'll have to search the dark corners beyond Hollywood's bright-hot lights and confront the savage triple-dealing and lethal performances at the real heart of movieland. And only with the help of a discredited defense lawyer, a brilliant Mexican pathologist far ahead of his time, and a skeptical L.A. Times reporter, will Elvis have a prayer of finding the real killer and saving an innocent man's life.

A rock star's personal journey of self-discovery and the pressures of fame.