Books like Cold Fire by Dean Koontz

Odd Thomas and his soulmate Stormy Llewellyn, together with a ragtag group of allies, navigate a dark desert landscape where past and present collide. As murderers and supernatural forces emerge, they race to stop a looming cataclysm.

When a murderous sociopath stalks her friends in Napa Valley, former survivor Chyna Shepherd must guard herself and an innocent stranger, risking life and sanity to confront the deadly intensity of Edgler Vess.

Landscape gardener Mitch Rafferty has only sixty hours to rescue his kidnapped wife, facing a ruthless ransom demand and a deadly confrontation that turns his suburban life into a relentless thriller.

In the secluded town of Snowfield, California, a shocking mystery unfolds after 150 people are found dead with grotesque injuries, sparking a chilling investigation into a mass murder that blurs the line between good and evil.

With a rare gene that renders him hypersensitive to light, Christopher Snow navigates the shadows of Moon Bay, California, until a series of sinister events forces him to confront danger and the town’s hidden truths.

In Dean Koontz’s thriller "Watchers," a genetically engineered dog gains human intelligence, stirring a deadly conflict when it escapes, endangering those who cared for it and unleashing a state‑level secret.

A geneticist obsessively seeks a cure for death, but an accident and a shattered head force him into a mysterious disappearance, leaving his ex-wife to guard his secret and a former lover confronting a deadly investigation.

In Minnesota, FBI investigator Virgil Flowers is summoned by Lucas Davenport to solve a bizarre murder case where victims have lemons in their mouths while trying to prevent more killings.

Former Charleston PD detective Jay Burgess is found dead, and newswoman Britt Shelley has no memory of the night. Firefighter Raley Gannon, wrongly blamed for a 2003 station fire, must team up with Shelley to uncover the truth and survive those who will kill for their secrets.

Victoria McQueen, a psychic who finds lost things, returns to the dangerous Circus of Christmas after her childhood rescuing a boy from the sinister Charles Talent Manx. Now an adult, she must confront the darkness that still lingers in her past.

Psychic teenager Miriam Black keeps her ability to see how people will die a secret while living on Long Beach Island, working a grocery store job, and struggling with a turbulent romance—until a serial killer forces her powers into the spotlight.

A French crime thriller where detectives probe murders linked to the motion‑picture industry, exploring the clash of good and evil, and the darker side of cinema.

Bestselling author Cubby Greenwich faces a cruel review from the enigmatic critic Shearman Waxx, leading him into a deadly confrontation with a ruthless sociopath who threatens more than his life.

A young woman is forced to pretend to be betrothed to a rake, leading to dangerous adventures and forbidden love in a historical romance set during a family reunion.

"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.

A sixteen-year-old girl with a miserable home life find love and friendship for one heartbreaking summer with a gang of other teenagers with problems.

A serial killer has escaped from a mental hospital, and a detective must hunt her down before it's too late.

A teacher in England faces a chilling contemporary kidnapping that dredges up a 20‑year‑old crime, turning a quiet school life into a tense psychological thriller.

Journalist Edwin Wakefield returns to England after an alleged Middle East kidnapping, but his two missing colleagues raise doubts. One survivor arrives, threatening to expose Wakefield’s fabricated escape.

Carlos Fuentes’ novel "Vlad" spins a tense, supernatural tale set in Mexico City, blending vampiric folklore with urban suspense and horror to explore the darker undercurrents of modern life.