Books like The City 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.

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.

Stephen King’s Revival follows a charismatic preacher’s rise and fall in a small New England town, exploring music, addiction, and religious fanaticism amid family drama and supernatural mystery.

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.

When a sterile silver rain engulfs a quiet Californian mountain town, a couple and neighbors discover that all communication has vanished and a hidden menace now stalks them, unveiling an apocalypse that threatens the world.

When a past tragedy resurfaces, a woman who built a seemingly perfect family and career must confront the secrets that could destroy it all.

A relentless mastermind turns Alex Cross’s devotion into a deadly game, threatening the family he loves most.

Two isolated individuals flee a clandestine, illegal agency with a secret fascist agenda, chased by a ruthless operative who wields full governmental power.

Roman fantastique. Roman policier (suspense).

A teenage girl secretly witnesses her mother’s serial murderings and is forced to testify, adopting a new identity and life while wrestling with her own nature versus nurture.

Retired special forces operative Sam Dryden meets a terrified girl fleeing armed men on a Southern California boardwalk, uncovering a secret government prison and a forgotten past that threatens both of them.

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.

Un grupo de terroristas peruanos secuestra a la familia del presentador estrella de una cadena de televisión, obligando a la emisora a difundir un mensaje revolucionario dirigido a Estados Unidos.

Three high school teenagers become serial killers while investigating a Spree Murders case.

Caterina Pellegrini, a Venetian-born baroque opera scholar, is sent back to Venice to examine two locked trunks thought to hold the papers of a deceased baroque composer, uncovering inheritance disputes and surprising secrets.

"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 lively collection of American urban fantasy short stories that blend mythology, romance, and noir elements, featuring contributions from Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Neil Gaiman, and others.

In 1986, two 11‑year‑old girls are charged with murder; twenty‑five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay must decide whether to reveal the dark secret that links her and funfair cleaner Amber Gordon.

When a blood‑shed bank robbery at the Monaco Grand Prix drains a corporation’s funds, Juan Cabrillo teams up with an ex‑CIA ally to chase a rogue hacker and a former Ukrainian naval officer, uncovering a centuries‑old plot that could collapse global economies.

Consultant surgeon Tora Hamilton investigates a mutilated murder in remote Shetland and uncovers an ancient legend that turns her life into a lethal game.

When a former journalist settles back into his hometown of Promise Falls, New York, a hidden family secret and a series of brutal killings force him to confront the town’s dark past and his own doubts.

In a snowy Russian setting, Helen Judge confronts unsettling events after bringing home a daughter she once adored. A chilling blend of supernatural unease, psychological tension, and family secrets unravel amid blizzard‑swept isolation.