Books like The Darkest Evening of the Year 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 first book of the Warriors’ new prophecy arc, a looming danger shakes the forest as the young warrior Brambleclaw must rally his clan to confront the ominous fate foretold by ancient messages.

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.

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 Colorado carpenter Grady Adams encounters two mysterious, beautiful creatures in his woods, he and his veterinarian friend Cammy Rivers must uncover the truth before the Department of Homeland Security intervenes, risking everything to protect the innocent animals.

A psychological thriller that follows Martie Rhodes as she and her husband Dusty confront a series of mind‑bending events involving a draconian psychologist, drug‑rehabilitated brother, and the terror of self‑fear.

In a snow‑blinded city, a sudden blizzard halts daily life and brings forth an unimaginable darkness that threatens to consume everything.

Elmore Leonard’s fast‑paced crime thriller follows released mobster‑turned‑Hollywood producer Chili Palmer as he navigates the dangerous buzz of the entertainment industry, turning a mid‑day murder into a new film script.

FBI special agent Pierce Quincy teams with ex‑cop Rainie Connor to chase a psychopathic killer who preys on the minds of his victims, forcing them to confront the darkest fears close to home.

A gripping thriller that follows an ancient order committed to revealing the truth behind Christ’s miracles as they battle evil forces threatening the world.

"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 thriller about a nuclear scientist turned murderer, and the man who tries to prevent a nuclear disaster.

After his wife is killed in a hit‑and‑run, a grieving husband uses an artist’s sketch to hunt the driver, even befriending the driver’s sister as part of an elaborate revenge plot.