Books like Gone Forever by Diane Fanning

A suspenseful look inside the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Grace, where love, secrecy, and abuse mask a household of hidden violence.

When train passengers overhear fresh‑prison inmates flirting, a teenage girl’s instinct is triggered—and a year later a mysterious disappearance turns into a chilling stalker threat.

Flora Dane survived a years‑long kidnapping and now struggles to reintegrate while Boston detective D.D. Warren investigates a brutal crime that may link her past and a new abduction.

When sixteen‑year‑old Kippy of Friendship, Wisconsin, discovers her best friend Ruth’s diary, she takes it upon herself to uncover the truth behind Ruth’s murder and prove the boy arrested is innocent.

A case study of a young girl's murder investigation in Texas, where her father, a manipulative man, murdered his daughter for an insurance policy.

A meticulous, nonfiction investigation into the tragic filicide of three children in Brownsville, Texas, exploring causes, effects, and community impact.

"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.

Kathryn Casey investigates the brutal murder of a young mother and her unborn child in Houston, Texas, revealing the shocking details of how the crime unfolded within a trusted circle.

A Descent Into Hell details the shocking 2005 murder of Jennifer Cave, the desperate flight of her partner Colton Pitonyak, and the investigative pursuit that unfolded in Austin, Texas.

True‑crime account of Regina Hartwell, a wealthy Texas drug dealer, whose obsession with young Kim LeBlanc ends in a fatal stabbing and arson.

There is no doubt that Yolanda Saldivar pulled the trigger and killed the beloved Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez. But does any of us know what really happened in Room 158 of the Days Inn, moments before Yolanda fired the gun that took Selena's life? Maria Celeste Arraras has many answers - and her unrivaled coverage of the murder, the trial, and the aftermath for Univision's Primer Impacto have made her the undisputed expert on the Selena case. Now Arraras shares first-hand details and facts about the crime and the people involved - including never-before-published details of her headline-making jailhouse interview with Yolanda, who repeatedly spoke of "Selena's secret" - a powerful hidden piece of information that she refused to divulge in the courtroom but revealed to Arraras at length. Many questions were raised - and not all were answered until now. Why was there a suitcase filled with Selena's clothes at the murder scene? What was the significance of the jeweled ring, adorned with the initial "S," that fell from Selena's bloody fist? Who was the doctor from Monterrey who called himself Selena's confidant and business advisor? And what will become of Selena's secret diary that Yolanda claims to possess? Filled with original reporting, Selena's Secret fits together the pieces of this puzzle so that, finally, a clear picture of what really happened on that rainy day in March emerges. It's also an intimate portrait of the lives of those people who were most affected by Selena's murder.

A true‑crime investigation in Austin, Texas, chronicles the rise and fall of Celeste Beard, a manipulative woman who preys on wealthy men and their families, and the prosecutor who unravels her crimes.

An intensive look at the unsolved 1991 murder of four girls in Austin, Texas, tracing decades of investigation, DNA advances, and the challenges of justice.