Books like Soul Circus by George P. Pelecanos

A collection of twelve short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, first published in The Strand Magazine (1891‑92) and compiled in 1892.

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

Former military cop Jack Reacher finds himself protecting a young woman and her child in West Texas, only to uncover buried secrets that ignite a deadly confrontation on a remote ranch.

Detective Gus Ramone and former police partners investigate the looming return of a serial killer in Washington, D.C., weaving crime, relationships, and community gardens into a tense mystery.

Detective Harry Bosch is drawn into a chilling series of ritual murders that threaten Los Angeles, forcing him to confront the city’s darkness and his own past.

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.

Judge and detective Lucas Davenport faces a series of brutal, gang‑related murders when a grieving widow’s daughter vanishes after a violent crime at home.

Set in post‑World War I Boston, _The Given Day_ follows two families—a black and a white—caught amid revolutionaries, anarchists, and a brewing union movement, culminating in the 1919 police strike.

When Chicago detective Billy Harney wakes up with amnesia after a shoot‑out, he must unravel a conspiracy that led him to a high‑profile brothel and its elusive black book—each page could free him or trap him forever.

During the Summer of Love, Easy Rawlins balances the crisis of his daughter’s expensive medical treatment with a dangerous plan involving an armored car heist, a mysterious disappearance, and a web of deception that stretches from LA’s hippie scene to a European tragedy.

Unwilling detective Easy Rawlins is drawn into a tangled mystery when his friend’s daughter turns up seeking help; a search for a missing Vietnam veteran intersects family drama, betrayal, and danger on L.A.’s streets.

A taut crime novel by George P. Pelecanos that follows a private investigator navigating drug trafficking and veteran affairs in Washington, D.C.

Ex‑cop Derek Strange runs a private detective agency in Washington, D.C., and is drawn into a murder case that probes police racism and corruption.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

After a brutal home invasion kills his family, ex‑police officer Frank Meyer is accused of murder. Private investigators Joe Pike and Elvis Cole uncover a tangled web of crime, betrayal and vengeance in Los Angeles.

On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered -- the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks investigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhyme immediately identifies the clock distributor and has the chilling realization that the killer -- who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker -- has more murders planned in the hours to come. Rhyme, a quadriplegic long confined to his wheelchair, immediately taps his trusted partner and longtime love, Amelia Sachs, to walk the grid and be his eyes and ears on the street. But Sachs has other commitments now -- namely, her first assignment as lead detective on a homicide of her own. As she struggles to balance her pursuit of the infuriatingly elusive Watchmaker with her own case, Sachs unearths shocking revelations about the police force that threaten to undermine her career, her sense of self and her relationship with Rhyme. As the Rhyme-Sachs team shows evidence of fissures, the Watchmaker is methodically stalking his victims and planning a diabolical criminal masterwork.... Indeed, the Watchmaker may be the most cunning and mesmerizing villain Rhyme and Sachs have ever encountered.

Travis McGee #13

Former detective Dave Robicheaux, a Vietnam vet and ex-cop, settles into Louisiana bayou life with his wife. A Gulf plane crash introduces a young girl and unravels a web of murder, deception and local crime.

The force is Don Winslow’s explosive, sensational new novel— the next thrilling entry from the bestselling author of The Cartel.

Detective Derek Strange hunts the killer of his brother in a turbulent Washington, D.C., setting that echoes Vietnam War themes and explores crime, family loyalty and justice.

Joe King Oliver, an ex-NYPD investigator turned private detective, returns to New York to clear his name after being framed for assault.

Private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn risk everything to locate a runaway 14‑year‑old girl turned prostitute in D.C., confronting a ruthless pimp in a city where corruption lurks.

Travis McGee #21

FBI agent Rachel Walling and LAPD detective Harry Bosch confront a poetic serial killer, the Poet, as they navigate a chilling investigation through a desolate desert and the city’s darkest corners.