Books like Shadow on the wall by H. C. Bailey

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

Renowned detective Philip Marlowe investigates the mysterious disappearances of two wives in Los Angeles, revealing a tangled web of marriage, crime and intrigue.

In summer Montreal, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan confronts a serial killer who dismembers female victims at the Grande Séminaire park.

Forensic investigator Reilly Steel, Quantico-trained and California-born and bred, imagined Dublin to be a far cry from bustling San Francisco, a sleepy backwater where she can lay past ghosts to rest and start anew. She's arrived in Ireland to drag the Irish crime lab into the 21st century, plus keep tabs on her Irish-born father who's increasingly seeking solace in the bottle after a past family tragedy. But a brutal serial killer soon puts paid to that. When a young man and woman are found dead in an apartment, the gunshot wounds on their naked bodies suggest a suicide pact. But Reilly's instincts are screaming that something's seriously amiss, and as more bodies are discovered, the team soon realises that a twisted murderer is at work, one who seeks to upset society's norms in the most sickening way imaginable...

A collection of six short stories featuring the forensic scientist Mr. Fortune.

An American teenager in York, England, finds himself haunted by eerie dread whenever he reaches ancient landmarks, prompting a chilling, supernatural investigation through time.

Reggie Fortune, a sharp forensic detective, tackles a series of church‑related murders in Hurst Parish, using blood group analysis to uncover a cunning killer and reveal the motive behind the victims’ final visit.

A cold case in France sets off a clash of wine and the criminal underworld.

Child psychologist Mina Pearce wrestles with a heatwave and an upcoming marriage while attending a bereavement group. When a grieving journalist asks her to investigate a 13‑year‑old girl's alleged haunting, she trades her cautious research for a chance to gain experience in a remote village steeped in superstition.