Books like Missing pieces by Heather Gudenkauf

A novel about a man who gives his daughter with Down syndrome to a nurse, sparking controversy and gaining widespread attention in the media.

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

In southeast Minnesota, a school board vote to allow a local reporter to be killed triggers a mystery, as Virgil Flowers investigates a dognapping ring that has expanded into medical labs and a murder.

A TV journalist on the verge of stardom becomes obsessed with finding her birth mother while covering a high‑profile murder trial, uncovering family secrets that threaten the inheritance of a wealthy, contested estate.

A harrowing tale of family, secrets and the aftermath of a crime that fractured a small Iowa town, as two sisters confront their shared past when their estranged sibling is released from prison.

Musical prodigy Jonah Kirk discovers his gifts amid danger in the city, navigating friendship, faith, and terror as he confronts family legacy and urban mystery.

Photojournalist Jordan Glass investigates a series of disturbing paintings called "The Sleeping Women," uncovering a link to her missing twin sister and confronting an elusive, obsessed artist.

After discovering her husband has a letter from her lover and a gun, pregnant Elizabeth Pike returns home to her Mississippi family, where a web of secrets, adultery, and family violence threatens to tear her world apart.

A practical guide offering encouraging advice and real-life stories for mid‑life women who have spent their youth at home, helping them find confidence and new life skills.

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

A former TV producer battles her past when she reopens an unsolved murder for a new true‑crime series, only to find that the killer is still watching.

A mother struggles to help her selectively mute daughter after a tragic loss, while the daughter’s mysterious disappearance threatens their fragile family life.

A compelling mystery with a twist, blending elements of romance, suspense, and the gripping story of a missing child, set against the backdrop of South Carolina’s public prosecutor's office.

Detective Constable Cat Kinsella investigates a brutal murder that forces her to confront a family secret, questioning whether her father’s lies conceal a lifetime of crimes.

After a fatal accident renders nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she battles grief and rebuilds her life with the help of a hearing dog. When a fellow nurse’s body is found in the woods, Amelia must unravel a dangerous mystery that threatens to upend everything she has worked hard to regain.

At Wyndemere House, Fern and her mother serve a wealthy family while their lives are reshaped by a new wife’s strict rules and a forbidden friendship with the Finchson son. The rigid class hierarchy leaves them powerless to protect their future.

"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.

After her mother’s disappearance, Lindsay Harrison investigates her family’s secrets over forty days, culminating in the shocking discovery of a body in the ocean that forces a painful reckoning.

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.

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.

Cassie and Allie Kramer aspire to Hollywood success—Cassie gets minor roles while Allie ascends to stardom. When Allie disappears after a body‑double shooting on set, Cassie is accused and must uncover the truth to find her sister.

Detective Helen Grace investigates a chilling murder plot that targets family men leading double lives, uncovering a serial killer who leaves gruesome feasts for victims’ families.

Ex‑soldier Logan Thibault, haunted by Iraq memories, seeks the woman in a photograph he found in his pack. He embarks on a journey that uncovers a startling truth while Beth, the woman in the picture, battles her own turmoil.