Books like Rather Be The Devil by Ian Rankin

Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis investigate a murder that leads from a crime in North Oxford to the political intrigues of Lonsdale College, raising the question: is the Mastership worth a killing?

Defense attorney Mickey Haller faces his most dangerous case yet when he must defend studio executive Walter Elliott after the murder of Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent, while detective Harry Bosch enters the fray to find Vincent’s killer.

Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup. Bosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The prosecution's file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller's client didn't do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he's been tracking has also been tracking him.

When the first snow falls in Oslo, a missing‑mothers investigation leads Inspector Harry Hole into a deadly serial‑killer game that threatens to unhinge him.

Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a brutal double homicide in Minneapolis, where a young woman and later a man are discovered strangled and displayed, leading him to suspect a serial killer driven by a disturbed mind.

An early Inspector Rebus thriller in which a former schoolboy circle converges in Edinburgh, testing old friendships and moral lines amid a city‑wide mystery.

In the midst of an international conference in Scotland, Inspector Rebus is left alone to investigate a mysterious death at Edinburgh Castle, racing against time to uncover a sinister plot that could endanger world leaders.

Detective Joona Linna returns from Sweden to chase a web of homicides tied to a clandestine arms deal, blending crime investigation with thriller suspense.

Detective Michael Bennett returns to New York with his family after dismantling a crime lord’s empire. When a charred body appears in a ruined building that once hosted a strange party, Bennett dives into a hidden criminal underworld he never expected.

Tana French’s fourth Dublin Murder Squad novel follows gritty detective Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy as he tackles a high‑profile murder at a derelict luxury development, uncovering layered secrets that echo a haunting family past.

Inspector Rebus investigates three murders at Queensbury House, the new Scottish Parliament building, uncovering secrets hidden for twenty years.

Inspector John Rebus, after a serious error, is confined to a rehabilitation school where he discovers classmates planning a drug heist. Joined by Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke, they investigate links to an art dealer’s murder that threatens senior law‑enforcement officials.

Detective Jon Nunn revisits a decade‑old murder to uncover whether justice was wrongfully served, as ten years of silence stir questions of wrongful conviction and hidden truth.

Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past. Allegiances are being formed, enemies made, and huge questions asked. Who are the saints and who the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

In "Rage," psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis revisit a chilling 8‑year‑old kidnapping case to confront a haunting killer who may exact brutal revenge.

Senior police officer Richard Jury investigates a long‑forgotten murder of Tess, a wife whose death was ruled an accidental fall, possibly linked to a fatal incident at a children’s party and a recent tower collapse near his bars.

During the Edinburgh Festival, Inspector Rebus investigates a brutal murder in the city’s ancient underground, uncovering sectarian ties and a looming terrorist threat linked to a gangster’s son.

LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the killer to justice.