Books like Cold betrayal by J. A. Jance

Detective Harry Bosch and rookie partner Lucia Soto reopen a decades‑old LAPD cold case when a stray bullet finally kills its victim, uncovering a politically charged mystery that turns out to be anything but random.

In Wyoming’s remote Black Hills, game warden Joe Pickett lands at a mysterious ranch where rumours of hidden wealth and murder swirl. He must uncover the truth while confronting dangerous locals and unexpected betrayal.

In her chapter‑book debut, Nancy Clancy solves a mystery when a prized possession goes missing at school.

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.

Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD cop Milo Sturgis team up to chase a serial killer whose twisted motives and clever tactics keep the police and forensic psychologists on their toes.

Nola Brown, presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash, is revealed alive by former Navy SEAL Jim "Zig" Zigarowski, forcing them to evade a secretive U.S. military conspiracy while uncovering hidden truths.

When a 13‑year‑old insists her sister’s killer is innocent, a high‑profile law firm must dig into a seemingly closed murder case to determine if justice was truly served.

Special Agent Kate O'Hare teams up with con man Nicolas Fox to dismantle a powerful global drug smuggling ring spanning Nashville, Lisbon, Istanbul, and London, confronting dangerous enforcers and enlisting unlikely allies.

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan investigates a murder at Charlotte’s Lowes Motor Speedway during race week, uncovering a buried crime linked to a vanished high‑school driver and extremist group.

In Joe Pickett’s latest adventure, his daughter April goes missing and a girl’s body is found—poisoning the lives of a rodeo champion and the game‑warden world. Pickett must uncover the truth before danger turns deadly.

When Louisiana businessman Jerry Earl Leland is murdered during a lavish party, scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand must untangle his web of enemies to prevent another victim—she unravels the clues hidden in his dirty laundry.

When Judy’s best friend’s housekeeper dies under suspicious circumstances, she suspects foul play and launches a personal investigation into a murder that hits too close to home.

When Amanda Pierce vanishes on her wedding day, investigative TV host Laurie Moran teams with her crew to reconstruct the night at Florida’s Grand Victoria Hotel, uncovering hidden motives and a cold case that threatens to stay buried.

Sheriff Joanna Brady in Arizona balances an impending second pregnancy and a staff shortage while tracking two brutal crimes that threaten her family and department.

When his wife, psychologist Susie, is arrested after a client’s murder, husband Lachlan must uncover a web of secrets to prove her innocence.

Two Vatican brothers are drawn into a race to uncover a lost gospel and a dying pope’s secret, turning a quest for clergy relics into a thrilling mystery of faith and history.

A retired FBI agent in Tucson confronts a resurging serial killer while juggling family drama and an uneasy household, forcing her to question whom she can trust.

FBI Special Agent Emmy Dockery’s razor‑sharp investigative instincts are tested when a nationwide string of seemingly accidental deaths baffles her and puts her ally, Harrison "Books" Bookman, on suspicions.

"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.

Dana Stabenow’s detective novel places Alaska‑native sleuth Kate Shugak in the middle of a century‑old tribal feud that erupts into murder, forcing her to untangle grief and revenge across fraught communities.

When Ali’s parents lose their life savings in a Ponzi scheme, her father becomes a suspect after a double homicide, and Ali and her husband fight to clear his name and bring justice to victims, including a cold‑blooded killer.

When a former news colleague with a troubling past arrives in town, detective Ali Reynolds is drawn into a dangerous mystery that intertwines love, cyber‑crime, and murder.

Women authors of detective series in the 20th century, presented through the works of 21 American and British women detectives and private investigators.

Ex‑cop turned PI, Pericles "Perry" Christo, is hired by a wealthy Upper East Side matron to find her daughter Angelina, only to uncover a tangled web of danger and deception that threatens everyone involved.