Books like Cruel intent by J. A. Jance

Detective Regan Pescoli's hunt for the Star‑Crossed Killer turns personal when she is captured by the very murderer she has been tracking. With the help of her partner Selena Alvarez and Nate Santana, the investigation spirals into a deadly game of minds in Montana's wilderness.

Lisa Jackson’s thriller follows a relentless serial killer targeting Montana residents, with a determined female detective racing to expose him before more innocents die.

FBI Agent Brad Raines hunts a Denver serial killer who leaves bridal veils at each scene. When he turns to the gifted psychiatric ward for help, he must decide if sanity lies inside the walls or beyond.

In the blistering Arizona desert a devastating fire leaves a woman scarred and intent on uncovering the identity of the killer and the motive behind the attack.

When Dexter Morgan becomes a father, his nightly killings and Miami police investigations collide as he hunts a missing girl and an unseen stalker while training his offspring to control their bloodlust.

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.

Two timelines converge in Boston as a modern investigator and a 19th‑century medical student race to solve a series of murders tied to a buried skull and a kidnapped baby.

Lincoln Rhyme, a forensic specialist, is summoned to the Bahamas to trace a sniper who killed a U.S. citizen, while his partner Amelia Sachs investigates the victim’s trail in Manhattan.

"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.

Police academy‑trained reporter Ali Reynolds is hired to investigate a brutal murder of a gold‑digging divorcee, but the case intersects with another mystery that may be linked to her own past.

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.

Alison Reynolds, a former TV journalist, retreats to Sedona, Arizona, after her career ends and a divorce looms. While running a healing blog for others, threatening messages surface, putting her life in danger as a killer may be hunting her next.

The first three mysteries of Seattle homicide detective Jonas Piedmont Beaumont, a series that began with J. A. Jance’s engaging police thrillers. Fans of urban crime and intricate investigations will find Beaumont’s sharp mind and the city’s gritty backdrop compelling.

Ex‑L.A. news anchor Ali Reynolds returns to Arizona after a broken marriage and career, only to face the murder of a local real estate tycoon and uncover secrets that threaten her new life.

Sheriff Joanna Brady balances a looming re‑election, a pregnancy and a college‑bound daughter when a sudden traffic accident raises questions—she enlistes journalist‑turned‑investigator Ali Reynolds to uncover the truth.

Detective B. Simpson allies with Sister Anselm to investigate a suspicious prison accident, while Ali Reynolds probes the decades‑old murder of Leland’s father.