Books like Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver

Alex Cross, the FBI agent, returns as a psychologist in D.C., tracking a serial rapist that resurfaces from a past case involving his wife's murder.

Detective Alex Cross tackles a brutal serial‑murder case in Washington, D.C., while a dangerous plastic surgeon and other dark forces threaten to derail the investigation.

When a young woman is taken hostage, the kidnappers demand $400,000 and a secret "October List". In a tense race across New York, investigators and a desperate mother confront corruption and deadly stakes.

Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme teams up with Amelia Sachs to stop a serial killer who transforms everyday items into deadly weapons.

When a ruthless killer known as The Teacher begins targeting New York’s elite, Detective Mike Bennett must juggle a personal crisis—ten ill children—while racing to stop a deadly series of murders before the city is destroyed.

Dexter Morgan, a forensic analyst turned nighttime vigilante, faces a ruthless copycat killer who mimics his blood‑thirsty methods. Now he must outwit an adversary who catches up on the streets of Miami.

A quadriplegic former detective investigates his cousin’s wrongful murder conviction in New York, uncovering a serial killer who manipulates the legal system by exploiting intimate details of victims and their accusers.

Retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney is drawn back into crime when a former college friend delivers a baffling letter and a sealed envelope—only to be murdered, leaving Gurney to investigate a perplexing serial murder case.

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.

On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered -- the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks investigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhyme immediately identifies the clock distributor and has the chilling realization that the killer -- who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker -- has more murders planned in the hours to come. Rhyme, a quadriplegic long confined to his wheelchair, immediately taps his trusted partner and longtime love, Amelia Sachs, to walk the grid and be his eyes and ears on the street. But Sachs has other commitments now -- namely, her first assignment as lead detective on a homicide of her own. As she struggles to balance her pursuit of the infuriatingly elusive Watchmaker with her own case, Sachs unearths shocking revelations about the police force that threaten to undermine her career, her sense of self and her relationship with Rhyme. As the Rhyme-Sachs team shows evidence of fissures, the Watchmaker is methodically stalking his victims and planning a diabolical criminal masterwork.... Indeed, the Watchmaker may be the most cunning and mesmerizing villain Rhyme and Sachs have ever encountered.

A photojournalist survives a harrowing helicopter crash in Africa, while a prison escapee rises with a terrorist plan linked to Nikola Tesla’s notebooks and a Native American visionary.

A murder at a New York City music school leads LAPC detectives Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic forensic pathologist, and Amelia Sachs, a forensic scientist, into a deadly game of deception with a master illusionist known as "the Conjurer."

Detective Ryan Kessler’s family becomes the target of a ruthless assassin, forcing him to rely on a federal protection officer who will use increasingly extreme tactics to keep them safe.

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.

Teenage friends Jazz Dent, Connie and Howie face danger in New York when Jazz's serial‑killer father, Billy, threatens them all.

A serial killer has been terrorizing New York City, and only a renowned expert on criminal behavior can stop him.

Detective Lincoln Rhyme and forensic pathologist Amelia Sachs race against time to stop the ruthless smuggler "Ghost" from killing families caught in New York City's clandestine immigrant trade.

Detective Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic NYPD forensic expert, hunts the elusive Coffin Dancer—a professional killer targeting witnesses before grand jury testimony, with help from cop Amelia Sachs.

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.