Books like Roadside crosses by Jeffery Deaver

A young detective battles for her life in Half Moon Bay during the Fourth of July celebration.

Lindsay Boxer and her new partner race heart‑pounding trials in San Francisco as a madman escapes custody and a child‑kidnapping spree shocks the city, all while the Women’s Murder Club fights to protect each other and keep the kidnappers in check.

The Women’s Murder Club confronts an old enemy, a body‑bomb killer and sixteen terrorists aboard a cruise ship bound for Alaska.

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.

Matt Richtel examines the deadly rise of distracted driving, using a 2006 Utah crash that killed two rocket scientists to explore how cell‑phone use divides attention, affects brain function, and reshapes society.

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.

A debut crime novel that follows a killer’s terrifying cross‑country drive from the Jersey Shore to the Pacific, uncovering the tragic lives he touches along the way.

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.

In a race to catch a kidnapper, a dedicated policewoman and a wealthy rancher clash—and then surprisingly connect—under the shadow of a dangerous case on a ranch.

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs investigate a brutal triple murder in Manhattan’s Diamond District, chasing the killer known as the Promisor who strikes during engagement‑ring purchases.

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.

"In this study of roadside crosses, the first of its kind, Holly Everett presents the history of these unique commemoratives and their relationship to contemporary memorial culture. The meaning of these markers is presented in the words of grieving parents, high school students, public officials, and private individuals whom the author interviewed during her fieldwork in Texas.". "Everett covers more than thirty-five memorial sites with twenty-five photographs representing the wide range of creativity. Examining the complex interplay of politics, culture, and belief, she emphasizes the importance of religious expression in everyday life and analyzes responses to death that this tradition illustrates.". "Roadside crosses are a meeting place for communication, remembrance, and reflection, embodying on-going relationships between the living and the dead. They are a bridge between personal and communal pain - and one of the oldest forms of memorial culture." "Scholars in Folklore, American studies, cultural geography, cultural/social history, and material culture studies will be especially interested in this study."--BOOK JACKET.

FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell is pulled back into a deadly game when escaped serial killer Albert Stucky resurfaces, forcing her to confront guilt, ambition, and the fine line between hunter and monster.

A former TV anchorwoman, Ali Reynolds, suspects the husband of her contractor’s spouse in a brutal murder and fights to prove his innocence amid disbelief from her detective boyfriend and danger from the true killer.

Detective Merci Rayborn faces division in her sheriff’s department after a deputy is shot dead and a wife is murdered—she believes the deputy was framed and must uncover the truth before more lives are lost.

Kate Martinelli, a seasoned policewoman in San Francisco, balances routine work and personal life until she is called to a strange murder scene. With partner Al Hawkin, she tracks a series of staged killings that pull her into a sinister, city‑wide network.

Jeffery Deaver’s bestselling suspense novel featuring his renowned characters Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.

When armed robbers storm a Glasgow home demanding a nonexistent victim, policewoman Alex Morrow must unravel a tangled web of murder, kidnapping and a family’s hidden secrets. A tense, gritty police procedural.