Books like The white road by John Connolly

Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker, haunted by his wife's and child's murders, hunts a ruthless serial killer from New York to the South, confronting his own dark instincts.

At Donut Hearts, the donut shop owner, Suzanne Hart, enjoys the layer of snow covering the streets of April Springs, North Carolina, in time for the area's Winter Carnival. Her good feelings plummet when the ex-girlfriend of her ex-husband, Max, gets "iced".

Private detective Charlie Parker tackles a case of assassins targeting members of their own organization.

Meet Tommy Akhtar, Ugandan Asian cricket fan, devoted son, and not very successful private investigator with offices over his brother Gundappa's mini-cab firm in deepest West London.He's just woken up from his hangover (combing the parting on his toungue) when his next case comes through the door. It looks like just another investigation when hooker Melody comes into his office asking him to find her co-worker, Natasha, last seen meeting new client at a bar in Shepherd's Market.But as the search for Natasha intensifies, Tommy's world becomes increasingly sinister. He is drawn into a murder investigation, the criminal underworld, the world of fundamentalist religion and maybe even terrorist activities. Neate brilliantly explores the oddball underbelly and wierd cultural mix of London - The City of Tiny Lights - today and questions just what it really means to be British now.....

A deliciously puzzling murder mystery set in a donut shop, where the culprit's donut turns out to be the killer.

Ex‑adrenaline junkie Simon Newman pursues two perilous stunts – a descent into the infamous Cwm Pot caves and a climb up Mount Everest – to draw subscribers to his fledgling website, forcing him to confront the limits of his morality and wits.

Alex McKnight, a private investigator, returns to Detroit to face a haunting shooting that killed his partner, following a new clue that may exonerate the convicted killer.

Set at the outbreak of World War I, The White Road follows the Morland family as their sons join the British Expeditionary Force, mingling hope and tragedy amid Belgium’s defense and the infamous Christmas truce.

After his mother dies, 12‑year‑old David escapes into the stories that once comforted him, only for myth and war to collide in a world where a Crooked Man and a faded king rule over wolves and hidden secrets.

In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power.

In London, celebrity divorce lawyer Richard Pryce is found bludgeoned in his flat, a £3,000 bottle of 1982 Château Lafite beside him and a mysterious three‑digit number on the wall. Private investigator Daniel Hawthorne, with assistant and author narrator Anthony, must unmask the killer and their own hidden secrets.