Books like Bad Blood by John Sandford

A suspenseful look inside the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Grace, where love, secrecy, and abuse mask a household of hidden violence.

When a past tragedy resurfaces, a woman who built a seemingly perfect family and career must confront the secrets that could destroy it all.

A relentless mastermind turns Alex Cross’s devotion into a deadly game, threatening the family he loves most.

Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a brutal double homicide in Minneapolis, where a young woman and later a man are discovered strangled and displayed, leading him to suspect a serial killer driven by a disturbed mind.

When a coastal dog retrieves a bone that turns out to be human, Isa Wilde’s idyllic village of Salten is thrust into terror as her childhood friends uncover a dark secret, unraveling their shared past.

In southeast Minnesota, a school board vote to allow a local reporter to be killed triggers a mystery, as Virgil Flowers investigates a dognapping ring that has expanded into medical labs and a murder.

Virgil Flowers, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, investigates a fatal kayaking murder at a women‑only resort, uncovering a tangled web of jealousy, blackmail, and secrets that could make him the next target.

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.

When Israeli police escort a suspect carrying a stolen religious relic, Virgil Flowers discovers the artifact holds startling secrets about King Solomon, and soon finds himself hunted by ruthless rivals who will kill anyone protecting its truth.

A suspenseful novel set 18 years after the murder of Bellamy Lyston Price's sister, exploring themes of family secrets, the dangers of fame, and the struggle for justice in a world where a killer has eluded the law for two decades.

Former FBI agent Kate Conlan and Special Agent John Quinn investigate a serial killer in Minneapolis who tortures, anoints, and burns his victims.

In Upper Manhattan, a suspicious tip leads to an officer’s death and a cascade of murders—all pointing to a professional killer targeting New York police chief Michael Bennett and his family.

Three high school teenagers become serial killers while investigating a Spree Murders case.

Detective Cassie Hobbes discovers her mother is alive and is being held by a powerful, sinister group. With the FBI Naturals, she races to expose a serial killer conspiracy that threatens to turn the hunters into the hunted.

"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.

At a high‑school reunion in Trippton, Minnesota, a frozen body sparks Virgil Flowers’s investigation into cold‑case secrets and long‑held grudges, proving that the past can turn deadly.

A single mother in Washington, D.C., deals with the secrets of her family's past and the threat to her safety and stability as she begins a new life with her children and a tightly knit neighborhood community.

When a megastore threatens a Minnesota town, Virgil Flowers uncovers a terror plot that may shatter the small community.

Lane Harmon, assistant to an upscale interior designer, is drawn into a high‑stakes mystery when she works on a modest townhouse belonging to the wife of a financier who vanished and whose millions of dollars have disappeared. As she uncovers secrets, Lane’s and her daughter’s safety are at risk.

Five successful women star in a New York reality show called Goal Diggers, where ambition, rivalry, and a shocking murder threaten to unveil deep family secrets and betrayals.

Marnie Bruce, who remembers every detail except the night of her 11th birthday, returns to a Scottish cottage after twenty years and confronts the secrets that once tore the town apart.