Books like The Devil's code by John Sandford

Blaze is Stephen King's early novel, originally written before Carrie and published in 2007 under his pseudonym Richard Bachman after a rewrite that cut much sentimentality.

Kate Moore relocates to Luxembourg with her husband for a new job, only to discover that his secret work and the arrival of a suspicious couple expose her past and a web of deception threatening her family and life.

Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup. Bosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The prosecution's file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller's client didn't do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he's been tracking has also been tracking him.

Crime‑beat reporter Jack McEvoy races against time to catch a cleverly word‑crafting serial killer who preys on police detectives in Colorado’s streets.

Detective Lucas Davenport and the feared assassin Clara Rinker cross paths again in a Minneapolis police thriller that turns into a deadly revenge chase.

Michael Corleone returns from a three‑year exile in Sicily to re‑enter America alongside young bandit Salvatore Giuliano, whose reckless acts have upset the Sicilian Mafia.

Model murder sparks a media frenzy and a hunt by private investigator Lucas Davenport, who must confront a suspect from his own ranks and a string of inexplicable killings hinting at a chilling, hidden conspiracy.

Former master thief Tracy Whitney is drawn back into a crisis involving international terrorism, corruption, and a band of global hackers, forcing her to confront her darkest demons while battling the CIA and nefarious allies.

In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown, return to the scene of their bestselling crimes--picturesque Crozet, Virginia. Love is in the air as spring comes to the small town, but no sooner has Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen remarried than she is rudely interrupted--by murder. And no sooner does the trouble start than curious cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with corgi Tee Tucker, sink their claws into the case....After an unexpected rekindling of their romance, Harry and her veterinarian ex-husband, Fair Haristeen, have happily remarried. But the excitement of their nuptials is quickly overshadowed by the murder of Professor Vincent Forland, a world-famous grape and fungal expert who was in town visiting the local vineyards.Within days of giving a lecture on how distilled fungus and cattle diseases are the current basis of chemical warfare, Forland's decapitated body is discovered. After their initial fright, the residents of Crozet believe that this was a political murder and settle back into their routines--until a local is also found dead, killed in the same gruesome manner as Professor Forland. Now residents can't help wondering, is this really the work of an outsider--or one of their own? No longer working in the post office, Harry had just planted a quarter acre of grapes, which fuels her natural curiosity over just what the two murder victims knew and had in common. Once the warmth of spring arrives, the grapevines blossom and Harry's furry entourage discovers the first critical clue. But how can they show the humans what they've learned? And how can they--or anyone--stop the killing?From the Hardcover edition.

A bumbling thief, Dortmunder, returns from the wild, sparking a police chase and a series of crimes across the city.

A detective named Dortmunder is burglarized by a billionaire and must find a lucky ring to clear his name

Parker escapes a botched country‑town bank robbery, only to be pursued by a shotgun‑armed local who offers him a partnership in a new heist.

First‑year LAPD rookie Cynthia Decker faces a terrifying stalker while juggling a car‑jacking investigation, all while keeping her growing danger hidden from her father Peter and stepmother Rina.

First in the Kidd series.

A corrupt CEO's heist gone wrong.

Seventh in Donald E. Westlake’s Parker series, this thriller follows the aftermath of an audacious heist that took place during a college football game.

An ex-cop, John Dortmunder, reluctantly joins the criminal underworld to recover a stolen treasure, facing impossible odds and a mysterious past.

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