Books like A killing in the hills by Julia Keller

Nora Roberts weaves romance, suspense, and wildlife passion into the rugged Black Hills as Cooper Sullivan and Lil Chance reconnect, protect a cougar sanctuary, and unveil a buried murder mystery.

A federal judge and his secretary vanish before a trial, sparking an FBI investigation that uncovers a brutal murder and a lawyer’s chilling confession.

A family’s idyllic summer party at a grand estate in Cornwall turns into a desperate search when six‑year‑old Theo vanishes, leaving the house abandoned and the siblings torn apart.

A teenage girl from a New Orleans brothel embarks on a murder investigation to get into a prestigious college.

Detective Will Trent races to uncover a sinister killer after a teenage girl is brutally murdered in Atlanta’s affluent Ansley Park, unraveling a web of secrets, abandoned lives and the hidden dangers lurking behind the city’s polished façade.

A thriller featuring a young prosecutor who becomes entangled in the case of a famous actress and her tragic death.

In Bitter River, sheriff Bell Elkins faces a shocking call: Lucinda Trimble’s corpse lies at the river’s bottom, dead before the water could claim her. Bell’s hunt for the killer puts her own life in jeopardy.

Detective Ellie Hatcher uncovers a web of cyberbullying and murder while investigating the death of her sixteen-year-old niece.

In New Mexico, young Josefina is drawn into the legends of buried gold and a weeping ghost after a mysterious stranger shows her evidence of hidden treasure, forcing her to confront the truth behind her hometown’s myths.

A hard‑drinking reporter in a New York media empire becomes the reluctant detective when the girlfriend of his boss is murdered, forcing him to chase an elusive witness who could expose a dangerous conspiracy.

A chilling crime mystery set in a small Southern town

A Texas Ranger and a group of paranormal investigators solve a case of murder and disappearance in San Antonio.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

A widowed mother and her daughter inherit the secluded Honeychurch Hall, only to find a missing nanny, a dead housekeeper, and a murder accusation that forces the daughter to unravel family secrets in this cozy mystery.

"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.

Four-year-old missing child found in grave 20 years later sparks a mystery in small Ohio town.

Consultant surgeon Tora Hamilton investigates a mutilated murder in remote Shetland and uncovers an ancient legend that turns her life into a lethal game.

Sara Jerome returns to San Francisco, hoping to marry Ritchie Temple, reconnect with her vanished father, and unravel a haunting nightmare linked to the 1906 earthquake.

A Biblical scholar uncovers a mysterious letter from Jesus, leading him on a thrilling hunt to find the lost scroll that could change the world.