Books like Death Wish by K. Webster

A tightly bound collection of Gene Wolfe’s early science‑fiction and fantasy tales, featuring stories such as "The Island of Doctor Death," "Alien Stones," and "Three Fingers," each blending speculative intrigue with lyrical prose.

Convenient Bride for the King is a romance novel by Kelly Hunter that explores themes of love, duty, and destiny within a fictional setting.

Damien Echols tells the harrowing true story of his almost two decades on death row as one of the West Memphis Three, revealing abuse, injustice, and the enduring human spirit.

A relentless murderer targets victims in a department store, a police station, and a theater crowd—ending with a bold attempt to eliminate Inspector McKee.

A MAN CONTROLLED BY HIS DESIRES . . . Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows St. Giles like the back of her hand-she's spent a lifetime caring for its inhabitants at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk . . . A WOMAN HAUNTED BY HER PAST . . . Caire makes a simple offer-in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to London's high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, and what begins as cold calculation soon falls prey to a passion that neither can control-one that may well destroy them both. A BARGAIN NEITHER COULD REFUSE

A heartwarming tale of love, magic, and death from Canadian author Martine Leavitt.

(From the editor) Nobody cheats death! A warrior haunted by his past, Salim Ghadafar serves as a problem-solver for a church he hates, bound by the goddess of death to hunt down those who would rob her of her due. Such is the case in the desert nation of Thuvia, where a powerful merchant on the verge of achieving eternal youth via a magical elixir is mysteriously murdered, his soul kidnapped somewhere along its path to the afterlife. The only clue is a magical ransom note, offering to trade the merchant’s successful resurrection for his dose of the fabled potion. But who would have the power to steal a soul from the boneyard of Death herself? Enter Salim, whose keen mind and contacts throughout the multiverse should make solving this mystery a cinch. There's only one problem: The investigation is being financed by Neila Anvanory, the dead merchant's stubborn and aristocratic daughter. And she wants to go with him. Along with his uninvited passenger, Salim must unravel a web of intrigue that will lead them far from the blistering sands of Thuvia on a grand tour of the Outer Planes, where devils and angels rub shoulders with fey lords and mechanical men, and nothing is as it seems... From noted game designer and author James L. Sutter comes an epic mystery of murder and immortality, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

The job was waiting but her sister wasn't Ellen Shaw arrived in London, England, to take her ideal job--managing an antiquarian bookshop--and met her ideal man. Strong and solid, warm and loving, Hugh Weston, the shop's owner, was a powerful man. But could she trust him? Ellen's sister had disappeared, and the explanations for her absence didn't hold up. Hugh had his own theory. His grandmother was dead--murdered. Believing her sister was behind it, he had to suspect Ellen, too. But as death began to stalk her through the streets of London and Ellen's concern slowly changed into terror, Hugh could not just stand by.

Seventeenth‑yearold Mason Rice relishes a high school triumph—an award‑winning play, a party, and a first kiss with best friend Kat Medina—only to face the fallout when Kat distances herself, leaving Mason to navigate new feelings for the friendly Colette ages 23.

A fast‑paced collection of Warhammer short stories that plunge readers into a gothic world where the corrupting magic of Chaos and relentless armies of the undead threaten the realms of humanity.

Urban fiction to the max. This book was great! I would say it's one of the best urban fiction novels I've read in a long time. I like the way the author writes, it's very descriptive and the choice of words the author uses are magical. It's like watching a movie in your head. I must confess that I read this book in two days because it was hard to put it down. It's about a young man who gets caught up in the spiritual world while trying to live life as a gangster in this world. I've never read street fiction or urban fiction like this. Trete Lo is one of the best kept secrets in urban fiction.

Two young detectives are tasked with solving the murder of an elderly man found with a smashed skull.

In a residential neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon, an unknown young woman uncovers a shocking crime scene by inexplicably sensing the evil within its walls. To the police, she is a mystery. She can't even tell them her own name. They christen her Jane Doe. Suffering terrifying hallucinations, Jane is assigned to Nathan Fox, a forensic psychiatrist struggling with his own demons. Together they must piece together the jigsaw that is Jane's identity. Then a sequence of brutal killings terrorizes the city and Fox learns Jane is the only cryptic link between the unrelated victims. To solve the murders, Fox must discard his black and white preconceptions, look beyond the spectrum of normal human experience and confront the dark truth of her past.and his own.