Books like Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown after a brief stay in a psychiatric hospital to cover the murders of two preteen girls, and must confront the trauma of her own past to uncover the truth.

When a brutal murder links a billionaire husband to a homicide investigation, Dallas‑Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas must piece together clues amid a chaotic crime scene.

Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club confront a chilling series of police‑uniformed killings that threaten to unravel San Francisco.

In Wyoming’s remote Black Hills, game warden Joe Pickett lands at a mysterious ranch where rumours of hidden wealth and murder swirl. He must uncover the truth while confronting dangerous locals and unexpected betrayal.

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.

San Francisco is rattled by a series of shootings, and Sergeant Lindsay Boxer—trusted by the Women's Murder Club—must confront a cunning killer and looming police corruption to protect her city and her own integrity.

Deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell confronts a brutal gang war in booming North Dakota, while 12‑year‑old Kyle Westergaard, who stumbles upon a mysterious drug‑laden bundle, becomes the unlikely key to unraveling the violence that threatens their town.

Flora Dane survived a years‑long kidnapping and now struggles to reintegrate while Boston detective D.D. Warren investigates a brutal crime that may link her past and a new abduction.

Joanne Brady is elected sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, where she confronts a hostile, male‑dominated police force and a grisly double homicide that reveals deep family secrets and generational crime.

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

Two timelines converge in Boston as a modern investigator and a 19th‑century medical student race to solve a series of murders tied to a buried skull and a kidnapped baby.

Detective Helen Grace must confront her own shadows while chasing a serial killer who once crossed paths with her inside the city’s seedy nightlife world.

Once upon a time, Cassie Smith was a troubled teen who trusted no one and had a bleak future ahead of her. If not for the intervention of a caring teacher, Cassie would have fallen through the cracks. Now she's a teacher herself, dedicated to guiding her students through the troubled waters of life. She doesn't want a cop in her classroom- especially a cop like Captain Mitch Lansing with all his rules and regulations. The last place Mitch wants to be is in a classroom with a bunch of teenagers. But when a friend calls in a favor, that's just where the police officer finds himself. As part of the school board's Resiliency Program, Mitch's job is to spend ten weeks in the classroom. He's assigned to a class of At Risk students- kids who might not make it in the real world without some kind of intervention. Mitch hasn't had this tough a time since his days in Vietnam. But it's not just the kids getting under his skin- it's their teacher. Copyright © 1998 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the killer to justice.