Books like When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

A 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

Eva grapples with her role as mother after her son Kevin, a teenage boy, murders seven classmates, a cafeteria worker and a teacher. Two years later, she confronts the aftermath and her own doubts.

A woman born on a snowy night in 1910 dies and is reborn repeatedly, each life giving her the chance to alter history as the world heads toward another global conflict.

A Dublin detective returns to his hometown’s Faithful Place after a decades‑old missing‑person case pulls his former lover’s suitcase into his life, and he must confront family, crime, and loyalty to uncover the truth.

Private Detective Jackson Brodie unravels three intertwined mysteries of loss, grief, and hidden secrets in England’s quiet suburbs.

When a wealthy executive’s private jet crashes, his wife Sid finds herself blamed for his disappearance and forced to unravel a web of lies, corporate intrigue, and FBI scrutiny.

Austin radio host Paris Bell faces a deadly threat when a jealous listener, “Valentino,” vows revenge after she advises his girlfriend. Racing against time, she teams with a police psychologist to stop the kidnapping and protect herself.

When a young girl's skeleton is found in the neighborhood of a long‑missing childhood friend, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan must decide whether the two victims are the same person.

Myron Bolitar, a sports agent, is drawn into a murder investigation involving a young tennis star and her former fiancé.

A gripping thriller about a family dealing with their teenage son's potential suicide after a friend's suicide, with a twist of unexpected brutality.

Chronicles Ruby's life from 1951 to 1992 in first‑person chapters, interspersed with flashbacks from her family’s female members, revealing England’s domestic landscape across decades.

During the Edinburgh Festival, a roadside road‑rage incident turns a bystander, ex‑army officer Jackson Brodie, into a suspect, sparking a detective mystery that waltzes between fortune and self‑discovery.

When a commuter plane crashes into a Los Angeles apartment building, L.A.P.D. Lieutenant Peter Decker must uncover a hidden mystery amid terror, missing passengers, and a decades‑old murder that threatens his family and his sense of justice.

A Baltimore cop investigates a mysterious cold case of two missing sisters from a shopping mall that vanished thirty years ago, baffling for its lack of clues and the claim of a survivor with no evidence.

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

FBI Special Agent Emmy Dockery’s razor‑sharp investigative instincts are tested when a nationwide string of seemingly accidental deaths baffles her and puts her ally, Harrison "Books" Bookman, on suspicions.

A former defense lawyer turns to the world of horse racing after his client’s light sentence, only to find a brutal murder linking steeplechasers. In a mix of courtroom intrigue and track tension, he must uncover the truth before it ends his life.

Retired detective Tracy Waterhouse’s orderly world is upended when she takes on Kelly Cross’s child, while her former partner, Jackson Brodie, wrestles with an abused dog case, forcing both to confront deeper, unforeseen dangers.

Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigates a mysterious murder in the Yorkshire Dales, while Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, once a lover, comes to help and uncover the darker aspects of his family's past.

Working on the Godding Museum's annual local artist show is the perfect way for English teacher Sarah Deane to earn a few dollars, relax in the sun and sea air of coastal Maine, and spend the summer with her boyfriend, Dr. Alex McKenzie. But when Sarah and Alex discover the body of Nate Harwood, a cranky local artist, caught in an offshore fish trap, they know they'll have no vacation from amateur detecting until they catch his killer. Could his death be related to the "accidental" drowning of two elderly tourists shortly after they had brought a painting from Prior's Gallery? Is one of the contestants in the museum show willing to go to any lengths to win? Or does someone have strong feelings against seascapes? Sarah and Alax canvass Weymouth Island trying to draw a clearer picture of the killer lurking among them--before they find the next victim.

Former FBI profiler Pierce Quincy races against time to find his missing wife, Rainie, and uncover a sinister plot involving a past case and a mysterious killer.