Books like The never list by Koethi Zan

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

A relentless mastermind turns Alex Cross’s devotion into a deadly game, threatening the family he loves most.

Lindsay Boxer and her new partner race heart‑pounding trials in San Francisco as a madman escapes custody and a child‑kidnapping spree shocks the city, all while the Women’s Murder Club fights to protect each other and keep the kidnappers in check.

In southeast Minnesota, a school board vote to allow a local reporter to be killed triggers a mystery, as Virgil Flowers investigates a dognapping ring that has expanded into medical labs and a murder.

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.

In East Long Beach, a high‑school dropout known as IQ uses his razor‑sharp mind to solve crimes the LAPD ignores, pulling a rap mogul into a deadly web of vengeance, murder, and high‑stakes danger.

After investigating a massive mass killing, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta returns to Cambridge, Massachusetts, when a young woman’s body is found on MIT’s rugby field, linking the crime to a Washington D.C. serial killer.

In Las Vegas, a corrupt restaurant owner lures young women into a deadly business, while Los Angeles detective Jack Morgan follows leads that bring him into the city of sin and a murder-for-hire ring.

Private investigator Stone Barrington takes on a seemingly routine client, only to uncover a threat that ties a modern dilemma to a decades‑old crime, forcing him to outwit dangerous rivals in a tense New York showdown.

"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.

Catherine Ling, a seasoned CIA operative, embarks on a perilous mission to rescue an imprisoned journalist in Tibet, navigating betrayal, a personal vendetta, and her promise to protect her son.

A seasoned banker hides a dark past until a survivor of a Vietnam grenade attack forces him to confront his buried vengeance, leading to a dangerous, city‑wide crusade that tests loyalty, justice, and morality.

When a former journalist settles back into his hometown of Promise Falls, New York, a hidden family secret and a series of brutal killings force him to confront the town’s dark past and his own doubts.

Phoebe Henderson, still heartbroken after a year of betrayal, creates a bedroom bucket list: ten daring acts she wants to try, hoping to reclaim pleasure and perhaps find love again.