Books like Rules of crime by L. J. Sellers

A woman haunted by grief and guilt uncovers secrets in her family's mansion, leading to a terrifying confrontation with the truth.

A Palm Beach playboy, Warren "Chip" Ganz, holds a wealthy businessman hostage, only to confide in the shady bookmaker Harry Arno—an elusive scam artist being chased by a U.S. Marshal—setting up a high-stakes, gun‑fueled showdown.

Lisa Jackson’s thriller follows a relentless serial killer targeting Montana residents, with a determined female detective racing to expose him before more innocents die.

Alice Glendenning, a widow, is hit by a car while trying to find her children, who have been reported missing.

In the remote Montana town of Grizzly Falls, detective Regan Pescoli races against time to stop a serial killer as her own daughter and a reality‑show buzz turn the investigation into a personal nightmare.

Fresh off the leave-of-absence he took following his ex-wife's tragic death, Detective Wade Jackson's life is in upheaval. He struggles to keep his grief-stricken, out-of-control daughter, Katie, from succumbing to the same alcoholism demon as her mother, while trying to reinvigorate a passion for his work. When a body is found in a local storage unit, Jackson hopes a simple open-and-shut homicide case will help him get back on track. But when the victim is identified as ex-con Craig Cooper--a former meth addict who did time for bank robbery, the spoils of which were never recovered--it becomes quickly apparent that the case will be challenging. The same night Cooper is murdered, a firebomb goes off in a bottled water factory on the other side of town. The prime suspects are from an organization called Love the Earth--eco-terrorists believed to be modeling themselves after the infamous Earth Liberation Front. Fears that new group is plotting another attack bring agents from the ATF and FBI to town, among them Jamie Dallas, an undercover agent with a wild streak, and Carla River, an FBI agent with a complicated past. When Jackson discovers a shocking link between the murder case and the bombing, they will have to work together to solve both crimes before they blow up in their faces.

A journalist in Branson, Missouri, uncovers a country music murder trial and becomes entangled with unscrupulous reporters, leading to a surprising twist.

When armed robbers storm a Glasgow home demanding a nonexistent victim, policewoman Alex Morrow must unravel a tangled web of murder, kidnapping and a family’s hidden secrets. A tense, gritty police procedural.

Lane Harmon, assistant to an upscale interior designer, is drawn into a high‑stakes mystery when she works on a modest townhouse belonging to the wife of a financier who vanished and whose millions of dollars have disappeared. As she uncovers secrets, Lane’s and her daughter’s safety are at risk.