Books like They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

Danny Cartwright is wrongfully convicted of his friend’s murder and sentenced to twenty‑two years at Belmarsh prison, the nation’s toughest jail. While he plots revenge, his former lover Beth Wilson fights for justice, turning the courtroom into a deadly battlefield.

When a friend of his adopted daughter reports a serial killer targeting traveling panhandlers, private investigator Lucas Davenport is drawn into North Dakota, where he uncovers a violent subculture and a deadly conspiracy.

Detective Lindsay Boxer faces two intertwined murders in San Francisco, racing against time to solve a brutal shooting and a jewel heist while her personal life teeters.

Detective Ellie Hatcher uncovers a web of cyberbullying and murder while investigating the death of her sixteen-year-old niece.

When a detective discovers human remains at once-closed Camp Horseshoe, the long‑ago murder is reopened, unraveling lust, greed and betrayal as a killer seeks its perfect revenge.

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.

When Public Defender Rian Coulter moved to Pensacola, Florida from Birmingham, she thought she'd escaped the specter of a vicious serial killer preying on young women. A killer that was never caught. Now, police are discovering new victims. All young women, all brutally savaged, all with their hands and feet bound together behind them. Unaware that the horror has followed her to her new home, Rian juggles her caseload and her family life. But when the car of the latest victim appears in her reserved parking space, she is dragged into the spotlight and must confront the truth: it's personal. As Rian desperately tries to uncover the identity of the killer, she is hounded by law enforcement, the media, and a powerful political party. She must walk the line between her duties to her community and her profession, knowing that by choosing one, she'll betray the other.

Three high‑school friends are framed for the murder of their classmate; they must dismantle the crime and expose the real culprit while navigating school drama.

A disgraced university lecturer is murdered near his home, prompting Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks to probe a web of political activism, academic scandal, and police corruption on the Essex campus.