Books like Flashpoint by Linda Barnes

U.S. Marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule investigate a missing patient on Shutter Island’s Ashcliffe Hospital, only to confront sinister experiments and psychological horrors that threaten their sanity.

James Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential is a hard‑boiled crime novel set in 1950s Los Angeles, following a trio of detectives as they uncover a web of corruption and homicide within the police department.

Detective Jane Rizzoli faces a new serial killer linked to the infamous Warren Hoyt as wealthy men are terrorized in Boston’s summer heat.

Sue Grafton's mystery series follows private investigator Kinsey Millhone as she navigates the dark secrets of a powerful California construction family, where money, betrayal, and murder intertwine.

Set in post‑World War I Boston, _The Given Day_ follows two families—a black and a white—caught amid revolutionaries, anarchists, and a brewing union movement, culminating in the 1919 police strike.

A Seattle-based company owner and a wealthy venture capitalist must come together to turn a successful business into a dangerous one.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

In small Crozet, Virginia, postmistress Mary “Harry” Haristeen and her tiger cat Mrs. Murphy investigate a string of murders during the Dogwood Festival, discovering a hidden plot and a trail of stolen money.

Detective‑cabby Carlotta Carlyle investigates a surge of new manuscripts in the voice of vanished author Thea Janis, while a Boston Cold Case squad refuses to reopen the former’s murder. Secrets of a glittering family surface as Carlotta peels back layers of intrigue.

Boston private‑investigator Sunny Randall hunts a runaway daughter of a wealthy man who has fallen into prostitution, discovers she is targeted by a hit list, and uncovers a governmental conspiracy she witnessed.

Private eye C.W. Sughrue takes a job in Montana that pulls him into the decades‑old mystery of a missing woman from Haight‑Ashbury.

Detective Harry Bosch faces a new serial killer, the Dollmaker, after the death of a suspect he and the LAPD think was innocent. He must track the killer again through a violent Los Angeles hunt and a courtroom showdown.

Zach Thomas, a dedicated firefighter, finds his routine life disrupted when EMT Brooke O'Brian joins his crew, sparking a passionate and intense relationship that tests their professional boundaries.

Flashpoint is a tense mystery that follows Gail Richard as she confronts a haunting threat tied to a tragic accident, while detective Curtis O'Mallory aids her in navigating the chilling clues left by an unseen assailant.

Sunny Randall, Boston private investigator, faces a series of deadly challenges when she protects feminist activist Mary Lou Goddard and investigates a murder mystery that pulls her into the city’s underworld.

Hank Mitchell’s calm routine shatters when he, his brother Jacob, and their cynical accomplice Lou uncover an astonishing treasure that threatens to consume them with greed and danger.

Private detective Carlotta Carlyle investigates the mysterious death of a blues bass player in Boston, unraveling secrets that challenge her instincts.

Book 11 in the Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes series. From the front and back flaps: *Kentucky Colonel George Custard thinks Magdalena's hometown of Hernia, Pennsylvania is perfect... so perfect, in fact, he has decided to build his new mega five-star hotel there. And if everything goes according to plan, roads will be widened and wealthy tourists will start pouring in by the thousands. But not everyone thinks this is such a good idea, because the new superstructure will surely destroy the town's quaint and quite ambience. Meanwhile, Hernia has another unwelcome guest to worry about based on wild reports that Bigfoot is roaming the area.* *At a town council meeting, several vocal citizens including Magdalena, protest Custard's project. Soon after, the colonel is found murdered--shot to death at the PennDutch Inn. No one minded telling him off, but killing him off is a different story. With the police investigation going nowhere, Magdalena takes it upon herself to find out who caused Custard's last stand. She must stay one step ahead of both the rumors and the builders to solve the case, restore peace--and save her beloved town...* *INCLUDES A HALF DOZEN HEAVENLY CUSTARD RECIPES*

Detective V.I. Warshawski coaches her alma‑mater’s girls’ basketball team, only to become embroiled in a mystery at the multinational retailer By‑Smart when a teenage grandson vanishes with a prized document, sending her on a perilous Chicago road to uncover dark secrets.