Books like Under the Dragon's tail by Maureen Jennings

James Ellroy’s hard‑boiled crime novel follows detectives as they unravel Los Angeles’s darkest mystery, the unsolved murder of the Black Dahlia, blending gritty police work with atmospheric noir.

The first book in Anne Perry's Thomas Pitt series, featuring a love story and the clever detective Thomas Pitt solving murder cases in late 1800s London.

Detective Lucas Davenport and the feared assassin Clara Rinker cross paths again in a Minneapolis police thriller that turns into a deadly revenge chase.

After being struck by lightning, a reserved librarian discovers a new kind of power—and a daring, burning romance that forces her to confront her past and reawaken her heart.

In turn‑of‑the‑century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Police Sergeant Malloy investigate the murder of a mixed‑race girl in Chinatown, uncovering tensions among Irish, Chinese and immigrant communities.

A gripping mystery story following teenage girls grappling with personal tragedy and the pursuit of justice in a small English town.

Nancy Drew, Bess, and George team up to solve a mystery when a bearded dragon appears in their classroom, just as they prepare a Chinese New Year project.

"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.

Midwife Sarah Brandt, grieving her husband, serves New York tenements while Detective Frank Malloy hunts Dr. Tom Brandt’s killer, uncovering a shocking truth that could destroy both their lives.

When an explosion kills wealthy industrialist Gregory Van Dyke, Detective Frank Malloy is dispatched to investigate an anarchist plot. He must work with his estranged love, midwife Sarah Brandt, as they chase a dangerous killer in 1930s New York.

In turn‑of‑the‑century New York City, a midwife and a detective team up to unmask a killer amid births, deaths, and the gritty streets of Manhattan.

When cousin Salim vanishes from the London Eye, siblings Ted and Kat team up to unravel the mystery, chasing clues across London while Ted’s unique mind offers the unexpected key to solving the disappearance.