Books like Flash point by Metsy Hingle

When rival reporters Laurellie Armand and Matthew Bates are forced to pair up to investigate a mysterious death, their professional rivalry turns dangerous—and unexpectedly romantic—in a gripping contemporary mystery set in New Orleans.

A teenage girl from a New Orleans brothel embarks on a murder investigation to get into a prestigious college.

In New Eden, Montana, ex‑court reporter Marilee Jennings investigates her best friend’s mysterious death and discovers a web of secrets that threaten her own life.

A New Orleans ghost story that intertwines the past with the present.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

Boston detective Carlotta Carlyle investigates the murder of an elderly woman who hired her to safeguard her apartment from burglary.

Maggie Montgomery, boutique owner in contemporary New Orleans, discovers her past when a dead street person’s blood trail leads to her shop. Policing officer Sean Canady arrives to investigate, and they become entangled in a century‑old vampire romance that began under a blood‑red moon.

An FBI agent must use a beautiful advertising executive as bait to catch a serial killer, but the attraction between them threatens to get caught in the trap.

Jamie Swift, a newspaper publisher, and millionaire playboy Max Holt agree to marry on paper as they hunt a big scoop, confronting a corrupt minister, mobsters, a troublesome dog named Fleas, and a quick‑wit tech expert.

Two boys and a girl investigate a crime in New Orleans.