Books like The devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

The Lost Symbol follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he unravels a conspiracy in Washington, D.C., using Freemasonry and cryptographic puzzles to uncover hidden truths.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

When San Francisco’s elite fall victim to a calculated murder, Detective Lindsay Boxer races against time to uncover a killer while a second brutal killing threatens to derail the city’s most famous murder‑detective team.

A former lover’s passion turns to obsession when a college professor discovers the truth behind his ex’s vanished life, forcing him to confront a mystery that endangers his own existence.

A wealthy New York family’s son is kidnapped, forcing a detective to investigate a ruthless kidnapper who demands moral truth instead of ransom. With the FBI and city leaders involved, the case threatens the city’s stability.

Michael Corleone returns from a three‑year exile in Sicily to re‑enter America alongside young bandit Salvatore Giuliano, whose reckless acts have upset the Sicilian Mafia.

After leaving her past behind in Atlanta, medical examiner Sara Linton is pulled into a brutal serial‑murder investigation when a traumatized victim lands at Grady Hospital, leading her, Special Agent Will Trent, and Faith Mitchell to a hidden torture chamber and a sadistic killer.

A lifeguard discovers the heist of a lifetime at a luxury resort, but his obsession with his new love complicates his mission to recover the stolen $5 million.

Nick Stone, a SAS‑trained British intelligence operative, must survive a high‑stakes kidnapping of a Chechen mafioso, then protect a computer spy in Finland, only to find himself stranded in Estonia’s brutal winter without weapons.

A bumbling thief, Dortmunder, returns from the wild, sparking a police chase and a series of crimes across the city.

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Clodagh Brown’s daring climbs—from trees to towering electric pylons—shape her secret world in London’s hidden rooftops, intertwining her love for heights with a gripping murder mystery that questions the cost of freedom.

A raw, gritty look at the chaos of the French Revolution, following the brutality that shapes lives and society.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

After her father, a doctor accused of murdering his wife, returns to his hometown on parole, nine‑year‑old Nina must confront buried secrets and new threats when danger strikes again.

Iris Chang investigates the 1937–38 Japanese atrocities in Nanking, documenting widespread murder, rape, torture and the controversial role of German businessman John Rabe.

Police detective Jack Caffery, haunted by a past he can’t escape, probes the brutal abduction of a husband and wife on a quiet London street, only to discover a child disappearance that brings his own demons to the surface.

In 1996, the Aryan Nations was the most dangerous white supremacist group in the United States. This brutally violent neo-Nazi organization dreamed of carving a homeland out of the American Northwest--a dream financed by robbery, intimidation, and murder. The FBI had sought to infiltrate them for years. Enter Dave Hall, a tattooed, 350-pound, six-foot-four former biker. A thoughtful, articulate man with a photographic memory and an unshakeable core of decency, Hall was looking for a new direction in life when FBI agent Tym Burkey found him. But a short-term assignment grew to something much bigger as Hall became the Ohio Aryan Nations leader's right-hand man, and suspected that a significant terrorist action was being planned--but with the ever-present threat of discovery and death hanging over his head, he began to break down psychologically. But it was too late to back out: together, Hall and Burkey would have to finish their dance with the devil.--From publisher description.

An ex-cop, John Dortmunder, reluctantly joins the criminal underworld to recover a stolen treasure, facing impossible odds and a mysterious past.