Books like Payback in Death by Nora Roberts

Laine Tavish, an antique shop owner in Angel’s Gap, Maryland, inherits a dangerous family secret when her long‑lost uncle appears and dies, prompting her to team up with a mysterious Max Gannon to uncover a hidden fortune and face a looming threat—until Detective Eve Dallas steps in.

Nate Burke, a Baltimore cop haunted by a partner’s death, takes on the role of chief of police in the remote Alaskan town of Lunacy. A New Year’s Eve kiss beneath the Northern Lights inspires him to stay and face his past.

In a 14th‑century winter, a rogue priest joins a traveling troupe to stage a controversial play about a local murder, drawing them into intrigue and danger.

Batman faces a brutal murder and a mysterious killer whale in Gotham City, forcing him to confront the city's most powerful and dangerous criminals.

A masterful spy thriller set during World War II, Agent Garbo tells the true story of Juan Pujol, a Barcelona poultry farmer who rose to become one of the most brilliant spies in history.

Two men on a road trip find themselves chased by a dangerous, mentally unstable killer.

Alison Smith returns to Dublin after ten years away when a new murder in the Grand Canal forces her to confront the past she left behind—an investigation that could expose the darkest truth about the notorious Canal Killer, Will Hurley.

"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.

A romance novel set in Montana featuring a surgeon who struggles with emotions and a therapist dog's love for his patients.