Books like Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd

In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

John Grisham’s debut legal thriller follows a murder trial in Mississippi that explores capital punishment, racial discrimination, and the complexities of the judicial system.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

In 1896 New York City, reporter John Schuyler Moore partners with psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and police secretary Sara Howard to pioneer a psychological profile of a serial murderer, confronting the era’s gritty underbelly and institutional skepticism.

Jack Reacher is forced into a FBI investigation of a series of bizarre bathtub murders targeting women who sued their military superiors. With his reputation at stake, Reacher must expose the truth before the killer reaches him.

Ira Levin’s psychological thriller follows a World War II veteran who becomes an ambitious and ruthless killer, using his cunning mind to settle his emotions and ascend a powerful family’s business empire.

Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli unravel a serial killer linked to the Mephisto Club, a secret society of psychiatrists exploring Satanic lore amid chilling murders.

After a time capsule buried in 1985 is stolen in the 2000s, a series of murders rocks a small town. New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard blends supernatural intrigue, detective work, and romance in this suspenseful thriller.

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

Private detective William Monk is drawn into a perilous investigation that links a stolen cargo of African ivory, a mysterious murder at a docked schooner, and a desperate woman sent to his wife's clinic, threatening both their lives and their world.

A young magistrate teams with his mentor, Immanuel Kant, to unmask a serial killer terrorizing 18th‑century Königsberg.

Detective Inspector Tom Thorne faces a brilliant, dangerous killer who has targeted young women, including Alison Willetts.

FBI special agent Pierce Quincy teams with ex‑cop Rainie Connor to chase a psychopathic killer who preys on the minds of his victims, forcing them to confront the darkest fears close to home.

A Washington, D.C. detective follows a trail of serial murders that leads to a shocking discovery of demonic possession.

A London lodging house becomes the backdrop for a serial murder investigation as an eccentric lodger and his tenants become entangled in the Jack the Ripper killings.

American art expert Colin Grant is sent to Vienna to buy a Ruysdael painting for a Texas millionaire, but the transaction spirals into a Cold‑War conspiracy that could spark international terrorism.

When a secret corporation hires Dr. Simon Oakland to devise a cure for aging as a way to reduce prison populations, a string of deaths among the elderly reveals a darker conspiracy. Detectives Palmer Dorian and Tucker Browning uncover the truth.

In a cramped London apartment block, 23 Beulah Grove holds more than tenants—it hides a killer whose deadly presence threatens the fragile life of a summer uniting the residents in dread and distrust.

A parent's worst nightmare is Grace's deadliest case...Kipp Brown, successful businessman and compulsive gambler, is having the worst run of luck of his life. He's beginning to lose big style. However, taking his teenage son, Mungo, to their club's big Saturday afternoon football match should have given him a welcome respite, if only for a few hours. But it' at the stadium where his nightmare begins.Within minutes of arriving at the game, Kipp bumps into a client. He takes his eye of Mungo for a few moments, and in that time, the boy is gone. Then he gets the terrifying message that someone has his child, and to get him back alive, Kipp will have to pay. Defying instruction not to contact the police, Kipp reluctantly does just that, and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is brought into investigate. At first it seems a straightforward case of kidnap. But rapidly Grace finds himself entering a dark, criminal underbelly of the city, where the rules are different and nothing is what it seems...