Books like A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

Detective Isaac Bell investigates a ruthless saboteur, the Wrecker, who terrorizes 1907 Western railroads in a high‑stakes game of terror and mystery.

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.

After a tragic gunshot wound, former chief detective Carl Mørck is reassigned to cold‑case work, where he is drawn into a five‑year investigation of a missing Danish politician.

(Second Opportunities, #4) Unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and riveting suspense: These are the trademarks of beloved author Judith McNaught. With millions of devoted fans and ten New York Times bestsellers to date, McNaught is a writer whose work just gets better with each new novel--and Every Breath You Take is the book readers have been waiting for. Returning to the lavish Chicago setting of her popular novel Paradise, and revisiting some of that book's characters as well, this story will captivate in inimitable Judith McNaught style.High atop a snow-covered hill, the stately old Wyatt mansion is perched like a crown, its stone spires pointing upward, its stained glass windows glowing like colorful jewels. Such opulence means success and, surely, happiness. But on the eve of wealthy philanthropist Cecil Wyatt's eightieth birthday, all the money in the world won't bring back his missing grandson, William Wyatt. The only thing for certain: Foul play was involved.The family, the police, the media--all have tried in vain to discover the young man's fate. Now suspicion has turned shockingly toward William's own half-brother, the rather distant and enigmatic Mitchell Wyatt.Kate Donovan never dreamed that a chance romantic encounter on a tropical island paradise would tag her as a suspect in a high-society murder case. But after Kate tangles with the darkly charismatic Mitchell Wyatt, she finds herself cast in a shadow of guilt and mistrust. As the Chicago police tighten their net, it will take all of Kate's ingenuity to clear her name. With her calm, cool wit, and the help of a man who may or may not be a dangerous catch, Kate vows to claim the life and love she desires.From the Hardcover edition. Second Opportunities Series: Paradise (Second Opportunities, #1) Perfect (Second Opportunities, #2) Night Whispers (Second Opportunities, #3) Every Breath You Take (Second Opportunities, #4)

Clinton Brown, a sharp copywriter in Pacific City, grapples with loneliness after a painful divorce, while two women vie for his affection—yet the lack of something essential threatens to push him toward violence.

Bernie Gunther, former Berlin homicide boss, is forced to carry out a perilous assignment in Ustashe‑controlled Croatia, where brutal politics and hidden agendas threaten his survival.

Berlin homicide detective Bernie Gunther, conscripted into the SS, is approached by W. Somerset Maugham to confront a blackmailer holding dangerous secrets. Gunther’s investigation unspools across Nazi Germany, sparking a perilous quest that reaches the heart of Hitler’s Third Reich and the origins of the bomb in Russia.

A Fast-Tracking Thriller: Bernie Gunther's Fifth Novel in a Series Combines History and Mystery in Argentina and Nazi Germany in 1950s Buenos Aires.

Erast Fandorin, a young Russian diplomat, and police commissioner “Papa” Gauche board the steamship Leviathan to solve a crime of a stolen statue and a murder before the ship reaches Calcutta.

Erast Fandorin, Russia’s charming sleuth, tackles two thrilling cases in 19th‑century Moscow: a cunning swindler who rigs fortunes, and a brutal serial killer who calls himself the ‘Decorator,’ each demanding clever disguises and sharp deduction.

Evan Smoak, the elusive "Nowhere Man," has vanished from the orphan program that forged him into a covert assassin. When his former handlers return, he must use his razor‑sharp skills to survive a plot that traps him in a virtual cage, turning his greatest asset against him.

In 1920, Private Investigator Isaac Bell battles Bolshevik saboteurs and high‑speed bootlegging as he seeks justice after his friend is killed during a raiding chase.

A 1943 Berlin investigator seeks evidence of the Katyn Massacre to expose Russian responsibility, amid war‑time intrigue and moral ambiguity.

Detective Bernie Gunther is pulled back into the shadows of Berlin’s 1934 Nazi world and Havana’s 1954 political turmoil as he confronts past enemies and a new threat that could end his life.