Books like The Link by Philip MacDonald

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.

Dan Brown’s thriller follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu as they race through Paris to solve a murder at the Louvre, uncovering a conflict between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over a controversial religious secret.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

A 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot returns to the English village of King's Abbot, he confronts the murder of industrialist Roger Ackroyd, unraveling a web of family secrets and hidden motives that reveal the culprit was nobody he expected.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

The Last One Left (1966) is a mystery novel by John D. MacDonald. The story largely takes place in southern Florida and the Bahamas, and is similar to many of the author's Travis McGee stories. The book is in fact dedicated to McGee "who lent invaluable support and encouragement," and a named runabout motorboat later appears in the McGee novel Pale Gray for Guilt. It was originally published in 1967, appearing in paperback by Fawcett (reprinted 1981) and in hardcover by Doubleday. From internal evidence (the Bay of Pigs Invasion is mentioned but the Bahamian dollar is not yet in circulation) the action occurs in late May and early June, circa 1965. A yacht explodes in the Bahamas, apparently killing 6 people and leaving its burned captain temporarily marooned on a small island. Sam Boyleston, an attorney from Texas and the brother of one of the victims, investigates the circumstances, as does Raoul Kelly, a newspaper reporter. As the plot develops it becomes apparent that one person is ruthlessly manipulating events, but proving guilt appears impossible. The book's subtitle is A story about money and dying, and it is written on several different levels. Throughout the plot are subtle discourses on what it means to have a "good" life, how people deal with stress and uncertainty, and at what point will someone reach out for healthy human contact, or else take self-interest as their highest goal.

A comprehensive biography of Ross Macdonald (Kenneth Millar), revealing his life, marriage to mystery writer Margaret Millar, and literary legacy through extensive archival research and interviews.

A young solicitor arrives at Eel Marsh House for a funeral, where he discovers a ghostly woman in black whose presence unveils the house’s grim secrets.

When a cabinet minister is bludgeoned with a woodworker’s rasp, former Secret Service agent turned journalist Anthony Gethryn must prove the secretary’s innocence and expose who truly killed him.

A curated anthology of detective, mystery and short horror stories featuring classic authors and atmospheric suspense.