Books like Her Death of Cold by Ralph M. McInerny

A Pentagon bioterror operative’s buried, mutative organism escapes deep underground, unleashing a lethal threat that forces him to team up with a former convict and a single mother to quarantine the horror before humanity is lost.

Father Dowling investigates the brutal murder of a young woman who sought to become a nun, uncovering a killer with a deadly calling.

When Father Dowling leaves for a Notre Dame conference, he becomes entangled in a troubled marriage that ends with the husband's murder—then faces a new mystery on campus that tests his faith and wit.

Father Jacob Dowling, the beloved priest of St. Hilary in a quiet Illinois town, solves mysteries with keen insight and quiet determination in these fifteen newly collected short stories.

Father Dowling defends St. Hilary’s against closure while a series of murders target the influential Devere family, forcing him to untangle church politics and hidden secrets to protect his parish and its prized stained‑glass windows.

Father Roger Dowling investigates a vanished corpse, a mysterious mobster’s death, and a stolen Italian manuscript in small‑town Illinois, uncovering a tangled love triangle that ties the crimes together.

Father Dowling, the quiet Catholic detective of Illinois, uncovers the truth behind two mysterious deaths while navigating the tangled lives of local authors, librarians, and bookshop owners.

In this Father Dowling mystery, Chicago detectives confront an international arms smuggling conspiracy that culminates in the assassination of a local Zionist and a government official.

During a retreat at Assisi House, Father Dowling encounters two companions who are later murdered, prompting him to aid Police Chief Phil Keegan in solving the mystery.

A Catholic priest and a detective investigate a murder trial in which the accused is found not guilty, only for four more bodies to surface, forcing the community to confront hidden truths.

When a former housekeeper’s husband is murdered and Bishop Rooney is kidnapped, Father Dowling uses his uncanny intuition to link the two crimes and help recover the bishop.

Father Dowling faces an unexpected guest and a car bombing in the quiet suburb of Fox River, Illinois, plunging him into a conflict of Latin American politics, terrorism, and drug dealing.

Father Roger Dowling discovers a baby in his church pew and, despite doubts, hides it. When the hiding sparks a violent murder, the quiet town of Fox River is rocked and the priest must unravel a perplexing crime.

A former priest, now a radio host, is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl and becomes the prime suspect in a Lake Michigan murder, forcing Father Dowling to untangle a web of past sins and present dangers.

Father Brendan Dowling investigates a murder that shakes his Catholic parish, confronting moral dilemmas over life, death, and faith in "Ash Wednesday."

Father Dowling in Illinois confronts a long‑standing family feud and a hidden murder when Eleanor Wygant turns to him for help, forcing the vicar to untangle generations of secrets and repressed drama.

Father Roger Dowling retreats to an Indiana monastery for rest, only to uncover a murder amid a land dispute for the order’s sanctuary.

In a snowy Russian setting, Helen Judge confronts unsettling events after bringing home a daughter she once adored. A chilling blend of supernatural unease, psychological tension, and family secrets unravel amid blizzard‑swept isolation.

**A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.** A whirlwind romance. When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives. Stay away from Connor Dalton. Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood. I’ve been here before. Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.