Books like Evan's gate by Rhys Bowen

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.

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

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

Two police detectives uncover a chilling village mystery, linking a recent fatal traffic incident to a decade‑old disappearance and a controversial murder conviction.

Inspector Salvo Montalbano is stuck in Vigata during an oppressive August, where a young boy in a beach house disappears into a hidden shaft. His investigation pulls him into a sinister mystery that reshapes his life and relationships.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

Hours after his sister's wedding, a restless Ian Rutledge drives aimlessly, haunted by the past, and narrowly misses a motorcar stopped in the middle of a desolate road. Standing beside the vehicle is a woman with blood on her hands and a dead man at her feet. She swears she didn't kill Stephen Wentworth. A stranger stepped out in front of their motorcar, and without warning, fired a single shot before vanishing into the night. But there is no trace of him. And the shaken woman insists it all happened so quickly, she never saw the man's face. Although he is a witness after the fact, Rutledge persuades the Yard to give him the inquiry, since he's on the scene. But is he seeking justice--or fleeing painful memories in London? Wentworth was well-liked, yet his bitter family paint a malevolent portrait, calling him a murderer. But who did Wentworth kill? Is his death retribution? Or has his companion lied? Wolf Pit, his village, has a notorious history: in Medieval times, the last wolf in England was killed there. When a second suspicious death occurs, the evidence suggests that a dangerous predator is on the loose, and that death is closer than Rutledge knows.

Constable Evan Evans of Llanfair grapples with murder in a Welsh choir town when a renowned opera singer is slain, probing suspects that include his own wife, lover, and resentful son.

In a North Welsh village, a dispute over a ruined castle tourist development spirals into murder, and Constable Evan Evans must crack the case.

A Baltimore homicide detective must unearth the truth behind a child's disappearance that echoes a decades‑old case involving two young girls and an abandoned infant, revealing that no one—including the children—is innocent.