Books like Chasing the bear by Robert B. Parker

When Libby Day’s family is brutally murdered, she blames her older brother Ben, who is imprisoned for life. Twenty‑four years later, a coaxing group suggests Ben’s innocence and forces Libby to revisit the night’s trauma and unravel the truth.

Jack Reacher, an ex‑military policeman, arrives in Margrave, Georgia, only to be arrested for murder—an accusation he insists is false, but in a town where he has no allies, his pursuit of truth becomes a race against time.

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown after a brief stay in a psychiatric hospital to cover the murders of two preteen girls, and must confront the trauma of her own past to uncover the truth.

During a covert Nazi raid on Britain in 1943, a top secret mission led by agent Kurt Steiner tries to seize Prime Minister Winston Churchill, while IRA gunman Liam Devlin offers unexpected resistance.

Alex Cross investigates a network of slave traders who are buying and selling beautiful women as slaves.

Rafe Khatchadorian arrives at Camp Wannamorra, where he and his bunkmates must contend with the popular kids who try to sabotage their summer, turning boredom into adventure and friendship.

A suburban New Jersey father's desperate search for his missing baby daughter turns into a chilling 18‑year ordeal when a ransom call vanishes, the kidnappers disappear, and an ominous message threatens that there will be no second chance—until a disturbing package arrives.

Jason Bourne, a deep‑cover operative with no memory, is rescued after a beachwreck and discovers a bank account embedded in his body that leads him to Switzerland and the truth about his past.

Twins Jake and Lily's friendship is tested when one decides to hang out with a bully.

When the Alden siblings travel to Yellowstone, they find a map to an old cabin rumored to hide gold. Their hike is met with tricks and obstacles that test their detective skills.

A young boy discovers he's the target of gossip at school and must find out who started the rumors.

When a class goldfish becomes the target of bullying, a friend must choose between friendship and being frozen out.

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.

A fifth‑grade baseball fan starts a favor‑granting business from the school bathroom and must outwit a bullying gang leader in this light‑hearted story about friendship and ingenuity.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Griffin Bing and his friends rush to find a thirty‑million‑dollar lottery ticket and stop bully Darren Vader, while using one of Griffin’s newest inventions to help.

A group of young friends in a small South African town use the strength and unity of soccer to protect themselves from a gang of bullies.

Peer‑aged buddies Peanut Butter and Jellyfish endure teasing from their crabby neighbor, Crabby. When he gets stuck in trouble, the unlikely friends step in to help, turning a bullies’ taunts into a heart‑warming act of kindness.

After years of exile, Kestra Dallisor is summoned back to Antora, only to be kidnapped during her return. Now, with a loyal friend beside her, she must outwit enemies who seek the legendary Olden Blade to overthrow a tyrannical ruler.