Books like Sacrifice by S. J. Bolton

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.

John Grisham’s debut legal thriller follows a murder trial in Mississippi that explores capital punishment, racial discrimination, and the complexities of the judicial system.

Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh leads the high‑tech Rule 34 Squad, unearthing the sinister ties between three ex‑convict spammers and their murders.

When train passengers overhear fresh‑prison inmates flirting, a teenage girl’s instinct is triggered—and a year later a mysterious disappearance turns into a chilling stalker threat.

Virgil Flowers, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, investigates a fatal kayaking murder at a women‑only resort, uncovering a tangled web of jealousy, blackmail, and secrets that could make him the next target.

A federal judge and his secretary vanish before a trial, sparking an FBI investigation that uncovers a brutal murder and a lawyer’s chilling confession.

After leaving her past behind in Atlanta, medical examiner Sara Linton is pulled into a brutal serial‑murder investigation when a traumatized victim lands at Grady Hospital, leading her, Special Agent Will Trent, and Faith Mitchell to a hidden torture chamber and a sadistic killer.

Karin Slaughter’s Faithless follows medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver as they investigate a buried‑alive murder in Georgia, uncovering family secrets, police corruption and a killer more dangerous than imagined.

A snowbound Catskills inn turns deadly as guests are washed out of contact during a blizzard, and one by one they begin to die in what seems like a sinister murder mystery.

A Texas Ranger and a group of paranormal investigators solve a case of murder and disappearance in San Antonio.

When his wife, psychologist Susie, is arrested after a client’s murder, husband Lachlan must uncover a web of secrets to prove her innocence.

Detective Constable Lacey Flint races to stop a serial killer who threatens London and shadows her with secrets from her past.

In this thrilling collaboration with Alafair Burke, a kidnapping at New York’s Met Gala triggers a suspenseful investigation that unravels a cold‑case mystery, exposing the dangers of fame and media frenzy.

"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.

Four-year-old missing child found in grave 20 years later sparks a mystery in small Ohio town.

Kellen Adams, scarred and amnesiac, takes a job at a North Pacific resort where a murder forces her to confront her past and the guests who may be killers.

When a former journalist settles back into his hometown of Promise Falls, New York, a hidden family secret and a series of brutal killings force him to confront the town’s dark past and his own doubts.