Books like A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

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.

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

A suspenseful look inside the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Grace, where love, secrecy, and abuse mask a household of hidden violence.

Will Robie returns from a foreign mission to find his boss, codenamed Blue Man, missing in remote Colorado, and must navigate rising violence in a small town with partner Jessica Reel to survive.

In a quiet upstate New York suburb, a teenage hacker invades homes and computers, sparking a chain of anonymous letters and a brutal murder that forces neighbors to confront hidden secrets and twisted loyalties.

Arkady Renko investigates a journalist’s mysterious death in Moscow, uncovering a labyrinth of political corruption, Mafia intrigue, and buried secrets that stretch from the city’s shadows to the remote Kaliningrad “secret city.”

"A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway. But when the storm hits, no one is getting away. It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing maybe even romantic weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity and all contact with the outside world the guests settle in for the long haul. Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something or someone is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm"--