Books like Outsider by Stella Bagwell

An eleven-year-old boy’s corpse is found in a park, and all evidence points to Flint City’s beloved coach, Terry Maitland. A detective’s quick arrest leads to a tense investigation where DNA, alibis, and hidden truths collide.

The Outsider is a non-fiction book by Colin Wilson first published in 1956. Through the works and lives of various artists - including H. G. Wells (Mind at the End of its Tether), Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Harley Granville-Barker (The Secret Life), Herman Hesse, T. E. Lawrence, Vincent Van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Bernard Shaw, William Blake, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky and G. I. Gurdjieff - Wilson explores the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society, and society's effect on him.

A retired CIA operative turned security chief in a powerful oil company finds himself drawn into a dangerous drug‑trafficking plot, while his secretive ex‑wife and her mysterious child add layers of intrigue and romance.

FRIEND ... OR FIANCE? Priscilla Parker's mother had it all wrong! Priscilla wasn't engaged. She didn't even have a promising prospect. But Prriscilla couldn't bear to disappoint her mother, so she asked her best friend, handsome, fun-loving Rick Lowrimore, to help fulfill her mother's romantic fantasy. Rick was willing to go along with the hoax. He'd do anything for his "buddy"! But he hadn't counted on the emotions Priscilla's "sweet kisses aroused. Their pretense at passion was making him long for far, far more. Priscilla wanted to believe they could be more than just friends, but she couldn't be certain that Rick's enthusiasm was as genuine as hers. Her feelings were no deception, but was Rick just... a pretender to her heart?

Once she'd slipped inside his heart, could he ever again be alone? Susannah Moran was only doing her job when she switched the dice at the Manitou Lodge Casino -- but when ruggedly handsome Joe Bond grabbed her wrist, she'd never been caught so fast... nor by a man who set off alarms all over her body! Joe didn't know what scam the distracting redhead was pulling, but he wanted her anyway -- wanted to kiss her mouth, run his fingers through her beautiful hair, and possess the temptress who was everything he couldn't have. He let her go, never expecting to see her again, but when Susannah was hired to go over the Indian council's books, she saw her destiny in his deep blue eyes. Joe wanted her pale fire, her warmth -- and he wanted not to want her at all. Both knew about not fitting in -- she the army brat who'd never had a true home, he the man of honor torn between two cultures. Once Joe had called her his ninimoshe, his sweetheart. Could Susannah persuade him that their hearts and souls were joined, that their love could bridge two worlds?

Widowed Julia Warren struggles to balance motherhood, grief, and a chance at love when her son’s new pregnancy draws her toward the charming, principled Judge Harris Hargrove.

INNER TAKE ALL For Jacqui Prescott, nothing could match the thrill of riding a racehorse - until she moved to her uncle's Oklahoma ranch and discovered a completely different kind of animal. Sexy Spencer Matlock stirred her as no man ever had, and soon she was longing to come in first in the rugged trainer's life. But Spencer refused to let his heart run free. Hadley's niece was a stunner, all right, but she was one spirited filly Spencer was determined to keep at a distance. He knew too well the pitfalls of caring for a daredevil like Jacqui. Still, she was vibrant and exciting, and before he knew it, she had him believing in the staying power of love...and dreaming of their crossing the finish line together

The Outsider tells the story of Ryan Atwood, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, who, through a twist of fate, finds himself living in luxury in the salubrious Newport Beach. This is the first novelization of the series.