Books like Choke by Stuart Woods

Colonel and Mrs Bantry find a dead young woman in their library, and her body may be linked to another murder. With their own detective skills stalled, they turn to Miss Marple to unravel the mystery.

In Carl Hiaasen’s playful mystery, Honey Santana retorts to an obnoxious telemarketer by weaving a Florida real‑estate scheme that pulls in the agent’s mistress, Honey’s ex‑husband, and her 12‑year‑old son.

In the third Camel Club installment, ex‑Green Beret Oliver Stone and his rogue group face threats from past enemies and a lethal assassin who has targeted Stone himself.

Myron Bolitar, a sports agent, is drawn into a murder investigation involving a young tennis star and her former fiancé.

Detective JJ Hooker and racer Barney Buck meet on a high‑speed adventure when a crashed NASCAR hauler contains a dead body and stolen cars. Their investigation takes them from hot Florida nights to North Carolina racing circuits.

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.

In 1980s South Africa, twelve-year‑old Alex and his brother face a volatile father, a protective mother, and the harsh realities of poverty and violence as they grow up in a broken household.

Alice Glendenning, a widow, is hit by a car while trying to find her children, who have been reported missing.

A Florida governor and his estranged son, a top defense lawyer, must reconcile their rift to outwit a murderous psychopath threatening the state’s death row.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

A wealthy New Jersey gardener's daughter is drawn into a series of mysterious deaths.

"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.

Court Gentry, known as The Gray Man, is a legendary assassin who moves from job to job, never leaving a trace. Facing lethal adversaries, he must prove that there is no gray area between killing for a living and killing to survive.

A Florida attorney investigates a murder after a circus-related legal case goes wrong.

Doc Ford returns to the Everglades, where a shady character's get-rich-quick scheme puts both of his lives at risk.