Books like Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid

A psychological thriller about a psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh, and a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology who must outmaneuver him.

When a series of brutal jogger killings in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park baffles local police, D.C. detective Alex Cross must chase the merciless killer, the Mastermind, across the United States to protect his life and reputation.

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

Detective Alex Cross investigates a series of bank robberies with a mysterious criminal named the Mastermind, who demands precise instructions and will kill bank employees if the demands are not followed to the letter.

A serial killer with a penchant for Hollywood stars is on the loose in Los Angeles, forcing FBI Agent Alex Cross to investigate a case that could change everything.

Alex Cross uncovers a new pair of rivals and a mysterious serial murderer in Washington and Paris, seeking revenge and justice for Gary Soneji's suicide and the murder of his fiancee.

Detective Alex Cross investigates a case of serial murders in Washington, D.C., and uncovers a terrifying secret about his beloved grandmother.

Alex Cross, a police detective, is called back to Washington, DC, to solve the gruesome murders of criminals and escape artists.

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.

When a serial killer’s fourth victim is discovered, Detective Inspector Carol Jordan partners with criminologist Tony Hill to construct a detailed profile that could crack the case.

When crime lord Manuel Perrine escapes prison, he seeks revenge on Detective Michael Bennett and everyone he loves. A tense hunt unfolds as the FBI’s witness‑protection program shelters Bennett’s family on a rural California farm.

A Southern lawyer battles corrupt law enforcement and a malevolent terrorist group to defend his father, whose decades‑old murder charge unearths dark secrets from the civil‑rights era in Mississippi.

From McDermid's webpage: "Four in the morning, mid-December, and snow is smothering St Andrews. Student Alex Gilbey and his three best friends are staggering home from a party when they stumble upon the body of a young woman. Rosie Duff has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in the ancient Pictish cemetery. And the only suspects are the four young students stained with her blood. Twenty-five years later, Fife police mount a cold case review. Among the unsolved murders they’re examining is that of Rosie Duff. But someone else has their own idea of how justice should be done. One of the original quartet dies in a suspicious house fire. Soon after, a second is killed in what looks like a burglary gone sour. But Alex fears the worst. Someone is taking revenge for Rosie Duff. He has to find out who it is before he becomes the next victim. And it might just save his life if he can uncover who really killed Rosie all those years ago."

Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan returns to Bradfield after a violent assault, only to find psychologist Dr. Tony Hill on the scene as a new post at a high‑security mental hospital. When a prostitute is found murdered in a pattern echoing a previous case, Jordan must rely on Hill to unravel a chilling serial killer that may be hiding within the force.

A British clinical psychologist pursues a serial killer crossing into the Netherlands and Belgium, while a police officer infiltrates a ruthless drug and human trafficking ring in Berlin.

Tony Hill and his partner Carol investigate a serial killer targeting single women at weddings in northern England, confronting a chilling moral dilemma as they chase a killer who lures victims to remote, burned‑out cars.

Retired detectives J.P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker reunite to unravel a cold case that stretches from a vanished prospector to a Seattle homicide, as they confront suspects, past injustices and a looming killer who may own the key to the truth.

Detective Banks investigates a case involving a runaway girl and her father's determination to destroy his career, leading him into a web of drugs, sex, and crime in London.

A police lieutenant in Atlanta who stumbles upon a murder mystery.

Detective Richard Jury tackles his most sinister case yet when a deceased London girl’s body unwinds a long‑cold Launceston disappearance, forcing him to confront a mystery that has plagued police for years.

A disgraced university lecturer is murdered near his home, prompting Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks to probe a web of political activism, academic scandal, and police corruption on the Essex campus.

Jeffery Deaver’s bestselling suspense novel featuring his renowned characters Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.

Detective Inspector Adam Fawley races against time to find eight‑year‑old Daisy Mason after she disappears from her Oxford family home during a costume party, suspecting that the culprit may be someone close to the family.