Books like Hostage to Murder by Val McDermid

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."

A New York reporter discovers a dark legend while investigating a series of murders, only to have his wife kidnapped by an unknown assailant, plunging him into the city's ultra‑orthodox Jewish community.

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.

When best‑selling author Penny Varnavides is murdered in a manner that mirrors the plot of her upcoming novel, private investigator Lindsay Gordon must sift through the glittering London publishing scene to find the killer.

A war‑healed reporter in Washington, D.C., uncovers a tangled web of murder, corruption, and racial tension when the teenage daughter of a powerful judge is found dead in a slum.

A journalist uncovers a chilling pattern of abducted children who mysteriously return with no memory of their missing years, forcing her to confront the darker truths behind the kidnappings and the danger that surrounds her own quest for answers.

Legal drama unfolds in Northern New Jersey as defense attorney Andy Carpenter defends a star reporter entangled with a serial killer, while anonymous threats loom over his life.