Books like Out of Bounds: A Karen Pirie Thriller by Val McDermid

Samantha takes a summer job as a music teacher‑chaperone to support herself, despite the uneasy prospect of spending time with Jason’s teasing sister and the restless travel that comes with the role.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

Detective Lindsay Boxer faces two intertwined murders in San Francisco, racing against time to solve a brutal shooting and a jewel heist while her personal life teeters.

When attorney Lonnie Klingman dies and his private‑investigator leaves a case unfinished, Kinsey Millhone must solve a suspicious murder in a sleepy California town, confronting rival investigators and hidden motives along the way.

A mysterious Lake District discovery leads scholar Jane Gresham to hunt for a lost Wordsworth manuscript that may reveal a secret link between Fletcher Christian and the famed poet.

Set in 18th‑century Paris, ‘Pure’ follows engineer Jean‑Baptiste Baratte, tasked by the king to demolish the overcrowded Père Lachaise cemetery, as he questions whether the project will change his own fate.

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

Kate Brannigan, a spirited Manchester private investigator, tackles the strange disappearance of conservatories while navigating crooked land deals, mortgage scams, and murder plots.

After moving to the isolated town of Rockton, homicide detective Casey Duncan must unravel a new series of murders while navigating the town’s hidden dangers and harsh blizzard conditions.

In California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, Ranger Anna Pigeon and her fellow firefighters are trapped by a raging forest fire. After survival, two of their own are dead—a victim of the flames and a murder victim—forcing Anna to hunt a killer as a winter storm cuts them off from help.