Books like The torment of others by Val McDermid

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

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.

When a friend of his adopted daughter reports a serial killer targeting traveling panhandlers, private investigator Lucas Davenport is drawn into North Dakota, where he uncovers a violent subculture and a deadly conspiracy.

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.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and partner Barbara Havers trail a serial killer in London, confronting race politics and police turmoil while hunting the psychopath who strikes in a ruthless pattern.

In Greenwich, south‑east London, Met Police’s murder squad is summoned to investigate a grisly murder scene where five young women have been discovered dead in a ritualistic manner.

In this gripping mystery, Dr. Tony Hill and rookie agent Carol Jordan team up to track a serial killer who may be a television star.

When two girls vanish on a remote Montana road, former police investigator Cody Hoyt and rookie partner Cassie Dewell launch a hunt for a killer whose cruelty matches his intellect, navigating isolated highways and dark motives.

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 Profiler Tony Hill must confront a relentless, online‑oriented serial killer who targets innocent teens while battling his own past.\n

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, a seasoned policewoman in Port Dundas, Ontario, faces her toughest case as a string of mysterious murders threatens to unravel her retirement and her quiet town.

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.

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

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.

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.

FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell is pulled back into a deadly game when escaped serial killer Albert Stucky resurfaces, forcing her to confront guilt, ambition, and the fine line between hunter and monster.

In the 1960s, half‑brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger, raised in state institutions after their mother’s murder, are seized as hostages by a death‑row killer and forced on a violent journey from California to Texas.

Jack Taylor, a sober ex‑police officer turned private investigator, is drawn into a dangerous job that brings him to Dublin and down into the grim world of Mountjoy Prison. Yet his mission unravels lives in lethal ways.