The Woman in the Woods

FBI investigator series with the same procedural backbone and female-led case structure — readers who liked Dean Steele's methodical approach will feel at home.

Woodsy, small-town dread meets a cold-case serial killer — the atmospheric tension and psychological weight are the closest tonal match on this list.

Dual perspective, a death that may not be an accident, and a domestic setting hiding a dark secret — structurally mirrors the slow reveal Rivers uses.