Books like Postmortem / Body of Evidence / All That Remains

Postmortem / Body of Evidence / All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell reads as gritty, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Postmortem

Patricia Cornwell · 1990

Both explore serial killer & investigation

69% genome match

Stone maidens

Lloyd Devereux Richards · 2012

Both explore investigation & justice

69% genome match

The Chemistry of Death

Simon Beckett · 2006

Both explore forensic science & serial killer

65% genome match

The Surgeon

Tess Gerritsen · 2001

Both explore serial killer

63% genome match

Naked in Death

J.D. Robb · 1995

Same thriller feel

58% genome match

The Vanished Man

Jeffery Deaver · 2003

Both explore serial killer

59% genome match

1st to Die

James Patterson · 2001

Same thriller feel

54% genome match

Sandmannen

Lars Kepler · 2012

Both explore serial killer & police procedural

75% genome match

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris

Both explore serial killer & investigation

69% genome match

Bloodletting

Victoria Leatham · 2004

Same thriller feel

57% genome match

The girl with the dragon tattoo

Denise Mina · 2012

Both explore investigation & justice

71% genome match

Contagion

Robin Cook · 1995

Both explore investigation

60% genome match