Three crime writers at their most uncompromising. What links them isn't just forensic precision or breakneck plotting; it is their refusal to sanitise violence or its aftermath. These are thrillers that dig into the human wreckage crime creates, written by authors who know the real damage isn't done in the act itself, but in everything that follows.
TITLES: Karin Slaughter, 'Broken' + Stieg Larsson, 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest' + Patricia Cornwell, 'Unnatural Exposure'
Ian Rankin is always a good read but it is interesting to have one of his other series which shows a different style and for me the best read in the selection.