Four detectives, four kinds of trouble that won't stay buried. In Los Angeles, Harry Bosch is chasing a cold case DNA match that makes no sense when an old rival's family drags him into a second death entirely. In Washington, Amos Decker witnesses an execution outside FBI headquarters and finds a conspiracy nobody wants him to see. In Edinburgh, a respectable art dealer borrows trouble from the wrong people to pull off the perfect heist. And half a world away, a holiday reunion turns sour when DSI Lorimer's old enemies decide the past isn't over yet. Crime fiction at its most atmospheric.

Michael Connelly, The Drop - Two cases collide for Bosch: an impossible cold case DNA match, and the suspicious death of an old rival's son.

David Baldacci, The Fix - Amos Decker witnesses an execution outside FBI headquarters, and uncovers a conspiracy far bigger than one senseless killing.

Ian Rankin, Doors Open - Three respectable friends. One priceless collection. Rankin turns Edinburgh's art world into the year's boldest heist.

Alex Gray, Out of Darkness - A Zimbabwe holiday turns deadly for DSI Lorimer, as old enemies close in on two continents at once.

Four masters of crime fiction. Four investigations where the truth is buried deep and the cost of finding it is higher than anyone expects. Myron Bolitar searches for an old rival and finds a body instead. A cold case that refuses to stay cold. A Lewis man drawn back into a past he thought he'd escaped. A killer who has been waiting thirty years to strike again. These are the books that keep you reading long past the point you promised yourself you'd stop.

Harlan Coben, Fade Away - Sports agent Myron Bolitar is hired to find a missing basketball star, an old rival he once competed with on the court and for the woman they both loved. 

Elly Griffiths, The Last Word - Novelist Melody Chambers is dead. Detective Harbinder Kaur uncovers rivalries dark enough to kill for.

Peter May, The Lewis Man - A body in a peat bog and a father losing his memory pull Fin Macleod back to Lewis and a decades-old secret his community has kept in silence.

Peter James, You Are Dead - A woman vanishes mid-call as a 30-year-old corpse is unearthed, leaving Roy Grace hunting a serial killer who has never truly stopped.