Four homegrown detectives grapple with cases in which the past refuses to stay buried. A missing wife resurfaces mid-investigation; a novelist's abandoned manuscript reopens a cold case; tiny coffins trace back through Edinburgh's history; and skeletal remains unearth decades of secrets. Peter James, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Alex Gray prove that some things are impossible to leave behind, no matter how hard everyone tries.

Peter James, Not Dead Enough - Roy Grace pushes past a husband’s perfect alibi into a case of stolen identity in this ingenious Brighton thriller. 

Val McDermid, Past Lying - A dead novelist's unfinished manuscript becomes the key to solving DCI Karen Pirie's cold case. 

Ian Rankin, The Falls - A missing student, a centuries-old ritual, and Rankin is convinced the answer is buried in Edinburgh's murky past.

Alex Gray, When Shadows Fall - Decades-old bones, three dead policemen and a killer haunt DS Lorimer in this tense tartan noir.

Four powerhouse thrillers set beyond the shores of the UK that prove distance is no protection. From the back streets of Los Angeles to a New Jersey family secret, from an execution chamber in the American South to a fugitive on the run across Spain, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, David Baldacci and Peter May show that whatever line you cross, someone is always coming for you.

Michael Connelly, Dark Sacred Night - A cold case brings Ballard and Bosch together against a killer who thought nine years of silence meant he'd won. 

Harlan Coben, Darkest Fear - A secret son, a missing donor and Myron Bolitar finally uncovers a family that buried the truth for 13 years.

David Baldacci, The Last Mile - Twenty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, until Amos Decker's memory won't let it go. 

Peter May, A Silent Death - A vow of revenge, and a race across Spain finds John MacKenzie standing between a killer and his target.