Cold cases reopen, old loyalties fracture and long-buried secrets begin to stir in this formidable gathering of modern crime writing. From Rebus confronting ghosts he thought contained, to Harry Bosch pursuing a link across years and borders. Each novel reminds us that history is rarely done with us. In these pages, memory is motive, and truth waits patiently to be uncovered.

TITLES: Ann Cleeves, 'A Prey to Murder' + Elly Griffiths, 'The Locked Room' + Ian Rankin, 'In a House of Lies' + Michael Connelly, 'The Narrows'

TITLES: Anna Jacobs, 'Valley Secret' + Rita Bradshaw, 'Gilding the Lily' + Dee Williams, 'Sunshine After Rain' + Rosie Archer, 'Gunpowder & Glory Girls (The Bomb Girls 4)'

TITLES: Pearse Lesley, 'Forgive Me' + Anna Jacobs, 'Licence to Dream' + Nora Roberts, 'Island of Glass' + Danielle Steel, 'Golden Moments'

The Second World War tested women in a multitude of ways. In this set, we see a Yorkshire matriarch open her home, Raven Hall, to the RAF. Two Liverpool friends see everything they have worked for threatened by bombing and separation. A wife who fought her way into an unwelcoming family witnesses events scatter everyone she loves. A WAAF plotter's marriage is further strained before her husband takes to the skies again. Different lives, different regions with one question in common: how do you hold on to what matters?

Mollie Walton, 'Mother's War' - When the RAF arrive at Raven Hall, Rosina watches her daughters choose courage, and discovers some of her own.

Rita Bradshaw, 'Skylarks At Sunset' - Orphaned Hope marries in secret against his family's wishes and meets Sunderland's Depression and war with her spirit unbroken.

Betty Firth, 'A Little Miracle in the Dales' - When Charlie's wartime injuries steal their dream of a family, WAAF plotter Bobby finds an unexpected miracle in the Dales.

Lyn Andrews, 'Goodbye, Mersey View' - Mersey View friends Monica and Joan face the sternest test as war descends on Liverpool and threatens all they love.