Witness four American cities at breaking point. LA in flames, Philadelphia split by class, a Virginia town unravelling and Atlanta being stalked. Amos Decker cannot stop remembering the night his family was murdered, and then a school massacre reopens everything. Myron Bolitar follows a kidnapped teenager from the country clubs of the Main Line into the grimmest corners of Philadelphia. Harry Bosch is managing two cases that are quietly consuming each other: a fresh murder and a conviction someone wants torn apart. In Atlanta in 1974, Kate Murphy's first day on the police force becomes a fight for survival. You'll be reading any of these well past midnight!
David Baldacci, Memory Man - Amos Decker carries perfect recall and unbearable grief; Baldacci turns both into a thriller that earns every dark page.
Harlan Coben, Back Spin - From the US Open to a twenty-year-old secret: Myron Bolitar chases a missing boy into Coben's finest twist.
Michael Connelly, Two Kinds of Truth - Retired, framed, still stubbornly working: Bosch carries this novel on sheer principle, and Connelly makes that magnificent.
Karin Slaughter, Cop Town - 1974 Atlanta. Kate and Maggie find themselves sidelined from an investigation following a brutal cop murder. Slaughter makes their fury the heart of something unforgettable.
