The most dangerous thing any of them does is pay attention. Ryan Wilkins in Oxford, noticing what the college walls were built to conceal. Jack McEvoy in Los Angeles, following a single murder into a web of genetic data and corporate criminality. Jackson Lamb's team of disgraced slow horses getting accidentally operational in the middle of a terror campaign. Lisbeth Salander versus the full weight of the Swedish state. Four novels about people the establishment underestimated, and the price paid for that mistake.
Mick Herron, London Rules - Slough House's disgraced spies get operational again at exactly the wrong moment. Herron's darkest and funniest.
Michael Connelly, Fair Warning - Jack McEvoy follows a trail from one murder to a dark web of genetic data and corporate greed.
Simon Mason, A Killing in November - Ryan Wilkins is the last detective Oxford wants on this case and exactly the one it needs. An outstanding debut.
Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest- Lisbeth Salander faces the full weight of the Swedish state and is not happy to cooperate.
