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.
