Some cases are never truly resolved, only set aside until the past finds reason enough to reopen them. Here, Rebus pries apart a string of deaths dismissed as suicide in Edinburgh, Enzo Macleod circles a murdered chef's last days in France, Bosch is drawn into a boy's decades-old death that echoes his own past in Los Angeles, and Lorimer's Highland break turns into a hunt for a killer stalking the peaks above Glencoe. Four investigations, four landscapes, and the particular pleasure of watching justice finally catch up with time.
Michael Connelly, City of Bones - Bones found in the Hollywood Hills mirror Bosch's own childhood, and he won't rest until the boy has a name.
Peter May, Blowback – Enzo traces a dead chef through rivalry and betrayal to a volcanic plateau, and the pull of it never slackens.
Ian Rankin, Let it Bleed – Rebus follows the money through backstreets and buried paperwork until the city itself feels like a suspect worth watching.
Alex Gray, Echo of the Dead – A restful Highland escape unravels for Lorimer when a serial killer emerges from Glencoe's beautiful, dangerous landscape.
