The dead in these books are not silent. They are patient. A teenager preserved in a Northumberland lake for over two decades. The murder of a detective's own mother, unsolved since 1961. A victim whose murky past points toward something far more dangerous. A cold case hidden in a dead man's archived papers. And the detectives who solve these mysteries - Porteous, Bosch, Rebus, Pirie -are the kind who cannot walk away, whatever the cost.
Ann Cleeves, 'The Sleeping and the Dead' -A body surfaces in Cranwell Lake, dead since 1972, unlocking a dreaded secret.
Ian Rankin, 'Naming of the Dead' -Rebus uncovers a serial killer at work as the G8 summit looms.
Michael Connelly, 'The Last Coyote' - Stripped of his badge, Bosch reopens his mother's 1961 murder.
Val McDermid, 'Past Lying' - A cold case hidden in a crime novelist's papers that Karen Pirie cannot let go.
