A suspect with a scalpel, an Edinburgh under siege and a bath in Brighton. Three crime reads to keep the lights on for.
Patricia Cornwell, The Last Precinct - Dr Kay Scarpetta is a suspect in the killing of her bitter rival. As she hunts Jean-Baptiste Chandonne, the trail leads back through her own past.
Ian Rankin, Naming of the Dead - Edinburgh in G8 week, July 2005. Rebus and Siobhan Clarke chase a killer picking off former offenders, while an MP’s apparent suicide raises questions of its own.
Peter James, Need You Dead - A woman’s body in a Brighton bath looks like an open-and-shut case to Roy Grace. Then the truth turns out to be darker than anyone imagined.
