In The Dark
by Cara Hunter
A woman is found imprisoned in a basement, along with a two-year-old boy. She appears unable to speak, and police can’t figure out who she is: nobody with her description has been reported missing. And who is her captor — could it really be the elderly homeowner suffering from dementia?
Then police find a woman’s body hidden under the floor of a shed in the backyard. DI Adam Hawley is determined to solve both cases. Are they connected, or is their physical proximity a coincidence?
Fatal Harvest
by Brenda Chapman.
Stu and Devina Petrie live in a farmhouse near Ashton, a small village nestled in farming country west of Ottawa. Eleven-year-old Matt has been staying with them this summer.
But when a neighbour stops by to give Stu a ride to the local pub, he discovers that the Petries have both been shot dead, and Matt is missing.
Ottawa Police Detective Liam Tate is called to head up the investigation, and once again he collaborates with journalist and podcaster Ella Tate.
After That Night
When Dr. Sara Linton was an ER doctor, she witnessed a dying declaration from Dani, a young woman who was beaten and raped.
Three years later, as Medical Examiner for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, Sara is asked to testify against the wealthy young man accused of the rape. Together with her partner, GBI Detective Will Trent, Sarah dives into a behind-the-scenes investigation to find out how Dani’s case connects to her own past.
Blood Relations
by J. Woollcott
It’s Belfast in 2017. DS Ryan McBride is back, this time investigating the brutal murder of a retired senior officer, Chief Inspector Patrick Mullan.
Is the perpetrator someone from Mullan’s past? Or have present circumstances led to his bloody death?
Ryan’s boss wants him to focus on Mullan’s past cases, but Ryan wants to keep his investigative options open.
Lying Beside You
Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven is drawn into the search for a missing woman, whose disabled father has been viciously beaten to death. Cyrus is helped, or hindered, by his former patient Evie Cormac, who’s now a tenant in his house. Her ability to detect lies does come in handy— if it could be trusted.
The Good Turn
by Dervla McTiernan.
A young girl abducted off the street in Galway, Ireland. A team of police detectives spread thin while their colleagues focus on a drug task force. Suspicions of police corruption. Third in a series featuring Garda Detective Cormac Reilly.
A Nice Place to Die
A young woman dead on a river bank in Northern Ireland. A team of police officers investigating her death—including DS Ryan McBride, who isn’t mentioning his prior acquantance with her. A raft of suspects. All to say, an entertaining and fast-moving novel with characters that you won’t easily forget.
The Devil to Pay
by Barbara Fradkin.
Ottawa police Inspector Green is back, and his rebellious daughter Hannah is now a police rookie determined to solve a case that her superiors say she should keep out of.
Still Life
by Val McDermid.
A body pulled out of the sea. A skeleton found in a camper van. Historic Cases detective Karen Pirie’s investigations turn hot, as the past intrudes on the present.
A Song for the Dark Times
by Ian Rankin.
Retired Edinburgh policeman John Rebus is 70 and has COPD, but his daughter Samantha wants his help to find her missing partner. And his former protégé on the force, Siobhan Clarke, is investigating the murder of a rich young Saudi student.
The Betrayal of Trust
by Susan Hill
Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler is called in when heavy rains reveal a skeleton that was buried in a shallow grave next to a local highway bypass. Meanwhile a lot of other events are happening in the UK cathedral town of Lafferton, and secrets start coming to light. This is the sixth book in a long-running series.
Under the Cold Bright Lights
by Garry Disher
Alan Auhl, Melbourne cold-case investigator, finds himself juggling several cases at once: a skeleton found under a cement slab, a doctor whose first two wives died mysteriously and now says his third wife is trying to kill him, and two sisters who insist their father’s death was murder, not accident. And Auhl’s home life is complicated too…