by Stieg Larsson (2005)
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared forty years ago. Her aged uncle cannot let go of the mystery, believing she was murdered by a member of their own clan. He hires disgraced investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and punk hacker prodigy Lisbeth Salander to uncover the truth.
Tana French
As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one child clutching a tree trunk in terror. Twenty years later, Detective Rob Ryan must investigate a child's murder in those same woods.
Gillian Flynn
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, journalist Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murders of two young girls. To crack the case, Camille must untangle the psychological puzzle of her own past and her estranged, neurotic mother.
Martha Grimes
As Richard Jury and Melrose Plant of Scotland Yard investigate the murder of Simon Lean, they're led to a London pub, the Five Bells and Bladebone where the "shady lady named Sadie" might have been of help if she hadn't been murdered first.
Garry Disher
Inspector Hal Challis is called in to investigate when social psychologist Janine McQuarrie is killed, and his investigation takes a surprising turn when Hal learns the victim's husband had been pressuring her to attend spouse-swapping parties, leading Hal to suspect the husband may know more about the murder than he is letting on.