The Devils Star – Jo Nesbo

A young woman is murdered in her flat and a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star is found behind her eyelid. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case, alongside his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on his final warning and has little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor when it becomes apparent that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands.

Die Trying - Lee Child

Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless

Without Fail - Lee Child

Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job. Her job? Protecting the Vice-President of the United States. Her problem? Someone wants the VP dead.

The Snowman - Jo Nesbo

A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside he sees his mothers favourite scarf - wrapped around a snowman.  Harry Hole, the leading detective finds an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years and he finds himself searching for a serial killer.

Something Rotten - Jasper Fford

Thursday Next, Head of JurisFiction and ex-SpecOps agent, returns to her native Swindon accompanied by a child of two, a pair of dodos and Hamlet, who is on a fact-finding mission in the real world. Thursday has been despatched to capture escaped Fictioneer Yorrick Kaine but even so, now seems as good a time as any to retrieve her husband Landen from his state of eradication at the hands of the Chronoguard. It's not going to be easy. Thursday's former colleagues at the department of Literary Detectives want her to investigate a spate of cloned Shakespeares, the Goliath Corporation are planning to switch to a new Faith based corporate management system and the Neanderthals feel she might be the Chosen One who will lead them to genetic self-determination. With help from Hamlet, her uncle and time-travelling father, Thursday faces the toughest adventure of her career. Where is the missing President-for-life George Formby? Why is it imperative for the Swindon Mallets to win the World Croquet League final? And why is it so difficult to find reliable childcare?

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K. Dick

War has left the Earth Devastated, through its ruins Deckard a bounty hunter stalks out rouge Androids.  When he isn't retiring them he dreams of owning an 'animal', the ultimate status symbol.  Then Rick gets his big assignment to kill 6 Nexus-6 targets for a large reward.  But things are never that simple.

Zoo City - Lauren Beukes

Zinzi December, has a sloth on her back, and a habit of pulling 419 scams over the Internet.  She has a knack for finding missing things.  This time, she is asked to look for a missing person, and ends up in alot deeper than she wanted to be.  Mixing up with all the wrong people, sometimes people just don't want to be found. 

Sister - Rosamund Lupton

When Beatrice’s gets a phone call that her Sister Tess is missing, she takes the first flight home to find her. When her body is found the police investigation concludes it is Suicide but Beatrice is not convinced. She goes on a journey to find out the truth behind her sisters death and is stunned to discover how little she knows about her sister’s life or the circumstances surrounding her death.

A compelling, thrilling read

Enigma - Robert Harris

March 1943, the war hangs in the balance.  Jericho is sent for to crack the code from the German U Boats using the Enigma machine.  A task he has done before but was sent on leave due to a break down.  However he is the only one who can potentially crack the code. He returns to Bletchley Park, and discovers a new mystery on his doorstep, his former girlfriend has gone missing and their may be a spy inside Bletchley.