Books like The Great Game by H. C. Bailey

When a young girl's skeleton is found in the neighborhood of a long‑missing childhood friend, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan must decide whether the two victims are the same person.

Nero Wolfe investigates a tangled web of deaths and a vanished man, uncovering vengeance, hazing, and hidden motives among a group of men in New York.

Erskine Childers’ 1907 novel, The Riddle of the Sands, pioneers the modern spy thriller with its realistic depiction of late‑nineteenth‑century inshore sailing, espionage, and the looming threat of invasion near the Frisian Islands.

John le Carré’s Cold‑War spy thriller follows British agent Alec Leamas as he takes one last perilous assignment to outwit East German intelligence.

An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey's wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II.It is from this period of time that his murderer may well have come. But there are others on Guernsey with reason to want Guy Brouard dead: his wives, his business associates, his current mistress, the underprivileged teenagers he mentored--any of whom might have harbored a secret motive for murder. As family and friends gather for the reading of the will, Deborah and Simon St. James find that seemingly everyone on the history-haunted island has something to hide. And behind all the lies and alibis, a killer is lurking. In order to bring this person to justice, the St. James must delve into Guernsey's dark history--both past and present--and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all.In A Place of Hiding, bestselling novelist Elizabeth George marks new territory in the darker landscapes of human relationships. She tells a gripping, suspenseful story of betrayal and devotion, war and remembrance, love and loss...and the higher truths to which we must all ultimately answer.From the Hardcover edition.

A collection of English detective short stories featuring forensic scientist Reggie Fortune, as penned by H. C. Bailey.

Detective Temperance Brennan unravels a tangled web of mummified dogs, a dead businessman, and a teenage hit‑run victim, uncovering a human‑trafficking ring that extends from Peru to Afghanistan and implicates her soon‑to‑be ex.

Detective Lincoln Rhyme and forensic pathologist Amelia Sachs race against time to stop the ruthless smuggler "Ghost" from killing families caught in New York City's clandestine immigrant trade.

In Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the murder of Tessa Quayle forces her husband, diplomat Justin Quayle, to uncover a conspiracy that threatens both his life and the integrity of a multinational corporation.

A London doctor who loves clues, Reggie Fortune tackles eight quirky mysteries that blend medical insight with detective wit.

In Hartford, Connecticut, forensic expert Joe "Dart" Dartelli hunts a serial killer whose victims share an unusual chemical hidden in their blood.

Detective Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic NYPD forensic expert, hunts the elusive Coffin Dancer—a professional killer targeting witnesses before grand jury testimony, with help from cop Amelia Sachs.

A forensic technician uncovers buried secrets when a long‑missing teen’s broken investigative trail leads to a fresh murder in the woods near Nashville.