Books like Far North by Michael Ridpath

Philip Pullman’s *Northern Lights* follows orphan Lyra Belacqua as she ventures to the far north to rescue her missing friend, encountering powerful guardians, a mysterious city in the aurora, and experiments that separate humans from their inner daemon companions.

When a coastal dog retrieves a bone that turns out to be human, Isa Wilde’s idyllic village of Salten is thrust into terror as her childhood friends uncover a dark secret, unraveling their shared past.

The 23rd novel in James Patterson’s Alex Cross mystery series follows the seasoned detective through a new homicide investigation in a glamorous North Carolina setting.

When a brutal murder on the Isle of Lewis mirrors a case Peter May’s Edinburgh detective Fin MacLeod solved two decades earlier, he must confront his past and uncover a link between the killings.

When a celebrity film premiere turns deadly, NYPD Red’s elite detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald race through Manhattan’s glitter and grit to uncover a ruthless killer before he strikes again.

When Chicago detective Billy Harney wakes up with amnesia after a shoot‑out, he must unravel a conspiracy that led him to a high‑profile brothel and its elusive black book—each page could free him or trap him forever.

When a stranger dies in a Quebec village, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache confronts secrets hidden in the bistro, antiques shop, and the town's residents—and the town’s hidden history.

Two police detectives uncover a chilling village mystery, linking a recent fatal traffic incident to a decade‑old disappearance and a controversial murder conviction.

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis investigate the mysterious death of 99‑year‑old Thalia Mars, whose past of secrets and violence leads a tangled New York‑based murder mystery.

Detective Zach Jordan and partner Kylie MacDonald of the elite NYPD Red task force uncover a chilling conspiracy while investigating a billionaire’s missing son, threatening New York’s powerful elite.

A mystery set in 1969 Connecticut, Captain Carmine Delmonico investigates a series of murders connected to a lethal toxin theft and a scientist accused of framing the killer.

NYPD Red 2 follows Task Force investigators Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald as they pursue a vigilante serial killer claiming justice for unpunished crimes—a hunt that exposes political secrets and threatens their careers.

Wer ist die geheimnisvolle verschwundene Schwester? Sieben Sterne umfasst das Sternbild der Plejaden, und die Schwestern d’Aplièse tragen ihre Namen. Stets war ihre siebte Schwester aber ein Rätsel für sie, denn Merope ist verschwunden, seit sie denken können. Eines Tages überbringt der Anwalt der Familie die verblüffende Nachricht, dass er eine Spur entdeckt hat: Ein Weingut in Neuseeland und die Zeichnung eines sternförmigen Rings weisen den Weg. Es beginnt eine Jagd quer über den Globus, denn Mary McDougal – die Frau, die als Einzige bestätigen kann, ob ihre Tochter Mary-Kate die verschwundene Schwester ist – befindet sich auf einer Weltreise. Während die Schwestern ihre Suche nach Neuseeland, Kanada, England, Frankreich und Irland führt, schlüpft ihnen Mary immer wieder durch die Finger. Und es scheint, als wolle sie unbedingt verhindern, gefunden zu werden ...

On Halloween, a missing‑mother mystery turns into a chilling police investigation when a former teen prank goes deadly. A detective must now confront her past and a series of ominous footprints before the next victim falls.

Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae is left on a remote Aberdeenshire outpost after catching a killer, only to be pulled back into a brutal murder investigation when a girl's body washes up near Banff, putting him and the town in danger.