Thrill of the chase

Cold Justice by Ant Middleton (Sphere, £8.99)

Former Special Boat Service team leader Mallory has been struggling to adapt to civilian life since an operation in Afghanistan six months ago left two men dead and another, Donno, in a coma.

When Donno’s mother asks Mallory for help in finding her slacker son Scott in South Africa, he feels he owes her, and his investigation pits him against street thugs and corrupt police. But he won’t stop until Scott is reunited with his mother and brother. An impressive and authentic white-knuckle ride.

Jon Coates

The Glass Pearls by Emeric Pressburger (Faber & Faber, £8.99)

This newly reissued thriller tells the story of Karl Braun, a piano tuner who moves into new lodgings in west London in 1965. His neighbours assume he came to England to flee Hitler. But he isn’t Karl Braun. He’s Dr Otto

Reitmuller, a brain surgeon who conducted horrific experiments on concentration camp inmates, and is now a wanted man.

Newspapers are filled with reports of the hunt for Nazi war criminals and Braun’s heightened fears evolve into paranoia. The tension slowly builds in a thrilling page turner.

Edward Argyle

The Undiscovered Deaths Of Grace Mcgill by CS Robertson (Hodder & Stoughton, £8.99)

Police officers find the decomposed body of an elderly man in his flat so the council calls “lonely deaths cleaner” Grace Mcgill to clear away the bodily remains. But Grace discovers that Tommy has kept newspaper clippings linked to the disappearance of a teenage girl in 1964.

As Grace starts to investigate, she realises that someone is watching her who will kill to keep Tommy’s secrets buried. This is a disturbing read with a shocking twist.