The remoteness of the mountainous terrains worldwide truly set the scene for a mysterious plot. From the Appalachians to Scandinavia, this list of crime novels spans all different ranges.
The Courtlands are all headed on their Rocky Mountain Colorado vacation for different reasons. The parents hope to repair their marriage. Caitlin sees the mountains as the ultimate running challenge. When she and her brother go for an early morning run but only Sean returns, their last family vacation before she goes to college turns into a nightmare mystery of discovering what happened to her, and if they could have prevented it
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This book is the twenty-fifth in the Joe Pickett novel lineup, so to recap: at this point, Nate Romanowski is afraid that living in civilization has left him open to attack. As a result, he and his falcons have dropped off the grid to plot vengeance. That’s when he gets a call from the governor needing to locate his son-in-law missing among the Sierra Madres. As Nate closes in on the missing person, he doesn’t realize that he’s also orbiting closer to the familiar faced of Joe Pickett.
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Leonore Asker is closing in on a leadership position at a local Swedish Crime Division when she makes a mistake in a high-profile kidnapping case. Instead of a promotion, she gets relegated to the cold cases of the police station’s basement. She’s embarrassed, of course, but then one of the weird cases about effigies catches her attention. One of those figures might represent the same person she was just trying to recover. She has to investigate to be sure of the connection.
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Brooke maintains a perfect appearance and great grades, so much so that she got into her dream school. She’s just leaving her crush at a college bonfire, with her friend in the passenger seat, when she realizes someone is tailing her. The road is isolated, and Brooke is terrified… someone knows the truth about “the incident” that threatened to ruin her life. This is no longer a winding drive home—it’s a drive to survive.
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If you’re reading a list like this one, you are probably intrigued by the concept of a former sanatorium renovated into a five-star hotel in the Swiss Alps. But it’s the last place Elin Warner wants to be, but she’s agreed to take time off from her detective job to celebrate her estranged brother’s engagement. When a storm rolls in right after her arrival, blocking any exit, and her brother’s fiancée now missing, pressure rises for Elin to find her… even as another woman goes missing—the only one who could have warned them of what was about to happen.
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True crime folks are no doubt familiar with the phrase “don’t go into the forest,” but naturally, people still do it. Including Maggie, Liz, Helena, and Joni, old friends who are hiking through the Norwegian wilderness in bliss until they locate a body at the bottom of a ravine. And they realize that there’s a killer on their wilderness trail.
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Cooper brought his daughter, Finch, to live in the isolated Appalachian cabin eight years ago. They only have two acquaintances, until Cooper’s old friend doesn’t show up with their winter supplies, and their safety starts to waver. When a stranger wanders up on them, Finch’s obsession with why her father brought them here in the first place grows, and when someone disappears, Cooper has to face the decision of continuing to hide, or revealing his past.
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Mary Kay McBrayer is the author of Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem’s Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clairand America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster. You can find her short works on history, true crime, and horror at Oxford American,Narratively, Mental Floss, and FANGORIA, among other publications. She hosts the podcast about women in true crime who are not just victims, The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. Follow Mary Kay McBrayer on Instagram and Twitter, or check out her author site here.
