Four new crime paperbacks take readers to Birmingham, Glasgow, Illinois and the snowbound American countryside.

Erica Spinder 's latest bestseller Breakneck is described as a taut thriller with adrenaline-fuelled prose.

It features detective duo MC Riggio, who is about to get married following recent traumas, and Kitt Lundgren.

MC's cousin is murdered killed and the hunt begins for an emotionless serial killer known as Breakneck.

Suspense thriller Ice comes from bestselling author Linda Howard and is described as a breathless novel taking place entirely during an ice storm.

A sheriff asks his soldier son to go out into the snow to rescue a woman he has always had a spiky relationship with.

Gabrielle saves Lolly from her house but soon they are both hunted through the winter woods in the freezing dark.

Glasgow Kiss is the latest novel from Alex Grey featuring the city's answer to Rebus, DCI William Lorimer.

The story focuses on a school where a teenager accuses the religious education teacher of raping her.

As malicious gossip and idle speculation sweep with the school corridors, the girl goes missing.

Meanwhile Lorimer is trying to find a toddler who has been snatched from the pavement outside her mother's flat.

Stalked by Shadows is Chris Collett's latest police procedural novel based in Birmingham and featuring DI Tom Mariner.

After the murder of one young woman Mariner is forced to take the fears of another seriously.

Lucy Jarrett is convinced someone is watching her, following her home and making silent phone calls.