5 must-read crime novels offer thrills, chills and armchair globe-trotting

Chris Hewitt | (TNS) Star Tribune

There’s a world of trouble in five new thrillers, with locations ranging from rural England to blood-spattered Madrid and deceit-filled China.

We begin our tour with an ending:

The Comfort of Ghosts, Jacqueline Winspear

It’s already been announced so this is not a spoiler: The 18th Maisie Dobbs adventure is also the last. In a foreword, Winspear says she’s done everything...