Smilla's Sense of Snow (2010)

Smilla disputes the official explanation for a boy's death and follows questions that pull her beyond an isolated Copenhagen incident. Tiina Nunnally translates a voice whose anger and specialised knowledge make the investigation unusually personal. Høeg connects the thriller to belonging and the relationship between Denmark and Greenland. Choose it for that unsettling perspective, with the warning that its later reach is more extravagant than a tidy police case.