Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in de complexe onderzoeken van DI Kelso Strang, een rechercheur die achtervolgd wordt door zijn verleden. Elke zaak presenteert een spannend raadsel, vaak met hoge inzetten en de potentie voor fatale fouten. De verhalen combineren intense elementen van politieprocedures met diepgaande psychologische exploratie, en spreken lezers aan die houden van grimmige, karaktergedreven mysteries waarbij de grens tussen succes en ramp zich op een haar na scheidt.
Beatrice Lacey is passionate about Human Face, the charity she helped to found, and its co-founder. She has learned to turn a blind eye to strange goings on, however; parties for donors who don't seem philanthropic and a merry-go-round of `housekeepers'. But when the latest housekeeper suddenly disappears, DI Kelso Strang is called in.
Memory lapses are causing Gabrielle to question her sanity but knowing the other major shareholder of her father's business is looking for any excuse to squeeze her out, she can't trust anyone. When a man's body is found, DCI Kelso Strang is drafted in to investigate. Will he be able to put this case to rest before more lives are destroyed?
When DCI Kelso Strang hears that an old friend from Police College days suspects there is corruption in her local station at Halliburgh in the Borders of Scotland, he sends her down undercover so they can act before a major scandal erupts.