Volg de onderzoeken van Detective Inspector Ian Peterson terwijl hij complexe zaken oplost op het Engelse platteland. Onder de serene façade van idyllische locaties liggen duistere geheimen en ingewikkelde mysteries die Peterson moet ontrafelen. Met een scherpe geest en onwrikbare vastberadenheid navigeert hij door de criminele onderwereld terwijl hij zijn eigen persoonlijke demonen confronteert. Deze serie biedt boeiende misdaadfictie die de deductieve vaardigheden van de lezer uitdaagt.
When Henry's wife is stabbed to death, he pays a prostitute to give him an alibi. Her body is discovered, strangled, and the police realize they are dealing with a serial killer who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. While they are hunting for evidence, another prostitute is brutally murdered. On the track of a vicious killer, DS Ian Peterson doesn't realize he is risking the life of his young colleague, Polly.
When a man plummets to his death from a balcony at York races, his wife and brother become suspects in a murder enquiry. Meanwhile Richard is being stalked by a killer issuing death threats. Richard is reluctant to go to the police, for fear his own dark secret will be exposed. Newly promoted Detective Inspector Ian Peterson is investigating the death at the races when a woman's body is discovered. Shortly after that, Richard is killed. With three murders and no suspect, the investigation seems to be going backwards. Ian is determined to discover who is responsible.
DI Ian Peterson investigates a series of gruesome and brutal murders in York. As the body count mounts, the case demands all Ian's ingenuity, because these are murders committed seemingly at random, and this is a killer who leaves no clues.