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When the partial remains of a young woman are unearthed during a violent storm, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team to discover her identity and what brought her there. A man is released from prison having been the apparent victim of a miscarriage of justice and returns home to rural Norfolk. Questions are being asked, not only of the police and their flawed investigation, but also of the man himself. A loner, strange and disinterested, is he truly innocent? Convicted without a body, if he didn't commit the murder he was sent to jail for, then where is she?

When the body of a man is found dead in his remote, isolated home, DI Tom Janssen and his team struggle to understand what motive there could be to murder such an inoffensive, seemingly placid local character. The man lived alone and was well known in the community, but kept his distance from others, leading a haphazard way of life almost entirely off the grid. What secrets did he hide in his private life that might be worth killing for? As the team are about to understand, even the most nondescript of people can exist in a world darker than most of us will ever see....

When a man's body is discovered crammed into the boot of an abandoned car in a remote location, DI Tom Janssen and his team must unpick his life to find out how he came to be there. The victim was a local man, popular with some although hated by others, and he had a habit of making enemies, enemies that any sane man would seek to avoid. For once, the team do not struggle to find a suspect or a motive for his murder, but with several to choose from, how can they determine who delivered the killing blows?

When the body of a young woman is discovered at the home she shared with her disabled daughter, DI Tom Janssen and his team must investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. The woman was a single mother, well regarded, and popular among the group she frequented, but she had a checkered past...a life she kept secret from those around her...a life that may, ultimately, have led to her death. Friends, past lovers, and confidants offer conflicting descriptions of the deceased...did anyone know her at all? The team realize the daughter is missing, and her life hangs in the balance.

A murder without motive. A bombing. The sins of the past revisited.... DI Nathaniel Caslin is heading up a specialist unit, an opportunity to make a real difference. Little does he know, decisions taken decades previously are about to threaten all that he holds dear.... Gangland tensions are on the rise as an uneasy peace is fractured in spectacular fashion. Two warring factions are lining up to unseat the other. Old adversaries rekindle their passion to exact revenge whilst the next generation seek to make a name for themselves.

A businessman found hanged. A tortured and mutilated loaner. High finance has never been so deadly.... DI Nathaniel Caslin is spiralling toward a professional crisis. His biggest case in years has collapsed amid accusations of police intimidation. A rebuilt reputation is now facing ruin.... As the extremes of nationalist hate descend upon York, a refugee is tortured to death while a straightforward case of a bankrupt’s suicide proves to be anything but simple. How does an enigmatic campaigner with a secret to keep link these two disparate worlds?

With a glittering career, spanning several decades representing the privileged and the wealthy, behind him the focus of the investigation inevitably turns toward cases and clients past and present, but was his death linked to his work or is there another, darker and far more sinister motive at play? No matter how successful, privileged or elevated in society one person can be, one universal rule applies; we all bleed the same.

Der Tod währt nicht ewig... Ein Grüppchen junger Leute versammelt sich am abgelegenen Coral Beach auf der Insel Skye, um mit einer rauschenden Party ihren Schulabschluss zu feiern. Das neue Jahrtausend bricht an mit dem Versprechen neuer Abenteuer und Möglichkeiten. In den nächsten Tagen werden viele die Insel verlassen. Die Arbeit oder das Studium auf dem Festland erwartet sie. Andere werden auf Skye bleiben und sich für ein traditionelleres Leben entscheiden, wie es ihre Familien seit Jahrhunderten führen. Das heißt... alle, bis auf eine.

Die dunkelsten Geheimnisse verbergen sich oft vor aller Augen ... An einem einsamen Pfad hoch oben an einer Klippe wird die Leiche einer ermordeten Jugendlichen gefunden, ihr engelsgleiches Gesicht ist der aufgehenden Sonne zugewandt. Nachdem ein unbekannter Mörder sie erwürgt hat, ist es nun an DI Tom Janssen und seinem noch jungen Team, herauszufinden, warum sie dort gelandet ist. Holly Bettany war eine Karriere als Ärztin vorbestimmt, die jene ihrer Eltern noch überflügeln sollte, ihre Zukunft schien erfolgversprechend und privilegiert.

Die Vergangenheit auszugraben ... ist ein Todesurteil ... Als ein Teenager während der Burns Night verschwindet, unternimmt DI Duncan McAdam alles, um ihn zu finden. Der Vater allerdings scheint sich keine großen Sorgen zu machen. Nachdem die Leiche einer Frau mit einer einzelnen Stichwunde in der Brust in der Bucht von Talisker gefunden wird, wird dem Team um DI McAdam klar, dass sich ein Mörder auf der Insel herumtreibt. Ein schwerer Schneesturm sucht die Insel heim. Schnell wird es zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um den vermissten Jungen zu finden.

Die Vergangenheit holt jeden ein ... und ist tödlich ... Als der Besitzer einer Galerie in Portree am Fuß des Storr tot im Schnee aufgefunden wird, müssen DI Duncan McAdam und sein kleines Team herausfinden, warum er dort war ... und wer ein Motiv hatte, ihn zu ermorden. Ein ehrgeiziger Mann, dem die Herzen der Frauen zufliegen, liefert Leuten genug Gründe, um wegzusehen, sollte ihm etwas zustoßen ... und viele würden ihn nur allzu gerne selbst ins Jenseits befördern.