Detective Inspector Harry Vicary investigates after the body of a man is found, after the snow thaws on London's Hampstead Heath, on top of a shallow grave containing the battered remains of a young woman..

On a hot summer morning, Miles Law cycles into the village of Millington in the Vale of York, on his way to a few hours' work as an under gardener at The Grange. But when he arrives, he finds his employer slumped in an armchair in the drawing room, a bullet wound on his forehead. Miles' employer was a secretive and reclusive man who kept his employees and neighbors at a distance. Who was Anthony Garrett, and who are the three young, identical-looking...

When a body is discovered in a rough grave deep in the woods, the police identify DC Coventry, a young undercover officer who died nearly thirty years ago. As DS Harry Vicary and DI Archibald Dew investigate, it soon becomes clear that DC Coventry was not the only officer to die under similar circumstances.

The latest Hennessey and Yellich Mystery - When a woman's body is found frozen on a bench one winter's morning, it looks like a simple case of death by misadventure. On closer inspection, however, marks on her neck – and a piece of paper hidden inside her shoe – point towards foul play. But as Hennessey and Yellich investigate, they discover that the victim may not have been all she seemed . . .