Vera found herself unexpectedly reunited with Stuart Macken, her first sergeant, amidst a terrible tragedy. His home had been deliberately set ablaze with petrol, leaving him with grievous burns and his eighteen-year-old daughter, Stella, c…

Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope examines the death of Jenny Lister, a social worker widely admired for her integrity and warmth. Yet, within the strained confines of a stretched social services department, a particularly troubling case – …

Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope examines the death of Niall Coulter, a man of twenty-nine. Those closest to him are determined to conceal the truth, but it is only when the body of a drug dealer is discovered on a Northumberland sho…

Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope and Detective Sergeant Joe Ashworth examine a death within an army barracks, a scene meticulously staged to appear as a suicide. However, Vera swiftly discerns that Staff Sergeant ‘Dev’ Deverson was m…