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When the body of a church warden is discovered, DI Tom Janssen and his team must investigate the circumstances that led to his death. Whilst navigating the fallout from the conclusion of their previous case, the Norfolk CID team is under intense scrutiny with another police force investigating their recent conduct. Some people would like nothing more than to see the team fail. With no clear motive for murder or a reason to take his own life, the team have little to go on.

When the body of a missing tourist is discovered slain in the foothills of the Cuillin Mountain range, it falls to D.I. Duncan McAdam and his small team to discover how he came to be there and who would have a motive to kill him. The summer season is a welcome distraction following a brutal and challenging winter. The Isle of Skye is booming with a revitalised tourist trade after a tough few years, and the Misty Isle is on course for its best year for visitors on record. But one person has not received the warm greeting the islanders are famed for.

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.

The second book in the Misty Isle series, by J M Dalgliesh.

As the only doctor on a stunning remote Scottish island, I finally feel safe and happy. Here, nobody knows about my troubled past except my teenage daughter Lauren. I'm a single mother, so it’s just the two of us now, and Lauren is my world. Caring for every person on the island, from birth to death, I know all their fears and secrets. But they don’t know mine, and for the sake of my daughter, I must keep it that way… Everything is going perfectly until I am sent a link to a live video stream of my beautiful daughter Lauren, her wide blue eyes terrified.

When the bonds of brotherhood are strained, who do you turn to? The celebration of the Viking Festival of Scira ensures that thousands descend annually on the small coastal town of Sheringham, but when one man dies amidst the grand finale, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team to identify who the victim was and how he met such a grisly end. The victim was a local man, successful, hard working, and well respected. A motive proves to be elusive. As the case progresses it becomes evident that not all is at it seems.

A murdered family-man. A young woman tortured and set on fire. A face from the past…DI Nathaniel Caslin is stable, for the first time in years. Now, he can look to the future, or so he thought. Granting a small favour to a friend, can often be anything but simple. When the only link between two apparently random murders appears to be an aging, Catholic priest, Caslin is thrust into a world of long-buried secrets. Drawing unwanted attention from the intelligence services, he must consider if the man he once trusted above all others, is now playing by his own rules.

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.

When the remains of a young woman are discovered near to Branodunum, a Roman archaeological site on the Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must work to discover who she was and how she came to be buried there. The area is steeped in myth and folklore, a site excavated many times over the years. Just how long has she lain there...and who wishes she'd never been discovered? As the victim’s life comes into sharp focus, it appears there is far more to those who crossed her path than anyone previously realised.

A secret worth dying for is a secret worth killing...When a violent storm uncovers the remains of an unknown young woman, long buried among the sand dunes, DI Tom Janssen must piece together fragmentary evidence to determine how she came to be there. In the years she lay undiscovered, several young women have disappeared, and as the team works through the possibilities, they come to an uncomfortable conclusion...Is a serial killer stalking coastal Norfolk? Each missing person had a story. Each of them had enemies. Some were more dangerous than others...

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.

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?

Two women are missing. One who has it all. The other, has lost everything.... DI Nathaniel Caslin is in conflict with his inner demons. His career is resurgent but the greater battle, that with his addiction, is still raging...and he is losing. An abandoned car and a desperate call to the police, lead Caslin into the heart of two families where secrets and lies are a way of life. What links the fate of an MP's granddaughter and that of a recovering drug addict, working in the sex trade? Past horrors and personal scandals tag with the present, as the tension mounts.

DI Nathaniel Caslin has earned the freedom to run his case load as he sees fit, bypassing the hierarchical constraints with his specialist unit. Little does he know a deadly adversary is walking the streets of York. One who will push the team to their psychological limits. Reluctantly agreeing to a joint investigation alongside a detective from the Drug Squad, Caslin is perplexed by the multiple homicides of a number of addicts. Poisoned by their own supply with no apparent motive, the killings appear gang related.

When I first meet Sophie, she seems like any normal loving mother, trying desperately to help her teenage daughter. That’s where I come in. The perfect tutor to get Katie’s life back on track. I connect instantly with Katie, and Sophie’s thoughtful husband Scott. But Sophie’s dark eyes are full of jealousy when I talk to Scott or share a smile with Katie. I know I’m helping her daughter, whatever she thinks.

Im Leben trifft man viele Entscheidungen. Der Tod ... gehört nicht dazu ... Als die Leiche eines vermissten Touristen in den Ausläufern des Cuillin-Gebirges am Loch Coruisk entdeckt wird, müssen DI Duncan McAdam und sein kleines Team herausfinden, wie er hierher kam und wer ein Motiv hatte, ihn zu töten. Der Sommer ist eine willkommene Abwechslung nach einem harten und herausfordernden Winter. Nach einigen schwierigen Jahren blüht der Tourismus auf der Isle of Syke wieder auf, und die Insel steht vor einem Besucherrekord.

Cuando veo a Sophie por primera vez, parece una madre normal, cariñosa y dispuesta a hacer lo que sea por ayudar a su hija, que ha sido expulsada del colegio. Conecto al instante con Katie, y también con Scott, el carismático marido de Sophie. Pero los ojos oscuros de Sophie se llenan de celos cuando hablo con Scott o intercambio sonrisas con Katie.

Unsere dunkelsten Geheimnisse sollten nie gelüftet werden ... An einem entlegenen Ort am Roydon Common wird ein Lokaljournalist tot unter einer Galgenschlinge aufgefunden, und das fast auf den Tag genau achtzehn Jahre nach dem Selbstmord eines Teenagers. DI Tom Janssen muss diesen Fall zur Unterstützung der Kollegen aus King’s Lynn übernehmen und herausfinden, wie der Mann dorthin gekommen war. Der Tote hatte an einer Story gearbeitet, von der er niemandem ein Sterbenswörtchen verraten hatte – nicht einmal seinen Liebsten oder Kollegen.

Eine Lüge erfordert Einsatz ... Viele Lügen erfordern Hingabe ... In der archäologischen Grabungsstätte Branodunum, einem Römerlager an der Küste Norfolks, werden die Überreste einer jungen Frau entdeckt. DI Janssen und sein Team müssen herausfinden, wer sie war und weshalb sie hier begraben wurde. Um diesen Ort ranken sich Mythen und Geheimnisse, und an der Stätte fanden bereits mehrere Ausgrabungen statt. Aber seit wann liegt die Tote hier ... und wer wünscht sich, dass sie nie entdeckt worden wäre?

*** Die Must-Hear-Krimiserie aus UK, die nun Deutschland im Sturm erobert ... *** Was würdest du tun, um deine Vergangenheit geheim zu halten? Als einheimische Fischer die verstümmelten Überreste einer Frau aus dem Wasser ziehen, müssen DI Tom Janssen und sein Team herausfinden, wie und warum sie dort gelandet ist. In diesem Fall, bei dem Tom Janssens neue, dauerhafte Chefin DCI Tamara Greave mit an Bord ist, bleibt abzuwarten, ob es sich beim Tod der Frau um Mord oder einen tragischen Unfall handelt.