But, as always, I’m writing them in a way that means there are no major spoilers if you do read this series first. DCI Lesley Clarke has too many suspects to choose from when a wealthy lawyer and her unidentified companion are found brutally murdered in a Sandbanks mansion. Records catalogued during the Borough of Poole Archive project reveal one particularly intriguing murder case. It is evident that Hill, a tailor and a possible suitor of the servant Agnes Beard, did not carry out the crime alone. It’s really clever that although these are complete stories in themselves there is a story line running through linking them.

Thousands of lines of inquiry have been followed and more than 1,000 statements taken over the years, but police are still no closer to finding Mr Green’s killer. Will just say that a character who has been on the edge of the stories so far is likely to become a major player with much to add to our heroine's problems. Unborn is a standalone dystopia combined with a legal thriller, taking place in an imagined near future USA. They thought the killer broke into her home to steal and repeatedly stabbed her when she challenged him.I have to say that I have been seriously distracted by her handling of character mannerisms - shuffling of feet, wrinkling of noses, balling of fists. But when the body of a police officer connected to the crime turns up in the abandoned village of Tyneham, the case steps up a gear.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. SANDRA COURT: Sandra Court’s body was found dumped in a shallow river at Avon Causeway, Hurn in May 1986, just months before one of Britain’s most high-profile cases, the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh in London.Note: Lesley appears a lot in these books and you learn in detail about the events that led to her being sent to Dorset.