When the body of a young girl is discovered on a landfill site DCI Paul Wells is certain that Ian Lennox is the killer. With Lennox safely in the cells, Wells' team prepares its case but when time runs out they are forced to release him. Wells is desperate and his career is on the line. How can he prove that Lennox is their man? Meanwhile, a second murder causes even more problems. Is there any chance that the DCI can finally get the result for which he prays?

Love enhances life. It's the icing on the cake. But what if love goes bad? What if it becomes an obsession? Aging rocker Johnny Lee Rogers is coming to Larchborough for a series of charity concerts and dowdy, deluded librarian Lizzie Thornton - his biggest fan - has won tickets to see his final show. Lizzie is convinced that Fate is bringing them together...and she has always wanted a December wedding. The town is basking in a heat not experienced for decades but for DCI Paul Wells and his team this will be no Summer of Love. Lizzie, a group of travellers and a missing girl all conspire to bring them a time of torment, intrigue and murder...

Death should bring peace, an end to life's momentous struggle. But that isn't always the case. Sometimes the dead just will not stay silent. When the mummified remains of a pregnant woman are discovered in the cemetery at St Matthew's Church, DCI Paul Wells and his team start the hunt for a murderer who is threatening the very fabric of the church's long tradition. Someone thinks they've got away with murder - but not for much longer. Whilst Wells battles to keep one of his team out of prison he must wade through a tangle of lies before the truth finally surfaces.