A gripping new crime series for fans of Val McDermid, Jane Casey and Cara Hunter 'Compelling crime fiction with a beating heart of authenticity' Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town 'CSI Ally Dymond is a gem, engaging, relatable, smart – everything you want in a main character' Trevor Wood, author of The Man on the Street 'Brimming with suspense!' Heather Darwent, author of Sunday TimesbestsellerThe Things We Do To Our Friends A family secret worth killing for... In the dead of night, 72-year-old Miriam Narracott is found wandering on Exmoor, holding a knife and covered in blood. Inside the family farmhouse lies the body of her adult son, Gabe. CSI Ally Dymond is on compassionate leave, but when approached by the new DI, recently arrived from London and eager to have Ally's keen eye and local knowledge on the case, she finds herself being drawn back in. With their only suspect Miriam unwilling – or unable – to talk, the team must dig into the family's history to uncover a motive....

A gripping new crime series for fans of Val McDermid, Jane Casey and Cara Hunter 'Gold-standard crime writing' Erin Kinsley 'An impressive start in an exciting new series' The Sun 'Authentic and atmospheric' Adele Parks, Platinum 'Packed with authenticity' Mail Online Evidence never lies... But people do. CSI Ally Dymond's commitment to justice has cost her a place on the major investigations team. After exposing corruption in the ranks, she's stuck working petty crimes on the sleepy North Devon coast. Then the body of nineteen-year-old Janie Warren turns up in the seaside town of Bidecombe, and Ally's expert skills are suddenly back in demand. But when the evidence she discovers contradicts the lead detective's theory, nobody wants to listen to the CSI who landed their colleagues in prison. Time is running out to catch a killer no one is looking for – no one except Ally. What she doesn't know is that he's watching, from her side of the crime scene tape, waiting for the moment to...