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Detective Tracy Collier is called to a remote field where an elderly woman's body has been found, throat slit. The victim, Irene Roberts, lived at a care home, and her son believes she's just missing. As Tracy investigates, a second body is discovered, and disturbing signs point to her troubled sister, Lisa, being back in town.

A body staged to look homeless pulls Detective Inspector Tracy Collier into a case that feels all too personal. As more victims surface, someone is dragging her back to a past she's desperate to keep hidden. With a killer closing in and a therapist uncovering her darkest secrets, Tracy must face what she ran from—before it destroys her.

Detective Inspector Tracy Collier thought she'd left the past behind when she took charge of the serious crimes squad—until her first case hits too close to home. A man is found brutally murdered by a stream, and tensions rise as her old friend, DI Kane Barnett, challenges her authority.

This cold call is murder. Detective Bethany Smith is called out to 21 Bladen Avenue, the home of Jason and Georgia Holt. It's one of the worst murder scenes she's ever seen.

Detective Inspector Bethany Smith arrives at the scene of the crime still dressed in her funeral attire. Her head thick with emotion. Her colleagues think she's mad. But she wants to be there. She needs to be there. Even if what she sees makes her skin crawl. The next day another body is discovered. The victim has suffered a similar gruesome fate. Left for dead at the bottom of his garden where the creepy-crawlies can get to him.

A letter and a hand-drawn map arrive at the police station for the attention of Detective Bethany Smith. The map leads them to Shadwell Hill. They search the area and find a human-sized mound of dirt. DS Wilkins recognizes the unearthed victim. It's sixty-five-year-old Margaret Allthrop, a minor royal and local celebrity. But her burial was anything but regal.

Ellie White is found dead at the bottom of her own garden, propped up against a stone fountain. Detective Inspector Bethany Smith arrives at the scene of the crime still dressed in her funeral attire. Her head thick with emotion. Her colleagues think she's mad. But she wants to be there. She needs to be there. Even if what she sees makes her skin crawl. The next day another body is discovered. The victim has suffered a similar gruesome fate. Left for dead at the bottom of his garden where the creepy-crawlies can get to him.

A letter and a hand-drawn map arrive at the police station for the attention of Detective Bethany Smith: Dear Police, I did a vile thing. There's a body at the dot. Have fun working out where that is. Watch your step when you get there. From, Me. The map leads them to Shadwell Hill. They search the area and find a human-sized mound of dirt. DS Wilkins recognizes the unearthed victim. It's sixty-five-year-old Margaret Allthrop, a minor royal and local celebrity. But her burial was anything but regal . . .