DI Kate Fletcher Books in Order

Returning to her hometown after divorce, Detective Inspector Kate Fletcher investigates a child’s body found near her childhood estate. The former mining community’s silence conceals old grievances, and another disappearance makes uncovering its history increasingly urgent.

Kate Fletcher investigates an unidentified woman found in a canal and a daughter’s confession to killing her father. Links to a teenager’s decades-old disappearance emerge, but a suspect’s vanishing complicates efforts to connect past and present.

A woman’s mutilated body raises questions about a possible pregnancy and secrets among those closest to her. When another victim is found with a similar wound, Kate Fletcher must identify a serial killer driven by a disturbing fixation.

Two distant murders appear linked through Kate Fletcher, but the investigation reveals older connections to her hometown. Further deaths point toward events from a summer thirty years earlier, forcing her to identify the remaining target before the killer strikes.

A local politician’s staged suicide draws Kate Fletcher into a murder inquiry. Similar notes at further deaths reveal a deliberate pattern, forcing her to uncover the connection between victims and a motive that may lie in their past.