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A hundred-year-old woman’s death at a luxurious Lake District care home initially seems unsurprising, until her terrified expression raises questions. As more deaths follow, detectives Jude Satterthwaite and Ashleigh O’Halloran must uncover the secret linking them.

During a scorching Lake District summer, a body discovered in a burned barn draws detective Jude Satterthwaite into a murder investigation. Evidence that the fire concealed an earlier killing and another death threaten to expose darker secrets beneath the scenery.

Two apparently random murders occur near equalities activist Claud Blackwell's home and office, leaving DCI Jude Satterthwaite unsure whether Claud is suspect or target. A hostile superior and a threat against police headquarters complicate the investigation and endanger Jude's colleagues.

Detective Jude Satterthwaite must protect a controversial Wordsworth researcher visiting Grasmere after her assistant is found hanged in their cottage. The visitor’s talent for making enemies leads him into concealed tensions among familiar locals and passing strangers.

A drowned drug addict’s body revives detective Jude Satterthwaite’s first unsolved case and exposes troubling secrets in the witness’s marriage. Investigating with Ashleigh O’Halloran draws them into old wounds while the danger to that witness steadily increases.

DCI Jude Satterthwaite investigates an online figure apparently manipulating young people into suicide. Links to an old case and a nearby encampment complicate the search, while his fears for his troubled younger brother give the investigation a personal urgency.

A young woman's apparent drowning on Ullswater troubles DCI Jude Satterthwaite, despite orders to leave it alone. Further deaths and a connection to his former partner push him to investigate, placing him at odds with his boss and in danger.

A murder at a Women's Institute meeting implicates an ex-convict who blames DCI Jude Satterthwaite for his imprisonment. Investigating with Ashleigh O'Halloran, Jude confronts conflicting loyalties when his former girlfriend supplies the suspect's alibi and old grievances threaten the case.

A policeman's fatal fall in the Lake District appears accidental until a witness challenges the account. DCI Jude Satterthwaite investigates the victim's supposedly admirable life, uncovering blackmail, cruelty, and numerous motives as another death deepens the case.

An employee's drowning draws DCI Jude Satterthwaite to a failing lakeside spa owned by three feuding sisters. As he investigates whether the victim was the intended target, family resentments and a neighbor's aggressive purchase offer point toward further danger.

An undertaker's murder at an aristocrat's funeral leads DCI Jude Satterthwaite toward a puzzling will and an old family secret. When a clockmaker disappears after sending a cryptic message, Jude's former partner becomes entangled in an increasingly urgent investigation.

Connie returns from Australia to reconcile with her father and learns he died years earlier while an impostor stole her inheritance. Her former lover, detective Jude Satterthwaite, investigates a deception that soon threatens Connie’s safety and exposes dangerous secrets.

A missing film director is found murdered on the Cumbrian fells, leaving detective Jude Satterthwaite with a cold trail and numerous suspects. When a potential witness also dies, the director’s tangled relationships become urgent clues to preventing another killing.