The sun is shining in Heckley, and the biggest case on DI Charlie Priest's books is a petty thief pinching underwear from the washing-lines of unsuspecting housewives. And the detective has another reason to be cheerful, his love life is on the up, in the form of local schoolteacher, Rosie...
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Joe Crozier, a businessman with a decidedly shady past, is enjoying being wined and dined, but refusing his host's request, costs Joe more than he could ever have imagined...Bound and gagged, he takes a silent and deadly dip in the nearby river. Meanwhile. Charlie Priest is called to anoth...
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At Leighford High, the ever-resourceful Peter ‘Mad Max’ Maxwell is acting as Head of History whilst Peter Moss partakes in an American exchange. His counterpart is Hector Gold, accompanied to Leighford by his eccentric family. In particular, Hector’s father-in-law, ...
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When the beautiful Colinette Jones fails to return home for supper and a body turns up half a mile from her house, DI Charlie Priest knows he has got to make the house call that every mother dreads. Elsewhere, Laura Heeley is found dead in a country lane, a single stab wound the only sign ...
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When salesman Tony Silkstone confesses to murder, the top brass of the Heckley police are keen to convict and close the lurid case. But Detective Inspector Charlie Priest is not convinced that things are as simple as they seem. A hitman turns up in town, a juvenile car thief wreaks havoc a...
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