The icy winter weather still has the tranquil village of Whitby in its grip. DCI Bolton awaits the arrival of a new sergeant when he is called to a crime scene. There, in the thick fog, the charred body of a man is found - a local who is deeply entangled in the dark side of gambling and the red-light district. On that day of all days, he meets his new colleague, Samantha Fox, who turns the presidium upside down with her unusual investigative methods. Then an angry woman appears on the ward and claims that her boyfriend was killed in the same place five years ago. While Bolton concentrates on the current case, Fox instinctively senses that something much bigger is lurking in the shadows. She begins to investigate behind her boss's back and comes across a web of lies and secrets ...

The prelude to the atmospheric North York Moor series takes you to the sleepy English seaside town of Whitby - where everyone knows something, but no one wants to say anything.

Also read the Cornwall crime series by Ian Bray independently of each other:

Volume 1: Cliff Death

Volume 2: Cliff Tomb

Volume 3: Cliff Revenge

Volume 4: Cliff Storm

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