Wrongfully accused of murder, Richard Hannay finds himself on a roller coaster action adventure full of excitement, drama, danger, fun, and romance as he attempts to save the nation from invasion. On the run from spies and the police, the last thing he expected was to be stuck with Victoria Sinclair, an opinionated suffragette, but their mutual loathing turns to romance as they find themselves facing death together.

Lynley and Havers investigate the murder of a stunning young deaf Cambridge University student who was bludgeoned to death.

Life in the peaceful Yorkshire village of Keldale is turned upside down when the local priest, Father Hart, stumbles upon a gruesome murder. Local farmer, William Tey, has been decapitated in his barn. His obese 16- year-old daughter, Roberta, is found next to her father's body in a severely traumatized state.

Lynley and Havers are called to a tranquil Lancashire village to investigate the poisoning of the vicar, Robin Sage.

As Detective Sergeant Andy McLoughlin examines the evidence, he begins to arrive at different conclusion to his superior. Just when he thinks he has got a confession, one further startling secret is revealed, one final revelation of murderous revenge that will finally melt the ice that has kept Streech Grange and its inhabitants frozen for a decade - the mystery of what happened to David Maybury.

When a naked, decomposed corpse is found in the disused ice house in the grounds of Streech Grange, Chief Inspector George Walsh jumps to an obvious conclusion. The body must be that of David Maybury, who disappeared 10 years ago. Without waiting for forensic identification, he reopens the murder investigation, which for him has been an obsession.