Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans les enquêtes complexes du DI Kelso Strang, un détective hanté par son passé. Chaque affaire présente un puzzle palpitant, souvent avec des enjeux élevés et le potentiel d'erreurs fatales. Les récits mêlent des éléments intenses de procédure policière à une exploration psychologique approfondie, attirant ceux qui apprécient les mystères sombres et centrés sur les personnages, où la frontière entre le succès et la catastrophe est ténue.
Beatrice Lacey is passionate about Human Face, the charity she helped to found, and its co-founder. She has learned to turn a blind eye to strange goings on, however; parties for donors who don't seem philanthropic and a merry-go-round of `housekeepers'. But when the latest housekeeper suddenly disappears, DI Kelso Strang is called in.
Memory lapses are causing Gabrielle to question her sanity but knowing the other major shareholder of her father's business is looking for any excuse to squeeze her out, she can't trust anyone. When a man's body is found, DCI Kelso Strang is drafted in to investigate. Will he be able to put this case to rest before more lives are destroyed?
When DCI Kelso Strang hears that an old friend from Police College days suspects there is corruption in her local station at Halliburgh in the Borders of Scotland, he sends her down undercover so they can act before a major scandal erupts.