Suivez le sergent Cluff, un officier de police stoïque dans la paisible ville du Yorkshire, Gunnarshaw. Cette série propose des histoires de détection classiques axées sur la psychologie des personnages et l'atmosphère de la campagne anglaise. Chaque affaire testera son intelligence vive et sa détermination à découvrir la vérité cachée sous la surface de vies apparemment paisibles.
Amy Snowden, in middle age, has long since settled into a lonely life in the Yorkshire town of Gunnarshaw, until - to her neighbours' surprise - she suddenly marries a much younger man. Months later, Amy is found dead - apparently by her own hand - and her husband, Wright, has disappeared.
An attractive young woman is found dead with a handbag of more money than she would've earned in wages. Sergeant Cluff is bought in to gradually find out the truth about the murder.