DCI Kate Daniels

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a small Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still tormented by her failure to solve the case. The killing of a man on Newcastle’s Quayside gives her another chance but she fails to disclose the fact that she has recognised the corpse.

When a young girl is found dead at the base of Hadrian's Wall, it's not long before Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels realises her death was no ordinary homicide. As the murder investigation team delve deeper into the case, half truths are told, secrets exposed, and while Daniels makes her way through a mountain of obstacles time is running out for one terrified girl.

Two brothers from the same criminal family die within hours of each other, five miles apart. Both victims have suffered horrific injuries. Who wanted them dead? Will they kill again? Investigating these brutal and bloody killings leads maverick cop, DCI Kate Daniels, to break some rules, putting her career, as well as her life, on the line.