DCI Lesley Clarke has promised her new wife that their Scottish honeymoon won’t be spoiled by murder investigations. But when she’s out for a walk on the first day and finds a body, she can’t help but be dragged into a case. The investigation is taken on by DI Jade Tanner and Dr Petra McBride of the Complex Crimes Unit, along with Lesley’s old colleague DS Mo Uddin. Can the team discover who killed the woman floating in the loch? And will Lesley’s marriage be jeopardised by her obsession with the job before it’s even begun? This novella comes between books 7 (The Blue Pool Murders) and 8 (The Lighthouse Murders) in the Dorset Crime series or can be read alongside the McBride & Tanner series.

‘Leave, or die.’ Jess Dyer has won safety for her sister-in-law Ruth and proved her worth as the leader of her refugee community. Sarah Evans has stood up to her parents and discovered who she can trust. But the villagers still aren’t welcome. When the local population expresses its anger, can Jess keep everyone safe? And can she hold it together as Steward when someone she loves dies? And how will Sarah react when her new fiancee Martin receives death threats, telling him he must leave her, and their village?