Cobi de Groot Book order (chronological)

Fat, unlovely Roberta Teys is found beside her father's headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap. Her first words are: 'I did it. And I am not sorry' and she refuses to say more. Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to solve this particularly gruesome murder. And as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the façade of the peaceful Yorkshire village.

Een vrouwelijke rechercheur in Miami leidt de jacht op een sadistische seriemoordenaar, waarbij ook haar eigen leven in gevaar komt.

Author's style compared to P. D. James and Ruth Rendell.

A serial killer is loose in Long Piddleton around Christmas. Together Inspector Richard Jury and Melrose Plant must piece together the clues before the killer strikes again.