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El robo de varias antigüedades obliga al director del New College de la Universidad de Oxford a pedir ayuda a Scotland Yard. La detective Georgina Taylor será la encargada de investigar el caso y, para que nadie sospeche de ella, Stephen Allen, un brillante aunque algo desastrado catedrático de Historia Antigua, se ve forzado a acogerla en su casa y a fingir que están emparentados.

Det är midsommarafton 1999. En man stiger av pendeln i Bålsta med en sportbag fylld med pengar efter ett postrån. Han möts av sin syster och tillsammans firar de helgen i barndomshuset. Mannen slår sig ner i ett torp i trakten. Några mil därifrån bor den f.d. lantarbetaren Edvard Risberg. Tidigare var han aktiv facklig kämpe. Nu iakttar han med saknad sitt gamla förbunds nedgång och fall. Det som i stället lyser upp hans tillvaro är kärleken till kriminalinspektören Ann Lindell.

When Charlemagne (the pup) vanishes to uncover a lottery ticket alongside the road, Sally embarks on a tangled quest to reunite the ticket with its rightful owner. But time is ticking, and a mysterious, determined thief is hot on her trail. Will Sally and Joan crack the case before the ticket—or she—expires? Should she just cash it in and keep it for herself? What’s an 87-year-old spunky woman to do?

The discovery of Gemma Whiting's bludgeoned body within spitting distance of her family home, opens a new case for DI Sally Parker, one that quickly embroils her in Gemma's feud with male family members. The more Sally digs, the longer her suspect list grows. Frustrated after months of investigation, yet another young woman is attacked close to where Gemma's body was found. Sally begins to wonder if she's been looking in the wrong direction for the killer.

DI Sally Parker has a serial killer on her patch. One thing that sets this killer apart from the others she's hunted before: his willingness to leave DNA at each of the crime scenes. It's up to Sally and her partner, DS Jack Blackman, to find out why before the body count rises to double figures. While Sally is engrossed in the investigation, her ex-husband, Darryl, pays a surprise visit to her new home.