BOOK 1: THE HARD DETECTIVE DCI Martens' successful yet unyielding ‘Stop the Rot’ campaign has provoked local criminals. Now two of her officers have been murdered within hours of each other — the circumstances echoing the Book of Exodus, “a life for a life, an eye for an eye...”.
BOOK 2: A DETECTIVE IN LOVE Britain’s number one tennis star has been murdered in the grounds of her luxurious home. And Harriet is now in charge of a case that will have the world’s media out in force. But it’s not the investigation that’s about to turn her world upside down.
BOOK 3: A DETECTIVE UNDER FIRE DCI Martens has been secretly summoned to London, to investigate corruption in the country’s most prestigious crime-fighting the Maximum Crimes Squad. While facing opposition from the squad’s head, she also becomes embroiled in the sinister plots of its current target.
BOOK 4: THE DREAMING DETECTIVE DCI Martens is making use of the latest DNA techniques to investigate a cold case. Known as the Boy Preacher, the victim was strangled in the ballroom of the city’s Imperial Hotel. But forensics fail her, and Harriet must rely on her own skills to ferret out the motives of her seven suspects – both dead and alive.
BOOK 5: A DETECTIVE AT DEATH’S DOOR Harriet Martens finds herself in grave danger from a deft and cunning poisoner. When she wakes up in hospital, she tries to come to terms with the fact that someone wants her dead. But before she can draw up a list of suspects, the poisoner strikes again.
BOOK 6: ONE MAN AND HIS BOMB Harriet takes great pride in her sons, who have followed in her footsteps by joining London’s police force. When she learns that one of them has died, her world falls apart. But the authorities are on full anti-terror alert and Harriet is leading a crucial investigation. She has no choice but to focus on her work, all the while fending off grief and her unceasing fear for her surviving son.
BOOK 7: RULES, REGS AND ROTTEN EGGS On the verge of resignation, Detective Martens takes charge of a case that she views as an attempted assassination. But as she works to uncover the truth behind the attack on a local politician, Martens is consistently denied access and finds that no matter what she does, she’s always one step behind.
BOOK 1: THE HARD DETECTIVE DCI Martens' successful yet unyielding ‘Stop the Rot’ campaign has provoked local criminals. Now two of her officers have been murdered within hours of each other — the circumstances echoing the Book of Exodus, “a life for a life, an eye for an eye...”.
BOOK 2: A DETECTIVE IN LOVE Britain’s number one tennis star has been murdered in the grounds of her luxurious home. And Harriet is now in charge of a case that will have the world’s media out in force. But it’s not the investigation that’s about to turn her world upside down.
BOOK 3: A DETECTIVE UNDER FIRE DCI Martens has been secretly summoned to London, to investigate corruption in the country’s most prestigious crime-fighting the Maximum Crimes Squad. While facing opposition from the squad’s head, she also becomes embroiled in the sinister plots of its current target.
BOOK 4: THE DREAMING DETECTIVE DCI Martens is making use of the latest DNA techniques to investigate a cold case. Known as the Boy Preacher, the victim was strangled in the ballroom of the city’s Imperial Hotel. But forensics fail her, and Harriet must rely on her own skills to ferret out the motives of her seven suspects – both dead and alive.
BOOK 5: A DETECTIVE AT DEATH’S DOOR Harriet Martens finds herself in grave danger from a deft and cunning poisoner. When she wakes up in hospital, she tries to come to terms with the fact that someone wants her dead. But before she can draw up a list of suspects, the poisoner strikes again.
BOOK 6: ONE MAN AND HIS BOMB Harriet takes great pride in her sons, who have followed in her footsteps by joining London’s police force. When she learns that one of them has died, her world falls apart. But the authorities are on full anti-terror alert and Harriet is leading a crucial investigation. She has no choice but to focus on her work, all the while fending off grief and her unceasing fear for her surviving son.
BOOK 7: RULES, REGS AND ROTTEN EGGS On the verge of resignation, Detective Martens takes charge of a case that she views as an attempted assassination. But as she works to uncover the truth behind the attack on a local politician, Martens is consistently denied access and finds that no matter what she does, she’s always one step behind.