Series: Dorset Crime series

A body on the beach plunges DCI Lesley Clarke into a case that will test her to the limit. While DCI Lesley Clarke is now settled in her home in Dorset, her team at the Major Incident squad is close to collapse. Just as Lesley feels she is getting closer to answers as to what is troubling her squad, she's...

A murder at a Dorset beauty spot. A detective trying to hunt down a killer. When a body is found draped over Swanage’s iconic Globe monument, DCI Lesley Clarke is called in. A message points to the motive: Go Home. A hate crime? Or something else entirely? Lesley must find the murderer before they strike again, all while dealing with...

An anonymous murder victim and a missing journalist: can Lesley uncover the truth? The Millionaire Murders follows DCI Lesley Clarke, who faces a puzzling investigation when a wealthy lawyer and her unidentified companion are found brutally murdered in a Sandbanks mansion. With too many suspects to choose from, the search for the killer begins. Was the culprit the victim's ex-husband,...

DCI Lesley Clarke is a busy woman. She’s dealing with the reopened investigation into DCI Mackie's death, supporting DS Dennis Frampton through recurring mental health problems, and making plans for her own future. And then prominent crime boss Arthur Kelvin is found dead at a local beauty spot. Who killed him? Could it have been a member of his own...

Who killed DCI Mackie? DCI Lesley Clarke thinks she's close to solving her predecessor’s murder. But when the body of a police officer connected to the crime turns up in the abandoned village of Tyneham, the case steps up a gear. And when someone she's close to is threatened by the killer, Lesley’s quest for the truth becomes even more...

DCI Lesley Clarke is back in Dorset, and her world has turned upside down. One of the people she’s closest to is under arrest for the murder of DCI Mackie, and a body has been found in the remote lighthouse at Portland Bill. And not just any body, but the body of someone she investigated before moving to Dorset. Can...