Usually a serial killer will have a modus operandi that can lead to their capture. This one is breaking all the rules. It takes a journalist's keen eye to grasp the terrifying truth. This killer is recreating infamous murders from history. Despite researching historical murders in an attempt to catch the killer in the act, the police are repeatedly outwitted. With the Jack the Ripper murders next on the agenda, a bloodbath seems inevitable. With the clock ticking and the killer becoming increasingly frenzied, a detective and criminal psychologist join forces to stop this unlikely killer.

Hope is a woman like no other. She is a pocket dynamo, a bundle of energy, drive and ambition. But underneath the surface Hope is hurting and as her self-esteem sinks ever lower she finally seeks some answers to the questions she cannot even begin to ask. As Hopes counsellor, Dawn is unprepared for the rollercoaster ride that Hope will take her on. For Hope is not a force to be taken on lightly and it will take all of Dawns professionalism and skill to guide Hope through to recovery and understanding. As Dawn increasingly suspects that there have been dark times in Hopes past that not even...

Under the cover of the bonfire night celebrations a young and troubled mother is shot dead, and her murder is remarkably similar to three murders thirty years before. DCI Butler and his colleague, Jeff Mason, are convinced that the murders are somehow linked, but when Jeffs deceased father comes under suspicion for the first three shootings, and his brother for the latest, he is removed from the investigation. In his desperate attempts to clear the family name, he discovers that there are more dirty skeletons in the cupboard than he could ever have imagined...

Toni Fowler discovers the decomposing body of a baby in a local nature reserve and, although the case goes cold, the identity of the child a mystery, she is unable to let it rest. Ten years later she has joined the police force with a burning desire to re-open the case.

When the body of six-year old Melissa is also found in Black Park after being abducted from her school, DCI Thirsk cannot ignore the similarities between her death and the babys, but plagued by deceit and misinformation, his search for the truth - and justice - seems less likely by the day...

Sammy Cooper, a keen runner and registered to run the Raymouth Marathon, goes missing days before her nineteenth birthday and, due to her involvement with a seedy councillor, the details of her uncharacteristic disappearance hit the news, forcing the police to bring forward their standard inquiries. Meddling reporter, Nancy Blaine, is like a dog with a bone, and as more girls disappear and other missing girls are linked to the case, her dwindling career advances rapidly with her revealing front-page articles. But she's stepping on the official investigation and her chaotic stirring angers the...