Roxanne by Peter Grainger

Life, as DC Smith used to say, is just one thing after another – as one investigation ends, a new one begins.

But, for reasons unknown to the rest of the Kings Lake Central murder squad, their next case will haunt DCI Cara Freeman. It sends them into the seamy side of life in the town, and one of their number will have departed before this new investigation is over. Perhaps Detective Sergeant Chris Waters should have seen it coming – but he has a lot more than work on his mind these days.