17 books · Dorothy Simpson
The first three mysteries in the "beautifully crafted," Silver Dagger Award–winning police procedural series set in Kent, England ( The Washington Post) . Detective Inspector Luke Thanet may be a family man with a soft heart and bad back, but he also has a bloodhound's nose for murder. With Sgt. Mike Lineham at his side, no mystery is too tough. The Night She Died: Beautiful Julie Holmes lies dead in her front hall with a kitchen knife through her heart.