Love You Dead

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace's hard-won domestic bliss faces an unprecedented challenge. Having recently married Cleo and settled into a country cottage with their baby son, Noah, his new life is violently disrupted by the shocking return of his first wife, Sandy, long presumed dead and missing. Her re-emergence brings a profound and deeply unsettling surprise that threatens to dismantle everything Grace holds dear. Simultaneously, the demands of police work are relentless. An escaped murderer, a ghost from Grace's past who once left a bullet in him, is back on the loose, posing an immediate and personal danger. Moreover, a notorious international 'black widow' killer, who systematically preys on wealthy men, draining them of their fortunes and their lives, has arrived in Brighton, meticulously selecting her next rich target. Grace must navigate the treacherous waters of his crumbling personal life while confronting these formidable threats, battling both old demons and a new, chilling wave of criminal enterprise.