He watches. He waits. He strikes. DI Helena Stratton has been through the wars on a previous case—torture that has scarred her for life, gifting her with nightmares. This new one is no different. On top of that… A partner she can’t stand. DS Andy Mald needs to buck his ideas up. A boyfriend she’s just ditched. Or is he a stalker? A triple murder. Who is doing such hideous things to the bodies? Someone out there knows. And he’s desperate to be the man in the house.

She’s there. Ready now. Eager to end this. Too many years have gone by without retribution. DI Helena Stratton has another murder case right on the back of the last. Someone is out there killing randomly—or so it seems. Who is going around stabbing innocent people—and why? Will Helena’s nightmares stemming from the past ever go away? Four dead—it has to end, but there is nothing concrete to go on. Why can’t Helena find the lady in the street?

He’s been brainwashed. Nothing will stop him from doing what that woman wants. DI Helena Stratton takes on a missing person’s case that at first seems like a lad just hasn’t come home on time. But when someone turns up dead… Why is this person taking teen boys? What are ‘the crow’ and ‘the hollow’? With death involved, it’s imperative the team find the abductor—and fast. And who on earth is the child in the tree?