Ian Rutledge returns to his job at Scotland Yard after five years on the battlefield, keeping secret the fact that he is still suffering from shell shock, and almost immediately is sent to investigate the case of a murdered military officer in which the chief suspect is a much-decorated war hero.

Inspector Ian Rutledge travels to a small Dorset town to investigate the murder of a young mother and the disappearance of her two daughters.

Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are uncomfortable working together after having let their feelings for each other overcome professional restraints, but while investigating the murder of a London police office found dead in his home by his wife and stepdaughter, they come to realize the true nature and value of their relationship.

As the anniversary of the Great War's armistice approaches, Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge is shaken by two ghosts from his past--a murder case for which he may have helped convict an innocent man, and the war itself, which holds disturbing memories with which Rutledge has not yet dealt.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates the murder of a brilliant but ruthless publishing house director.

When Dr. Felix McClure of Wolsey College, Oxford, is found dead the clues lead to a college servant, Edward Brooks. When Brooks is killed, Inspector Morse finds himself romantically involved with one of the suspects.

Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is sent on a diplomatic mission to Cornwall to review the evidence in the deaths of three members of the same family, but his interest is sparked when he realizes that one of the dead is O.A. Manning, a reclusive poet whose writings comforted him while fighting in the trenches of World War I.

Inspector William Monk, a superintendent with the Thames River Police, and his men find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy with ties to the government when they witness the suspicious deaths of a young couple.