Death on the Norfolk Coast (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1)

Previously published as Death Wore White.

DI Peter Shaw works in the shadow of his late father, a legend of the North Norfolk police force. A recent accident cost him the sight in one eye. Methodical, principled, and forensic to the core, he loathes the slapdash instinct and rule-breaking habits of old-fashioned coppers.

Which makes his new partner a problem.

DS George Valentine is exactly the kind of policeman Shaw can’t stand. He trusts gut instinct over procedure, enjoys a drink or three, and smokes like a chimney. What’s worse, he was once partner to Shaw’s late father.

Now Shaw and Valentine must learn to work together, and quickly.

Eight cars are stranded nose-to-tail on a gravel road in Norfolk’s Siberia Belt, trapped by the snow and a fallen tree. Shaw and Valentine arrive to check on the motorists, expecting frayed tempers and a long night ahead.

Instead, they find a man dead at the wheel of his truck — viciously stabbed, with no sign of struggle.

And his killer has achieved the impossible: striking without being seen, and without leaving a single footprint in the snow.