George Hennessey has always been proud of being a DCI in the Vale of York. Until, that is, the body of an ambitious newshound is discovered, and his apparent suicide opens a can of worms which leads to a host of unsolved murders from the past.

Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never, ever show you...Into her hiding place - the bookstore where she works - come a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries. Someone has found out about her mysterious past. Will Loveday survive her own heartbreaking secrets?