Nick Figgis

A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed — with an immaculate conception.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.