Prepared to Die

A grandmother publicly executed, a recluse decapitated in his home. Both perpetrators committed suicide, prepared to die rather than face prosecution. But why?

DI Daniel Sheppard faces this question in his first case since returning to the police service. The guilty no longer a threat, the coroner satisfied; on the surface these cases are sewn up. But, beneath the disarming rural quiet of Blaine, something's lurking.