[DCI Sara Hoyland 01] • Fall From Grace

Paul Foster is a social worker trying to make a difference on an estate where loan sharks stop at nothing to collect their dues, and residents don't listen to reason. But what links him to an aristocratic Nazi sympathiser accused of harbouring a war criminal? What is the devastating truth that his dying father continues to hide from him? And what has happened to Paul's soldier lover Jake over in Afghanistan who he hasn't heard from in weeks?

In this, the first DCI Sara Hoyland mystery, the intrepid detective with her own past and a fondness for wine, men, and sex, is drawn into a trail of deceit going back all the way to 1940 and a man who went to the gallows for murder. She enters a long-forgotten world of political intrigue where grudges and family secrets emerge and the loyalty of the British aristocracy to the people is questioned. This contemporary thriller with a 'Downton Abbey' twist will leave you asking questions right up until the controversial end