Dave Slater

Joe Dalgetty might have been 62 years old, but officially, he didn’t exist until five years ago!

There’s an unfortunate fact about digging – once you start, you never know what you might find...

After the traumatic conclusion of his last case, Detective Inspector Dave Slater is sent off on a dead-end case to get him out of the way...

Can anyone really be taken at face value?

It’s been a slow start to business for private detectives and former police officers Dave Slater and Norman Norman, so when the case of a young woman’s disappearance arrives on their desk, they’re hopeful it could be just the break they need.

But it soon becomes clear that the man who reported her missing has his own secrets and motivations to hide – and with mysterious photographs, false IDs, and an unidentified body in the mortuary, a simple missing persons case becomes a tangled web involving local businessmen, undercover journalists, and conspiracies.

Will Slater and Norman be able to solve the mystery – and manage to stay safe – after finding themselves on the dark and seedy side of Tinton?

The sleepy town of Tinton is shocked at the discovery of three bodies in one day. One is a recent murder victim, the others are fifteen-year old skeletons, both victims of an axe murder. When evidence emerges the three are related, It seems there’s no such thing as just a coincidence.

DS Dave Slater always hopes for the best but assumes the worst. The discovery of the body of an elderly man looks innocent enough, until one loose thread unravels fifty years of lies, blackmail and bones.

When Diana Woods is found stabbed to death Slater soon begins to wonder if everything is as it seems.

Norman's gone missing, and Slater faces a race against time to find him before it’s too late.

A missing 8-year-old leads Slater back in time...