The Corpse Bridge

For centuries, mourners from villages on the western edge of Derbyshire carried their dead along one road to a burial ground across the River Dove. The route ends at the Corpse Bridge. The burial ground now lies inside the landscaped parkland of a stately home.

Earl Manby, who owns the land, announces that he intends to deconsecrate the burial ground and turn it into a car park for his holiday cottages. Soon afterwards, bodies begin to appear again on the road to the bridge. Either the Earl's plans are connected to the deaths, or a serial killer is at work.

Detective Sergeant Ben Cooper has returned to work after the traumatic events of the previous months. He believes he has to solve the mystery of the Corpse Bridge before he can move on with his life. As the pressure on the inquiry grows, he cannot tell whom to trust.

The case is a police procedural set in the Derbyshire countryside, with an old local tradition behind a present-day murder inquiry. When the investigation reaches breaking point, Cooper has to make a decision that could endanger everything he cares about and the people around him.