Katie Ryder Richardson

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

The basic story involves Loveday's struggle to keep the estate Nancherrow in the family after the death of her father.

With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.