Ponorte sa do prípadov seržanta Cluffa, neústupného policajta v ospalom mestečku Gunnarshaw v Yorkshire. Táto séria prináša klasické detektívne zápletky s dôrazom na psychológiu postáv a atmosféru anglického vidieka. Každý zločin preverí jeho bystrosť a odhodlanie odhaliť pravdu skrytú pod povrchom pokojného života.
Amy Snowden, in middle age, has long since settled into a lonely life in the Yorkshire town of Gunnarshaw, until - to her neighbours' surprise - she suddenly marries a much younger man. Months later, Amy is found dead - apparently by her own hand - and her husband, Wright, has disappeared.
An attractive young woman is found dead with a handbag of more money than she would've earned in wages. Sergeant Cluff is bought in to gradually find out the truth about the murder.