The first addictive murder mystery in the Dark Yorkshire Crime Thriller series, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author, J M Dalgliesh.

The public face. A private reality. Sometimes, the dead have a lot to hide...

DI Nathaniel Caslin's life is a mess. He works the minimum, abuses substances to survive the day and drinks his nights away. A once-promising career is in freefall. Investigating the death of an ex-serviceman in police custody, reveals the disappearance of a young family. No-one noticed. No-one seems to care.

In the grip of a bitter, Yorkshire winter, a family home reluctantly offers up its grisly secrets. Out on the moors, a murder scene of horrific brutality demands Caslin's focused attention. In the search for answers, is anyone who they claim to be? Haunted by the ghosts of the past, Caslin is pushed to his limits. Will this case break him or be his path to redemption?

Dark, terrifying and complex, Divided House is the first novel in the #1 internationally best selling Dark Yorkshire Series from the million-copy bestselling British crime writer, JM Dalgliesh, author of the Hidden Norfolk books. Discover the new name in crime fiction that readers are describing as unmissable.