LET SLEEPING DOGS DIE is the first book in the DS Sexton series by DH Haines. It introduces Sexton – an opportunistic womaniser who uses his position as a police officer and a nightclub owner to get what he wants, both in the bedroom and in his quest to find the killer. When Sexton is asked to look into an eight-year-old cold case because a dead dog has been found on Dartmoor, he’s not overly thrilled. The investigation in and around his home town of Torquay quickly leads to a prime suspect but all is not as it seems, with Sexton having to travel to France to uncover the truth behind what happened eight years earlier. As he begins to close in on the killer, the case, his friends and his ex-wife come under threat from a ruthless gang determined to take over his nightclub.