The premise
A former detective examines why a closed verdict is believed, and what the paperwork, inquest record and place can still prove.
THE FRANK MERCER FILES
Mercer begins after the verdict.
Accident. Suicide. Misadventure. Natural causes. Frank Mercer re-examines what the official explanation leaves behind.
START WITH BOOK 1
Low Water
A car appears when a Lancashire reservoir falls. The file says the missing boy ran away in 1989.
Who needed everyone to believe they died that way?
The terrain
Lancashire and the North-West are investigative terrain, not decorative scenery.