The Meridian Files

In the rain-swept Fens of East Anglia, the numbers don't lie, but the people who audit them do.

When accountant Daniel Houghton is found dead in his study on Ashdown Road, the scene is a masterpiece of staged order. No forced entry. No struggle. The alarm is set, the desk is pristine, and the official report points to a tragic accident. Detective Inspector Clare Cassidy isn't buying the symmetry.

With her partner Ray Okoro she begins to peel back a conspiracy hidden in the region's infrastructure projects, and a dark confrontation with Meridian, a corporate giant that doesn't just manage the region's data but shapes the reality of the people living in it.

With her badge flagged, her every move watched and a corporate fixer closing the loop, Clare has to rely on the one thing Meridian didn't account for: the messy, inconvenient, physical evidence that no digital purge can erase.