Lisa Hammond

In this British rom-com, strangers Sammy and Tom agree to have a no-strings-attached affair for three weeks. But their initially straightforward plan is complicated by their growing feelings for one another.

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.