Last Place You Look
The man you love has been murdered. You’d do anything to find out the truth. Wouldn’t you?
A man lies dead in a hotel room, and the police attend his home address to inform the widow. Nothing unusual, until DC Freya West realises – too late – that the victim is the man she has been having an affair with. The future she imagined has been snatched away.
Meanwhile, her new boss, DS Robin Butler, is preoccupied with his own problems. Mistakes he thought buried deep in his past now threaten to be exposed. Before long, both Butler and West are keeping secrets that could end their careers – and worse.
When the detectives have a chance to tell the truth, they choose to keep quiet. But once that line is crossed, is there any going back? After all, breaking the law is easy when you know how to uphold it.
Don’t miss this tense and compulsive police procedural thriller.
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Louisa Scarr
Louisa Scarr, also writing as Sam Holland, studied psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She is a full-time writer, and when she's not at her desk, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.
She is the author of the Butler and West crime series, published by Canelo Crime, beginning with Last Place You Look and ending with Out of the Ashes. A new series, about a police dog handler PC Lucy Halliday, launched in 2024 with Gallows Wood. Book two and three in the series, Memorial Park and Broken House, are both out now.
Her DS Kate Munro series, Ask Me No Questions and Nowhere to be Found, have been republished by Canelo Crime and are available now.
Butler & West
Butler & West consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

