The Dead Stay Dead — Anthony Perham

As a body is found by a TV reality show company, detective Inspector Martin Crow is sent in to investigate, but he is struggling with a major personal problem which won't go away and as things go from bad to worse he can blame no one but himself for what happens next.

Eventually, when he thinks he can get no lower he is removed from the case and is in dire need of help, support and understanding. Both of which comes in the form of an old friend, Malcolm McKarn, ex Detective Sergeant and partner of DI David Charles, now gone to his maker. Malcolm is now a writer and Martin enters his life just at the right moment.