Partners in Crime is the first book in a trilogy written by James Stirling. It is a romantic crime thriller that opens with a tense bank robbery in Hastings, carried out by the calm, highly skilled Judi Valentine. Detective Andy Mercury responds to the scene, but instead of a simple criminal pursuit, their first meeting sparks an immediate and dangerous connection. As Andy follows Judi to The Clown pub, their relationship deepens while a larger mystery unfolds around strange robberies, hidden documents, the Covenant, and the long-buried Black Star archive. The story gradually shifts from a cat-and-mouse romance into a conspiracy thriller involving Judi's missing father, corrupt officials, old wartime secrets, and powerful men determined to keep the truth buried.