When D.S. Hathaway takes a holiday, Inspector Lewis is left with an awkward new partner, an embalmed murder victim, and a disturbing connection to a missing former colleague.
Is the brutal death of an ex-con chemistry professor connected to a murdered Oxford student who'd been missing for 15 years? As Lewis and Hathaway reach their conclusions, so too might their careers.
A young socialite suspects foul play when a young woman inexplicably disappears from a train, in a stylish and suspenseful new adaptation of the classic thriller The Lady Vanishes.
"Innocent until proven guilty. Four words to live by" is no easy task when Martha Costello has one night to prep for two big cases and then must face her ruthless rival, Clive Reader in her defense of an accused rapist.
Martha strives to save her client, a vulnerable teenager, while hers and Clive's protégés Nick and Niamh take their first stands in court. Then Martha faces a police tribunal and a client who's clearly hiding a secret. Clive hides a secret, too.
Martha's ambitions and fate hang in the balance, but are the scales tipped when she and rival Clive Reader, facing each other in a high-profile murder trial, compete for the coveted QC appointment?