When a young black girl is murdered in Newcastle, Inspector Gently uncovers a disturbing and malevolent racist undercurrent lurking both within the local community and his own police force.

Gently and Bacchus experience the inflated authority of their 'social betters' first hand when a young girl is found dead in an upturned car registered to local aristocrats.

The Dales are in the grip of a bitter winter; Siegfried has flu and James's workload has doubled. When Mrs Hall discovers that it's James's birthday, Tristan sets about planning a surprise party.

It's Christmas Eve and the day before Helen and Hugh's much anticipated wedding; James receives a call from Bert Chapman, who wants help with his dog who is struggling to give birth.

When Higgins' sister-in-law is kidnapped, he's dispatched with the ransom and disappears, leading Murdoch to a manhunt.

When a political cartoonist is shot at an awards ceremony, Murdoch suspects that the murder is tied to a city development.

When Murdoch, Ogden and their associates spend Christmas at a country estate, someone - or something - is out to kill them...

The murder of a man with compromising film images of Mary Pickford leads Murdoch to suspect that the actress is involved.

Dalgliesh heads to a seminary in West Sussex to investigate the murder of a senior churchman; he finds that nearly everyone had a personal grievance with the victim and that several of them are lying.

Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the house of an influential Essex family; as he considers the prospect of a politically-motivated attack, a local man comes forward with an explosive allegation.

Police in Kent are on the hunt for a serial killer targeting female employees of a nuclear power station when Dalgliesh arrives to investigate a possible terrorist connection.

When a Saxon forester's son loses everything in a conflict with Norman rule, a legend is born in blood and violence; the fight for England's soul begins as Rob's world is shattered.

Jolyon Snr rewrites his will, family tensions simmer. Phil oversteps, June faces a painful realisation, and Irene attempts to break free from Soames's control.

The abduction of an eight-year-old boy and his babysitter sends Alberg's team racing across multiple leads to uncover a larger plan: a high-stakes jewellery heist timed to a local charity auction.

The guests on Soldier Island are dying, one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys'. As they plan to find the killer, dreadful secrets are teased into the light.

Jolyon Snr rewrites his will, family tensions simmer. Phil oversteps, June faces a painful realisation, and Irene attempts to break free from Soames's control.

Dalgliesh heads to a seminary in West Sussex to investigate the murder of a senior churchman; he finds that nearly everyone had a personal grievance with the victim and that several of them are lying.