When a local farmer is found dead, Ridley is called on by his ex-colleague and newly promoted DI Carol Farman to assist on a missing persons case that remains unsolved after 13 years.
When the body of a young woman is found buried in a shallow grave on a bleak Pennine moorland, Carol calls in Ridley to assist with the case, but the victim was not all she seemed.
After a chance encounter with jazz singer Eve Marbury, Ridley agrees to help find Eve’s brother, Luke, missing for forty years. Initial inquiries draw a blank, but Ridley finds a connection when a woman is found dead under suspicious circumstances.
Ridley and Carol are called out to investigate the death of a man after a fall from his balcony. During the investigation, Ridley makes a shocking discovery between the current murder case, and the arson attack which killed his family.
Ridley investigates a jewellery heist that turns into a murder case, working with an undercover source whose cover soon risks being compromised when she gets too close to a suspect.
When a decomposed body is discovered in the woods, Ridley investigates and brings disgraced ex-copper Jean Dixon back on the case. Jean’s personal life with new boyfriend Ross soon becomes compromised.
Adrian Dunbar
Alex Ridley
Bronagh Waugh
DI Carol Farman
Terence Maynard
DCI Paul Goodwin
George Bukhari
DC Darren Lakhan
Georgie Glen
Dr Wendy Newstone