Stanley Townsend

All hell has broken loose at Fenchurch East prison; the inmates are rioting and DCI Gene Hunt is ready to go in all guns blazing to teach the lags a lesson. However, things don't go to plan; the riot team are hugely outnumbered, and in the chaos of the retreat Sgt Viv James is left behind. Chris and Ray are sent in undercover to get Viv out, but they too soon find themselves in mortal danger.

When a legendary ex-MI5 officer unexpectedly kills himself, Harry is immediately suspicious. It soon emerges that the death was staged, but as the team go on a desperate hunt for the killers, the search begins to lead dangerously close to home.

An old acquaintance of Craddock's arrives unexpectedly and informs him of a top-secret surveillance operation taking place in the area, with which he may need some help.