Investigating a murder by fire, DCI Alan Banks quickly deduces that the evidence points to a lucrative art forgery scam.

Banks focuses his investigation on the ringleader of the art forgery scam after Tom McMahon dies in a second suspicious fire.

Annie's first case as Senior Investigating Officer proves challenging as she looks into the murder of a paralyzed and disfigured woman whose body is found on the moor.

The case turns personal for Banks and the team when Kevin Templeton becomes the second alleyway murder victim.

DCI Banks reluctantly accepts an unofficial request from Chief Superintendent Rydell to find Rydell's missing daughter.

Banks finds himself at the heart of a murder investigation with any number of suspects after a body is discovered in the nightclub.