Blue Murder

This is the first in a two-part crime drama, starring Caroline Quentin as detective and single mother Janine Lewis, who is forced to put her family concerns aside to investigate the murder of a deputy headmaster found disemboweled on his allotment.

With just 48 hours to crack the case, Janine's professional future looks bleak and her domestic situation continues to unravel. With ex-husband Pete's bitter accusations of neglect ringing in her ears, the troubled DCI visits Lesley Tulley to inform her that Dean Hendrix has been arrested for the crime - but a call from Richard leads to the chilling realization that her own life is in danger.

DCI Lewis heads up the investigation when the mutilated body of a lap dancer is recovered from the local river. Meanwhile, a young girl is knocked down and critically injured outside her school playground.

DCI Lewis heads the investigation when the secretary of the local crematorium comes to her with suspicions that two bodies have been cremated in the same cremation.

DCI Lewis investigates when a well-respected mullah is killed in an arson attack on his home.

When the only witness to a woman's murder is an autistic boy who cannot communicate what he saw, Janine has to get to the truth another way.