DCI Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work. With her caustic wit and guile, the unorthodox but brilliant detective investigates chilling crimes set in Northumberland with her trusted colleagues.
Vera investigates the murder of a 56-year-old grandmother discovered by a young girl on the wild and desolate Northumberland moors.
Vera delves into the tangled life of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
Vera is called to a chilling murder scene when the charred remains of a body are discovered in an abattoir incinerator.
Vera must find the connection between a skeleton discovered underneath the site of a notorious burnt-out nightclub and a present day murder.
Vera investigates the death of an extreme sports fanatic, who was seen by a group of campers jumping into the lake while on fire from head to toe.
Vera's investigation into the murder of an ex-Met officer turns out to be far more complicated than initially imagined.
Vera is called to Northumberland University when a student plummets to his death from the top of a disused faculty building.
A young physiotherapist is brutally murdered and Vera leads the investigation into her death.
Vera investigates the death of a local lad whose body is found wrapped in plastic sheets at a rural teenage hang out.
Vera unearths a 30-year-old mystery after a brutal murder on the sands of a seaside resort.
Vera delves into the tragic last months of a failed novelist after he is gunned down on a remote Northumberland moor.
When the remains of a teenage girl are found half-buried in a wood, Vera and her team find themselves investigating a 30-year-old mystery.
Vera investigates the murder of a trainee forensic psychologist found dead on a Northumberland landfill site.
DCI Vera Stanhope must piece together Luke Sumner's final hours in order to investigate his murder.
The body of a young man is discovered face down in a river by Thrunton Woods. But tracing the victim's identity proves difficult for Vera and her team.
Vera investigates the mysterious death of a pensioner on a busy commuter train.
Vera is confronted with a tragic mystery when the dead body of teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.
Vera uncovers a life of secrets and lies when a well-loved family man plummets to his death from a multi-story car park.
Vera investigates the murder of 22-year-old Alex Gartside, victim of a hit and run in a remote Northumberland Valley.
Vera is called to the scene of a violent car crash, and quickly realizes that the crash was not accidental and that another driver tried to kill victim, Faye Wakeland.
Surveyors out on the Northumberland moors make a shocking discovery: the body of a young woman buried beneath the soil.
Vera investigates the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.
Vera is drawn into a suspicious death on Ternstone, a remote and inaccessible island off the coast of Northumberland, home only to numerous species of birds and the rangers who observe them.
Vera investigates the case of a wealthy betting shop tycoon who was murdered during a home invasion in front of his wife and daughter.
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