Blue Murder

When a cheerleading coach is found brutally murdered in her garage the night after a major league competition, suspicion soon falls on her husband, whose bloodied clothes are found near the crime scene - but further investigation by DCI Lewis and the team uncovers a bitter family rivalry and a shocking affair, which suggests someone else may have had a motive for murder.

Detective Mayne risks his life to go undercover in prison to expose a murderer.

DCI Lewis and DI Mayne investigate the murder of a popular vet, Ruth Turner, in the hills north of Manchester.

Jack Taylor, the charismatic young singer of a local band, Rule 7, is found dead in his apartment. DCI Lewis and DI Mayne soon discover that Jack had a fractious relationship with just about everyone he came into contact with, including his brother, Sam, and his on-again-off-again girlfriend Amy.

After being honored as a "super cop," DS Shap begins a private rogue investigation of the murder of an illegal Belarusian immigrant.

DI Mayne is forced to confront DS Shap as his behavior becomes increasingly erratic, and he reveals that he had intimate relations with Tanya shortly before she was murdered.