Episode Guide
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Witness A local builder, Jim Tullman, is found dead on the steps of Collingwood Monument after being attacked. Tullman was scheduled to testify against aspiring footballer Marcus Hynde, who is accused of assaulting Victor Samassi. Vera and the police suspect Marcus's brother Patrick, who has a violent history and also fought Tullman earlier. Malcolm discovers that Tullman had GHB in his body coupled with alcohol. In addition, a betrothal ring is discovered in his throat, having been put there after his
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Recovery Vera is called to the scene when the body of addiction support worker Angela Konan is found hidden among the bleak woodlands of Northumberland National Park. Vera and her team must pull back the layers of the introverted victim's life to uncover her closely-guarded secrets and surprising depths. An increasingly erratic Angela had clashed with two clients in the weeks before she died. One of them, Beth Draper, approached Angela's estranged daughter the preceding week. Suspicions also turn to Drap
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Tyger Tyger When security foreman Gary Mallon is fatally wounded during a robbery at a Blyth container port the evidence points to an audacious heist that went awry. Vera begins to suspect an inside job. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn when Gary's ex-wife contacts police with the news that their 13-year-old son is missing. Gary Mallon was acting under duress – the victim of a tiger kidnapping. His son was being held as collateral – but where is he now? In order to rescue the missing boy, Vera
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As the Crow Flies Primary school teacher Lizzy Swann is found dead at the bottom of a cliff-side coastal walkway. What appears at first to be an accident becomes a murder investigation when Vera discovers evidence that the body has been tampered with. The murder is the latest in a string of tragedies to befall the Swann family: Lizzy's husband Phil was pensioned out of the army following an injury, his brother died in a car accident and the Swanns' farm is falling into ruin. Vera's interviews paint the picture of
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Vital Signs Vera is called out to the grim scene of a body found in the back of a burnt out car parked in a quarry. When the body is identified as popular local GP Lucy Yo, the team enters an unexpected web of betrayal and lies. Suspects include a wronged spouse, a senior physician and family, the family of an elderly patient who died, and those perpetuating prescription fraud.
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The Way the Wind Blows The body of Lisa Millworth, an HR adviser of a local turbine company, is washed up on the banks of the River Tyne. Vera and her team discover a mountain of lies as told by Lisa's family regarding both their own and Lisa's whereabouts and their knowledge of the incident.