Vera: Season 14

Vera is asked to investigate the conviction of former union official Lucas Corbridge, imprisoned for killing his wife 20 years ago and released on appeal because of irregularities with the forensic findings. The morning after Corbridge's release, the body of Zac Martin, recently paroled from the same prison, is found alongside a river. The men had become close inside, and Vera wonders whether there is a connection between the two events. Meanwhile, Joe is having trouble dealing with his father's

The body of university student Josh Worsten is found beneath a cliff featuring three standing stones called the Dark Wives. The location stirs Vera's memory of climbing the cliff as a young girl at her father's direction to steal eggs from a hawk's nest. Josh volunteered at a children's care home from which 16-year-old Chloe Spencer has now gone missing. Before being taken into care, Chloe had been looking after her mother, who was seriously depressed after the death of her father, reminding Ver