Episode Guide
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On Harbour Street Joe's daughter is a witness to the death of an elderly woman, who was apparently stabbed on a rush hour train she and her father were travelling on. The woman's seemingly quiet life turns out to be anything but, as Vera's investigation begins to unravel a tangled web of lies and deceit. An old acquaintance of Vera's father appears to hold the key to the entire mystery, which involves unraveling a murder committed thirty years previously, a rape, and an affair which nobody suspected would be like
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Protected When a young property developer dies on a beach in Whitley Bay, Vera's investigation begins to tread on many toes. It appears that the victim not only had resumed contact with his estranged sister, he also had confronted a local arcade owner whose son had died at his family's house many years before, having fallen from a flat roof in a supposed "burglary". When the victim's father dies of cardiac arrest, Vera suspects foul play, but it turns out to be natural causes. However, a scam involving th
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The Deer Hunters Shane Thurgood, killed by a single gunshot wound, is found beside his car in a quarry. He had returned to his local village to sell his recently deceased grandfather's property but at the last minute pulled out of the sale to the Peytons, a wealthy couple who own a nearby deer shoot. A second vehicle is found burnt out with the remains of a dead stag in the back, which along with animal feed in Thurgood's car suggests poaching is involved. But the situation proves to be much more complicated.
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Death of a Family Man A man, outwardly happily married, is discovered in the river with his shoe laces tied together suggesting suicide until the post mortem confirms murder. The victim was an informant for Revenue and Customs on a case regarding the smuggling of alcohol which widens the suspects from family to include his business associates, including his best friend. Final Appearance of DC Rebecca Shepherd and Departure of DS Joe Ashworth