StephenTompkinsonreturnsasthetenaciousandstubbornChiefInspectorAlanBanksinthreemorechillingcrimestories.Asthisseriesopens,Banksmustlearntoworkwithdramaticchangestohisteam.DetectiveAnnieCabbotisoffonmaternityleavesoontobereplacedbytheimpossible-to-readHelenMorton.AnewcasebecomespersonalinStrangeAffairwhenBanksdiscoversthathisbrotherRoyismissingandRoy’sgirlfriendhasbeenshotdead.InDryBonesThatDreamaseeminglyordinarymanismurderedinhishomefornoapparentreason,buttheunearthingofasecretdoublelifeleadsBankstoexplorethequestionofidentity.AyounggirlisfoundmurderedinInnocentGraves.Alltheevidenceseemstosuggestherdramateacheristheguiltyman.Banksbelievestheyhaveawatertightcase,untilthetrialcollapses.It’suptoBankstofindtherealmotiveandthekiller.