Vera

DCI Vera Stanhope is called to the tragic scene of the murder of Joanne Caswell, a trainee forensic psychologist with a bright future whose body was found dumped on a landfill site. Pathologist Malcolm Donahue concludes that this has compromised any clear forensic links to the circumstances of her death. Vera discovers that Joanne"s life had hidden depths.

After teenager Caden Lennon is found dead in the sleepy coastal town of Peyton-by-the-Sea, Missing Persons records reveal that he had absconded from a Newcastle children"s home six weeks previously. Discovering that there is a growing drugs problem underneath Peyton"s quaint façade, Vera begins to unearth a ring of silence with darker forces at play.

Successful businesswoman Lisa Varsey throws a lavish boat party for her family and friends on the River Tyne, but it goes horribly wrong when her sister Dani is found dead in the water. Lisa has an empire of beauty salons in Newcastle and a caring family in her husband Ross and sister Sadie. But Vera begins to believe that Dani was going to expose an unpalatable truth.

Vera opens up a cold case when a skeleton is discovered buried in Whitley Bay. Robbie Marshburn was a notorious criminal who went missing over 20 years ago, never to be seen again. Vera investigates the activity of a supposedly reformed local crime family and whether they are connected to the brutal killing.