Sleuth 101

John Wood plays Bill Quinn, a family man who is hated by his family and killed on Christmas Day, smothered by his Santa suit. Guest detective Dave O'Neil is on the scene. The suspects are those near and dear to Bill. Perhaps his loving and supportive wife Marjorie (Denise Drysdale) is guilty? Maybe his introverted daughter Michelle (Robyn Butler), wasn't so introverted after all?

Frankie J Holden stars as Kyle Bowman, lead singer of the Dead Dogz, who falls victim to his own lifetime achievement award. Guest detective Frank Woodley must unravel the mess of lies, infidelity and Lily Allen. But who from Kyle's posse could possibly be a murderer?

Computer gamer Samuel Johnson collapses after drinking his regular black coffee. But which of his nerdy colleagues stopped playing the online role playing game long enough to poison his cup? Claire Hooper is on hand to unravel the mystery.

Bridget Wilmott (Caroline Craig) was getting ready for her wedding day, but being crushed in a sunbed wasn't on her to-do list. Bridget was rude and ruthless, and there's no shortage of people who wanted to see her dead. With a salon full of suspects, Guest detective Adam Richard has a curly one to solve.

Ramsay McGordon (Mark Mitchell) keels over while tasting the last meal in the final of a new reality show set in a prison. The contestants are all convicted felons, he probably should have seen it coming. Guest Detective Pete Rowsthorn gets the taste for murder when he turns his hand to detective work.

Dan Kinsman (Blair McDonough) has been thrown a lifeline by his new footy club. He has been passing all his drug tests and seems to be on a winning path again. But during a training session he gets electrocuted on the treadmill. Is detective Colin Lane fit enough to solve this shocking murder? The club room is crawling with suspects.

A life-drawing class comes to an early end when it's revealed that the life model Courtney Nash (Annalise Brackenseck) is actually a notorious criminal. She is also quite dead. Can guest detective Hamish Blake draw himself away from the photo of the body long enough to solve the crime? Who knew Courtney aka Nikki Gleason, was a criminal on the run? Even so, what motive for murder could there be?