Benny's back says grafitti on a bridge. Many people in a small village believe Benny killed a young girl 15 years ago and then disappeared. Then another little girl is found dead.
In 1965, Andy Dalziel working with his boss, jailed a young nanny who murdered the wife of her lover. 35 years later, with the verdict quashed, Andy has to confront the possibility that he sent an innocent woman to prison.
A dead young man is found in a night club. A drug overdose is suspected but the then cyanide is found in his stomach.
Pascoe looks into the death of an elderly woman at a health clinic and is horrified when Dalziel, still recovering from his heart attack, does some off duty investigating of his own. Dalziel begins to piece together a case while enduring the clinic's full range of therapies. Two more deaths occur. Is Pascoe too preoccupied with his growing attraction to Dr. Laurie?
Dalziel and Pascoe attend a retirement party for a senior colleague, Donald Fitzgerald. Dalziel can't forgive Fitzgerald for losing a recent court case agianst local villain and long standing adversary, Danny Macer. He's even angrier when Macer turns up to celebrate, but anger turns to suspicion when Fitzgerald's found dead on a golf course the following morning.
The mysterious death of a wealthy entrepreneur opens up a hornet's nest of family tensions, betrayal and cover-ups involving radioactive waste - and brings Dalziel face to face with an old flame.
Pascoe begins to make progress on the murder case, in spite of a lack of leads and suspects, but Dalziel gets into deeper water with the woman he used to love - and encounters a horrifying cover-up involving the murder of innocent people.
Tragedy strikes a Premiership football club when the team bus is hit by a train and the post-mortem reveals it was not an accident. Among the victims is manager Martin Bendelow, whose family have more than their share of skeletons in the cupboard and no shortage of reasons for wanting him dead.
Another murder takes place, and as Dalziel and Pascoe continue with their investigation, further secrets are revealed. As they come closer to uncovering the truth, it remains to be seen whether one of the Wetherton Wanderers team will be linked to the tragedies.
Dalziel meets an attractive British singer during a European police conference, but wakes up to find her dead and himself accused of murder. Released on bail he begins inquiries into the case, and a complex story of diamond dealing and police corruption emerges.
Dalziel absconds after finding himself caught in the middle of the investigation into the murder of a British nightclub singer, causing the Dutch authorities to suspect his involvement in the crime. Pascoe remains determined to help his colleague prove his innocence.
A housewife dies of chemical poisoning during her weekly shopping trip and the detectives immediately suspect they have a case of terrorism on their hands, However, a second death points them toward a health retreat with a troubled past and a mysterious woman named Barbara Lennox.
The detectives trace the lethal chemical used in the murders back to Barbara Lennox and make her their prime suspect. However, as they learn more about the Arcadia `new life' retreat, they begin to suspect the clients at the manor house are not passive victims of foul play but participants in a murderous plot
The detectives are called out to a robbery where a security guard is found dead. As they try to determine whether his demise was an accident or murder, they expose a complex web of deception among his friends - or enemies. Meanwhile, Lateef uncovers evidence of an international exchange racket.
As the murder investigation unfolds, Dalziel realises his instincts have failed him and things are not as they appear - leaving the duo with a race against time to save a small child from mortal danger.
The detectives investigate after mummified remains found during a cave rescue are connected to the ex-wife of Yorkshire's Chief Constable, who vanished more than 20 years ago. However, their lives are put on the line when they brave treacherous conditions to uncover more evidence at the scene of the find.
When a jockey dies at the racetrack, the detectives find themselves thrown into the sinister side of the sport after discovering he was poisoned with a blood-thinning drug. Their investigations lead them to links with a stable hand who has been missing for over a year, a gambling lottery winner, who happens to be the racecourse's biggest client, and a mysterious vet.
The duo continue their search for clues in the murder of a jockey and take little comfort from their rural surroundings as they find themselves getting dragged deeper into the corrupt world of horse-racing. Last in series of the drama, starring Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan as the chalk-and-cheese detectives.
The two detectives find themselves involved with the paranormal when they investigate a death on an illusionist's television show.
The two partners find themselves getting deeper into the occult world. They discover that nothing is quite what it seems.
When a researcher dies due to to lack of oxygen after he is locked in a sealed laboratory the two detectives find themselves investigating the case. They soon discover that some animal activists could be responsible.
The two detectives discover that the dead researcher had sent a none to pleasant e-mail to his boss. Soon they also find themselves investigating another murder and an arson attack.
Pascoe isn't happy when he discovers that a suspect he believes killed a child has got away with it with when the trial collapses.
The two friends find their friendship stretched to the limit as more murders occur and the trust between them seems to be lost.