After 20 years with London's Metropolitan Police, Clare Blake (Amanda Burton, Silent Witness, The Level) has reached the pinnacle of her profession. She is New Scotland Yard's highest-ranking female officer, the Serious Crime Group Commander, and head of the Murder Review Team. Ambitious and fiercely dedicated to her work, Blake nonetheless blurs the lines between her personal life and her career. Her recklessness brings her under her superior's intense scrutiny-and even threatens her life. This complete collection of gripping mysteries from award-winning writer Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect) guest stars Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), James D'Arcy (Dunkirk), Saskia Reeves (Wolf Hall), David Patrick O'Hara (The Departed), Yorick van Wageningen (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Simon Williams (Upstairs, Downstairs), Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey), Matt Day (Rake [Australia]), and Greg Wise (The Crown).
Commander Blake clashes with the drug squad and the preserved body of a two-year-old child found at an abandoned mental hospital remains a mystery. Blake is accused of having blood on her hands.
Commander Blake and DCI Doug James pursue two former patients as suspects in the case, Eric Thornton, a schizophrenic and John Littlewood, a violent drug user. DCI James remains skeptical about the direction of the investigation.
