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 is assigned to investigate the bludgeoning death of an elderly woman as quickly and quietly as possible while DCI James' wife Zoe goes into labor.
Did Brian kill his own mother in an alcoholic haze? Who stole DCI James and Zoe's baby? Clare feels the heat of two high-profile cases with personal connections.
Brian believes that someone else was in the room with him when he found his mother's body. Commander Blake is forced to take extreme action to find the truth and accept the repercussions. Will they find the abductor of DCI James' baby?
