不可否认的DCI Vera Stanhope，她的值得信赖的同事DS Joe Ashworth的协助下，加入了另一系列具有挑战性的案例。 她调查了在一个繁忙的通勤火车（昂港街）上的一个养老金领取者神秘的死亡，发现了一个三十年的谜在一个海边度假村（保护）的沙子上的残酷谋杀，揭开悲剧的最后几个月失败的小说家枪 在一个遥远的诺森伯兰停泊（鹿猎人），并深入到一个商人纠缠的生活发现漂浮在水下Gateshead千年桥（家庭人的死亡）。 受到着名犯罪作家安·克莱维斯（Ann Cleeves）写的小说的启发，并在诺森伯兰郡风景和大气生产的背景下拍摄，每一个迷人的故事都被Brenda Blethyn的迷人表现所强化，这是这个充满魅力的侦探。

  The indomitable DCI Vera Stanhope, assisted by her trusted colleague, DS Joe Ashworth, steps up for another series of challenging cases. She investigates the mysterious death of a pensioner on a busy commuter train (On Harbour Street), unearths a thirty year mystery after a brutal murder on the sands of a seaside resort (Protected), unpicks the tragic last months of a failed novelist gunned down on a remote Northumberland moor (The Deer Hunters), and delves into the tangled life of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Death of a Family Man). Inspired by the novels written by renowned crime writer Ann Cleeves, and filmed against a backdrop of outstanding Northumberland landscapes and atmospheric production, each enthralling story is enhanced by the captivating performance of Brenda Blethyn as this shambolic yet brilliant detective.