Tara Fitzgerald

When Eve gets a call from DCI Craig Hale asking for her help investigating an unusual crime scene, she sees an opportunity to bring much needed funding to The Body Farm, but her decision to work with the police on real crime scenes will take her team out of their comfort zone.

The Body Farm team are called in to investigate the death of prominent human rights lawyer Richard Warner. He died in a fire at his home but it is not clear if the fire was set deliberately, so the team analyse the severely burned body without knowing the cause of the fire.

The team discover the body of Jason, a young male prostitute, dumped in the estate of wealthy businessman, Harold Penton. Evidence suggests that someone had sex with Jason shortly before his death, but the exact cause is difficult to identify as he had a host of diseases.

Disillusioned with her work at MI6, spy Sylvia Fox travels to Italy for the wedding of her niece. Although her relationship with her sister, Isabel, is troubled, Sylvia is welcomed warmly by her family. But when the groom goes missing, leaving a dead woman behind, Sylvia feels compelled to investigate. The trail leads her from an empty pizza box and stolen children's book to a deadly showdown.

When Sasha Pavlenko, the son of a Russian politician, is arrested in Rome for the murder of a fellow student, Sylvia's ex-husband and ex-colleague, Adam, asks her to investigate. Interrupting her search for a kidnapped truffle pig, Sylvia agrees to look into the matter. After Sasha is bailed into her custody, Sylvia discovers that the killing is linked to a blackmail plot and a secret love affair.

Boyd is being moved out of the Cold Case Unit, but first he decides to take on the unsolved mystery of 16 homeless boys from Waterloo Bridge who disappeared in the 1980s. The Cold Case team's investigation unearths the grimmest find of their careers.

The investigation into Claire Somers' death has seemingly unleashed a predator straight from the darkest childhood nightmare. But are they looking for a monstrous child-stealer, or misguided saviours?

Boyd is convinced that the missing Donald is not a murderer, and pushes his team to try to make sense of all the vague connections in the case and eventually confront the unfathomable evil lurking within the heart of this sad, unfortunate family.

When the Cold Case squad learn that a recently murdered woman is Claire Somers, who as a seven year-old girl was abducted from a care home 25 years ago, they unveil a shocking portrait of life in the 1980s care system.

There's growing concern amongst the team over Sarah's disappearance, and time is running out for Boyd as he fights his final battle for justice against a powerful adversary. Will he prevail?