Jamie Sives

As Maggie digs deeper into Callum Reid's disappearance, a trip to Germany places a key witness statement in a disturbing light. Claire makes a discovery with distressing implications and, with Daniel under growing suspicion, an unnerving confrontation leads Maggie to a shocking confession.

In 2008, a four-year-old boy goes missing during a neighbourhood barbecue and his family's world falls apart. Five years later his body is found, buried just yards from his own front door, and DCI Maggie Brand is faced with the most troubling case of her career.

Helen and Paul are joined by pathologist friend Phil Hendricks as they become further embroiled in the abduction case. The clock is ticking to find Poppy alive and clear Bates's name, but to Paul's vexation, Helen seems increasingly disturbed by being in Polesford. Is she too distracted by pressing secrets past and present to keep her mind on the case?

A gangland shooting has tragic consequences, and Helen is plunged into a murder investigation in Manchester's criminal underworld, forcing her to question everything she holds dear.

Emma becomes increasingly sympathetic to Connie's plight, but is she being manipulated?