Elderly Eunice Bevan's corpse is discovered in her house whilst her bed-ridden, ailing husband Joe lies in the room above. With no sign of forced entry it looks as if the killer was one of the Bevans' children but the only one still around is daughter Helen and she claims to have had no contact with them for thirty years. Joe however is convinced he heard Helen argue with her mother and she is arrested. Helen tells Rachel that when she was growing up the parents abused her and her siblings, one of whom committed suicide. Janet, now acting sergeant, sees that Joe is ...

As they pursue estate agent Adam Armstrong who accidentally killed a homeless man by shoving him, Rachel confesses to Janet that she had sex with a stranger the night before and that she bitterly regrets marrying Sean. When Dominic killed Nick Rachel was implicated and, though exonerated, had to face a tribunal where Gill spoke up for her. Rachel was feeling down at the time and to marry Sean seemed to the right thing to do as he had been so kind to her. Recollections of the wedding are not happy for either woman as Rachel's estranged mother Sharon turned up and got ...

Janet and Rachel interview eighteen year old Danny Gallagher,who discovered his father Ed had been murdered and his house robbed. Rachel is surprised when Danny's mother Sarah suspects her son of the murder as they clearly have their differences and Sarah regards the boy as a disappointment. A neighbour claims to have seen Danny leave the house on the night of the murder but a new line of enquiry opens when Sarah admits that her husband was gay and picked up young men for sex. When one of them is discovered with Ed's car another suspect is added to the list. Janet ...

Helen Bartlett comes to see Janet and tells her that over thirty years ago, as a little girl, her father Joe accidentally killed her brother Michael and forced her to bury him in their cellar. The police actually find two male corpses and DSI Julie Dodson is brought in to head the inquiry, seeing Helen as victim more than offender. More male bodies are found of which Helen claims to know nothing but Joe, on remand for killing Eunice, calls her a liar. Two witnesses come forward - a man who took Helen and her sister in to protect them from their violent parents and a ...

Seven youths' corpses are found in the Bevans' cellar, Joe denying all knowledge of them and only one of them, other than Michael, being identified. Then the remains of his daughter Sheila are discovered under his bedroom floor-boards. Eventually Joe admits to killing the boys, under pressure from Eunice, but claims to know nothing about Sheila. Helen tells Janet that she and her sister Julie assisted in burying one body but Gill is concerned that, as the press are pursuing Helen, one of her officers leaked her involvement. Rachel is forced to confess to a devastated ...

Catherine French believes her father Gerald's death in Willow Vale retirement home was no accident and Rachel discovers that the home has an unusually high mortality rate. When Gerald's body is found to be bruised and needle-marked a murder inquiry opens. Main suspect is chief carer Craig Wyatt, too charismatic for his own good and keen to point the finger at dim trainee Rosie, who was captured on hidden camera striking a resident and who has a syringe in her locker. Gill and Janet believe they have got him and his motive. Meanwhile Rachel continues to outstay her ...

Janet throws Rachel out after walking in on her having sex with Kevin and the women have a huge row. Next day the relationship is icy as they investigate the suspicious death of elderly Kenneth Valentine. Kenneth's son Philip had had a drunken argument with him over Philip moving his girlfriend into his father's flat but the robbery squad tell the detectives that a youngster called Deepak Nadar was arrested for a theft on the street where Kenneth's body was found. Nadar and his accomplice are charged but Rachel's private life gets in the way as she confesses all to ...

Whilst shopping for her son's engagement party Gill is abducted at knife point by a drunken Helen Bartlett, angry to have been charged with a crime which she reported in the first instance which has led her to be publicly reviled. She demands Gill drive them 'to the seaside'. Rachel is still arguing with Gill when a member of the public reports the incident and Julie Dodson takes charge, asking the women for their help. Helen is identified from the air and her partner Louise tells the police she believes the car is going to Flamborough Head in Yorkshire, where Helen ...