DS Granger turns to Wicklow for help whilst investigating a murder supposedly committed by a boy with learning difficulties, which has been overturned on appeal. But when Wicklow is stabbed, Granger suspects he is playing games with her.

DS Granger's relationship with Jake Osbourne is threatened when she investigates the murder of an Army corporal, who is shot dead during an exercise involving no live ammunition. Does Jake hold vital information?

DS Granger comes face to face with Brian Wicklow once more when a young boy named Jake Osbourne is abducted from a shopping centre - and not one for believing in co-incidence, discovers that Wicklow's sister is involved in the kidnap.

DS Eve Granger finds herself back on the trail of serial killer Brian Wicklow when one of his fellow inmates is found dead in his cell, carrying evidence which indicates that Wicklow is the killer. But has he been framed?

DS Eve Granger goes in search for answers as to the whereabouts of a young girl, Emma Foley, who disappeared some years previously - and could have become the ninth and final victim of serial killer Brian Wicklow.