Bertie Carvel

Follows Dalgliesh's crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day.

Almost a decade into his new devoted married life Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news, triggering a series of catastrophic decisions.

Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, former police inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji has lost virtually everything. He searches for one of the few things remaining in his life, his missing estranged elder daughter.

A woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of inquiry far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.