Vera

DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel the mystery when well-respected local builder and family man Jim Tullman is found beaten to death on the steps of the Collingwood Monument the day before he was due to testify in court as the key witness in a violent assault case.

A contractor is found dead on the steps of Collingwood Memorial after being attacked. When Vera discovers the contractor recently testified as a key witness in a violent assault case, she wonders if the two things are connected.

DCI Vera Stanhope is called to the scene when the body of addiction support worker Angela Konan is found hidden among the bleak woodlands of Northumberland National Park. Vera and her team must peel back the layers of the introverted victim 's life to uncover her closely guarded secrets and surprising depths. as It appears an increasingly erratic Angela clashed with two clients in the week before she died.

The discovery of a deceased addiction support worker in the beautiful but unforgiving wilds of the national park sets Vera the challenge of investigating a deeply private woman's life.

When security foreman Gary Mallon is fatally wounded during a robbery at a Blyth container port the evidence points to an audacious heist that went awry. Vera begins to suspect an inside job. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn when Gary’s ex-wife contacts police with the news that their 13-year-old son is missing. Gary Mallon was acting under duress - the victim of a tiger kidnapping. His son was being held as collateral - but where is he now? In order to rescue the missing boy, Vera first needs to work out who was behind the robbery. Further complications ensue when she finds herself forced to collaborate with an NCA Officer who is working on a covert surveillance operation with links to organised crime. As Vera closes in on the kidnappers a misstep in the investigation leads to tragic repercussions, and she finds herself taken off the case.

Vera investigates a daring robbery at a port and uncovers an inside job where the son one of the participants has been kidnapped to make sure everyone sticks to the plan.

Primary school teacher Lizzy Swann is found dead at the bottom of a cliffside coastal walkway, but what appears at first to be a terrible accident, quickly becomes a murder investigation as Vera discovers evidence the body has been tampered with. Interviews with those who knew Lizzy paint a troubling picture of a guarded and paranoid woman who seemed to be burning bridges with friends and family alike in the days leading up to her death.

Vera investigates the death of a school teacher found abandoned on a coastal walkway, and the troubling secrets she took to the grave.

Vera is called out to the grim scene of a body found in the back of a burned out car. When identified as a popular local GP, we enter a world of intrigue, betrayal, and lust.

Vera is called to the scene of a body found in the back of a burnt out car. When the victim is identified as a popular local character, Vera's team enter a world of intrigue, betrayal and greed.

The body of a young woman has been washed up on the banks of the River Tyne. Although she was a popular colleague, loyal friend, and loving mother and wife, we uncover a web of intrigue, betrayal, and lost promises.

The body of a young woman washes up on the banks of the River Tyne. Although she was a popular colleague, loyal friend, and loving mother and wife, the team uncover a web of intrigue, betrayal, and lost promises.