Wire in the Blood

When the dissected remains of a person are found in a torched suitcase on a patch of wasteland, Dr Tony Hill is called in to assist DI Alex Fielding with the case. Together they investigate the possibility that the young Kurdish woman was the victim of an honour killing. Meanwhile, new team member DC Collins's relationship with an older schoolteacher gets him involved in the case in a way he could never have imagined.

Tony finds himself a suspect in a murder inquiry when a female friend he meets at a psychology convention is brutally murdered in her hotel room, and it turns out Tony was the last person to see her alive. Back in Bradfield, Tony put himself at risk when he tries to help Alex investigate a spate of prostitute murders.

When a young gay murder victim is linked to the killing of a second young man, Tony is called in to investigate the bizarre chain of murders. Elsewhere, the cannibal Tony helped to convict claims that he has found God, but when Tony warns the governor and the prison chaplain to be cautious, they ignore his advice - a potential recipe for disaster.

When Alex takes time off following a family bereavement, Tony is partnered with the ambitious DI Andy Hall on a case involving murdered homeless men. Meanwhile, Tony is stalked by someone who has a penchant for leaving strange gifts on his doorstep, and it soon becomes clear that it is someone he is very familiar with.