A distressed Patience is questioned by the police after coming under suspicion. Bea takes Patience under her wing and learns more about her past. Together, they set to work on cracking the case.
The team are baffled when a young woman is found dead among the dinosaur display at a museum. The investigation leads them into the shadowy world of fossil smuggling, and Patience makes a startling deduction.
When a bestselling crime writer is found dead behind locked doors, Detective Bea asks Patience to help. The victim is one of Patience's favorite writers, and intrigued by his death and reclusive life.
A body disappears from the morgue: is it the work of body snatchers, or did the corpse walk? The victim is the brother of Patience's friend Billy, and she knows she must help him.
When a man dies on a bus having suffered a violent coughing fit, police discover he had multiple identities and a history of eco terrorism. Detective Bea and her team uncover a trail leading from an abattoir to an arson attack.
