Vera must put together the pieces of a 11-year-old murder and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.Vera must put together the pieces of a 11-year-old murder and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.Vera must put together the pieces of a 11-year-old murder and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.
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- TriviaVera's Land Rover Defender had to have an automatic transmission installed since she did not have a British License to drive a manual transmission.
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[at a wake for Abby, her father gives a speech, mentioning the death of Jeannie who had been convicted of Abby's murder eleven years earlier]
Keith Mantel: She killed my little girl. Eleven years trying to say those words. Now they've got hold of some alibi. Jeannie didn't do it. Someone else did. All that hate, gone to the wrong address. So... it's like we've buried not one but two little girls. Two daughters.
The woman, Jennie Long, was 11 years into a life sentence for killing Abby Mantel, her lover Keith's daughter. When her death hits the news, someone contacts the police with an alibi for the night of the murder that he had originally reported to the police. However, the police never contacted him again, and he had moved to America.
Vera and her team re-open the case. But then there's another murder - was the second murdered victim the killer? Or had he been a witness to Abby's murder 11 years ago? Then Abby's father is attacked. Vera has opened a hornet's nest. The original murderer is still out there.
Excellent story with the depressing aura that seems prevalent in the Vera series. The stark locations are one reason; the weathered character of Vera, brilliantly played by Brenda Blethyn, is another. She's a multilayered character who has recently lost her father, to whom she was devoted. She has moved into his house which is in the middle of nowhere. She's gruff, hiding a vulnerability she shows no one, and a woman used to being alone.
Blethyn's portrayal dominates the series, and she makes it well worth seeing.
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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