- Vera delves into the tangled life of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
- When the body of haulage contractor John Shearwood is dragged from a river, the bruises on his knuckles suggest that his death was not suicide. His estranged wife, Stella, and brother Luke thought that he was in Dublin on business, but customs investigator Owen Preece tells Vera that John was working on his behalf to expose a smuggling racket by John's manager Mark Donovan. Donovan however was not at the murder scene at the time of death though both Stella and Billy, John's teenage son, a recovering drug addict, were in the vicinity. John was leading a double life with a girlfriend, Gemma Makins, though she turns out to be the mother of a young boy whom a drunken Billy once accidentally ran over and killed. But then Billy makes a startling confession, which eventually leads Vera to solving the case.—don @ minifie-1
- The police investigate the death of John Shearwood who was found dead, floating in the river. The post-mortem indicates that he drowned but his bruised knuckles and the fact that his shoes were tied together suggests that he didn't go into the water willingly. Shearwood was self-employed and seemed to have a happy family life. They lived in the country but he had a flat nearer his work. Strangely, the police find the flat somewhat bare and it looks anything but lived in. The case takes a twist when Owen Preese, a customs officer, tells the police that Shearwood was working for him as a confidential informant. It's only when Vera learns the truth about an auto accident involving Shearwood's son Billy does she begin to put it all together.—garykmcd
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