About this season
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Episodes (4)
1. Changing Tides
7.8Aired 5 April 2015 • 90 min
Vera takes a look into a suspicious fire that rips through a holiday park on the Northumberland coast. Three cabins are destroyed and the body of a woman is discovered inside inside one of them.
2. Old Wounds
8.0Aired 12 April 2015 • 90 min
Following the discovery of the remains of a teenage girl half-buried in a Northumberland wood, Vera and her team end up looking into a thirty-year old mystery.
3. Muddy Waters
7.6Aired 19 April 2015 • 90 min
Vera investigates the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.
4. Shadows in the Sky
8.0Aired 26 April 2015 • 90 min
A dock worker plunges from the roof of a multistory car park whilst picking up daughter from her school prom and everything points to foul play.