When London barrister Rachel Mortimer visits Wales to defend a man charged with sexual assault, her cross-examination of the key witness DC Humphries, affects both their careers.
When a corpse is found in the freezer room of a butcher's shop, Rachel and her assistant, Humphries, suspect a sinister reason behind the man's death.
A young boy's body is found in a ravine and the locals believe that his death is a human sacrifice. A suspect is arrested, but Rachel thinks there may be another explanation for the tragedy. See today's choices.
An inquiry is launched when a woman dies in the county hospital after her baby is born.
Rachel and Gwil hear a case that has split a community. Wendy Frampton has been missing for several years and her mother believes she has been murdered by her husband.
A disturbing course of events lead Rachel to believe she is being stalked, and she fears it may be the psychopathic Batty.