Ridley and Carol are close to cracking the murder of a local man. Their leads unveil connections to a stud farm, a drug dealer, and a wealthy businessman. The missing piece is held by an unlikely person with a closely guarded secret.

When a decomposed body is discovered deep in the woods, Ridley unearths a connection to a cold case. Ridley brings disgraced ex-copper Jean Dixon back to investigate. Jean’s personal life with her new boyfriend Ross soon becomes compromised.

Ridley’s investigation into the body found in a hollow tree leads him to suspect different men in the victim’s life. When another body is found murdered, with links to disgraced ex-copper Jean Dixon, the pressure builds to find the killer.

A man is shot dead during an illegal rave on a building site. Ridley and the team investigate, bringing them into the murky world of the victim’s wealthy family who hold a closely guarded secret. Carol becomes worried about her son Jack.

With Carol off the case, Ridley races to discover who shot Oliver in the hope of protecting Jack from becoming the team’s prime suspect. But things take a turn for the worse when Ridley finds the murder weapon hidden in a shocking location.

In the serene village of Colden Vale, the tranquillity is shattered when Tara Dunning, a beloved local wife and mother, mysteriously vanishes. Ridley and Carol investigate and must locate her before it's too late, but a chilling discovery soon alters the course of their inquiry.

Following the shocking discovery of a body in Colden Vale village, Ridley intensifies his efforts to unravel the mystery of what happened to missing wife and mother Tara Dunning along with Carol and the team, Ridley races against time to prevent further tragedies before it’s too late.