Plot introduction
TheseriesbeginswhensuspectedhumanremainsareuncoveredonWhitneyMarsh-JessandSunnyareimmediatelycalledtothescene,abandoningtheireveningplanstoJess’shusband’schagrin.DrBalcombe’sanalysisrevealsthattheremainsarerelativelyrecentandsuggestagrimconclusion:thebodywasplacedtherealreadydismembered.Withthisinsight,JessandSunnyintensifytheirsearchcertainthatotherbodypartsmaynotbefaraway.Astheinvestigationunfolds,viewersareintroducedtoadiversenewcastofcharacters:MelindaRicci,anoutspokentelevisioncommentatorbasedinIreland;Martin‘Marty’Baines,anautisticmanlivingwithhismotherDotinDeal,Kent;AsifSyed,anAfghantrainingforhisUKcitizenshiptest;andJulietCooper,ahistorylecturerandfacultyheadataLondonuniversity.Whilethesecharactersliveseeminglyseparatelives,theyareintricatelyconnectedbytheirpasts.It’suptoJess,Sunny,andtheirdedicatedteamtouncoverthesehiddenlinksandultimatelyexposethetruthbehindthecoldcasemurder.
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