When Sean Legg, the government's Chief Minister is kidnapped, only a select few are aware. And then a policewoman stumbles over the hideaway and things begin to unravel for the kidnappers. Meanwhile, down at the Chinese restaurant, Clem and Eli, a pair of inquisitive young teenagers, discover ancient passages and caves in the granite foundations of the island. It's all going to end in tears - but for whom?

After the previous fiasco, Nick and Sandy Ferris have found themselves in The Hague in The Netherlands where Nick is made an offer he can't refuse. Sandy once again discovers the easy route to a healthy bank balance, and Theo has discovered God - or his version of God. George, on the other hand is trying to escape his twin brother's hit man while Sean, who didn't like being robbed the first time, is even more annoyed the second time. And will Rolien eventually drag Hjalmar away from his computer programme? There's only one way to find out...

Ian Gidman's debts are growing by the month, and there's nothing he can do about it. His partner is favourably inclined towards some serious financial misappropriation at Ian's expense and, like a twig in a raging torrent, Ian's life is spun around by events beyond his control. Just as he thinks the situation is improving, his former partner goes on the offensive once again and it seems that, even when he's thousands of miles away, Ian can't shake off his adversary. Meanwhile there's a ten million pound embezzlement going on, right under everyone's noses. But who's pulling the strings and...

When he left his cottage to pick a few vegetables from his garden, Reverend Aloicius Quayle hadn't intended lying face down on the cold earth with the morning sun on the back of his head and a vine of runner beans crushed under his chest. He also hadn't intended to have a twenty centimetre bone handled brushed stainless steel knife stuck in his lower back. But sometimes life doesn't work out as planned, as Reverend Quayle discovered. Before long more religious murders have Detective Inspector Angus Slooth and Detective Constable Sarah Flemons struggling to find the answers. How is the same...

Detective Sergeant Sarah Flemons and her new partner, Penny Chakyar, find themselves on a secretive mission in the Dordogne area of France. Fortunately for Sarah, Penny speaks excellent French. So too does The Vicar, who also finds himself on a mission of a different kind. Until now, The Vicar's past has been shrouded in the mists of time. Now it seems to have caught up with him and dictates his actions, which are even more drastic than his normal way of doing The Lord's work. Meanwhile, who is Philippe Duval? And why does he have scars near his ears and two fingers missing on one hand? And...

A three year old boy disappears from his home in England. After weeks of searching with no clues and no demands for money, the police have to give up and the case remains unresolved. Sixteen years later, Florence, the boy's French mother, is convinced that she has seen her son in the Latin Quarter of Paris. She asks Ken, her former husband, for his help in tracing the young man. But there is more than one elephant in the room that needs to be disposed of before the two can make their peace and work together. Meanwhile, Florence's brother is doing all he can to remove a large part of her...