- Date: May 1, 2011
- Type: Television Series
The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope of Northumbria & City Police who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage, often with highly-strung bad temper. Her trusted and long suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth; her right hand man and surrogate son.