Diarmuid Lawrence

Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum's notorious Murder Room.

Tensions rise as Harry and Nikki struggle to find any useful evidence from the post-mortems to help the police. No one will talk, and they have no leads. Meanwhile, Leo worries for Levi, who is being sucked further into a world of gangs and violence.

Harry employs the help of his medical student, Holly Farr, with his latest case - the post-mortem of a woman found dumped on the side of the road with her face skillfully removed. With no DNA or missing persons match, Nikki's skills are called upon to reconstruct the victim's face. But the team are at a loss to explain the killers' motive in such a brutal act.

When the badly decomposed body of a Hasidic man is discovered on disused wasteland, Harry is tasked to investigate his death, and to treat the community with care. Everything points towards a brutal anti-Semitic murder by a Polish laborer - but when the time of death contradicts his wife's last sighting, Harry becomes suspicious. Leo, meanwhile, is trying to unravel the events leading to the death of an Australian backpacker at a party.

The search for Liam resumes. Nikki's loyalty towards her former mentor, Noel Hopkins, is severely tested when past allegations of sexual misconduct from a former student surfaces. Leo and Harry refuse to give up their search for Liam, as they try to identify and locate a toxic chemical, which was found in both bodies. If they can find the source of the chemical, they may find where Liam is being held.

With his protégé dead and the team themselves in danger, Harry is reeled into the murky world of Russian oligarch Oleg Kovik. Kovik claims Fran Price's murder was ordered by the Russian Government and Leonid Polyak, and that he's the next target. Distrustful of the police and of Kovik's intentions, Harry becomes determined to find the missing clues that will reveal the truth.

The death of a second Hasidic boy, Chaim, convinces Harry they are looking for a Jewish killer, but without concrete evidence the police are reluctant to upset an already fragile relationship with the community. But when Binyomin appears to take the law into his own hands, Harry makes a shocking discovery that threatens to strain relations even further.

The team discover the body of Jason, a young male prostitute, dumped in the estate of wealthy businessman, Harold Penton. Evidence suggests that someone had sex with Jason shortly before his death, but the exact cause is difficult to identify as he had a host of diseases.

The Body Farm team are called in to investigate the death of prominent human rights lawyer Richard Warner. He died in a fire at his home but it is not clear if the fire was set deliberately, so the team analyse the severely burned body without knowing the cause of the fire.

The team are called to look at the death of Ray Quinn, who was killed in what looks like a robbery at a Classic Car garage. The owners, Mick and Martin Flannery, are keen to clear the scene so that they can open for business again, but after an initial investigation, Eve is convinced that there is more to the case than a robbery gone wrong.