Nicholas Renton

A former Scotland Yard sleuth now tracking murders in Britain's North Country, George Gently (Tony nominee Martin Shaw) is an old-time copper in the rapidly changing 1960s. In these two feature-length mysteries, Gentry and Bacchus investigate the suspicious death of an ex-informant facing a seemingly hopeless future, as well as the murder of a young woman poised on the brink of an exciting new chapter in her life.

Inspector Robert Lewis and his partner, the enigmatic detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the idyllic Oxford countryside and colleges in five new thrillers, forcing the pair to revisit the past and to reconsider the future.

"Detective Chief Inspector George Gently ... returns to the job six months after he and his sergeant, John Bacchus ... were gravely injured in the line of duty. Both officers appear to be on the mend, physically at least. ... At a time of changing attitudes and values in Britain, Gently and Bacchus are undergoing transitions of their own ... set in 1969"--Container.

Gently and Bacchus investigate the supposedly accidental death of "China," who was one of the inspector's ex-informants and an old friend. According to the coroner's report, China was a drunk and a vagrant who died after a fall. But when Gently starts asking questions, all he gets are cover-ups and lies. His inquiries expose a wider conspiracy that leads all the way to the local superintendent of police-and another dead body.

Upon his release from prison, a vicious career criminal from Gently's London days seeks revenge on the detective. Allegations about the inspector start to fly and many people-Bacchus among them-are all too ready to believe the worst.

Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba Everdene rejects the proposal of dependable Gabriel Oak. Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with Mr. Boldwood, unleashing a passionate obsession inside him.

Chief Inspector Michael Jericho investigates the murder of a young black man shot dead in a Notting Hill neighborhood full of racial tension. The same night, Sir Nicholas Wellesley is kidnapped outside his gentleman's club. Could the two crimes be connected?

A young woman falls to her death off a high-rise office building in London; it's revealed she was pregnant and taking cocaine. A black male athlete is murdered by his brother; initial signs suggest suicide by hanging, the actual cause of death is a high dose of Clenbuterol injected into his back.

Sam uncovers the crippling truth about her involvement in a case 13 years ago, in which a man was wrongfully imprisoned following the murder of his wife. After a string of new murders in which all the victims were linked to the original case, Sam realizes that she herself is in danger.

Sam and Leo are on opposing sides of a high profile court case at the Old Bailey, in which two Sikh brothers are found dead in a police cell. Leo believes that the brothers were killed in custody by the police but Sam thinks that one brother killed the other before taking his own life.