Hathaway has been promoted to inspector after an extended break, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he's asked to team up with his old colleague again.

A tricky case bridges the worlds of neurosurgery, blood sports and animal rights.

After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.

The investigation of American classics student Rose Anderson's brutal murder yields only secrets and murky motives.

Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon.

Several suspects are caught in lies and an unexpected death leads the detectives to the solution.