Case 87 · Series 8, episode 7

The River Corrupted

First broadcast 14 January 2020. Plot solution deliberately omitted.

WriterKit Lambert
DirectorJennie Paddon
Research stateExpanded case file

Spoiler-light premise

Sid returns on a canal boat just as his girlfriend's father is accused of murdering a factory owner with a fishing tool.

What to watch for

A substituted necklace and the industrial waterside setting give Sid's return a practical, morally muddy mystery.

Family secrets

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