Whilst navigating the complexities of grief, Roy must care for his newfound son, contend with a profound personal loss in his and Cleo's life all while his team is called to a Sussex beach when an unidentified male body washes up dead in a barrel. Later, the same morning, Brighton football stadium receives a chilling anonymous demand with an impossible decision. Roy, who happens to be at that very match, now finds himself locked in a frantic race to save hundreds of lives.

When the passing of a businessman at a Brighton hotel initially suggests a crime of passion, Grace's team must unravel a tangled web of mistaken identity linked to a painful secret.

When a woman is discovered cuddled in her flat, the evidence first points to a burglary gone wrong in a case that conceals a chilling secret.

A high-stakes criminal trial of a ruthless Brighton drug lord and a puzzling double cuddle investigation push Grace's team to the very brink.