The Commander V: Abduction
(2008)
Commander Clare Blake is tasked to oversee a tragic case; an elderly woman is bludgeoned to death in her own home. The shocking nature the crime is compounded when she learns that the victim’s son, and prime suspect, is DS Brian Hall from her own murder team.
As details of Brian’s hidden life as an alcoholic emerge, DCI Doug James has to deal with his own problems; the friction his ambivalence about the imminent birth of his first baby are causing with his wife Zoe. However, when the baby finally arrives, they discover their nightmare is only just beginning….