In a small, provincial town in the heart of India, a politician's wife has done her husband's career a great service, by dying under suspicious circumstances. That the corpse & the trail have been cold for fifteen years hasn't saved Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID from being sent to investigate. ...

Some crooks have tried to snatch the plump son of a business tycoon, & have accidentally made off with his playmate instead. But they're not changing their plan: a payment is to be delivered to them or a small corpse is to be delivered to Inspector Ghote. But what kind of ransom can a mere tailor's boy demand? ...

The complete first series, with the pilot, of the television detective drama. Nathaniel Parker stars as DI Thomas Lynley, with Sharon Small as his partner DS Barbara Havers. In these episdodes, Lynley's search for a missing schoolboy turns into a murder investigation, & an investigation into a murdered playwright leads Lynley & Havers to a remote Scottish mansion. Episodes are: 'A Great Deliverance (Parts 1 & 2)'; ' Well-Schooled in Murder'; ' Payment in Blood'; ' For the Sake of Elena'; & ' Missing Joseph'. ...