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In The Dark DVD

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the BAFTA winning writer of Exile & The DriverBased on In the Dark and Time of Death by bestselling novelist Mark Billingham A strong-willed detective in her mid-thirties Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring Ripper Street) is drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career - just as she begins her journey towards motherhood Helen is never fazed by a challenge but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner conflict When the husband of an estranged school friend is accused of abduction Helen must return to her home town and confront her painful past And when a brutal tragedy drags her into Manchester&s dark criminal underbelly she is forced to question even her
closest relationships Even if you love someone can you ever really know them Special FeaturesPENNING IN THE DARKLEADING IN THE DARKBEHIND IN THE DARK
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the BAFTA winning writer of Exile & The Driver Based on In the Dark & Time of Death by bestselling novelist Mark Billingham A strong-willed detective in her mid-thirties Helen Weeks (My Anna Buring Ripper Street) is drawn into the two most testing & personal cases of her career
- just as she begins her journey towards motherhood Helen is never fazed by a challenge but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner conflict When the husband of an estranged school friend is accused of abduction Helen must return to her home town & confront her painful past & when a brutal tragedy drags her into Manchester&s dark criminal underbelly she is forced to question even her closest relationships Even if you love someone can you ever really know them Special Features PENNING IN THE DARKLEADING IN THE DARKBEHIND IN THE DARK

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