Patrick Carney Junior

Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.

Elizabeth Pike is finally released from Meltonhurst hospital after 15 years into the custody of her older sister Margaret Pike. Elizabeth seems withdrawn and constantly on edge. She's promised by the doctor it's adjustment problems but Elizabeth isn't so sure.

The unlikely duo of a wounded soldier and a police officer take it upon themselves to solve the murder of Major Stanley Lawrence. Through questioning, it becomes clear that there is a lot more to this mystery than first meets the eye.

Les Dalton is on parole after nine years in prison for armed robbery, and now everyone wants to know what happened to the missing gold. He claims it never existed, but no-one believes him, including the retired detective who headed the original manhunt. Whilst Dalton tries to build a new life in a world he wants no part of it, plans are afoot to force him to tell the truth -- a move which will ultimately cost someone their life.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?