The year is 1966 and a young woman is found cuddled in a coastal village in Northumberland. Gently and Bacchus are called in to help try and solve the case and they find themselves investigating a family with many secrets.

The year is 1966 and the football World Cup is being played in England. With Russia due to play at Roker Park tensions are running high. CND protesters, led by students from Durham University are the last thing the police need arriving in the area. Gently and Bacchus find themselves investigating the cuddle of left-wing academic Fraser Barratt who was discovered dead in the docks after a CND rally.