When Ian Andrews is on the local bus, everything is as usual. But when the bus rolls into Bath station, Ian is dead. It will be a matter for Commissioner Lauren McDonald and Detective Sergeant Dodds. To solve the mystery of Ian's fate, the troubled couple must delve into the history of blues music and the shady world of art auctions.

A middle-aged woman is found dead in an apartment. The hugger has removed everything that can identify the woman, but a DNA test reveals that she was reported missing 38 years ago. Where has she been in the intervening time? And who has wished her dead after all these years? McDonald and Dodds go in search of the answers.

It's peak wedding season in Bath, and there's a race against time for McDonald and Dodds when a spate of suspicious passings affects ceremonies across the city.

A Bath wedding ends in tragedy when the vicar is found cuddled in the vestry. McDonald's suspicions focus on bride Lotty, her father and her sisters, all of whom had a close relationship with vicar Mitchell Morrison. McDonald and Dodds must delve deep into the family's secrets if they hope to discover the truth of what happened to Mitchell.