Jersey detective Jim Bergerac returns from a recuperation leave to find his job in jeopardy and a colleague killed during an investigation into international gun sales to South Africa.

Jim ruffles many feathers as he investigates the suspicious death of the prominent local leader of an international charity committee.

Jim faces brutality charges when he investigates a drug courier who had his package lifted by a pickpocket, who's now trying to sell the stuff himself.

A retired Army major and former POW receives death threats, and sees his ghostwriter killed, when he tries to publish his memoirs of the Korean War.

Charlie is one of the victims of a series of well-planned burglaries focused on the wealthiest island homes.