Series one suffered for being overlog. Two feature length episode to investigate once case.
The second series returns with one stand alone episode.
DCI Janine Lewis has had a baby and returns to duty. She sees a little girl get run over as she drops her son off at school. She also investigates the body of a young woman found in the river.
There is a connection with both cases. The young woman worked at a strip club. The burnt out car that ran over the girl belonged to the manager of the strip club.
The man who owns the strip club is a person of interest but he is supposedly abroad.
This story zips along as Lewis and her team try to solves both cases but then one other suspect is shot dead. Lewis also needs to deal with a potential leak in her department.
There is a twist but it just demonstrates the cops as being rather dim and not doing proper research on potential suspects.
Like other ITV shows made by Granada and shot in Manchester. It is all a bit generic. The USP of this show is Lewis balancing family life and work life.
I don't think Caroline Quentin fully convinces me as a hard as nails detective.