Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf recognises Patience's unique insight and takes her under her wing, integrating her into a police team operating on the frontline.

The team are baffled when a young woman is found dead in a museum's dinosaur display. The investigation leads them into the shadowy world of fossil smuggling, and Patience makes a startling deduction.

When a reclusive crime writer is found dead behind locked doors, Bea asks Patience to help with the investigation. Can Patience make a breakthrough in the case?

Patience races against time when a body disappears from the morgue. Is it the work of bodysnatchers - or could the victim still be alive?

When a man dies on a bus, Bea is warned off the case but refuses to stop digging - and Patience fears for her safety