An immigration raid on a farm gets out of hand and the workers, farm owner and his son are all arrested. But when one of them collapses in jail Paige realises she has gone into labour.

Gillian Cramer 's ex-husband, CID officer David Moore, asks her to put in a good word for him with Warwickshire police, who are carrying out an internal investigation into irregularities in his force. She uncovers disturbing information and asks Jonathan Paige for advice.

Paige is giving evidence in court against a man who is on trial for murder. When the accused suddenly realises that Paige is his former GP, what looks like a cut-and-dried case becomes more complex.