The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.

Maurice is a sassy, street-smart cat with a sneaky disposition. Together with his band of rats and pied-piper friend, Maurice travels across the countryside, swindling villagers with a staged rat plague. All seems to be going as planned until the gang arrives in a scenic market town and quickly realize something more nefarious is afoot.

Boyd re-investigates a cold case when Gemma, a girl raped by two men twelve years earlier, tries to kill herself. But where can he start?

Boyd and his team uncover the awful truth behind the walls of the psychiatric hospital, but their investigation provides Linda Cummings with the opportunity to escape. Can they find her before she kills her next victim, someone very dear to Boyd's heart?

When Eve discovers that her new lover, Stefan, is implicated in a brutal murder, Boyd promises to support her. But when Boyd suspects Stefan of people-smuggling, Eve becomes determined to prove Stefan is innocent. How will Boyd and Eve resolve their conflict? And which of them is right?

The circumstances surrounding Elizabeth's abduction end up in the newspapers, prompting someone from her past to track her down at the hospital.