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Playing with Fire
New detective drama series based on the novels by Peter Robinson. DCI Alan Banks is called to investigate a murder by fire, and evidence quickly points to the victim being involved in a lucrative art forgery scam. When a second body is discovered, confusion mounts as to the killer’s real intended victim. Banks becomes convinced that one of the victims’ relatives is withholding vital information, but his determination to prove their involvement brings him into conflict with DS Annie Cabbot. Meanwhile, is Cabbot herself crossing the line when she begins an affair with the art expert on the case?, After Tom McMahon dies in a second suspicious fire, Banks focuses his investigation on the ringleader of the art forgery scam. When he discovers that Annie has started a relationship with Mark Keane, the art expert in the investigation, Banks worries that their actions will seriously compromise the case. Determined to prove a connection between the Asperns and the murders, Banks realises who the serial killer might be – and that Annie’s life is now in grave danger., Banks and his team investigate when book-seller Leslie Whittaker’s charred corpse is found on his burnt-out houseboat along with a strong-box containing twenty thousand pounds and a Turner painting. (Followed By Weather and iWitness), DCI Alan Banks is called to investigate a murder by fire, and evidence quickly points to the victim being involved in a lucrative art forgery scam. When a second body is discovered, confusion mounts as to the killer’s real intended victim., In the Season 1 premiere, DCI Alan Banks is called to investigate a murder by fire, and evidence quickly points to the victim being involved in a lucrative art forgery scam. When a second body is discovered, confusion mounts as to the killer’s real intended victim.
