Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charlie Hillian is killed on the night of his retirement party. Hillian was at one time a senior officer in Oxford and was in fact Morse's boss. He was also writing a book about his most memorable cases, including one about the unsolved death of an 8-year-old girl some 18 years ago. The suspect in that case, Frederick Redpath, was at Hillian's house the day he died and that chapter from the manuscript is missing. There are other suspects however, including Hillian's ghost writer who will now receive all of the book's royalties; a handyman who was working on the property; and Redpath's daughter, who knew the little girl who was killed all those years before. Morse comes into conflict with with a colleague DCI Dawson, who was one of Hillian's protégés, as they again look into the little girl's death.
A group of young supermarket employees faces the daily challenges of the store. Led by store manager Thorsten, the employees try to master all the disasters and dramas.
Bei Feinkost Kolinski in Hamburg-Altona ist alles beim Alten: Thorsten versucht mit Hilfe von Pina, den Laden über Wasser zu halten, Jonas steht ihm treu zur Seite und Titus liebt Lia. Der Kühlraum wird von der Belegschaft regelmäßig zweckentfremdet, Meutereien werden angezettelt und Jonas erhält noch mehr Fotos für seine Promiwand.