The wild, craggy Cornish coast seems ideal for hiding serious crimes, but forthright and observant Detective Superintendent Wycliffe (Jack Shepherd – The Golden Compass) leads an investigative team charged with solving each baffling case. Immigration and insurance swindlers, kidnappers, treasure seekers, suspicious suicides and murderous doctors are some of the cunning criminals they pursue in the intriguing mysteries of this gripping, British police drama.