Nick Lewis's deputy is killed in a car crash - but was it an accident or murder and what secret had he uncovered in Nick's blue file?

What seems a simple case of mugging lands the staff of the PPO up to their necks in oil politics. Nick Lewis wakes up in the desert - Phil and Sue are held hostage at home.

Nick Lewis's ex-wife is arrested carrying a murder weapon and his daughter's life is threatened. He is convinced someone from his past is seeking revenge - but who?

Bert Singer has been officially dead for 12 years when his fingerprints turn up on contraband goods, Nick Lewis decides to investigate - so, unfortunately, does little Julie Prince.

'Don't you owe something to a man you've put away inside for eight years'?' - a desperate appeal from an attractive young wife starts Nick Lewis on the hunt for a vicious blackmailer and a man with two faces.

All Nick Lewis wanted was to return a crocodile handbag to a released prisoner, but when the man drowns suddenly and the body disappears Nick knows he has stumbled into a dangerous intrigue.

Phil Strong is arrested on suspicion of a serious crime. A new colleague provides unexpected help for Nick Lewis when he decides to investigate the matter himself.

Inside the strong room of the Prisoners' Property Office, a consignment of stolen bullion. Outside, a determined gang with a plan to heist it.

All the victims had two things in common - they were middle-aged, wealthy widows, and they adored the con man's cooking.

A disaster in 1700 BC, a load of empty collecting-boxes and a disease carried by sandflies are the clues Nick Lewis has to catch an enterprising villain.

Video-taped evidence from an old case is missing and Nick Lewis is suspended.

Billy Swain died in prison and a lot of people are interested in what has become of his fortune. The only lead is Toddy, and he can't talk!

Nick Lewis becomes emotionally involved with a suspect when the file on Arnold Humble's accidental death is re-opened.

Nick Lewis vanishes whilst investigating the disappearance of heiress Caroline Bates and a murder takes place.

For Nick Lewis his forced transfer to the Prisoners' Property Office promised nothing but boredom and the antagonism of Kate Burton, but it also nearly costs him his life.