When a young woman, Lizzie Faulkner, is shot late at night outside the holiday chalet where she and two friends are staying for the weekend, Vera and Joe suspect that her murder is linked to poachers operating in nearby fields. They identify a suspect, Robert Doran, but despite being in the vicinity at the time, he denies being responsible for Lizzie's murder. Vera begins to suspect the woman's death may have been a case of mistaken identity, and that the intended victim may have been one of the chalet designers, Corrine Franks, who was meant to have been staying there at the time. A link to a tragic car accident a few months earlier involving Corrine, which led to an innocent woman losing her life, appears to confirm their theory. When Corrine is later killed in a hit-and-run, the team finally get the breakthrough they have been looking for.

In October 2015, filming brought the sleuth to the High Level Bridge while the previous month she was on Whitley Bay beach. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV w/e 20 May 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012 . Retrieved 28 May 2012. On the last day of that month, the River Tyne at North Shields was all go with a number of boats seen on the water indicating a possible search.

Chief Investigator Owen Preece (Robert Glenister) reveals John’s business manager Mark Donovan (Tim Dantay) has been running a booze scam through their haulage firm. John agreed to offer information in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Was his cover blown? Owen doesn’t think so. And Mark has an alibi…unlike John’s wife, caught on camera near his city flat the night of his death. Stella continues to insist their marriage was a good one ‐ so why was John Shearwood no longer living in the family home? And who is she hiding from the police? Vera investigates when an old associate, Bella Furness, is found bludgeoned to death in the barn of her farmhouse. Environmentalist Ann Preece, who discovered the body, denies having a motive for murder. Suspicion falls upon Bella's stepson, Neville, who stands to inherit the land on which the farmhouse is located. His connections with a local quarrying firm, who plan to demolish the farmhouse to build an access road for a new quarry, further complicates Vera's investigation. Meanwhile, Vera is confronted by a bereaved mother whose son disappeared whilst up at the farmhouse several years previously. As a complex love triangle involving several of the prime suspects begins to unravel, a second murder throws suspicion upon the identity of Bella's killer, and links between the three cases begin to emerge, suggesting a possible motive for murder. I just learned that Joe (David Leon) is not returning next season. It's such a great partnership, I hope the series doesn't suffer.

Arriving at the scene, DI Vera Stanhope is relieved to have an excuse to escape the holiday festivities. As she stands on the silent, snow-covered station platform, Vera feels a familiar buzz of anticipation, sensing that this will be a complex and unusual case. Harbour Street is the sixth book in Ann Cleeves' crime novel series VERA - which is a major TV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn on ITV. ITV Vera role for Hollyoaks villain Rhiannon Clements as cast 'shaken up' for new series". Chronicle Live . Retrieved 31 August 2023. Vera star Brenda Blethyn enjoys an ice cream treat during a break in filming in Station Road, Corbridge (Image: TimMcGuinness/ChronicleLive)An ok distraction, didn't feel as involved as some of Cleeves's other books. Vera's team where a cut and paste characters rather than developed in this book. And Joe's priorities confused me his daughter is missing but he's rushing to rescue Vera, not clear if the daughter was home at that point but even then surely he'd want to see her for himself? It has a slow pace and no sense of urgency. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV w/e 3 June 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012 . Retrieved 12 June 2012.