(1990) With the world in crisis and the Superpowers moving towards confrontation, a UK city is trying to maintain order during a nuclear emergency

(1993) On 2nd August 1990, Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait City. The invasion provoked international condemnation and the assembly of the largest task force since D-Day

(1995) The government is running scared. The Sabbathman is killing the people who have gained the most from their policies. His message is clear: "You have ruined this country. None of you are safe"

(1997) With local democracy undermined at every turn, anger with political impotence creates a hunger for change and a fledgling political party struggles to establish itself in Portsmouth

(1999) When Ellie's husband is killed in an accident her world falls apart. Her husband's company is in debt and to keep it going she must learn to fly the WW2 fighter plane it was built around

(2001) DI Faraday's assistant Vanessa Parry is killed in a head-on car smash. Her funeral is a bitter end to a grim week in the front line of the ongoing war against Portsmouth's surging crimewave

(2003) Freshly promoted to the elite Major Crimes Team, DI Joe Faraday is thrown into the deep end with the investigation into the murder of prison officer Paul Coughlin

(2006) The discovery of a headless corpse on the rocks below the cliffs on the Isle of Wight is only the beginning of a journey for DI Joe Faraday

(2008) A property developer is shot in his own bed, an MP is assassinated. A fevered investigation begins with Winter's erstwhile boss, DI Faraday, in charge

(2009) DI Faraday and ex-DC Winter are finally on the opposite sides of the law. But they're both after the same thing. Paul Winter is treading his most dangerous line yet