Fine Line

DI Olivia Hardy is a firm but fair cop. Her new partner, DS Lauren Groves, has a very different background, but the two women bond over the pressures of juggling complicated family lives with the horrors of the job. Both women try to reconcile their problematic family lives - Olivia’s issues with her teenage children, Lauren’s collapsing marriage - with the demands of their job. Their beat is a decaying coastal town in the south of England - a shadow of its Victorian glory - and criminals lurk where you’d least expect them.

Detective Inspector Olivia Hardy and Detective Sergeant Lauren Groves are sent to investigate a commotion at a house and make a horrific discovery. The investigation ends up with Hardy being usurped as Senior Investigating Officer. It’s yet another problem for Hardy, as she suspects husband Hal is having an affair. Meanwhile, as Groves descends into alcoholism after her husband’s desertion, both officers’ lives seem to be spiralling out of control.