Vera (Brenda Blethyn) has to unravel the circumstances ofself-styled entrepreneur Freddie Gill's (Jonathan Spencer)death when his body is found by bailiffs attempting torepossess his house.Freddie is estranged from his wife and son– Jade (Charlotte Pyke) and Riley Gill (Josh Barrow) - whoare now living back at her family's beloved pub with herformidable mother Tina Tripp (Marian McLoughlin), volatilebrother Lee
(Brian Lonsdale) and taciturn uncle Darren (BarryAird).Matters are further complicated when Vera finds outJade's father Arthur, having recently succumbed to terminalillness, had secretly been keeping ties with Freddie despitehim having been ejected from the family.Vera soon discoversFreddie's professional life is just as turbulent when shelearns the used-car sales company he runs with business partnerand lifelong friend Nasir Ali, is failing and it is targetedby an arson attack.Vera must uncover whether the motive behindFreddie's death comes from the trouble at the heart of hisfamily, his desperate financial crises or his glances withorganised crime.
