Rachel is criticised for the lack of progress in theinvestigation and with Steve Dench still the prime suspect,she knows she must find both a murder weapon and the encryptioncode used to access the Taking Out The Trash website. Then,they not only get Steve for multiple murders, but they alsofind the man he's playing his sick game with. Discovering thatthe witness at Michael Edgerton's murder may be one of thekillers marks a big breakthrough, and with the attacksincreasing, Rachel hopes that the killers will start to makemistakes. The appearance of a star on Rachel's gatepostterrifies Alison and when Julie Dodson finds out, Rachel'sposition as Acting DI is jeopardized. But with new evidencechallenging Steve's alibi and a positive ID of the witness,Rachel is determined to hang onto the case. When Janet'sattempt to help Taisie results in a complaint, her faith indoing everything by the book is rocked, and with Rachel'spregnancy out in the open, both Scott and Bailey havelife-changing decisions to make about their futures.
