Murder Call

The cleaner at an up-market beauty parlour makes a gruesome find... the proprietor has been strung up in a tanning booth and roasted like a pig on a spit. Tessa and Steve's investigation uncovers a wealth of secrets and resentments harboured from birth.

When a psychic conducting a séance is shot dead by the ghost who he was trying to contact, Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate.

At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.

A woman is savagely killed by a number of dogs on the grounds of a vacant house. Steve and Tessa investigate, and must find out if the woman's death was a horrible accident or if the dogs were trained to kill.

A homeless busker suffers from hallucinations whilst performing a mime near a train station. When he collapses and dies, the autopsy compiled together by Tootsie indicates that the man was poisoned.

A man's body is found floating in a spa, a large roll of cash stuffed into his mouth. In their investigations, Steve and Tessa discover that almost everyone who knew him had a reason to kill him.

As a crypt is opened for an interment, the funeral goers are shocked to discover the sarcophagus is already occupied by the corpse of a young woman holding a rare orchid in her hand.

When horror novelist Sebastian Tombs is found lying dead with a knife in his back, Tessa and Steve must investigate the four people closest to him, each of whom has a strong motive for committing the murder.

A man's head is found mounted in a taxidermist's shop, and as a result, Tessa and Steve's investigation are caught in the crossfire between the local gun club and an anti-gun lobby.

Following the suspicious death of an elderly worker, Tessa and Steve must race against time to avert another tragedy growing from the ruins of the first.

Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.

Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.

When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.

Steve and Tessa investigate when a young woman is found hanging from a tree limb in a popular city park, and Tootsie's preliminary findings indicate it was not suicide.

A mutilited body is found near a church, with identical markings to the victims of a serial killer 15 years ago- Thorne's first case. Experiencing a sense of deja-vu, Thorne heads the investigation. Has the killer returned, or is this a copycat crime?

A sports teacher is found impaled at a boarding school and is found by Fisk's older sister. Tessa and Steve investigate, but Fisk is frustrated when his sister is interviewed, and he is excluded.

Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool. It is soon feared that the killer is copying murders that Tootsie has used as examples for her lectures.

Following the bizzare murder of a medical professor, Tessa and Steve must carefully interpret a series of cryptic clues left by the killer.

Tessa and Steve are drawn into a web of mystery and intrigue when legendary paleontologist Dr. Charlie Minogue is murdered, and his attractive assistant disappears.

The Klein String Quartet is a hotbed of passions and hatreds. When its founder and first violinist is found murdered, the other three members come under Steve and Tessa's spotlight.

When the referee at a women's soccer match is murdered in full view of 100 people, the detectives are puzzled when they cannot find a single eyewitness.

When Tessa and Steve investigate the death of a museum curator, they soon realise that his public face as a knowledgeable and well liked man who could rake in the funding dollars, hides a private life littered with sexual indiscretions and money troubles.

Steve and Tessa are called to the murder scene of a woman who had called the police twice the night before she was murdered.

When a food critic drops dead in a restaurant, Tessa finds there is no shortage of suspects as the critic was universally loathed and regularly received death threats.

When the detectives attend an extravagant costume hire shop, they find the shop's young security guard dead.

Steve and Tessa uncover a web of blackmail and obsession while investigating the murder of two business partners.

A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.

A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.

Thorne is convinced he saw a man pushed off a building roof, but cannot locate the body at first. When the body turns up, Steve and Tessa not only have to track down the killer, but discover why the body disappeared.

A gruesome discovery draws Steve and Tessa into a case that leads them into the dark stormwater tunnels of the city.

When the body of a women is found in a local dump, Tessa and Steve discover that her husband received a ransom note two days before.

The body of a beautiful women, victim of hit-and-run accident, is taken to the morgue. Tootsie arrives shortly afterwards to find the body missing and her new assistant murdered.

When a young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot, the subsequent investigation leads Tessa and Steve to uncover a bizarre tangle of relationships.

Steve and Tessa investigate when the body of a young women is found, having been killed by a blow to the head before being set alight.

When Dr. Theo Magnus, a leading cosmetic surgeon, is ambushed in his clinic and brutally murdered with a scalpel, his family and staff shed little light on the mystery.

Steve and Tessa rush to solve the crime of a man who is murdered on his 50th birthday.

When a professional stuntman is found dead, hanging in a harness outside the window of his apartment, Steve and Tessa must determine whether it was an accident, suicide or murder.

When the general manager of a department store is found dead during the store's opening, the owner and employees become the main suspects in the investigation. Steve is haunted by a face from his past, and Tessa pursues the case alone.

Tessa suspects an apparent suicide is really an elaborate scam designed to cover a woman's disappearance.

The brutal murder of a video store owner initially appears to be linked to a protest demonstration until other suspects emerge.

When a mummified body is found in an empty house, it is identified as that of Karen Diskin, the daughter of police inspector Snowy Muldoon, who went missing two years earlier.

Steve and Tessa investigate the death of a woman found in an area notorious for prostitutes. When they learn the woman was a pregnant nun and not a prostitute, their investigation takes a new turn.

When Krystyan Balzan is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in his house, Steve and Tessa believe he came home unexpectedly and disturbed a robbery in progress.

Steve and Tessa are baffled when former football star Wayne Pascall is found stabbed to death in a lift, with a missing woman's handbag next to his body.

Tessa and Steve are confronted with a conspiracy of silence while investigating the death of a man with a history of abuse.

To the outside world former football star Robin Cochrane was a picture of charm, but when he is found poisoned by a chemical solvent, Tessa and Steve are forced to put together a picture of the not so pleasant private life of Robin Cochrane.

While investigating a series of bizarre murders, Steve and Tessa are drawn to the local community centre, a drop in for former mental patients. With a handful of suspects, but no real clues, Steve and Tessa must race against the clock to find the killer before he strikes again.