Series 2

The Cold Case team is compelled to enlist the aid of a psychotic serial killer, Thomas Rice, known as 'the Gambler' (because he left playing cards at the scenes of his murders). The one woman who escaped death at his hands, the cool and poised Dr Clare Delaney, receives a dreadful reminder of her past when a playing card is flung at her car windscreen as she leaves to make a house call on a wet, windy, pitch-dark night. The team re-examines the Gambler's crimes, prompted by Boyd's unshakeable belief that Rice has claimed other, hitherto undiscovered victims. Boyd—who has personal links to the case—and Grace decide to enlist detective constable Amelia Silver to lure a confession from Rice.