Murder Call

Episode 1

Dared to Death

43 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 2

Many Unhappy Returns

44 mins

A fiftieth birthday party of Gerard Gault turns out to be more than anyone bargained for when he is discovered dead amongst his cactus collection the next morning. A simple heart attack? That's what the death certificate says but an anonymous caller is making it clear that some doubt surrounds that diagnosis ... the caller believes Gerard Gault was murdered.

Episode 3

Skin Deep

43 mins

When Dr. Theo Magnus, a leading cosmetic surgeon, is ambushed in his clinic and brutally murdered with a scalpel, his family and staff can shed little light on the mystery. But as Tessa and Steve dig a little deeper into the life of the clinic, more complex patterns begin to emerge.

Episode 4

Fatal Charm

43 mins

In the back streets of the city the first rays of sunlight are fighting their way into the gloom, where a charred and twisted body is testimony to a fatal Friday night. It's Melissa Hindwood. Tessa and Steve break the news to her parents. As far as they are concerned their daughter should have been at their exclusive tennis club. The detectives soon discover Melissa led another life.

Episode 5

Short Circuit

44 mins

A young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot. The investigation leads Tessa and Steve into a bizarre tangle of relationships. They realise everyone had a motive to kill the woman who was generally not well-liked. A strange symbol drawn in a book provides the key to a small fortune and the identity of the killer surprises even the detectives.

Episode 6

Cold Comfort

44 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 7

Murder in Reverse

43 mins

The body of Eva Blanfield is found in a local dump. When they inform her husband, he claims she had been the victim of a kidnapping. The ransom note threatened to kill her if he contacted the police. He is distraught as he has paid the money, but his wife is dead. Meanwhile, another kidnapping victim Penny Whittaker was released once the ransom was paid. Why release one victim and not the other?

Episode 8

More Than Meets the Eye

43 mins

The gruesome discovery of a severed arm wrapped in plastic draws Steve and Tessa into a case that takes them through the dark stormwater tunnels of the city and sends them both home with nightmares. Has Marguerite Phillips as Female Body in Drain.

Episode 9

Deadfall

44 mins

Tessa and Steve respond to a murder call only to find no body, no crime scene and they, they suppose, no murder; until they discover that the eye witness is their boss, Inspector Malcolm Thorne. Thorne is convinced he witnessed a man being pushed off the roof of a building, but he is perplexed as the rest of them when no evidence of a crime can be found.

Episode 10

Deadline: Part 1

89 mins

A bizarre murder in an amusement park leads Tessa and Steve to realise they have a serial killer operating on a daily basis. As the body count climbs, the detectives struggle to find a link between the victims. A theory is raised that the killer could be selecting his victims according to a child's nursery rhyme. Tessa is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the serial killer prepares to strike again.

Episode 11

Deadline: Part 2

A bizarre murder in an amusement park leads Tessa and Steve to realise they have a serial killer operating on a daily basis. As the body count climbs, the detectives struggle to find a link between the victims. A theory is raised that the killer could be selecting his victims according to a child's nursery rhyme. Tessa is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the serial killer prepares to strike again.

Episode 12

Something Fishy

44 mins

Two bodies joined together in death, skewered to the wall by a spear from a speargun. James Holland and Pauline Hook, business partners in life. Or was there something more than just business that bound these two together? Very fishy indeed.

Episode 13

A Dress to Die For

43 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 14

Menu for Murder

44 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 15

Cry Wolf

44 mins

Steve and Tessa are called to the murder of Elizabeth Mallow - a young woman who called the police twice the night before and now lies sexually assaulted and strangled on her bed. As suspicions fall on the residents of the block of flats, the detectives uncover a nest of twisted love, obsession and paranoia.

Episode 16

A View to a Kill

43 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 17

Blowing the Whistle

43 mins

When a referee of a women's fame of soccer is murdered in full view of a hundred people, our Detectives are puzzled when they have no eye-witnesses. The only witness turns out to be the video footage shot by Dee. After examinations of the video, Tessa realises it's not necessarily what is happening in the foreground, but the lies being played out in the grainy background.

Episode 18

Instrument of Death

44 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 19

Bone Dead

43 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.

Episode 20

Mix 'n' Match

43 mins

Murder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.