As Perez and his team — including DS Alison “Tosh” McIntosh (Alison O’Donnell) and DC Sandy Wilson (Steven Robertson) — begin their investigation, suspicion immediately falls on Magnus Bain (Brian Cox), an elderly, reclusive neighbour with a history of mental illness. Magnus was the last person seen with Catherine on the night she disappeared. However, Perez is cautious: the case echoes an unresolved disappearance from the 1990s — that of a teenage girl named Catriona Bruce.

: ★★★★☆ (4/5) — exemplary mood and performance, if slightly unhurried. Would you like a spoiler-heavy summary of the full episode’s resolution, or a comparison to the Ann Cleeves novel Raven Black ?

The episode opens with a haunting image: a young woman’s body is discovered in a shallow peat grave near the isolated Ravenswick estate on Shetland. DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) is called to the scene. The victim is identified as 18-year-old Catherine Ross, who vanished two weeks earlier after leaving a local dance.

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As Perez and his team — including DS Alison “Tosh” McIntosh (Alison O’Donnell) and DC Sandy Wilson (Steven Robertson) — begin their investigation, suspicion immediately falls on Magnus Bain (Brian Cox), an elderly, reclusive neighbour with a history of mental illness. Magnus was the last person seen with Catherine on the night she disappeared. However, Perez is cautious: the case echoes an unresolved disappearance from the 1990s — that of a teenage girl named Catriona Bruce.

: ★★★★☆ (4/5) — exemplary mood and performance, if slightly unhurried. Would you like a spoiler-heavy summary of the full episode’s resolution, or a comparison to the Ann Cleeves novel Raven Black ?

The episode opens with a haunting image: a young woman’s body is discovered in a shallow peat grave near the isolated Ravenswick estate on Shetland. DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) is called to the scene. The victim is identified as 18-year-old Catherine Ross, who vanished two weeks earlier after leaving a local dance.