Case Histories

Louise vouches for Jackson,who is released,the real Andrew Jones killing himself,though a sinister link is established between him and an incident from Joanna's girlhood. Through Reggie's brother Billy, Jackson learns that Neil knows more about his family's disappearance than he claims and together Reggie and Jackson track Joanna and her baby down. Jackson's working day is not over, thanks to an obsessive husband in a divorce case.

Louise's date with doctor Patrick Carter is interrupted when she has to attend at a train wreck,caused when an elderly woman driver died at the wheel and crashed her car on the line. Jackson had tried to save her and is in turn rescued by Reggie,a young nanny who knew the dead woman and wants him to locate her employer Joanna Hunter,a doctor,who disappeared with her baby son. She is not convinced by Joanna's husband Neil's story that they are staying with an aunt. Using the identity of Andrew Jones,a man whose wallet Reggie picked up from the railway lines in mistake for Jackson's they hire a car and discover that Neil was lying about Joanna's alleged visit to her aunt. Then Jackson is arrested, as Andrew Jones is a wanted man.

Jackson finally solves the mystery of Laura's killer whilst Shirley, about to make a wealthy marriage, tells him that she feels guilty because she promised to look after Tanya, the daughter of her sister Michelle who was sent to prison for murdering her husband. Tanya went off the rails on discharge from a care home and Shirley wants to make amends. A meeting with Michelle however paints a different picture and Jackson is convinced that Shirley only wants Tanya found so that she does not ruin the marriage. Fortunately a happy coincidence brings closure for Tanya and Theo whilst the Lands' eldest sister, now a nun, throws light on the fate of Olivia. Jackson, however, is perturbed to learn that his ex-wife is leaving, with their daughter, for a job in New Zealand.