First broadcast 16th/23rd February/2nd March 1993.

Julia Fraser, wife of a police sergeant, is brutally murdered whilst he is on duty.

Mark McManus ... DCI Jim Taggart
James MacPherson ... DS Mike Jardine
Blythe Duff ... DC Jackie Reid
Iain Anders ... Supt. Jack McVitie
Robert Robertson ... Dr. Stephen Andrews
Anthony Cochrane ... Dr. Crawford
Harriet Buchan ... Jean Taggart
Ken Hutchison ... George Donaldson
Alexander Morton ... John Fraser
Susie McKenna ... Julie Fraser
Sean Scanlan ... Bob McKendrick
Caroline Paterson ... Cindy McKendrick
Ron Donachie ... Marco Cellini
Frederick Warder ... Langford
Siobhan Stanley ... Christine
Elizabeth Sinclair ... Art Gallery Director
Seamus Gubbins ... Danny Robertson
Fiona Chalmers ... Sonia Cummings
Iain Andrew ... Terry
Robert Cavanah ... Tony
James Cameron Stewart ... Rev Peter Armstrong (as Cameron Stewart)
Bridget McCann ... Patricia Armstrong
Monica Gibb ... Monica
Aileen O'Gorman ... Mrs. Spicer
Monica Brady ... Lynn
Thomas Flanagan ... Roy
Mike Parkinson ... Jerry Elmore
Michael MacKenzie ... Auctioneer
Keith Bayliss ... McKendrick's Detective
Muireann Kelly ... Nurse
Shan A. Kahn ... Simon
Stephen Jardine ... Newsreader
Alex Howden ... Landlord
Iain Wotherspoon ... Minister
Peter D'Souza ... Cellini's Sidekick
Bill Barclay ... Desk Sergeant
Andrew Wardlaw ... Constable at Manse
Stewart G. Aitken ... Detective Sergeant
Dawson ... The Band