Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2015 (90 min)
With Joe now promoted, Vera and her new sergeant, DS Aiden Healy, investigate a fatal explosion at a caravan park which killed Deena Viner, sister of the park's owner, Jim. The mystery deepens when Vera and Aiden discover that Deena was killed and then placed in the caravan before it blew up.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2015 (90 min)
The discovery of skeletal remains in Hollowthorp Woods leads to Vera re-opening the case of a seventeen-year-old school girl, Carrie Telling, who went missing some thirty years earlier. Found with the body's remains were a camera, a company credit card, and a telephone number for an abortion clinic. When another murder occurs, it becomes apparent to Vera that the killer is somebody who had something to hide thirty years ago, and is still prepared to kill to ensure their secret stays safe.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2015 (90 min)
DCI Stanhope and DS Healy investigate the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.Owner Danny Pryor and his right hand man Milosh Beqiri are forced to admit they use a number of illegal Serbian workers. A faded tattoo identifies the slurry man as Jack Reeves, a young man from the local travelling community. But what is his connection to the Serbians and Pryor Farm? Aided by her trusted team, DC Whelan and DC Lockhart, Vera must expose the tragic truth at the heart of Pryor Farm before it's too late.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2015 (90 min)
Vera must uncover a life of secrets and lies when Owen Thorne, a well-loved family man, plummets to his death from a multi-storey car park.
