Insp. Longton warns local pensioners about confidence tricksters who have been posing as council officials.

A fourteen-year-old girl has gone missing along with two hundred pounds from her mother's desk.

Insp. Longton investigates a road accident and tries to prove that a drink-driver was responsible.

A local newspaper encourages hostility towards a travelling community.

A police officer's son is arrested.

Insp. Longton is in court and finds her motives under attack by an aggressive defence barrister.

The manager of a dry-cleaning establishment confesses to a prior conviction for fraud and finds himself out of a job.

A girl complains that a young man told her she will die on Hallowe'en.

P.C. Sparks provides someone with a defence of alibi against accusations of involvement in a series of robberies.

An anonymous telephone call leads Insp. Longton to a hopeless domestic situation and possible child abuse.

Insp. Longton needs the advice of Sgt. Beck in dealing with a troublesome freelance journalist, but he is on leave and cannot be found.

Sgt. Beck resigns when a prisoner is found dead in his cell.

A man confesses murder to the new vicar of Hartley then threatens to kill himself.