Who had it in for an MP’s son? A cruelly displayed corpse leads Met Police murder squad detectives to questionable decisions and concern over a deeper mystery.
Disturbing secrets are exposed about a man struck down on his stag night. Billie is tempted to act rashly.
Infidelity leads to a man being found dead in bed and a woman being menaced. Illicit help traces a suspect.
A sleazy dating website is the key to the case of a woman’s body washed up from the Thames.
A manipulative murderer strikes too close to home for the squad’s comfort.
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of London Kills.
Construction workers find the remains of a young man who appears to have been strangled to death more than a year ago, but when his sister is notified, she claims he's been sending her postcards all the while. The detectives suspect the involvement of the victim's housemates, who seem to be hiding something.
When an eight-year-old boy finds his grandfather dead in a pub basement, he tells Rob that he was hit by a man with a baseball bat, but Vivienne doubts his story. Later, Vivienne pressures Rob to report that he covered for David on the night of Sarah's disappearance.
While the team looks into the murder of a Portuguese au pair who was recently fired from her job, Vivienne and Rob start investigating David on the sly, but he remains a step ahead of them.
When a father and son are shot execution-style in broad daylight, the detectives immediately suspect a gangland hit and worry the violence could escalate. David sees an opportunity to finally apprehend crime kingpin Adrian Cook.
In exchange for turning a blind eye, Adrian gives Rob the name of someone who knows where Sarah is, but that person turns up dead. Now believing that Sarah may still be alive, David and his team race to her find her.
After off-duty police officer Sgt. Ian Durrant finds a dead man at the wheel of his van, the detectives link the victim to a woman who was killed while in police custody. As DC Rob Brady was the one who discovered her dead, the case affects him deeply. When Trainee DC Billie Fitzgerald finds a connection to a murdered young cop, DI David Bradford suspects the killer could be a police officer.
When schoolboy Luis Moretti is found dead in a lake, the detectives learn of a potential connection to the recent suicide of a young girl. Meanwhile, DS Vivienne Cole tells David that she believes Detective Chief Superintendent Mulgrew was behind the threat to Rob's family, and she reveals her past relationship with the chief.
After a locksmith is murdered, Billie recognizes the victim and learns he was a witness to her father's death 10 years earlier. The investigation brings her face-to-face with her father's killer and forces her to wrestle with her personal and professional ethics. Vivienne pleads with her ex-husband to do the right thing, but he is afraid they're both in danger.
A body found in a suitcase is identified as a man who has been missing for two weeks. When the team inform his widow, Cassidy, she seems unaffected and points the finger at her brother-in-law, Charlie. But Charlie claims that Cassidy is a control freak whom his brother planned to leave. Is Cassidy a cold fish or a ruthless killer? Meanwhile, David tries to convince Mulgrew to reveal what he knows.
When another black police officer is murdered, the team suspect he is the latest victim of the killer cop. After speaking with Sgt. Durrant, who attended a stop-and-search with the victim in the hours before his death, as well as with the subject of the search, the detectives suspect the crimes are racially motivated and attempt to save a high-profile target. David and Vivienne cross a huge line.
Bonus: Behind the Scenes: The cast and crew of of London Kills take you behind the scenes of series 3.
DC Rob Brady wakes up in his car with a witness lying dead next to him and is arrested on suspicion of murder; in his eagerness to clear Rob's name, DI David Bradford interferes with the investigation against DS Vivienne Cole's advice.
When Major Len Miller is found dead at the bottom of his stairs, a bloody fingerprint implicates his grandson; as David and Vivienne shed light on a dark secret from the major's past, they also must deal with the fallout from their indiscretion.
After young medical student Japesh Patel is stabbed to death, Billie wonders if it's connected to a similar, non-fatal attack on a gang member. Meanwhile, tensions between David and Vivienne reach a breaking point
A delivery driver is killed, and a trace of his movements places him at a pub that his wife frequents; she has a motive, but she's an alcoholic and can't remember if she killed him or not; when David doesn't turn up for work, Vivienne confronts him.
A boxer confesses to killing her manager, but the detectives think she may be covering for her father; when a suspect accuses David of planting evidence, he's devastated to realize the team has doubts, and he makes a decision about his future.
