Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness

Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a murder that has all of the earmarks of a killer, George Marlow (Tim Woodward), she put away some time ago. Marlow has always maintained his innocence but Jane concludes that it must be a copycat killer, especially after she learns that the details of the Marlow killings were detailed in a book. The Detective Chief Inspector on the case, Tom Mitchell (Christopher Fulford), thinks that they should re-open the cases for which Marlow was convicted and consider the possibility that an error was made, but Jane flatly refuses. As the killings continue, the second victim is a sixteen-year-old girl, pressure mounts and Jane's intransigence forces Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Kernan (John Benfield) to take her off the case. Jane will not be tied down however and continues to investigate the case on her own, getting her into further trouble with her superiors. The presence of gardenia scented perfume on the victims gives her the vital clue she needs to solve the mystery and identify the killer.