The fiscal comes under suspicion of having killed an old lady in a hit-and-run road traffic collision, when the only eye-witness turns in a report of having seen a car like his at the scene of the crime.
A body found on moorland outside Glendoran turns out to be a escaped convict who had been involved in a bank robbery. Did he hide the proceeds in the town? Sutherland wants to know, but so do two Glasgow hard men.
Stella Ross returns to Glendoran after having served a jail sentence for the death of her husband. Her return is viewed with suspicion by Sutherland, but it seems that she just wants to live quietly - until she reports that she is receiving threatening phone calls.
Petty crook Stevie Sampson is on trial for resisting arrest but the Fiscal queries a £200 pendant and why an expensive Aberdeen barrister doesn't want it mentioned in court.
Tired of her strict father, schoolgirl Mary Campbell steals money from her teacher and runs off to find her mother in Glasgow. Knowing the truth Christine rushes off to find her.
Willie Lithgow falls to his death during a mountain climb with his brother Callum. Alec Duthie investigates and declares it an accident. Sutherland thinks it could be murder.
Hard man Charlie Connolly is convinced someone is following and the fiscal is behind it. When his sister is grabbed by a man holding a knife the situation dangerously escalates.
Sir William McWhirter objects to crofter Angus McInnes' house on the edge of his land. Built without planning permission the full force of the law will be now used to evict him.
Following the death of his father, troubled James McCrann returns to aid his mother and adapt to small island life. Now on trial a story, through witnesses, peel back a turbulent return
John Malcolm is on trial following a lorry crash in which passenger Keith Smith was burned alive and he failed to help. His wife had been Smith's girlfriend and looks suspicious.