The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Women and Children

Lucien investigates when a champion rower drowns after being thrown into Lake Wendouree to celebrate winning a race, and begins to suspect foul play.

The death of a local farmer leads Blake into Ballarat's murky world of late-night, back-street gambling and two brothers with contrasting fortunes.

When a woman is shot dead at a bonfire night celebration, the police arrest an aboriginal boy and Blake challenges the racist bias of both the police and the town.

When a communist student is found dead after a run-in with local workers, Blake sifts through the politics and intrigue to find the killer.

A famous actress surprises everyone at the Colonists Club by dropping dead on stage, leaving Chief Superintendent Munro convinced the killer is in the room.

Lucien investigates when one of Ballarat's most prominent surgeons is found dead on his own operating table, and is drawn into a web of jealousy and sexual intrigue.

Craig McLachlan is the sleuthing medic in 1950s Australia. Blake is called to a hotel where the owner has found a body in one of the rooms.

When Patrick Tyneman's son is arrested for the murder of a freemason, Blake must put his former rivalry with the Tynemans aside during his investigation.