JamesPurefoystarsasWilliamTravers,acriminalbarristerwhoisrecoveringfromatraumaticseriesofeventsthathaveshakenhisbeliefinthelegalsystem.
Onthesurface,Traversisapictureofsuccess;anaccomplishedcriminalbarristerhappilylivingwithhiswife(playedbyDervlaKirwan)inruralSuffolk.
However,TraversisstillrecoveringfromeventsinhispastwhenheisdrawnintoacasethatinvolveshisoldfriendMartinNewall(NathanielParker),whofacesconspiracyandmurderchargeswhileatthesametimebeinginvestigatedbyaviciousandvengefuldetectiveDSMarkWenborn(CreedMiles).
Thefive-partseriesfromacclaimedwriterAnthonyHorowitz(Collision,Foyle'sWar)isastoryoffriendship,conspiracy,betrayalandmurderaswellasacriticallookatthewaythelegalsystemoperates.
