Silver Or Lead (Mafia For Hire Book 1)

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RefugeInAudacity: Tommy, who is convinced Catherine murdered [[spoiler: his mother]], thinks she mutilated her vaginally after death to dispel any ideas the serial killer is female, as he believes the police will not contemplate that a woman could do such a thing to another woman.

Cool Car: What's particularly noteworthy is that the ones owned by the bad guys play a role in their downfall. Great Escape: Darius Knezevic helps Tommy Lee Royce escape from custody during a sentencing hearing by organizing a distraction and providing clothing, a bicycle, and housing. It later falls apart when the latter thinks he's being setup to be killed. spoiler: Kevin]] goes from recognizing his mistakes in the beginning to accusing everyone around him for causing them by the end. Skill Will was originally set up for businesses and charities across Yorkshire, but the organization has now spread across United Kingdom.Leeds is the third largest city in the UK. It should already have a well-established Business Week that brings its business community together. It doesn’t and being a can-do organisation we decided to lead the charge." [16] See also [ edit ] NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Darius and Tommy both deserve credit. By sending his brother, Zeljko, and his Lieutenant, Victor, to move Tommy, he ends up not only wiping out most of the Halifax Mafia's leadership when Tommy ends up killing them, but also leaves himself vulnerable to arrest when Tommy gives a dying declaration implicating him in a murder. This effectively decimates his organization.]] Tommy Lee Royce becomes convinced Catherine is the one who murdered [[spoiler: his mother]]. It is made worse by the fact she left threatening messages on the victim's phone, which forces her colleagues to suspect her as a matter of procedure until she can be alibied and removed from the investigation. WhatDidIDoLastNight: ''Several'' characters get their rounds with this trope in Series 2: DS Wadsworth, Clare, Ann, and Neil. Wadsworth's is the most severe case, as he wasn't technically drunk, but had been drugged.

Only after releasing him did they realize the man who they had been cruising around with was actually the man they were looking for in the first place: a person of interest in the recent murder of a member of the Marriott family—a neighboring clan that had worked both with and against Melvin's family for years in the local drug trade. Does it matter? Not terribly. This series was too good for one scene to alter the fact that Happy Valley was almost always on its game this year. And when Happy Valley is at its best, nothing can touch it. Whither the Knezovices? Never My Fault: DS Wadsworth has a short but intense bout of this in the Tesco parking lot. To be fair, even he seems to recognize the irony. LongerThanLifeSentence: Catherine mentions in passing to Ann that Tommy Lee Royce's full prison sentence was 500 years. Bastard Bastard: Richard, Catherine's ex-husband, and Daniel, her son, see Ryan as this. Not surprising considering he is the product of the rape of Catherine's deceased daughter. Richard does begin to warm to Ryan as the series progresses.OneSteveLimit: Averted subtly. One of the serial killer's victims last name is Hughes, but despite being shown last series that this is the town where [[Creator/SylviaPlath Sylvia Plath Hughes]] is buried, nothing is ever made of the connection. UsefulNotes/CouncilEstate: Many are seen throughout the series, including where Tommy hides out after his run in with Catherine. Let Them Die Happy: Ann makes her father and Catherine promise not to tell Mrs. Gallagher that Ann was raped in captivity, knowing that she will die of cancer before the trial begins. MacPhee testified he heard five slow shots, then claimed Melvin Jr. came out and told him that he'd shot Marriott Jr. twice in the head, and three times in the chest.

Dirty Cop: Catherine's superiors to an extent, who have no problem damaging evidence to prevent the conviction of a local councillor who is supportive of them. When he was released, Melvin Jr. shouted "Hallelujah" and said he "was looking forward to a cold beer." The 26-year-old likely got his beer, but the celebration was short lived. Three days after being freed, his father, Jimmy Melvin Sr., was the intended target of gunfire outside of a pizza shop in Spryfield. Offing the Offspring: Darrell's mom Alison kills him with a shotgun after he confesses to being the Serial Killer. This plot’s also given us the marvellous Winnie, played by Angela Pleasence, stalwart of 70s costume drama and horror, and daughter of Donald. Tiny, twinkly and tough, Winnie is at least a surrogate aunt to Catherine and possibly a full surrogate mum. That means she’ll probably die horribly, so enjoy her now. Haider Ali, 41, of Halifax, sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of sexual activity with a child and causing a person to engage in sexual activity

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From the woman who brought you a female Buddy Cop Show in Manchester and two old people falling in love again, comes one very dark cop show (2014-2023). Ann also aspires to be one by the end of the series, as during her time in captivity she was forcefully injected with heroin, but refuses to succumb to the addiction. By the end of the third series, she is still drug-free. FictionalCounterpart: The fictional ''Yorkshire Police'' stands in for ''West Yorkshire Police'', which is responsible for policing the areas of Halifax and Calderdale in real life. Jimmy Melvin Sr. was sentenced to eight years in prison in 1994, along with nine others, for his role in the importation of a reported 3.5 tons of Middle East hashish to Nova Scotia three years prior.