Red Bones: Part 2 is the second episode of Series One of the Scottish television crime drama Shetland. It first aired on 11 March 2013 and is based on the Ann Cleeves novel Red Bones which was published in 2009.
Synopsis[]
With two murders and no strong leads, can DI Perez apprehend the suspect before crowds descend on the Shetland Islands for Up Helly Aa, the biggest fire festival in Europe?
Plot[]
When no other prints are found on the knife that killed Hattie, suicide is the first thought as her mother says she was prone to depression. However Perez discovers that she had had a fling with Berglund, which could jeopardise his dig. Perez matches a necklace Hattie was holding to one in an old photograph of Mima with Per Lungstad, one of the Norwegian escapees in the war. Per was supposedly drowned but no body found. However the list of suspects grows as Perez discovers that Berglund was also having an affair with Ronald's wife Anna Haldane, a fact Mima could have seen and that Ronald was in debt to Duncan Hunter. Ultimately, Perez learns that Mima was upset to see the body being dug up on the archaeological site, reminding her of a secret love affair from over sixty years ago. Ailing Andrew Haldane supplies Perez with some of the facts but as the crowds gather for Up-Helly-Aa, Perez must work out the precise link between past and present and the reason for Mima and Hattie being murdered.
Cast[]
- Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez
- Alison O'Donnell as DC Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh
- Erin Armstrong as Cassie Perez
- Steven Robertson as PC Sandy Wilson
- Mark Bonnar as Duncan Hunter
- Lewis Howden as Sgt Billy McCabe
- Gemma Chan as Hattie James
- Alexander Morton as Joseph Wilson
- Martin Wenner as Professor Paul Berglund
- Sophie Rundle as Sophie (Red Bones)
- Geraldine Alexander as Gwen James
- Finn Den Hertog as Drew
- Alison Peebles as Vicky Kirkland
- Claire Rafferty as Anna Haldane
- Jim Sturgeon as Ronald Haldane
- Lindy Whiteford as Jackie Haldane
- James Greene as Andrew Haldane
- Brian Cox as Magnus Bain (uncredited)