A murder mystery set against the stunning Scottish backdrop of the Shetland Isles. A severed hand washes up on a Shetland beach, with further body parts discovered in a holdall that has been dumped at sea. Perez (Douglas Henshall) and the team begin a complex murder investigation.
David Kane returns as lead writer for series 5 and will also exec produce, with episodes 1, 3, 5 and 6 written by him.