Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death.

Blake helps the new Chief Superintendent investigate the mysterious death of a prominent businessman.

A kidnapping involving the winners of the first ever state lottery leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. Meanwhile Blake is waiting for the perfect moment to finally propose to Jean.

A jockey dies the morning after a big win. But Blake has other worries to deal with - his home life has unexpectedly been thrown into chaos. How will he solve this one?

When a solider is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake finds himself at the Ballarat Military Base facing his old nemesis Major Derek Alderton.

When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate.

A man falls from the Ballarat Fire Station bell tower. What appears to be a suicide turns into a murder investigation taking Blake deep into the heart of the Regional Fire Association.

When Blake's old friend turned enemy Derek Alderton is found dead, the hunt for the killer turns back onto Blake himself.