In his first undercover role, Robert poses as a wheelchair-bound relative of the deceased, arrived from South Africa to look into buying the property. The final case of the season, Digging for Dirt , finds Hetty puzzling over why an old woman refuses to leave her ramshackle apartment in a building slated for demolition. It turns out she wants just desserts for the corrupt contractor who put up the original structure and stands to reap hefty profits from its replacement. Producer is Carol Parks. The series was created by John Bowen and David Cook, based on characters from Cook's novel, Missing Persons.
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