In ‘Striker’ Morse solves a case of a Northern Irish footballer being threatened by paramilitaries, in ‘Scherzo’ the murder of a cab driver near a naturist resort, and deals with the consequences of a murder spree at a hotel eight years ago. Meanwhile in ‘Terminus’ Sam Thursday goes AWOL in Northern Ireland, causing conflict in the Thursday family and Morse remains stranded at an abandoned hotel during a snowstorm.