First broadcast 2nd/9th/16th July 1985.

The discovery of a skeleton under the floorboards of a house leads to the release of a man Taggart arrested for the murder of his wife 9 years prior.

Mark McManus ... DCI Jim Taggart
Alastair Duncan ... DS Peter Livingstone (as Neil Duncan)
Tom Watson ... Superintendent Murray
Colette O'Neil ... Josephine Peebles
J.G. Devlin ... Bill Lynch
John Carlin ... George Cunningham
Jake D'Arcy ... Ronnie McIsaac
Bill Leadbitter ... Alan Tulloch
Alexander Morton ... David Balfour
John McGlynn ... Mike Balfour
Maureen Beattie ... June Balfour
Ron Bain ... Laurie Johnson
Valerie Lush ... Mrs. Robertson
Harriet Buchan ... Jean Taggart
Geraldine Alexander ... Alison Taggart
Sybil Wintrope ... Carol
Jackie Farrell ... Norman Burt
Anne Myatt ... Sheila Burt
Ken Drury ... Det. Constable Sinclair
Robert Robertson ... Dr. Stephen Andrews
Gavin Brown ... Sgt. Blackman
Joe Mullaney ... Dougie Turnball
Steven Whinnery ... Tom
Mike Travis ... Jack
Annie Louise Ross ... Dr. Burns (as Anne-Louise Ross)
Anne Downie ... Mrs. Cochrane
Edith Ruddick ... Mrs. Moy
Betty Bright ... Rose Dawson