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'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
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'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
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'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
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Silent Witness volume 11
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When Rachel Harrington's bones are found in Zambia, her expat father and local mining engineer, Stephen, asks the team to come out to investigate. Rachel had been accusing the government of a health cover-up, and an initial examination shows evidence of multiple stab wounds. But as the team investigates further, it seems the government weren't the only ones to have been rubbed up the wrong way by Rachel.
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Silent Witness volume 7
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Memories of his own daughter's death are stirred when Leo is called in to investigate the suicide of a young girl. Confusion arises when the case is linked to that of a car salesman. Meanwhile, Nikki investigates the death of an elderly woman.
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Silent Witness volume 9
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When fragments of skeleton are found, it seems clear that it is that of a girl who went missing two years before - until Nikki establishes that the bones actually belong to two people. Meanwhile, when a woman dies from a fall, the life assurance company refuses to pay out, claiming she was drunk.
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Silent Witness volume 3
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Sam Ryan takes on a gangland murder case to help builder Brian McNally, whom she believes to be innocent.
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Silent Witness volume 1
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Top pathologist Sam Ryan is now a professor teaching at London University. Sam is called in by ex-Detective Inspector Leslie Peterson, now a Coroner's officer, who is investigating the ditching of a helicopter ferrying crew to a gas rig with 14 passengers and two crew on board.
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Silent Witness volume 2
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Having found the body of the girl whose arm was found at the crash scene the team learn of an Albanian connection, while DCI Deacon continues to try and divide Sam and Leo. And there is no shortage of people who think they are responsible for the crash.
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Silent Witness volume 4
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Harry and Nikki discover more about the tangled lives of the inhabitants on Magnolia Drive.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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Whilst Nikki and Jack close the net on Brian Blackburn's troubled son for murdering his co-worker at the eco-housing project, Leo finally finds someone willing to confirm his fear about the mysterious local health hazard. But when his would-be-informant is found murdered, Leo is convinced he was the victim of a government conspiracy to conceal the truth.
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Silent Witness volume 10
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Jack's world is blown apart by the discovery of Hannah's dead body and Nikki uncovers the truth behind Jack and Ryan's strained relationship. Dr. Christy Nash fears for his marriage and business when DI Carter learns of his relationship with 15-year-old Katie. As Jack's suspicion of Ryan grows, his lone investigation puts him in grave danger and life will never be the same again...
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Silent Witness volume 5
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Diplomat Ryan Reed is watching the US ambassador on a late night current affairs show. However, when heading home he is seemingly targeted by an assassin. Led by SIO DCI Ben Solomon, the Lyell team arrive at the scene to find Reed's body posed - sitting upright on a bench with his hand tucked inside his jacket. An argument ensues between the Police and the US Embassy staff who claim the murder falls under their jurisdiction. Our team have to fight...
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Silent Witness volume 6
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The police are still convinced that Matthews is responsible for his wife's death, until one of the team points out to Ross an old case file. Eight years before, a man called Baxter was killed in exactly the same way as Alan. Ross asks Sam to compare the B
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Silent Witness volume 4
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A paranoid schizophrenic goes on a violent frenzy in a busy high street and two people are left dead. Then when a young man from the same care home commits suicide, Nikki becomes convinced that there is a connection. Meanwhile Harry tries to find the truth about a teenage suicide's death for her devastated mother, and Leo investigates the murder of a bank manager.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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With Harry dead and Leo and Nikki getting nowhere with the police, the pathologists struggle to clear Harry's name, while the police seem intent on covering up a wider conspiracy.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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The death of a second Hasidic boy, Chaim, convinces Harry they are looking for a Jewish killer, but without concrete evidence the police are reluctant to upset an already fragile relationship with the community. But when Binyomin appears to take the law into his own hands, Harry makes a shocking discovery that threatens to strain relations even further.
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Silent Witness volume 2
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Whilst Nikki, Leo and Jack struggle to ascertain how Deanna was killed and ended up in the Thames, DI Gold focuses on two main suspects in John Briggs' inner circle. However, when Geraldine makes a sinister confession about why she gave her daughter up for adoption and disowned her wealthy family, it dramatically changes the course of the investigation.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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While Harry and Nicky investigate DI Bridges, Leo puts himself in danger when he follows his instinct and trails violent prison officer Kessler.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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Leo's post-mortem of the victims reveals there were two guns used and possibly a second shooter. Nikki finds herself face to face with the suspected second gunman, but she realizes there may be a bigger plan in play.
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