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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 1
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Young, highly successful Asian boxer, Kevin Sharma, drives his car onto a building site. Minutes later, he drags his bruised and bloody body out of a skip, leaving Tony Kennedy, the man he has just knocked down, still inside. Six weeks later, Sam Ryan and
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Silent Witness volume 7
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When the body of a pregnant Northern Irish girl is discovered, the team face the urgent task of finding the baby snatched from her womb. Father of the child, married-man Simon, is the prime suspect in DS Sally Kirchner's eyes. Meanwhile, Thomas uncovers the teenage girl's connections to a criminal underworld. Nikki and Jack encounter her addict boyfriend Nuri and ruthless drug dealer Bekir, suspected of masterminding the hit-killing of a Drugs Squad...
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Silent Witness volume 6
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Nikki is still in shock as the team arrive at Matt's residence but insists on working at the Lyell, determined to help. When analyzing crime scene photos and the positions of the victims' bodies, Nikki realizes there is a pattern and together the team uncover a secret that has been held by those at the very top of the U.S. government.
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Silent Witness volume 7
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When the badly decomposed body of a Hasidic man is discovered on disused wasteland, Harry is tasked to investigate his death, and to treat the community with care. Everything points towards a brutal anti-Semitic murder by a Polish laborer - but when the time of death contradicts his wife's last sighting, Harry becomes suspicious. Leo, meanwhile, is trying to unravel the events leading to the death of an Australian backpacker at a party.
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Silent Witness volume 1
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Forensic Pathologist Dr. Samantha Ryan moves back to Cambridge from London to take up a consultant's post at The Park Teaching Hospital. Sam's first case is the tragic death of a six-year-old girl, Sarah Crew, who is thought to have fallen from a rope swi
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Silent Witness volume 3
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When a body is found in a field near the village of Hartford, Nikki and the Lyell team confirm it is that of missing teenager Jason Forbes. Working to the theory that most killers strike close to home, the ambitious DCI Claire Ashby is committed to proving the guilt of her main suspect, local locksmith Malcolm Wilde.
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Silent Witness volume 10
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Harry finds himself in the middle of a dangerous cover-up and has to work against the clock to find those responsible. Meanwhile, Lionel's hearing continues, and Leo will eventually have to decide whether to follow his conscience, and betray his old friend and mentor.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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The Lyell team identify the concrete-encased remains as those of Derek Marshall, survived by his wife Sue and sister Ann. Clarissa traces payments to a cryogenics facility, leading to the discovery of another suspicious death. Lacking any proper documentation, the coroner orders a post-mortem into the cryogenically frozen body. How did they die, and why was the decision made to freeze them?
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Silent Witness volume 3
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Harry investigates a hit and run accident on a rundown council estate while Leo is drawn into the case of a woman killed in a terrible and suspicious fire at her house. Nikki examines a woman who collapsed and died on her hen night.
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Silent Witness volume 10
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Known Essex criminal Jason Simons is found murdered in a way that is perhaps too similar to Honeywell to be a coincidence. As anomalies in his post-mortem stack up, the team discovers that Simons was not what he seemed. Traces of drugs on Simons' penknife point them towards a major drugs importation, but his bereaved girlfriend Tess claims to know nothing about it. Suspicion turns back to Dean Fallon, but a discovery in his medical records and the...
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Silent Witness volume 2
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Nikki's suspicions over David Cannon are further aroused when she discovers blood in the boot of his car. With Thomas' support, she takes samples to test for DNA. Does it belong to Sally Vaughn?
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Silent Witness volume 6
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After Fox is beaten up, he believes his attackers were officers. Does Sam realize her investigation could point to police corruption? When a second drug dealer is murdered, the police consider it the work of vigilantes. But Sam proves a link back to Maggie Collins. It's a link which leads her to a doctor with a secret past, a corrupt drugs rehabilitation worker and finally DCI Hoskins herself. As the death toll mounts, is the murderer someone who...
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Silent Witness volume 4
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Following the death of murder suspect Brian McNally, Sam Ryan is approached by his daughter.
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Silent Witness volume 5
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The body of a woman is found on railway tracks in London, badly damaged from electrical burns. On the mortuary slab, the woman's recent and historic injuries suggest years of abuse, likely within the home. It's a difficult post-mortem for Nikki, as she is troubled by memories from her childhood.
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Silent Witness volume 5
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When suspected pedophile Dale Barge is found murdered in a children's playground, Nikki and Jack are brought in by inexperienced detective Rory Drennan. It's not long before the team link Barge's death to a missing child, Lizzie Craddock. Jack teams up with Child Protection DI, hard-nosed Gina Conroy. They put pressure on Lizzie's parents, Johnnie and Cheryl, to try to find her. Lizzie's social worker Louise is brought in to help, and Nikki encourages...
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Silent Witness volume 3
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Harry and Nikki try to remain professional when they find themselves on opposite sides of a high profile case, but it's not easy as they're both brilliant at what they do, and they soon show that every piece of evidence can be interpreted at least two ways.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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Nikki reaches out to Becky to help her deal with her trauma, as her father is implicated in the killings. Jack's paranoia about Clarissa leaving deepens further when the pair joins forces with Max. And the death of a schoolteacher proves key to the mystery.
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