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Silent Witness volume 11
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English
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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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English
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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 8
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English
Description
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 2
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English
Description
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 4
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English
Description
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 9
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English
Description
When the half-naked body of a 12-year-old is discovered floating in a drainage ditch near his school, the team is called in, bringing Nikki back in contact with one of her former teachers, Noel Hopkins, now headmaster. During Harry's preliminary examination they find clear signs of abuse, and when the police discover the victim was last seen with another boy, Liam, who has also gone missing, they fear he may have been abducted.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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English
Description
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 5
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English
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Harry and Nikki's tentative new relationship is jeopardized when Harry's ex-girlfriend is killed. Nikki takes on the case, which looks like suicide, but Harry becomes obsessed. Meanwhile, Leo works on the elaborately staged murder of conceptual artist Jimmy Triangle.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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English
Description
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 8
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English
Description
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 9
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English
Description
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 7
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English
Description
Nikki and Jack are under pressure when a teenager's remains halt an eco-housing project, while Leo is trapped in a dangerous hospital siege as distraught Tom Hancock holds a ward at gunpoint to turn off his terminally ill son's life support.
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Silent Witness volume 10
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English
Description
The search for Liam resumes. Nikki's loyalty towards her former mentor, Noel Hopkins, is severely tested when past allegations of sexual misconduct from a former student surfaces. Leo and Harry refuse to give up their search for Liam, as they try to identify and locate a toxic chemical, which was found in both bodies. If they can find the source of the chemical, they may find where Liam is being held.
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Silent Witness volume 7
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English
Description
When Nikki attends a car crash she is horrified to learn that she knew the victim, a woman convicted for four years for her part in a murder - on Nikki's evidence. She allegedly goaded her boyfriend into committing the crime, but now the debate over the original finding is raised again, very publicly.
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Silent Witness volume 8
Language
English
Description
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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Silent Witness volume 5
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English
Description
Harry is called to investigate the death of Dawn Pivcevic, who seemingly drowned in a paddling pool containing three inches of water.
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Series
Silent Witness volume 12
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English
Description
Nikki clashes with Zambian police as she makes further investigations into Rachel's disappearance. But when a hotel report that Rachel has checked in, the team are shocked to discover Bethany's body there instead.
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Silent Witness volume 10
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English
Description
Nikki, Jack and Leo struggle to identify the human remains with only sections of skeleton found and basic forensic facilities. As they put the pieces together and assemble the skull fragments, they make an unnerving discovery that challenges their theory of what happened to Dan Lambert.
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Silent Witness volume 7
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English
Description
Leo battles with the authorities at the notorious Redhill prison to seek justice for the murder of an ex-prison inspector.
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Silent Witness volume 8
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English
Description
Leo races to find a connection between two apparently motiveless murders as a third killing takes place at a school and the police decide they are looking for a serial killer. Nikki, meanwhile, proves that her elderly victim did not die as a result of being attacked.
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