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- StarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterRay BrooksForensic scientist Dr. Edwin Lorrimer is murdered. Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is assigned the case, having recently investigated another killing in the area. His pursuit of the truth unravels a web of dark secrets.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterGeoffrey PalmerA woman is found strangled in the back of a car, left parked in a field. Dr Lorrimer of the Hoggits Laboratory is at loggerheads with D.I. Doyle for the slowness of his results. Lorrimer singles out Clifford Bradley to take the blame.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterGeoffrey PalmerDr. Maxim Howarth is promoted as director the Hoggits Laboratory a head of Dr. Edwin Lorrimer. There is no love lost between the pair due to his wife Domenica. Commander Dalglish takes over the murder investigation of the strangled girl.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterGeoffrey PalmerDr. Edwin Lorrimer is found murdered in his laboratory having argued with Paul Middlemass over his bullying of staff. Dalgleish is suspicious that cleaner Mrs Bidwell was told not go to the laboratory making it a premeditated murder.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterRay BrooksClifford Bradley cracks up under questioning about Dr Lorrimer's murder. A mysterious woman telephones Lorrimer's father quoting several numbers, to him, including 1840. He believes Stella Mawson has stolen documents from him.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterRay BrooksDomenica confesses to Dalgleish that she had an affair with Dr Lorrimer. Stella Mawson confides to Angela Foley that she knows who the murderer is and plans to write it in a book believing it will pay off their mortgage.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRoy MarsdenBarry FosterRay BrooksStella Mawson's body is found hanging in the chapel. Dalgliesh informs Angela that Stella was once married to Dr Lorrimer. He is also convinced that she was blackmailing the murderer but Angela denies she would even if it was a woman.
- StarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertMel MartinFollows Adam Dalgliesh as he investigates the death of Alice Liddell. A woman who ran a home for unwed mothers.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertBill FraserUnwed mother Sally Jupp meets Dalgliesh when her friend Stavros is murdered. Dr. Stephen Maxie makes his mother hires Sally as housemaid, but the rest of the household hates her. Dalgliesh tracks the drug ring Stavros was part of.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertBill FraserSally blackmails her uncle for airfare to Venezuela. Stephen's engagement to Sally shatters the family. Dalgliesh narrows the suspects down to the one person missing when the victim was found.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertBill FraserDalgiesh learns of Sally's attempt to blackmail Victor and her letters from Venezuela. Deborah is attacked. The Maxie family and guests start suspecting each other.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertJulian GloverAdam Dalgleish has found circumstantial evidence involving the Maxie's daughter, Deborah, in the drugs and murder case he is investigating. Her brother is one of the suspects in another murder that took place in the Maxie's manor.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertBill FraserDeborah Maxie suspects her brother of killing his fiancee Sally and tells their mother. Dalgleish learns that Sally has been getting letters from Venezuela; her uncle confesses that he had been in her room the night she was killed.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenPhyllis CalvertBill FraserMartha's venom spills out, and she admits having put sleeping pills in Sally's cocoa. A surprise arrives from Venezuela, and the two murderers of Dalgleish's two cases are brought to justice.
- StarsRoy MarsdenMartin JarvisJohn Franklyn-RobbinsMajor Dalgliesh investigates mysterious deaths at Toynton Grange, a home for the disabled, where his former teacher, Father Baddeley, who invited him there, resides.
- DirectorRonald WilsonStarsRoy MarsdenPauline CollinsMartin JarvisToynton Grange is a nursing home in financial difficulty. Dalgliesh has been injured in a drug raid and invited to go there by an old friend. A fatal "accident" happens near the Black Tower..
- DirectorRonald WilsonStarsRoy MarsdenPauline CollinsMartin JarvisThere are two mysterious deaths at the nursing home Father Baddeley invited Dalgliesh to come to--one is the priest himself. Poison pen letters are being received also.
- DirectorRonald WilsonStarsRoy MarsdenPauline CollinsMartin JarvisUrsula, an MS patient, had run away from the Grange but decides to return. Dalgliesh continues to investigate his friend's death and learns there are many motives to explore. A fire in the Black Tower almost kills someone.
- DirectorRonald WilsonStarsRoy MarsdenPauline CollinsMartin JarvisToynton Grange's religious façade is revealed to have covered adultery, ex-cons, fraud, and even murder. Dalgliesh relentlessly investigates the two suspicious deaths and a fire that almost claimed another victim.
- DirectorRonald WilsonStarsRoy MarsdenPauline CollinsMartin JarvisA vote is scheduled: will Toynton Grange continue as a nursing home under the Trust or be sold? Everyone suspects everyone else's innocence. Could the cloud of suspicion result in a suicide?
- StarsRoy MarsdenJoss AcklandSheila AllenWhen a student nurse with a penchant for petty blackmail is lethally poisoned during a routine procedure, Commander Dalgliesh and Inspector Massingham have to discover which, of the many guilty secrets held by the staff and students at Nightingale House, was a strong enough motive for murder.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsRoy MarsdenJoss AcklandSheila AllenThe Nightingale Hospital holds a person of interest for Dalgleish, and one of its student nurses has a taste for minor blackmail.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsRoy MarsdenJoss AcklandSheila AllenAccusations fly around following the bizarre death of the Nurse. Adam is under real pressure to get the case solved.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsRoy MarsdenJoss AcklandSheila AllenThe Nightingale is comparable to a goldfish bowl, everyone knows one another's business, and now Adam has three deaths to investigate.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsRoy MarsdenJoss AcklandSheila AllenAdam continues to interview the staff at The Nightingale, but it's Mrs Dettinger who holds a vital clue.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsRoy MarsdenJoss AcklandSheila AllenDalgliesh continues to hunt for the killer, despite the various red herrings placed before him. A fire causes problems at The Nightingale.
- StarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesWhilst on holiday on the English coast in Norfolk, Commander Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the hunt for the serial killer - The Whistler - amidst a backdrop of mystery and intrigue surrounding the running of a local nuclear power station.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesAt the seaside dealing with his late aunt Jane's estate, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh learns that a serial killer, known locally as the Whistler, is on the prowl. The local policeman in charge of the case, Tony Rickards, seeks his advice. He also meets a number of the locals including someone who works at the local nuclear power plant who alludes to safety issues and an anti-nuclear activist who seems bent on raising a ruckus.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesWhen another dead woman is found, many assume it is the work of the Whistler. Discovered by Miles Lessingham while on his way to Dr. Alex Mair's home for a dinner party, the woman had been strangled and was lying just off the road. The victim was Christine Baldwin, an employee at the nuclear facility. Still worried about the computer virus and the impact it could have on the safety of the nuclear reactors, Toby Gledhill decides to join the anti-nuclear movement. Hilary Robarts is trying to evict the Blaney family from her cottage. Alice Mair is still haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesWalking home late one night, Commander Dalgliesh discovers the body of Hilary Robarts. The killing has all the hallmarks of the Whistler's work but this is now the second woman from the nuclear plant to be killed. Ryan Blaney was out walking at the time and doesn't have much of an alibi. Likewise, Caroline Amphlett, another plant employee, pressures a colleague to provide her with an alibi. As Chief Inspector Rickards questions the dead woman's colleagues and acquaintances, Dalgliesh learns that Toby Gledhill has disappeared.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesWith Toby Gledhill's suicide, there is one less suspect in the mix. No one is quite sure why he killed himself, let alone in such a public manner, but most are putting it down to a breakdown of some sort. Chief Inspector Rickards continues to interview various suspects and possible witnesses and is starting to find holes in many of their alibis. Dalgliesh gets some interesting information about Caroline Amphlett including the fact that she has purchased a large boat and is stocking it for seems to be a long voyage. Her boyfriend, Jonathan Reeves, questions the wisdom of having provided her with an alibi. Ryan Blaney's daughter Theresa has an appendicitis attack and fearing that she might die, tells her father that she has something important that she must share with their parish priest.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesWhile strolling on the beach, Adam Dalgliesh comes across a tramp who is wearing relatively new trainers that may match some of the footprints found at one of the murder sites. The computer virus in the nuclear facility's computer system is getting out of control and they are forced to take the reactors off-line. Miles Lessingham sees a reason for Alex Mair to want Hilary Robarts out of the way. Jonathan Reeves travels to London to see what he can learn about Caroline Amphlett. While he learns little, it turns out she has quite a bit to hide. The Whistler commits suicide in a local seaside hotel and is identified as local handyman Neville Potter. He leaves a note for Dalgliesh claiming he is not responsible for Hilary Robarts' murder.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSusannah YorkGemma JonesCaroline Amphlett's true purpose in working at the nuclear plant is revealed and Dalgliesh confers with the Security Service on the next steps. It is not clear however who it is that rammed her boat. Chief Inspector Rickards is ready to close the Robarts murder case as unsolved but Dalgliesh urges him to continue and provides his own profile of the killer. Meg Dennison's alibi is weak and she clearly wasn't at home when she claimed to be. Theresa Blaney is at home recuperating and reveals to Alice Mair the identity of the person she saw at the beach the night Hilary Robarts was murdered.
- StarsRoy MarsdenRicci HarnettBritta SmithDalgliesh and his team investigate the murder of a top flight lawyer with an abrasive reputation and turbulent private life.
- DirectorRoss DevenishStarsPhilip StoneNicola MycroftPenny DownieHubert St. John Langton is stepping down as Head of Chambers, Venetia Aldridge QC is looking to replace him on her way to becoming a judge. Unfortunately for Venetia, she has just ten days to live and many enemies.
- StarsIan McNeiceRichard HuwFrederick TrevesGary Ashe, who was acquitted of the murder of his aunt, has moved into the home of Venetia Aldridge's daughter Octavia. Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of Mrs Carpenter, who blamed Venetia for getting off a killer in 1994.
- StarsBritta SmithRoy MarsdenSarah WinmanDalgliesh and Miskin learn that Mrs Carpenter had discovered Venetia Aldridge's body and may have been murdered for keeping something the killer wanted. Gary Ashe goes on the run taking Octavia Aldridge with him.
- StarsMartin ShawJanie DeeSamantha BondAdam Dalgliesh looks into the connection between the grisly exhibits at the Dupayne family museum and the murder of adopted son Neville.