Commander Dalgliesh is called to Norfolk to look into a murder, which he believes has no connection with the case that he is currently working on. But then one of the forensic scientists at Hoggatt's laboratory, who are experts in violent death, is found murdered.

Commander Dalgliesh is called to Norfolk to look into a murder, which he believes has no connection with the case that he is currently working on. But then one of the forensic scientists at Hoggatt's laboratory, who are experts in violent death, is found murdered.

Adam 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.

Deborah 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.

Commander Dalgliesh is called to Norfolk to look into a murder, which he believes has no connection with the case that he is currently working on. But then one of the forensic scientists at Hoggatt's laboratory, who are experts in violent death, is found murdered.

Commander Dalgliesh is called to Norfolk to look into a murder, which he believes has no connection with the case that he is currently working on. But then one of the forensic scientists at Hoggatt's laboratory, who are experts in violent death, is found murdered.

Commander Dalgliesh is called to Norfolk to look into a murder, which he believes has no connection with the case that he is currently working on. But then one of the forensic scientists at Hoggatt's laboratory, who are experts in violent death, is found murdered.

Commander Dalgliesh is called to Norfolk to look into a murder, which he believes has no connection with the case that he is currently working on. But then one of the forensic scientists at Hoggatt's laboratory, who are experts in violent death, is found murdered.

This is the conclusion of the 7-part Death of an Expert Witness, as included in The Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles, a Region 2 DVD collection.

An arms dealer with a heart problem is too ill to stand trial and taken to a teaching hospital for treatment. Dalgliesh questions him and tensions among the nurses and other medical staff start to be revealed.

Despite being present during the death of one of the student nurses, Dalgliesh is not asked run the investigation. Further relationships between the staff are revealed. Dettinger, the arms dealer, recognizes somebody from his past.

Following the death of a second student nurse, and that of the arms dealer Dettinger, Dalgliesh is put in charge of investigating all three deaths due to the potential links between the cases. Potential motives start to be revealed.

Dalgliesh starts to make progress despite the lies and evasions of the people who have been interviewed. Dettinger's final words, as told to his wife, reveal a dark past for one of the nurses.

As the story reaches its climax, history catches up with the older staff. A blaze due to arson at the summer house reveals yet another body. Dalgliesh solves the murders of the nurses but struggles to find enough evidence to prevent further loss of life.

Unwed 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.

Sally 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.

Dalgiesh 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.

Martha'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.

Toynton 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..

There 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.

Ursula, 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.

Toynton 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.

A 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?

Although an inquest into the latest victim proves inconclusive, Dalgliesh has more success with Henry Carwardine. The inspector is near to a solution...

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is asked by a friend, Home Office Minister Sir Paul Berowne, to be aware correspondence of a personal nature he's received. He's not being blackmailed and so there's nothing to investigate per se and he only wants Adam to keep an eye on what's going on. Sir Paul's personal life is somewhat complicated. He lives in the shadow of his late brother Hugo and has little time for his wife Barbara who is having an affair with Stephen Lampart. She is now pregnant but insists that the child is his. He's fed up with it all and decides to chuck it all in....