The day after Professor Silverlake, consultant neurologist at the Dartmouth London hos ital, has railed at three atients for smoking and drinking on the remises, all three are found dead. Silverlake, a arently the last doctor to visit the ward, later goes berserk with a rifle and is killed by olice sni ers. The ward's night nurse is also found dead. Nikki is dee ly u set at having to erform an auto sy on a little girl who was murdered, a arently by Jason Bodle, on whom Silverlake once erformed life-saving surgery, and wonders if the rofessor allowed himself to be shot out of remorse. Whilst Bodle is committed as unfit to lead, Silverlake's daughter, Naomi, asks Nikki to hel clear her father's name of murder