Lindsay gets suspicious when Rebecca seems to be secretly awaiting an important letter and realizes just how much she was right when the letter finally arrives Ellenor gets a hysterical call from a client, who ran over a man in the street while drunk, and is shocked to discover exactly who he hit Hellen prosecutes two boys accused of rape and murder, each accusing the other, and ends up making a deal with the wrong one
Dr Brewster#39s suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy One possible suspect is Michael Steppings who threatened the Brewsters and their nurse after his daughter suffered severe sideeffects and is now in a vegetative state from a botched operation two years previously The forensics lab determines that one of Steppings#39s threatening letters was altered and Morse learns that Brewster may at one time been having an affair, so he must consider another possible motive for murder
Garden of Death—One of the most beautiful spots in the county becomes a source of contention Destroying Angel—When a hotel owner dies, the manager misses the reading of the will that names him partowner The Electric Vendetta—A mutilated body found in a crop circle leads some to suspect aliens have invaded Who Killed Cock Robin,—A murder mars plans for the upcoming wedding of the village squire’s daughter Dark Autumn—A postman is brutally murdered, and it turns out he was delivering more than the mail to village women Tainted Fruit—A wealthy young landlady fears for her life after she callously ignores the plight of an elderly tenant
南隍县东郊有一个偏僻的龙骨村,龙骨村里的安佛寺里有一尊魏晋时期的石佛,重达一点五吨,伟岸巍峨,栩栩如生,属于国家一级保护文物可是这天早晨,村民们发现保佑这方水土长达几千年的石佛竟然在一夜之间不翼而飞了 文物组的同志们在现场没有发现犯罪嫌疑人的任何蛛丝马迹,唯一的线索是这群犯罪分子竟然在偷盗大佛前,曾虔诚地给大佛供奉上香,保佑他们盗佛成功这是一群什么样的罪犯呢,文物组推断可能是团伙作案,有大型交通工具,并且本地人作案的可能性比较大围绕这三个推断,同志们开始了缜密而又漫长的摸排和侦查 在侦查过程中,线索一个一个涌现,又一个一个被排除由于龙骨村地处偏远,落后贫穷,村民有的愚昧,有的贪婪,还有的村民和走访干警讨价还价,要求民警先帮助他教育自己的女婿然后才肯提供线索,诸如此类令人苦笑不得的情况屡屡发生,造成调查取证工作变得异常艰难曲折 经过一段时间的辛苦工作,干警们终于发现了两条非常有价值的线索,一是本村一个叫狗三的两劳人员嫌疑很大另外,有村民反映,曾看见一辆盖着帆布的东风客车在村里出没文物组先开始根据村民记忆里帆