Forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan returns to Cambridge to take up a teaching assignment and to work for the police as required. In her first case, she has to deal with the death of a six year old girl find floating in a nearby river. The autopsy reveals that the child has suffered previous abuse, including cigarette burns and several broken ribs. Sam receives information from a prison inmate that implicates someone in a previous death and Sam suggests a radical step. In her personal life, Sam has to deal with her elderly mother who is showing signs of dementia and her sister Wyn with whom she has a strained relationship.
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- Sam Ryan
- Marion Wallace
- Prisoner 1
- Michael Wallace
- Trevor Stewart
- Dorian Cross
- Gary Phillips
- Gwen Blair
- Priest
- Waitress
- Jenny Stewart
- Marcia Evans
- Tom Adams
- Kerry Cox
- D.S. Farmer
- P.C. Coleman
- P.C. North
- Fred Dale
- Mrs. Phillips
- Wyn Ryan
- Beryl Ryan
- Ricky Ryan
- Jean
- Prisoner 2
- Ken
- Coroner
- Solicitor
- Forensic Officer
- Self
- Forensic Officer