Da Vinci's Inquest

A prostitute's body turns up in Vancouver Harbour, casting new light on old cases. Does she represent the latest victim of a serial killer who has stalked the city for years? And if so, how has he gone unnoticed? Da Vinci delves into the past, looking to link a string of seemingly unrelated deaths. But he meets resistance at every step--from his ex-wife, who performed the original autopsies; from his boss, who ruled the deaths accidental; and from the lead detective, who resents having his work questioned.

A prostitute's body turns up in Vancouver Harbour, casting new light on old cases. Does she represent the latest victim of a serial killer who has stalked the city for years? And if so, how has he gone unnoticed? Da Vinci delves into the past, looking to link a string of seemingly unrelated deaths. But he meets resistance at every step--from his ex-wife, who performed the original autopsies; from his boss, who ruled the deaths accidental; and from the lead detective, who resents having his work questioned.

A prostitute's body turns up in Vancouver Harbour, casting new light on old cases. Does she represent the latest victim of a serial killer who has stalked the city for years? And if so, how has he gone unnoticed? Da Vinci delves into the past, looking to link a string of seemingly unrelated deaths. But he meets resistance at every step--from his ex-wife, who performed the original autopsies; from his boss, who ruled the deaths accidental; and from the lead detective, who resents having his work questioned.

After a television reporter breaks a story about suspected euthanasia, Da Vinci demands that she reveal her source and Detectives Shannon and Leary attempt to uncover more facts. The ethical implications of the case strike close to home, however, when Da Vinci's aging father suffers a debilitating stroke.

An epidemic of fatal drug overdoses sends Da Vinci and Detectives Leary and Kosmo on a hunt for a dead addict's missing infant, as well as for the source of the killer heroin. The twisted trail winds from an informant to a couple of users but reaches an apparent dead-end--two bodies, both suspected dealers, murdered execution-style.

Accident or arson? That is the question when a nursing home burns, leaving most of the elderly residents dead and one missing. Evidence of abuse further arouses Da Vinci's suspicions. Meanwhile, his parents' growing difficulties at home give the coroner a deeply personal perspective on the harsh realities of eldercare.

Showing no obvious signs of foul play, a young woman's corpse is found in an underground parking garage. As the investigation proceeds, secrets upon secrets unfold, revealing a subculture steeped in sadomasochistic sex and apparently protected by political power.

Investigating the death of a street kid on the docks, Leary suspects that other boys had tortured the victim. But for Da Vinci, the case dredges up a long-ago failure. Determined not to repeat past mistakes, he pursues a suspect who might have the answer to what really happened to the boy.

A raucous party ends tragically with the gunshot death of a 15-year-old girl. Another in a series of teen suicides, or something more sinister? Answers prove tough to come by when the teenagers turn uncooperative. Troubled by his own increasingly distant daughter, Da Vinci becomes driven to find the truth.

After a drinking jag in a bar one night, Da Vinci falls under suspicion in a hit-and-run that injures a homeless man. Like sharks attracted to blood in the water, old enemies begin circling the embattled coroner. Even as he tries to clear himself, Da Vinci investigates a mysterious skeleton found beneath the Burrard Street Bridge.

In preparing to speak at a prestigious conference in Seattle, Da Vinci's ex-wife Patricia reexamines the case of a serial killer who preyed on prostitutes and wound up murdered himself. Her research reveals several discrepancies and uncovers new clues--ones that seem to point to the police as perpetrators.

Da Vinci joins forces with a San Francisco-based FBI investigator, Special Agent Charlotte Turner, to investigate a series of abductions and murders that crosses national borders. One abductee manages to escape alive, and detectives follow her trail to an isolated farmhouse, thinking they've broken the case. But Da Vinci faces an ethical dilemma as he attempts to extract information that might lead to other victims.

Da Vinci joins forces with a San Francisco-based FBI investigator, Special Agent Charlotte Turner, to investigate a series of abductions and murders that crosses national borders. One abductee manages to escape alive, and detectives follow her trail to an isolated farmhouse, thinking they've broken the case. But Da Vinci faces an ethical dilemma as he attempts to extract information that might lead to other victims.