Da Vinci's Inquest

As detectives Kosmo and Leary investigate a young man's suspicious death in a diplomat's hotel bathroom, Da Vinci intensifies his advocacy for a red-light district in Vancouver. Soon another case adds urgency to his quest, the latest in a series of similar deaths stretching back years. New evidence suggests that the authorities may have the wrong man in prison for the crimes.

As detectives Kosmo and Leary investigate a young man's suspicious death in a diplomat's hotel bathroom, Da Vinci intensifies his advocacy for a red-light district in Vancouver. Soon another case adds urgency to his quest, the latest in a series of similar deaths stretching back years. New evidence suggests that the authorities may have the wrong man in prison for the crimes.

Vincent Marx, the man convicted for a string of murders involving prostitutes, is found hanging in his prison cell. But with new forensic evidence and a zealous new lawyer promising to exonerate him, why would he kill himself?

After a security guard shoots a robber in an armored-car holdup, detectives Shannon and Kosmo suspect an inside job. Meanwhile, Da Vinci investigates a high-speed police chase that left two civilians dead and a cop seriously injured.

The death of a woman in a fall down her basement stairs turns far more complicated than it first appears. Across town, the death of a prominent cabinet minister looks suspicious from the very beginning.

After a herring boat capsizes, claiming the lives of three experienced fishermen, Da Vinci launches an inquest into their deaths. He must navigate the conflicting interests of bereaved family members, union officials, and the fishing company in an attempt to find the truth.

Bodies begin turning up in the backyards of senior boarding houses. Although the victims show no obvious signs of foul play, Da Vinci and police soon find themselves on the trail of pension scam artists and possible murderers.

When the body of a young boy washes up in the waters below the Second Narrows Bridge and shows signs of sexual abuse, Da Vinci attempts to drive the investigation forward to protect other children at risk without prematurely exposing the suspect.

After a policeman shoots an apparently deranged, knife-wielding man, Da Vinci convenes an inquest to determine whether cops followed proper procedure. But do his questions probe his former colleagues on the force deeply enough?

Da Vinci and Shannon face an ethical dilemma after finding a winning $2 million lottery ticket in the apartment of a deceased former logger. Meanwhile, Leary antes into a poker game with stakes far higher than mere money.

While Shannon and Winston probe the shooting of a drug dealer, Kosmo and Leary investigate the death of a three-year-old boy. Although he supposedly died in a fall from a swing, the child shows signs of shaken baby syndrome.

Police find a prostitute bound and gagged in the back of a truck driven by a mild-mannered accountant--giving them a new suspect for Vancouver's hooker-stalking serial killer. At the same time, Shannon and Winston try to make sense of a mysterious electrocution.

A psychiatric evaluation reveals that accountant and suspected murderer Larry Williams presents an imminent threat, but he gets out on bail. Da Vinci and police scour old files, solicit DNA from victims' relatives, and frantically collect other evidence before he can kill again.