An aerial photographer spots a corpse in a field. When DI Ken Johnson investigates he calls in Dangerfield to supervise the forensic examination.

Dangerfield is called in to re-examine Diana, the suspected rape victim, when she says she has been attacked again. His daughter Alison, meanwhile, discovers the fine line between amorous advances and date rape.

When Dangerfield is called in to examine a suspected rape victim, he is startled to see his girlfriend Kate Durrani is the duty solicitor assigned to defend the man accused of the attack.

Paul's shaky relationship with Di Ken Jackson deteriorates further when he promises to keep an old patient's secret for 24 hours. He finds his family life hardly any less complicated when his son Marty, feeling neglected and alienated, takes off to Aberdovey.

Paul's son Marty gets caught up in an accidental shootingwhich results in the death of a local farmer. Dangerfield is called out to examine the body.

Paul Dangerfield, local GP, forensic surgeon and recently widowed father of two teenage children, is leant on to clear an officer of a charge of brutality.