ThedayafterProfessorSilverlake, consultantneurologistattheDartmouthLondonhospital, hasrailedatthreepatientsforsmokinganddrinkingonthepremises, allthreearefounddead.Silverlake, apparentlythelastdoctortovisittheward, latergoesberserkwitharifleandiskilledbypolicesnipers.Theward’snightnurseisalsofounddead.Nikkiisdeeplyupsetathavingtoperformanautopsyonalittlegirlwhowasmurdered, apparentlybyJasonBodle, onwhomSilverlakeonceperformedlife-savingsurgery, andwondersiftheprofessorallowedhimselftobeshotoutofremorse.WhilstBodleiscommittedasunfittoplead, Silverlake’sdaughter, Naomi, asksNikkitohelpclearherfather’snameofmurder.