Movie Description:
Worried by the sinister political implications of his current murder case,Scotland Yard`sAdam Dalgliesh is off toa teaching hospital for nurses tointerview a prime suspect, critically ill arms dealer Martin Dettinger. The hospital,he discovers, is a hot- bed of blackmail teeming with mysteriousmotives. At the somber adjoining training wing and nurses` residence, therisk of death seems greater than in any ward- one of them right beforeDalgliesh`s eyes. Not originally assigned to these casesand against orders from superiors, Dalgliesh takes them on. With trademarkcool, the shrewd, incisive detective is soon navigating a labyrinth of intrigues, jealousies and some very darksecrets. Someone is trying to bury thepast and is ready, willing and able to kill again to keep it from being resurrected.
