Walls of Silence

A promising young musician, who has just been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy, is discovered dead in a lake. The youngster has an unfortunate link to Andy Dalziel, a fact that causes him to be pulled from the case by ACC Belinda Kennedy. As they investigate the youngsters troubled life more secrets come out. Dalziel meanwhile picks up a lead on the case that links him to the youngsters family and solves another mystery.

Den 17-årige dreng, Alec Jordan, bliver fundet druknet under mistænkelige omstændigheder, da han har fået et slag i hovedet og der bliver fundet bedøvende stoffer i hans blod. For Dalziel er sagen dog endnu mere kompliceret, da han var involveret i en ulykke ti år tidligere, der tog livet af drengens mor, som både drengen og ægtemanden var vidne til. Pascoe undersøger drengens skole, men Dalziel gør sagen mere personlig.