Editing Silent Witness (section)

==Novels==
During the early years of the show, series creator McCrery wrote and published four tie-in novels relating to the series, following Sam Ryan ([[Amanda Burton]]), Trevor Stewart (William Armstrong) and Superintendent Tom Adams ([[John McGlynn (actor)|John McGlynn]]), and brand new character DS Stanley Sharman, with Burton generally appearing on the front cover of each novel. A fifth novel, "In Search of Evil", was due to be released in 2003, but its publication was cancelled.

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 | book_number    = 1
 | title          = A Case for the Defence
 | author         = Nigel McCrery
 | publish_date   = 9 September 1996
 | line_color     = #860012
 | short_summary  = Walking home from a night out, Sam stumbles upon the remains of a mutilated body on a footpath in the Northwick graveyard. Evidence suggests that the killing may be linked to a particularly ritualistic form of the black arts, but Sam is unconvinced as the murder bears an uncanny resemblance to another murder committed in the same town many years ago. When a second body is discovered, Sam's evidence is called into question, and is used to create the information that the police need to solve the case, before the killer strikes again. As Sam and Trevor uncover information surrounding the circumstances of the murders, elements that once seemed like coincidences soon appear to belong to a more horrific plan.
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{{Book list
 | book_number    = 2
 | title          = Strange Screams of Death
 | author         = Nigel McCrery
 | publish_date   = 3 August 1998
 | line_color     = #860012
 | short_summary  = Sam is tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman whose body is discovered in a disused shed at a former American airbase on the outskirts of Cambridge. The post mortem reveals that she had been violently raped, before being tortured, and viciously murdered. When a second body is discovered in similar circumstances, Sam finds herself dealing with a serial killer, who has the hunger to slaughter again. Can her profile of information find the identity of the killer before it is too late? Meanwhile, as Tom Adams closes in on his prime suspect, Sam discovers that he may not be working alone, and a search is launched to find the accomplice of a dangerous criminal.
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{{Book list
 | book_number    = 3
 | title          = The Spider's Web
 | author         = Nigel McCrery
 | publish_date   = 2 August 1999
 | line_color     = #860012
 | short_summary  = Sam is asked to perform a second autopsy on a teenage boy who was killed in a tragic joyriding accident, when despite his parents' protests, the results of the autopsy seem clear—he died of multiple injuries consistent with a high-speed car crash. However, as Trevor performed the post mortem, Sam is reluctant to go up against her friend and colleague, in an attempt to find the answers that the family are looking for. However, reading Trevor's post mortem report prompts Sam to go ahead with the second autopsy, and her findings seem to suggest that the accident may have been no such thing. But neither Trevor nor Superintendent Tom Adams accepts her findings, and believe that she is reading between the lines.
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{{Book list
 | book_number    = 4
 | title          = Faceless Strangers
 | author         = Nigel McCrery
 | publish_date   = 3 September 2001
 | line_color     = #860012
 | short_summary  = When the wife and beau of a local member of parliament is found dead in her own home, Superintendent Tom Adams calls upon Sam and the entire resources of the Cambridge Constabulary, in an attempt to further his career, and solve the case as quickly as possible. However, his investigation is halted by the discovery of the decomposed body of a homeless drug addict in the local underground toilet block. When Adams dismisses the death as an open and shut case, one of his juniors, DS Stanley Sharman, decides to enlist Sam's help, to discover the identity of the dead woman—and discover just who is responsible for her death. Meanwhile, Adams is determined to crack his case.
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