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Actor Joseph Dowling appears to have the motive, opportunity, and weapon used to murder a powerful solicitor. Barrister Antony Maitland takes up his defense, seeking evidence that can challenge the seemingly conclusive case against him.

Found holding a recently fired gun, Paul Herron faces a murder charge but believes he was sleepwalking. Antony Maitland investigates whether his client's confused memories conceal the truth or whether someone else committed the killing.

Missing classified documents draw Antony Maitland undercover at Britain's General Aircraft Company. Posing as a new employee, he investigates suspected espionage while a succession of staff murders reduces the suspect list and increases the danger.

After Dr. Martin is murdered, evidence points to his dependent cousin Gerry. Antony Maitland knows the doctor's work involved the secret service and investigates whether those hidden connections can explain the crime and clear the accused.

A missing Velázquez painting divides the wealthy Gaskell shipping family, and one relative's demand for its return precedes murder. Antony Maitland and his uncle Nicholas investigate the family's secrets while another Gaskell stands accused.

Antony Maitland defends a photographer accused of being a wartime traitor who supplied biological-weapons research to the Nazis. Arguing mistaken identity, he faces mounting evidence and dangerous secrets surrounding events from twenty years earlier.

Barbara Wentworth faces trial for poisoning her wealthy sister, whose estate she stood to inherit. Antony Maitland believes her innocent but suspects she is lying, forcing him to determine whom those falsehoods are intended to protect.

Antony Maitland is persuaded to defend Fran Gifford, a legal secretary accused of poisoning her wealthy godmother. His investigation meets hostility in Chedcombe, where suspicion of outsiders makes uncovering the truth an increasingly difficult task.

Two policemen face charges arising from the alleged wrongful arrest of Pakistani immigrants in Arkenshaw. Antony Maitland conducts their defense while hostility, evasive witnesses, and troubling secrets complicate his search for what actually happened.

Years after helping prosecute Camilla Barnard for killing her first husband, Antony Maitland encounters her facing another husband's murder charge. This time he acts for the defense, investigating an accusation shadowed by her earlier conviction.

A television newscaster publicly accuses a married actor of having an affair with her sister and murdering her. Defending her against libel allegations, Antony Maitland investigates the accusation while powerful interests want the woman silenced.

An actor fears an arson accusation, while a juror reports an attempted bribe to Antony Maitland. When the actor's fears materialize and the juror dies, the barrister's involvement draws suspicion toward his own conduct.

Seventeen-year-old Joe Baker is accused of fatally attacking his foster father, whose large family enjoys a spotless reputation. Antony Maitland investigates the boy's silence and the secrets an industrial Yorkshire town refuses to acknowledge.

Doctor Henry Langton is accused of strangling his wife and the woman who supplied his alibi. Antony Maitland investigates the second victim's past, where hidden relationships and extortion schemes complicate the case for his client's defense.

During an American holiday, Antony Maitland attempts to contact an elderly heir to a valuable estate. Finding him dying, he searches for a missing daughter before an inheritance deadline, while interested executors pursue the same woman.

In 1947, recently discharged Antony Maitland studies law while staying at a Yorkshire farm. Rumors of witchcraft, buried Civil War treasure, black-market dealings, and a woman's arsenic death disturb the countryside and draw him into investigation.

Roger Farrell agrees to house his recently released godfather, a convicted robber, but a former associate's body appears before the guest arrives. Antony Maitland investigates a murder entangled with criminals' pursuit of hidden gold bullion.

At a party in Chedcombe, a woman announces that she will never grant her husband a divorce. Days later she is murdered, leaving investigators with an obvious motive and a community already steeped in gossip.

A suicide note draws Jenny Maitland to stay with mystery writer Emma Anstey in a Yorkshire village. Poison-pen letters, counterfeit coins, and disturbing deaths expose tensions behind Burton Cecil's picturesque appearance and closely connected community.

Antony Maitland travels to the English Midlands to defend a boy accused of murder and art theft. The child's refusal to explain himself leaves the barrister searching his troubled past for a workable defense.

A prominent politician asks Antony Maitland to help with blackmail threatening his career. Reluctantly visiting the man's house to discuss the problem, the barrister is drawn into a murder that occurs almost in his presence.

Antony Maitland defends a jewelry-shop employee accused of killing his employer at a dinner party where gems were displayed. Sorting out the guests' movements, he searches for weaknesses in evidence that initially appears damning.

While defending Ellen Gray against a murder charge, Antony Maitland suspects the crime has roots in a double killing nearly twenty years earlier. He investigates a tightly connected group whose shared past may have been misunderstood.

Antony Maitland defends a policeman accused of wrongful arrest in a diamond-smuggling case. When evidence disappears and a plaintiff is killed, the officer faces a murder charge, forcing Maitland to investigate a concealed criminal organizer.

Journalist Harry Charlton is accused of selling secrets from a London research laboratory to a Russian agent. Antony Maitland investigates the espionage case, but his efforts expose him to suspicion and a policeman's unusually hostile attention.

After Norman Russell is shot, police accuse surgeon Mark Sheridan of retaliating for allegations of drunken operating. Solicitor Jeremy Locke doubts the case and investigates, putting himself in danger as he approaches the person responsible.

Jeremy Locke's brother Derek returns to England after fourteen years abroad following embezzlement charges. When one of Derek's former associates is murdered and the missing money remains unaccounted for, the solicitor confronts his family's unresolved past.

A young doctor and a married woman stand accused of killing her husband. Barrister Antony Maitland investigates the circumstances behind the charges, looking beyond the apparent case against them as he works toward the truth.

Jim Fuller denies murdering his former wife yet insists Richard Trenton must not try to clear him. Puzzled by his friend's contradictory behavior, Richard investigates whether Jim's apparent self-sacrifice is protecting someone else.

Newly married lawyer Anne Marryat settles into an Ashfield cottage, only to be asked to defend a woman accused of murder. Questioning her neighbors, she doubts the arrest and suspects the killer remains within the community.

Antony Maitland's new aunt-in-law presses him to investigate three deaths at an expensive nursing home. His reluctant inquiry into the residents' treatment raises troubling questions about whether elderly people are being targeted for their money.

Antony Maitland examines a woman's apparent suicide and begins to doubt the accepted explanation. His investigation turns toward her friends, family, neighbors, and mourners as he searches for someone who may have concealed a murder.

Robert insists he has never met the three women accusing him of indecency. Solicitor Jeremy Locke believes him, but the discovery of a strangled body escalates the accusations and makes proving his client's innocence more urgent.

Antony Maitland agrees to represent Alan Kirby, accused of receiving a Rubens painting stolen from a museum. Investigating an apparently indefensible case draws the barrister toward a wider art-theft operation and puts his client in danger.

An actress is stabbed during an onstage blackout, and her husband becomes the murder suspect. At Meg Hamilton's urging, Antony Maitland conducts his defense, investigating the victim's hidden life and witnesses to the fatal performance.

Solicitor Jeremy Locke investigates increasingly cruel pranks disrupting a London theater company's rehearsals. With actors fearing the next incident could be fatal, he must discover who is targeting the cast before the harassment becomes murder.

After wealthy Jock Thorold dies, bank official Richard Trenton investigates whether the man's protégé deserves part of his estate. Resentful daughters suspect a concealed family relationship, and Richard's discoveries expose secrets someone may kill to preserve.

Antony Maitland represents Edward Coke in a libel action against his wife, while Uncle Nicholas takes her side. Accusations about coerced sexual conduct turn the family dispute into a dangerous case involving two subsequent murders.

Vacationing in New York, barrister Antony Maitland becomes involved in the murder of an African ambassador outside the United Nations. Doubting the chief suspect's guilt, he investigates mercenaries, political intrigue, and a planned coup.

Antony Maitland defends Jim Arnold, a former burglar trying to live honestly as a shopkeeper. Pressure from a protection racket draws Arnold back into theft, leaving the barrister to untangle the circumstances behind a stolen coin collection.

Barrister Antony Maitland represents a confused woman accused of harassing a man she insists is her husband. The man's denial raises a difficult question of identity, leaving Maitland to investigate the conflicting accounts behind her claim.

A Russian defector implicates John Ryder in treason, while another witness claims Ryder has a second wife. Antony Maitland investigates his client's plea of mistaken identity as a murder further complicates the case.

Antony Maitland takes a disputed-will case involving a nurse accused of influencing her employer's inheritance plans. When tests reveal that the elderly man was poisoned, the barrister must defend his client against a much more serious charge.

Barrister Antony Maitland defends a murder suspect with a multiple-personality disorder. The case draws his legal and investigative work together as he examines the accusation against a client whose condition makes establishing the truth especially difficult.

Antony Maitland defends actor Richard Willard, accused of hiring someone to kill his estranged wife. Threats to his contact with their son provide a strong motive, but the barrister probes beyond the apparently convincing evidence.

Antony Maitland defends Oliver Linwood against accusations that he murdered his infant cousin for an inheritance. Similar deaths and suspicions surrounding a grieving mother suggest connections that require the barrister to investigate beyond the obvious motive.

Antony Maitland and his uncle Sir Nicholas Harding defend two constables accused of bribery and perjury in a murder case connected to organized crime. Their inquiry points toward a dangerous scheme intended to frame the policemen.

A production based on a rediscovered seventeenth-century play is plagued by ominous incidents that escalate into murder. Antony Maitland investigates after the director becomes the leading suspect, searching behind the theatrical disturbances for a human explanation.

A custody dispute becomes a murder case when Robert Osmond's former wife is strangled. Antony Maitland must challenge apparently damaging evidence while examining the victim's efforts to discredit the devoted father and regain their daughter.

On holiday in Yorkshire, Antony Maitland becomes involved in the deaths of young women. Police suspect a local man, while villagers blame a reclusive newcomer, leaving the barrister to investigate before anger turns into violence.

Antony Maitland defends Emile Letendre, accused of killing his father, against overwhelming evidence. His client's claims about a secret coven lead to an inquiry that threatens Maitland's own reputation when influential opponents accuse him of misconduct.