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Death of an Expert Witness Study Guide

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by P.D. James
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Book 1, A Call to Murder, Chapter 1-5 Summary

Dr. Kerrison is being summoned to a murder scene. A young woman has been strangled in a clunch field. Dr. Kerrison is the forensic pathologist and his biggest concern is not waking up his daughter Nell as he prepares to go to the murder scene. Doc Kerrison believes he has achieved nothing in his life, which is full of uncertainty and anxiety. Kerrison is in the middle of a divorce and fighting for custody of his two children. As Kerrison is driving towards the scene, he thinks about the senior biologist Lorrimer, who rarely misses a homicide.

Eleanor Kerrison, nicknamed Nell, sits on the top step to await her father's return. Nell believes her dad does not love her and only tolerates her because it means being able.....

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