The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries S01-S06 complete (BBC, 2001-2008) (540*960p, soft English subtitles)

The distinguished detective. Upper-crust DI Lynley is paired up with put-upon DS Havers. Crime and class clashes, starring Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small.

Contains discriminatory language
Contains adult themes.
Deals with suicide
Contains moderate violence.

Series 00 (Two episodes with an airdate before episodes listed as ‘Series One’

A Great Deliverance: Part 1
In the remote Yorkshire moors, a farmer's decapitated body is discovered in a field. DS Barbara Havers is partnered with Inspector Lynley to investigate the brutal murder.

A Great Deliverance: Part 2
Contains some upsetting scenes.
Inspector Lynley and DS Havers continue their investigation into the Yorkshire farmhouse murder.

Series One

E01 Well-Schooled in Murder
When an old school friend contacts Lynley about a missing schoolboy, the inspector soon has to launch a murder inquiry.

E02 Payment in Blood
Lynley and Havers look for the murderer in the midst of a star-studded gathering at a country house in the Scottish Highlands. Lynley's judgement is called into question when his feelings for old friend Helen Clyde threaten to get in the way of luring the killer into a trap.

E03 For the Sake of Elena
In the rarefied world of Cambridge, Lynley and Havers investigate the murder of a beautiful young deaf student, whose life seems to have been a mystery even to those closest to her.

E04 Missing Joseph
Detective drama series. When a village herbalist poisons the local vicar, Lynley and Havers have to delve deep to find a motive for murder.

Series Two

E01 Playing for the Ashes
Drama about two detectives from opposite ends of the social spectrum - the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and his partner DS Barbara Havers. When an arson attack results in the death of star cricketer Kenneth Waring, the duo must bend the rules to find the killer. Their investigation exposes Waring's complex and unconventional personal life.

E02 In the Presence of the Enemy
The relationship between Lynley and Havers reaches breaking point when they investigate a case of kidnapping and murder involving the secret love child of an MP and a newspaper editor.

E03 A Suitable Vengeance
Murder casts a shadow when Lynley returns home to celebrate his engagement - and evidence mounts against his drug-addicted brother.

E04 Deception on His Mind
Upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers find themselves caught in a tangled web of racial tension, family loyalties and illicit sexuality when investigating the murder of a young Asian man. Havers is forced to take drastic action to save a child's life, leaving her career precariously on the line

Series Three

E01 In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
A double murder on the moors takes Inspector Lynley to the Peak District where he finds the beautiful Derbyshire countryside masking a far darker world.

E02 A Traitor to Memory
What is the connection between a violinist's sudden stage fright and a hit-and-run accident?

E03 A Cry for Justice
Drama series about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers. A murder in Oxford takes Lynley away from home and Helen. Blackmail, bogus charities and a particularly nasty business operation are all uncovered beneath the respectable surface of a fashionable club.

E04 If Wishes Were Horses
Helen is in danger as Lynley looks forward to fatherhood.

Series Four

E01 In Divine Proportion
Crime drama series. A woman is murdered with a shotgun and Lynley is worried about the effect the case will have on Havers, back at work after being shot.

E02 In the Guise of Death
Crime drama series. A horse trainer is found hanged. It seems like suicide but when Lynley discovers a connection to a smuggling racket he becomes suspicious.

E03 The Seed of Cunning
Crime drama series. Lynley and Havers investigate the murder of a doorkeeper at the House of Lords, which leads to a conspiracy involving stolen documents.

E04 The Word of God
A body is found frozen on a meat truck. It appears the victim was an illegal immigrant - so was it an accidental death or did he fall foul of traffickers?

Series Five

E01 Natural Causes
Drama series about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers. With Lynley still on suspension, Havers is teamed up with the plain speaking and heavily pregnant DI Knight and sent to Kent to investigate the drowning of the free-spirited and beautiful Edie Covington. On discovering Edie was murdered after a rendezvous with her lover, Knight is confident her jealous and possessive ex-partner must be the culprit. Much to Knight's annoyance, an unconvinced Havers enlists the help of Lynley to investigate other possibilities. Whilst attempting to rebuild his relationship with estranged wife Helen, Lynley delves into the case and discovers that a local land dispute and Edie's treatment at mysterious clinic, The Trust, could reveal other suspects.

E02 One Guilty Deed
Drama series about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers. When a key witness is murdered, Lynley and Havers find their case against violent criminal Michael Shand crumbling around them. Determined to see him brought down, they are forced into a dark world where a family seaside town masks a sinister underworld and Havers is forced to confront her childhood memories.

E03 Chinese Walls
Drama series about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers. When aspiring lawyer Emily Proctor is found axed to death in Hyde Park, Lynley and Havers are drawn to the chambers of human rights lawyer Tony Wainwright and his clerk Hester Reed. Wainwright's passionate temper and a concealed affair with the victim seem to place him as the main suspect, but when Emily's double life is exposed, Lynley and Havers enter a world of internet porn and a family haunted by secrets.

E04 In the Blink of an Eye
The shooting of a former war photographer, Peter Rooker, begins a murder trail from tabloid newspaper mogul Eddie Price and editor Melissa Booth back to a family executed by the Serbian militia in Bosnia. When Lynley asks his wife Helen to assist him with unlocking the psychological history behind the killing, he sets in motion a trail of events which prove fatal.

Series Six

E01 Limbo
Old wounds are reopened when Lynley investigates the disturbing death of his godson more than a decade after the boy's disappearance. Lynley is drawn into the case, leading him first to Rome and then headlong into the middle of a new murder enquiry in which Lynley himself becomes the prime suspect. Will Havers be able to save his skin?

E02 Know Thine Enemy
Lynley and Havers' friendship is pushed to its limits in a high-profile and chilling investigation into the disappearance of two teenage girls.
Can Lynley save the life of the second victim and pin a murder charge on his suspects?


First broadcast: March 2001- June 2008
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