About this season
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
Episodes (4)
1. Playing for the Ashes
6.3Aired 10 March 2003 • 90 min
While investigating the death of star cricketer Kenneth Waring with DS Havers, DI Lynley delves into his complex personal life and is forced to break the rules.
2. In the Presence of the Enemy
8.1Aired 17 March 2003 • 90 min
The relationship between Lynley and Havers reaches its all-time low when they investigate a case of kidnapping and murder involving the secret child of a member of parliament and a newspaper editor.
3. A Suitable Vengeance
6.3Aired 24 March 2003 • 90 min
Lynley returns to his ancestral home in Cornwall to celebrate his engagement to Helen. His difficult relationship with his dysfunctional family is soon overshadowed by a murder on part of his own estate - and the chief suspect is Peter, Lynley's drug-addict brother.
4. Deception on His Mind
7.0Aired 31 March 2003 • 90 min
The body of a young Asian man is found on the beach at the seaside town of Balford-le-Nez, leading the police into a web of racial tensions, family loyalties and illicit sexuality in investigating the murder. Havers has time on her hands while Lynley is on honeymoon in Peru, and when she finds the Balford-le-Nez investigation is being run by a friend she joins the hunt.