The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Season 5
199110 episodes
Episode 1
A New Lease of Death: Part One
Sep 29, 19911h
A local clergyman is anxious to re-open a thirty-year-old murder case, which resulted in Harry Painter being hanged for the axe-murder of an elderly woman. Wexford himself, as a young detective sergeant, helped to convict Painter, and he has to face the possibility that the wrong man was hanged.
Episode 2
A New Lease of Death: Part Two
Oct 6, 19911h
Episode 3
A New Lease of Death: Part Three
Oct 13, 19911h
Episode 4
Murder Being Once Done: Part One
Oct 20, 19911h
Wexford is staying in London with his nephew Howard, a police superintendent, convalescing from over-work and under doctor's orders to drink only water. He is supposed to be resting, but he is bored, and his nephew is dealing with a fascinating murder case. The body of a young woman, Loveday Morgan, was found in Kenbourne Vale Cemetery, strangled with a silk scarf, and the only things in her handbag were a photograph and two telephone numbers. It appears that she had no money and was living under a false name. Wexford, keen to get out and about, is drawn to the case. His unofficial investigation uncovers a story of adoption and parental love.
Episode 5
Murder Being Once Done: Part Two
Oct 27, 19911h
Episode 6
Murder Being Once Done: Part Three
Nov 3, 19911h
Episode 7
From Doon with Death: Part One
Nov 10, 19911h
Margaret Parsons, a fairly ordinary housewife who, with her water board official husband Ron, has recently moved to Kingsmarkham, is found murdered in a field. Mrs. Parsons led an extremely uneventful life, being a lay preacher, but Inspector Wexford is intrigued when he is looking through her belongings and fine a number of expensive antique books all inscribed 'From Doon to Minna'.Who is Doon?
Episode 8
From Doon with Death: Part Two
Nov 17, 19911h
Although Mr. Parsons is under the impression that he and his wife knew nobody in Kingsmarkham it turns out that Margaret had two school acquaintances in the town, Helen Missal and Fabia Quadrant, who are now both married to very wealthy men. Wexford assumes that one of these men is Doon, and was having an affair with the victim, but appearances can be deceptive
Episode 9
Means of Evil: Part One
Nov 24, 19911h
Inspector Wexford is confronted with a murder in a vegetarian family and wonders how many kinds of mushrooms there are.
Episode 10
Means of Evil: Part Two
Dec 1, 19911h