Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Set 4
The aristocratic Inspector Lynley and working-class Detective Sergeant Havers are a most improbable detective team with a definite knack for solving difficult crimes.  Based on the Lynley and Havers characters from Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley Mysteries, this fourthInspector Lynley Mysteriesset begins where the third leaves off, just after Lynley and his wife Helen have separated following the loss of their baby and as Havers is returning to work after having been shot in the line of duty.  "In Divine Proportion" finds the pair deep in the countryside where they must sort out a host of small-town relationships and piece together a string of seemingly disparate clues in order to bring two murderers to justice.  Lynley and Havers are off on a brief holiday to visit Lynley's mother Lady Asherton in "In the Guise of Death" when an apparent suicide in a neighboring stable draws Lynley back to work.  Eventually, a smuggling ring that includes some most unexpected players is revealed.  It seems that even the House of Lords is not immune to fraud and murder in "The Seed of Cunning," but the question that haunts Lynley is whether its members are exempt from the legal ramifications of their actions.  Lynley's pursuit of justice without regard for protocol and self-restraint in the face of illegal immigrants, organ trading, and the search for an immensely valuable ancient Koran may quite possibly prove his downfall in "The Word of God."  These PBSInspector Lynley Mysteriesare suspenseful, thought-provoking, and thoroughly engaging.--Tami Horiuchi