The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Season 5
Season 5
Network
DatesSep 29, 1991 - Dec 26, 1991
Episodes
Season 5Episode 160 min
A New Lease of Death: Part One
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.
Sep 29, 1991
Season 5Episode 260 min
A New Lease of Death: Part Two
Oct 6, 1991
Season 5Episode 360 min
A New Lease of Death: Part Three
Oct 13, 1991
Season 5Episode 460 min
Murder Being Once Done: Part One
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.
Oct 20, 1991
Season 5Episode 560 min
Murder Being Once Done: Part Two
Oct 27, 1991
Season 5Episode 660 min
Murder Being Once Done: Part Three
Nov 3, 1991
Season 5Episode 760 min
From Doon with Death: Part One
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?
Nov 10, 1991
Season 5Episode 860 min
From Doon with Death: Part Two
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
Nov 17, 1991
Season 5Episode 960 min
Means of Evil: Part One
Inspector Wexford is confronted with a murder in a vegetarian family and wonders how many kinds of mushrooms there are.
Nov 24, 1991
Season 5Episode 1060 min
Means of Evil: Part Two
Dec 1, 1991
Season 5Episode 1160 min
Achilles Heel
Dec 26, 1991
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