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Limbo

If you can judge detectives by the cars they drive, then Inspector Lynley's cases are like his maroon Bristol: quirky, old-fashioned and posh-looking. Tonight he returns for a two-part series that, sadly, will be his last. It's a murky melodrama that starts with the abduction of a young boy from a country house 12 years ago. Back in the present, Lynley becomes a suspect himself, thanks to the attentions of Geraldine Somerville as a thin-lipped meany of a detective superintendent. The plot is full of dodgy moments, but it draws you in nicely. Plus, look out for a sequence set in Rome, where they plonk the actors in front of every landmark going, from the Colosseum to the Trevi Fountain.

David Butcher.
RadioTimes, week 24 - 39 May 2008
Posted, 1 June 2008

Know Thine Enemy

This is the last-ever episode, and though it doesn't go out with a bang, it doesn't go out with a whimper, either. More of a polite cough. It's not your usual Lynley - there's actually a sence of urgency about the story, which is also a fairly solid police procedural. The body of a woman is found, wrapped in bin bags and weighed down in a lake, two weeks after she first went missing. Now another girl has disappeared, and time is on no-one's side, as she is diabetic and needs her medication. Lynley and his sidekick Havers quickly identify a suspect - a smooth-talking, suave and very persuasive businessman (James D'Arcy) with an abused wife (Honeysuckle Weeks). But is there more to the couple's relationship than meets the eye?

Alison Graham
RadioTimes, week 31 May to 6 June 2008
Posted 1 June 2008