Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Set 4
by Julian Simpson; Jeremy Silberston; Nigel Douglas
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Actor: Maggy Sherif; Khalid Laith; Sharon Small; Nathaniel Parker; Paul Hickey; Matilda Ziegler; Alison Lintott; Cavan Clerkin; Neil Maskell; Nigel Betts; Mark Benton; Colin Tierney; Joseph Long; Jane Lapotaire; Keith Bartlett; James Pearse; Sophie Bould; Glyn WilliamsDirector: Julian Simpson; Jeremy Silberston; Nigel Douglas
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 344 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
DVD Reviews of Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Set 4
DVD Review: Shut up, Lynley
Summary: 3 Stars
This season might as well have been subtitled 'Lynley: brooding and nasty'. For the most part, his character is completely unlikeable. Havers, again, carries the show. Though, again, she's not the Havers I'd have pictured from the book. With each series she gets prettier and far more likeable, and it's obvious she's the one with the real knack for investigation.
The mysteries themselves are still wonderful, with good plots and decent twists that keep you guessing. Very much worth watching, especially if you can filter out a lot of Lynley.
DVD Review: A Partnership for All Seasons...
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 4" contains some of the very best mysteries in the series for the aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working class partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers to solve. It also portrays a powerful if subtle evolution in their complicated relationship.
"In Divine Proportion" features the return to duty of Havers, who was shot and badly injured at the close of Set 3. She rejoins a partner still mourning the death of his child and his marriage. Their case is the brutal shotgun murder of a woman who has returned to her rural village after years away at university and at work. As the detectives dig into the murder, they begin to peel away the complicated history of the village, which hides a brutal secret and holds a deadly threat for the still shaky Havers.
"In the Guise of Death" has Lynley returning to his native Cornwall, where he becomes involved in an apparent suicide that is soon shown to be a murder. He and Havers work with the local police to unravel the connections between the murder and a smuggling ring run by an unlikely suspect, while Lynley wrestles with a family matter.
"The Seed of Cunning" brings our detectives back to London, where a classified document missing from the House of Lords leaves behind it a trail of bodies. Lynley and Havers soon discover they are not the only ones following the clues. Their competition is powerful, ruthless, and perhaps beyond the reach of the law.
"The Word of God" presents Havers and a Lynley cranky over a possible divorce with a body frozen inside a meat transport. The body has a missing kidney, a false passport and a priceless page from a ancient Koran. The clues lead to multiple suspects and additional murders. At the end, Lynley must weigh procedure, and his career, against the life of a pregnant woman. This last episode may be most notable, however, for a frank late night conversation between Lynley and Havers that is a remarkably honest statement of their nuanced relationship.
"Inspector Lynley Mysteries 4" is very highly recommended to fans of this excellent series for its offering of tough and complicated crime mysteries and for the further exploration of a remarkable partnership that fans have come to treasure.
DVD Review: Mixed Bag of Melodrama and Satisfying Labyrinthine Mysteries.
Summary: 4 Stars
Inspector Lynley Mysteries Series 4 is comprised entirely of films that are not based on books or written by Elizabeth George. These four new mysteries pick up after Series 3's cliffhanger, in which Detective Sergeant Havers was shot. She's back on duty, and Lynley is estranged from his wife Helen. I've never liked the films' interpretation of Helen, so I was pleased to find her absent from this series. Lynley is becoming increasingly angst-ridden, and Havers departs more and more from the character of the books. But these mysteries are entertaining. "Seed of Cunning" is the most suspenseful Lynley film I've seen so far. Each mystery is 85 minutes long, and this series ends with a cliffhanger too. PBS calls this Season 5, and WGBH Boston calls it Series 4, so don't be confused.
"In Divine Proportions" finds Detective Sergeant Havers (Sharon Small) recovered from her gun shot injuries and Detective Inspector Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) anxious over his wife's departure following her miscarriage. Interior designer Samantha Walthew (Louise Hickson) is shot to death on a property in her home village that she and her husband were planning on developing. The property's former owner, Philip Turner (Richard Armitage), had taken up with her. A belligerent old neighbor, Mr. Harris (Roderick Smith), doesn't hide his disdain for the Walthews. But the name of Ron Verger, a local man who disappeared some 15 years ago, keeps turning up in the investigation, and his departure seems to still weigh heavy on the mind of his son Billy (Burn Gorman) and Samantha's old acquaintances. There are a lot of emotionally overburdened characters in this one. It's quite the village melodrama.
"In the Guise of Death" takes Lynley back to Cornwall and his family estate. While Lynley is visiting his family, horse trainer Stephen Fenner (Doug Rollins) is found hanged in the stables on a neighboring estate. The ambitious officer assigned to the case, DS Tremayne (Adrian Bower), welcomes DI Lynley's input. Lady Asherton (Gabrielle Drake) has invited Havers to stay with the family while she's on leave, so both Lynley and Havers are on hand to assist with the investigation. But they disagree over the direction of the case. Havers thinks the motive for murder came from the equine world and suspects fellow horse trainer Lawrence Chilcott (Nick Dunning). Lynley thinks the assailant is connected to the smuggling operation of boat repairman Lachlan (Doug Allen) that used Fenner's land. This mystery is entertaining and not too far-fetched, the second-best of this season.
Back in London for "The Seed of Cunning", the body of Eric Ramsey (James Pearse), a doorkeeper to the House of Lords, is found floating in the Thames. Lynley's aristocratic background prove both an advantage and a curse when he and Havers go poking around in the House of Lords and a nearby social club. Deep in debt from gambling, Ramsey had a falling out with straight-arrow Committee Clerk Geoffrey Crammond (Clive Merrison) over the disappearance of some important papers. Lynley's supercilious old rival from Oxford, Simon Featherstonehaugh (Roger Allam), has a seat in the House. And Letitia Gane (Claudie Blakely), lobbyist for an American defense firm, seems to turn up around every corner. Meanwhile, Havers is making an improbable attempt at a social life. The political intrigue may not be to everyone's taste, but this mystery builds suspense very effectively.
One page from a priceless 7th century Koran is found on the frozen body of Latif Ansari in "Word of God". Ansari was an illegal Jordanian immigrant whose forged passport leads Lynley and Havers to an uneasy collaboration with Immigration police. The precious page is authenticated by Islamic scholar Elias Blackwell (Mark Benton), who helps Lynley pose as a collector trying to purchase black market art from antiquities dealer Dimitri Zavos (Joseph Long). The dead man's wife Narima (Maggy Sharif) may unwittingly hold the key to finding the Golden Koran that everyone seeks. But the trail also leads to a clinic where Latif was on a kidney transplant list. Frustrated by Helen's absence and his powerlessness on recent cases, Lynley is anxious, impatient, and about to snap.
DVD Review: A Good Package but One Story had a Weak Ending
Summary: 4 Stars
I have very much enjoyed the Inspector Lynley series ...having watched all of them and purchased the DVD sets as well. I really do think that that the actors and screenwriters do a very fine job of taking Elizabeth George's characters from books to film (I have not been able to read her novels as they are too wordy and have too many non-police-related detours for my taste).
In this collection, I think the first two and the last are solid entries. If I had to pick the best, I think I would go with "In Divine Proportion" (good story of vigilante justice).
I do have one nit with "The Guise of Death"...I felt that Lynley took unnecessary risks at the climactic confrontation with the killer that could have gotten him killed.
I have a bigger bone to pick with "The Seed of Cunning" (SPOILER ALERT)
I very much so felt that the resolution was terribly unlikely:
a. I seriously doubt that the inspector would leave ca crucial piece of evidence in his car where it could be stolen by the bad guys.
b. I TOTALLY disbelieved the idea that a prisoner who was an eyewitness to major corruption in the British government could be murdered in broad daylight by assassins masquerading as police officers and that would more or less end the story...If something like that happened, it would be a major, major, MAJOR news event, and I think the police and government would mount an enormous investigation to find out what happened. This undermined what had been otherwise a good story.
But that's just one story being problematic. The rest are good. And I know I will buy the next Lynley set and the next (and final it seems) one after that, and then I will feel very sad, because that will be the last of Lynley and Havers I suppose.
DVD Review: Intriguing mysteries!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We are big fans of the Inspector Lynley mysteries, and this set did not let us down! The only problem is having to wait for the next series to come out!! They are intelligently written mysteries with intriguing characters - so much more entertaining than the brainless stuff on television these days.
Description of Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Set 4
Inspectors lynley & havers are back in 4 intriguing new contemporary mysteries. This picks up where the last story ended - with havers shot in the line of duty & lynley estranger from his wife helen. How will these traumas affect their ability to do their jobs? Studio: Wgbh Wholesale Release Date: 10/17/2006 Starring: Nathaniel Parker Sharon Small Run time: 344 minutesDocumentary DVDs
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