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The Best Episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Season 5

Every episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Season 5!

The Best Episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Season 5

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

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  1. Background image for Natural Causes
    7.6/10(331 votes)

    #1 - Natural Causes

    S5:E1

    Since Lynley's arrest and suspension for threatening a suspect, Havers has been without a partner. She begins a new case in Kent alongside the heavily pregnant, no-nonsense Detective Inspector Fiona Knight. Together, they investigate the murder of Edie Covington, whose body has been discovered in a local lake.

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for One Guilty Deed
    7.5/10(307 votes)

    #2 - One Guilty Deed

    S5:E2

    When a key witness is murdered, Lynley and Havers find their case against violent criminal Michael Shand crumbling around them.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Chinese Walls
    7.8/10(305 votes)

    #3 - Chinese Walls

    S5:E3

    When aspiring lawyer Emily Proctor is found axed to death in Hyde Park, Lynley and Havers are drawn to the chambers of human rights lawyer Tony Wainwright and his clerk Hester Reed. Wainwright's passionate temper and a concealed affair with the victim seem to place him as the main suspect, but when Emily's double life is exposed, Lynley and Havers enter a world of internet porn and a family haunted by secrets.

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    7.7/10(299 votes)

    #4 - In the Blink of an Eye

    S5:E4

    When former war photographer Peter Rooker is shot, a murder trail from tabloid newspaper mogul Eddie Price and editor Melissa Booth is traced back to a family executed by the Serbian militia in Bosnia. When Lynley asks his wife Helen to assist him with unlocking the psychological history behind the killing, he sets in motion a tragic trail of events.

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    Director:Brian Kelly

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Natural Causes" is the best rated episode of "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 331 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Peter Jukes, it aired on 7/18/2006. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "One Guilty Deed".