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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!

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

Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:BBC One

Season 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" season 5 is "Natural Causes", rated 7.6/10 from 308 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Peter Jukes. "Natural Causes" aired on 7/18/2006 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "One Guilty Deed".

  • Natural Causes
    7.6/10 308 votes

    #1 - Natural Causes

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/18/2006

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Peter Jukes

  • One Guilty Deed
    7.6/10 286 votes

    #2 - One Guilty Deed

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/25/2006

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chinese Walls
    7.8/10 290 votes

    #3 - Chinese Walls

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/2006

    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.

    Director: Robert Bierman

    Writer: Ed Whitmore

  • In the Blink of an Eye
    7.6/10 277 votes

    #4 - In the Blink of an Eye

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/8/2006

    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.

    Director: Brian Kelly

    Writer: Ed Whitmore