7.1/1039 votes#1 - A Dark Blue Perfume
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1996
A middle-aged man returns to his home town and meets the woman he was in love with as a teenager thirty years before. Liz and Mark are soon an item again - but the past comes back to haunt them.
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1018 votes
#2 - Simisola: Part One
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/1996
At first, this mystery seems to be a missing person case: Wexford's doctor asks for help in finding his daughter, Melanie Akande, a recent college graduate who disappeared after going to her local unemployment office to find a job. The Akandes are an immigrant family from Nigeria, living in a rural area where only a handful of black people live. The woman who handled Melanie's case at the unemployment office, also young and black, is found murdered a few days later. Could the disappearance and the murder be connected? Wexford begins to face up to subtly racist attitudes.
Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: Alan Plater
- 7.3/10131 votes
#3 - Simisola: Part Two
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/1996
Wexford visits the victim of another attempted murder in hospital, and notices a pink Volkswagen Beetle in the car park. Later, another attempt is made on her life. The car is traced to the Epson family, who are away, having left their children with a childminder - who turns out to be Melanie Akande. Wexford closes in on the link - Annette Bystock and Zack Nelson.
Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: Alan Plater
- 7.6/1058 votes
#4 - Simisola: Part Three
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/1996
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Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: Alan Plater
- 7.7/1056 votes
#5 - The Secret House of Death: Part One
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/1996
Susan Townsend is a young woman who goes to see her reclusive next-door neighbour and finds him hacked to death. When another body is found on the neighbour's property, Susan gets mixed up in a tale of mayhem and murder, with the killer adding her to his list of future victims.
Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10109 votes
#6 - The Secret House of Death: Part Two
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/1996
Part two of two. Susan Townsend finds herself in danger as details of the double killing begin to emerge.
Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1076 votes
#7 - A Case Of Coincidence: Part One
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/1996
The action begins in the year 1954, when a woman's body is found in the fen-land of Norfolk, and a murder investigation gets under way. In the end, Detective Inspectors Masters and Moore find themselves dealing with the deaths of five women, all apparently by the hand of the same murderer. A young man becomes their principal suspect - but is he really a serial killer?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10100 votes
#8 - A Case Of Coincidence: Part Two
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/1996
Part two of two. Eddie Brannel's protests of innocence urge Masters to go against orders, and as a consequence he learns the true identity of the killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Season 9
Every episode of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Season 9!
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Genres:DramaMystery
Network:ITV1
Season 9 Ratings Summary
"A Dark Blue Perfume" is the best rated episode of "The Ruth Rendell Mysteries" season 9. It scored 7.1/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Sandy Johnson and written by N/A, it aired on 1/10/1996. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Simisola: Part One".