Sharon Small

Suave, sophisticated Detective Inspector Lynley and his prickly, plebian sidekick Detective Sergeant Havers are back with two new gripping mysteries in this sixth and final series. But with Lynley struggling to cope with his wife's death -- and Havers struggling with her partner's heavy drinking -- will they be able to focus on solving crime?

Veteran DI David Bradford heads an elite murder squad, but he's been on leave following the unexplained disappearance of his wife. In his absence, ambitious DS Vivienne Cole has been leading the investigations, and when Bradford returns to work, the two clash over their methods. Despite the tension, Bradford and Cole strive to solve complex crimes. The only case David can't crack is the most personal to him until one of their investigations uncovers...

Experience the crime-fighting prowess of Inspector Lynley and his partner Detective Sergeant Barabara Havers for the first time in a fully remastered collection. It features eight action-packed episodes of the detective series. Watch as Thomas ₁Tommy₂ Lynley, Eighth Earl of Asherton, is assigned to Scotland Yard and finds himself paired with Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. The tensions of work won₂t be the only struggle for the pair.

"When aristocrat Inspector Thomas Lynley is teamed with working class Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, the pair must solve murder cases that would challenge even the most astute and experienced of investigators. Although divided by class barriers and their own prejudices, Lynley and Havers must unite in their efforts to uncover the truth."--Container.

The new series picks up where the last story ended - Lynley has been suspended from duty and Havers has a new boss. Separated, how will things work out?

While Lynley is suspended, pending the outcome of his disciplinary hearing, Havers teams up with a different Detective Inspector, Fiona Knight, to investigate the drowning of a young woman in her car.

Lynley is reinstated, and he, Havers, and their colleague Detective Constable Winston Nkata are trying to catch a crime boss. But when their star witness is found shot dead at Havers' childhood holiday retreat, she becomes convinced that cracking a twenty-year-od unsloved murder involving a local child will provide answers to both murders.

A witty and touching tale about a mother's efforts to protect her son from the truth.

A single mother attempts to console her fatherless son by writing letters from an imaginary father who is off on seafaring adventures around the world, but when she can no longer maintain the illusion, she hires a stranger to fill the role.