Episode
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Playing for the Ashes
Overview
While investigating the death of star cricketer Kenneth Waring with DS Havers, DI Lynley delves into his complex personal life and is forced to break the rules.
Details
- Series
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2003-03-10
- Runtime
- 90 min
Episode context
Playing for the Ashes is Episode 1 in Series 2 of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. It aired on 2003-03-10. The runtime is 90 min.
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Episode 3: A Suitable Vengeance
Lynley returns to his ancestral home in Cornwall to celebrate his engagement to Helen. His difficult relationship with his dysfunctional family is soon overshadowed by a murder on part of his own estate - and the chief suspect is Peter, Lynley's drug-addict brother.
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