After eighteen year old babysitter, Jessica Lake, is murdered she is found tied to the bed using distinctive boating knots; something that initially suggests the killer was a sailor but photographs come to light indicating that her body had been placed in a way that mirrored pictures she had posed for. It also seems rather odd that she was unmolested and nothing of value had been stolen from the house which left no obvious motive. There are lots of suspects including her boyfriend, the two boys she shared a squat with and even the parents of the child she was looking after
their alibi rapidly falls apart. As Lewis and Hathaway investigate they find themselves dealing with swingers, a comic book fan and scientists doing research with monkeys and they will have to eliminate many false leads before they catch the killer.
This was another enjoyable episode with plenty of suspects and motives to keep both the police and the viewers guessing and when we do learn who killed Jessica it is neither to surprising nor too obvious I'm sure most viewers will have the killer on their list of suspects without being really sure why. After a couple of episodes set in the university it made a nice change to have a case set mainly in suburbia. As always the acting was fairly solid; especially from leads Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox although that is hardly a surprise as neither of them has disappointed me in previous episodes. Overall this was another solid episode even though it didn't have too many murders!
This was another enjoyable episode with plenty of suspects and motives to keep both the police and the viewers guessing and when we do learn who killed Jessica it is neither to surprising nor too obvious I'm sure most viewers will have the killer on their list of suspects without being really sure why. After a couple of episodes set in the university it made a nice change to have a case set mainly in suburbia. As always the acting was fairly solid; especially from leads Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox although that is hardly a surprise as neither of them has disappointed me in previous episodes. Overall this was another solid episode even though it didn't have too many murders!