"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries"
Chinese Walls (2006)

Director:

Robert Bierman

Writer:

Ed Whitmore (written by)

TV Series:

"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (2001)

Original Air Date:

3 August 2006 (Season 5, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Emily Proctor is found stabbed in Hyde Park. The police learn that the 23-year old was living her dream...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Isabella Calthorpe	...	Emily Proctor
Sharon Small	...	Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers
Nathaniel Parker	...	Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Paul Hickey	...	Lafferty
Shaun Parkes	...	DC Winston Nkata
Ciaran McIntyre	...	O'Neill
Diana Hardcastle	...	Deborah Proctor
David Yelland	...	Guy Proctor
Lindsey Coulson	...	Hester Reed
Blake Ritson	...	Graham Marshall
Samuel West	...	Tony Wainwright
Catherine Russell	...	Helen Lynley
Vee Vimolmal	...	Cleaner
Georgia Mackenzie	...	Lisa Conroy
Joe Armstrong	...	Darren

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In Divine Proportion (#4.1)" (2005)

Investigating the death of Emily Proctor...

In this well-written, fast-moving British series, NATHANIEL PARKER and SHARON SMALL (as Inspector Lynley and Sgt. Havers) investigate the mysterious death of a young woman.

As in all of these crime stories, their investigation is full of lots of red herrings (a la Agatha Christie), wherein there are a substantial number of suspects, a few of whom seem to be slightly unhinged.

The plot ingredients include an abusive step-father, a mistreated woman protecting her innocent sister, a man whose sweetheart was killed just before their wedding and who is suspected of having a hand in this latest death, and a woman seeking revenge on any woman who wants to marry the man she admires.

It's all done very effectively with clue after clue being examined skillfully by the probing Inspector Lynley, played with the right mixture of sensitivity and determination by Nathaniel Parker.

Enjoyable episode is well worth watching with good insight into human character traits.