The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeason 61992 · 11 episodesEpisodes1The Speaker of Mandarin: Part OneWexford is in China on a study tour of historic sites. To his amazement, he has psychic experiences, including a vision of the body of a Chinese nobleman dead for two thousand years. Wexford's tour party is made up of strangers, but he feels tense and claustrophobic among them. Then a young Chinese student drowns during the trip. On his return to England, Wexford is called to a murder scene, and the dead woman, who has been shot, was one of those with him on his Chinese trip. There is no obvious motive, and he decides to investigate all his fellow tourists, finding hidden greed, treachery, theft, and adultery.2The Speaker of Mandarin: Part Two3The Speaker of Mandarin: Part Three4The Mouse in the Corner: Part OneTom Peterlee, a member of a large family who live in three adjoining cottages, is murdered. Eva, his mother is quite cavalier in reaction to his death in Wexford's opinion and other family members are no more helpful. Heather, his widow, seems dumb with grief and his brother and meek sister-in-law are similarly evasive. Family friend Carol is more forthcoming, providing Heather with an alibi, but Wexford is sure one of the Peterlees is a killer. Burden has problems of his own when his daughter starts dating a married man and a series of ramraids in Kingsmarkham add to Wexford's problems.5The Mouse in the Corner: Part Two6An Unwanted Woman: Part OneWexford investigates the killing of an elderly woman. Harry and Doreen Betts of Kingsmarkham are suspected of murdering their mother. But did they do it, or have they been framed?7An Unwanted Woman: Part Two8Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part OneA Kingsmarkham police sergeant dies, carrying a replica gun he had taken from his young son... Then, one year later, Wexford is called to Tancred House, where Davina Flory and her family lie shot dead in a pool of blood. The only survivor is seventeen-year-old Daisy Flory. There are no other witnesses, and the two possible suspects have vanished into thin air. Then a blackmailer is found dangling from a tree... Wexford slowly uncovers a web of motives, greed, illicit sex, and revenge.9Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part Two10Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part Three11Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part FourSeason 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12
