The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Season 4

TV-14

From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.

Where to Watch Season 4

9 Episodes

Some Lie and Some Die: Part One
E1
Some Lie and Some Die: Part OneThe Kingsmarkham rock festival is going smoothly until the disfigured body of of a local girl, thought to be living in London, is found in a nearby quarry. Wexford investigates the links between a charismatic singer and a young woman gone to the bad.
Some Lie and Some Die: Part Two
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Some Lie and Some Die: Part Two
Some Lie and Some Die: Part Three
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Some Lie and Some Die: Part Three
The Best Man to Die: Part One
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The Best Man to Die: Part OneWexford joins forces with the bridegroom when his best man is killed at the stag party. And Charlie Hatton's death is only the first in a string of murders which seem to be about cheating husbands, loose women and gangsters.
The Best Man to Die: Part Two
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The Best Man to Die: Part Two
The Best Man to Die: Part Three
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The Best Man to Die: Part Three
An Unkindness of Ravens: Part One
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An Unkindness of Ravens: Part OneRodney Williams disappears and then his body found in the woods. Wexford investigates and finds more than one mystery.
An Unkindness of Ravens: Part Two
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An Unkindness of Ravens: Part Two
Put on by Cunning
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Put on by CunningWhen a world-famous flautist is murdered Wexford wonders if his recently returned daughter had anything to do with it. He becomes obsessed with proving that she is an imposter, even getting permission to travel as far afield as the USA and France to do so.