The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Mysteries
Master of the Moor
Vanity Dies Hard
The Secret House of Death
The Double
Bribery & Corruption
Front Seat
A Case of Coincidence
A Dark Blue Perfume
May & June
The Orchard Walls
Going Wrong
Harm Done
The Fallen Curtain
The Lake of Darkness
You Can’t Be Too Careful
Simisola
Road Rage

• Super Sleuths: Inspector Wexford, a documentary featuring George Baker
• Biography of Ruth Rendell
• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 29 hours
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 11
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A

"Ravishingly intriguing crime drama"—Entertainment Today

"This series is at its best when Colin Firth is solving crimes."—Bergen Record

"Great fun for mystery fans."—Deseret Morning News

"Something new for Colin Firth fans to devour."—Buffalo News

"Talented casts bring Rendell's unforgettable characters to life in four complex stories of suspense."—Exclusive Magazine

"As gripping today as they were when first broadcast"—Blogcritics Magazine

"Baker's ingratiating performance makes it worthwhile."—DVD Talk

"A stellar cast brings each story off the page and onto the screen with the author's delicious irony and intrigue intact"—Exclusive Magazine

"For those who love British mysteries but tire of bloody thrill-kills and gritty pathology investigations"—The Seattle Times

"Good, gripping, well-acted and crisply shot"—Wilmington on DVD

"Chock full of surprising twists, compelling plots and well-drawn characters….Grade: A"—Campus Circle Magazine

"A hugely entertaining collection of mysteries, with strong plotting, and often nailbiting atmosphere and great playing from the high quality casts."—Memorable TV

Disc 1
Simisola
Dr. Raymond Akande, Wexford’s Nigerian-born physician, asks the detective chief inspector to find his 22-year-old daughter, Melanie, who has mysteriously disappeared. During the investigation, Wexford and DI Burden discover the body of Annette Bystock strangled in her apartment. She was an advisor at the local job center and apparently the last person to have seen Melanie alive. Is there a connection between Melanie’s disappearance and Annette’s death?

Disc 2
Road Rage
A young German tourist goes missing against the backdrop of protests by environmental activists over a highway bypass. Her body turns up in the woods, just as the turmoil between protesters and developers intensifies. With police resources stretched to the breaking point, the crisis becomes personal for Inspector Wexford. Terrorists intending to halt the highway construction take hostages—including Wexford’s wife, Dora—to leverage their demands.

• Super Sleuths: Inspector Wexford, a documentary featuring George Baker and others.

Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 353 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (16:9 widescreen Super Sleuths: Inspector Wexford only)
Rating: N/A

"As gripping today as they were when first broadcast"—Blogcritics Magazine

"Baker's ingratiating performance makes it worthwhile."—DVD Talk

Disc 1
Going Wrong
As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.

Disc 2
Harm Done
Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple’s daughter from her bedroom.

The Fallen Curtain
Abducted briefly as a boy, Richard Clayton cannot remember what happened during those few fateful hours. The mystery dogs him until he reaches the verge of manhood himself.

Disc 3
The Lake of Darkness
When Martin Urban wins nearly ₤2 million in the lottery, he plans to give away some of it to people in need. His plans also include the lovely, mysterious Francesca, with whom he begins an affair. But neither philanthropy nor love comes easy.

You Can’t Be Too Careful
As a single woman, Della Galway values double-locked doors and a bolted gate. Security measures don’t fit the lifestyle of her new flatmate, however, so Della takes extra precautions.

• Biography of Ruth Rendell
• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 460 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 3
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A

"A ravishingly intriguing crime drama"—Entertainment Today

"Good, gripping, well-acted and crisply shot"—Wilmington on DVD

"Chock full of surprising twists, compelling plots and well-drawn characters….Grade: A"—Campus Circle Magazine

"A hugely entertaining collection of mysteries, with strong plotting, and often nailbiting atmosphere and great playing from the high quality casts."—Memorable TV

Disc 1
Bribery & Corruption
Young Nicholas Hawthorne (James D’Arcy) has a crush on a married woman with whom his widowed father has begun a secret affair. Then she winds up murdered.

Front Seat
Cecily Branksome (Janet Suzman) opens old wounds by nosing into a long-resolved murder in her childhood hometown – to the growling annoyance of her husband Hugh (Edward Hardwicke).

Disc 2
A Case of Coincidence
When a surgeon’s wife turns up murdered in the fens, Inspector Masters (Keith Barron) and Chief Inspector Moore (Ronald Pickup) face increased pressure to bring a serial killer to justice.

A Dark Blue Perfume
Newly widowed Liz (Susannah York) rediscovers life and love with a troubled man who has a mysterious past.

Disc 3
May & June
Since childhood, May Thrace (Phoebe Nicholls) has resented her sister June (Christine Kavanagh) – especially when they compete for the same man’s affections.

The Orchard Walls
Sent to the country to escape war-ravaged London, a young girl (Honeysuckle Weeks) discovers the adult world’s dark secrets.

• Biography of Ruth Rendell
• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 466 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 3
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A

"A stellar cast brings each story off the page and onto the screen with the author's delicious irony and intrigue intact"—Exclusive Magazine

"For those who love British mysteries but tire of bloody thrill-kills and gritty pathology investigations"—The Seattle Times

Disc 1
Master of the Moor
Since boyhood, Stephen Whalby (Colin Firth) has sought solitude on the wild, windy moor. But his taciturn ways and familiarity with the wilderness make him the prime suspect in a series of shocking murders.

Disc 2
Vanity Dies Hard
After her best friend mysteriously disappears, Alice Fielding (Eleanor David) begins to suspect foul play, perhaps even murder. And the killer may have targeted Alice herself as the next victim.

Disc 3
The Secret House of Death
Newly divorced Susan Townsend (Amanda Redman) makes a grisly discovery in her suburban neighborhood and soon becomes involved in a potentially deadly intrigue.

Disc 4
The Double
Two women, identical in appearance but totally different in personality, compete for the affections of one man. Which will lose love and perhaps her life?

• Biography of Ruth Rendell
• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 463 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 4
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A

"This series is at its best when Colin Firth is solving crimes."—Bergen Record

"Great fun for mystery fans."—Deseret Morning News

"Something new for Colin Firth fans to devour."—Buffalo News

"Talented casts bring Rendell's unforgettable characters to life in four complex stories of suspense."—Exclusive Magazine