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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
cielo2001 — 18 years ago(December 05, 2007 09:12 AM)
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As most of us know, Helen Lynley was killed in the TV episode In the Blink of an Eye. When I found out that this series had been cancelled I decided to read the books. What I would like to know is if Helen also dies in the books. I am currently reading A Suitable Vengeance. If Helen is killed off in the books as well, please let me know the name of the book in which it happens. Thank you. -
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wimsattm — 17 years ago(May 19, 2008 09:30 AM)
Lesley Vickerage was such an awful actress that I was actually glad to see her leave the mystery series. The only worse actor in the series is Nathaniel Parker, whom a reviewer in a British newspaper calls 'Television's most turgid detective.'
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hillrosemary — 17 years ago(July 20, 2008 07:53 AM)
That's interesting. Do you happen to know the name of the reviewer? He/she and I must have been watching different series. I know tastes differ, but I have always found Parker's acting to be outstanding, in this series, in films and on stage. I think 'turgid' might have meant that the character was well-mannered, didn't sprinkle his speech with four-letter words and didn't tear around shouting at the top of his voice and firing a gun at anything that moved. That might be considered 'uncool' (or turgid)by today's TV standards.
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tiburonbirdred — 12 years ago(August 03, 2013 12:06 AM)
In the book "Lady" Helen's death is very different from the series. spoilers**************** In
"With No One As Witness" a pregnant Helen & Deborah St. James are returning home from shopping for baby stuff. Tommy receives a phone call from the killer & believes Helen is in danger so he calls Helen after some chit chat asks to speak to Deborah and asks her to take Helen straight home. Deborah drops Helen in front of the house while she parks the car. When she gets to Lynley's house Helen is unresponsive lying on the front steps, shot in the chest. She never regains consciousness and is brain dead. Lynley makes the decision to pull the life support. In the end it's a young black boy named Joel Campbell who is arrested for the murder, but in the sequel What Came Before he shot her, we find out not the kid but his partner shot Helen, but the kid seems to be taking the fall. I hope sometime in the future the person who really shot Helen is brought to justice.