The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
The Double
Jan 3, 1997 · 60 min
Lisa meets Zoe, who is as much like her as an identical twin, but entirely out of the common rut - and dramatic events ensue which change both their lives.
Bribery and Corruption: Part One
Jan 17, 1997 · 60 min
Nicholas Hawthorne is a young engineer, recently made redundant and looking for a job in the boat-building industry. He has a very realistic nightmare about a woman being murdered.
Bribery and Corruption: Part Two
Jan 24, 1997 · 60 min
Part two of two. Nick's attempted suicide implicates him in Emma's death and Annabel casts light on the mystery.
Thornapple
Jan 31, 1997 · 60 min
A boy obsessively collects poisons - and then he tries them out, with deadly results.
May and June: Part One
Feb 7, 1997 · 60 min
May Thrace and June Symonds are sisters, but their lives are very different. While June lives in the lap of luxury, May is struggling. And May becomes convinced that she has been d
May and June: Part Two
Feb 14, 1997 · 60 min
After accepting her sister's offer of reconciliation, May emerges from her mousy shell and seduces her sister's lover.
Front Seat
Feb 21, 1997 · 60 min
Hugh and Cecily Branksome retire to the seaside town where they grew up. There they meet again Arnold Cottle, an old boyfriend of Cecily's. She goes to look for a public seat given