Saturday, August 22, 2020

DCI Banks: Playing with Fire Part 1 2010

     DCI Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.  In this episode, a young woman is killed at the top of a hill near a power line tower on Eastvale moor.  She is Lucy Payne and she was in a previous episodes as the women who helped her husband kidnap and murder five young women.  She is now paralyzed, in a wheelchair and scarred by acid after being attacked in prison.  Her throat was cut and she had been living in a local care home since she can’t talk or take care of herself.


     A local girl is found murdered in an alleyway in the town center.  She had been out partying with her friends the previous night and she has been strangled.  Banks is wondering if there is a serial killer involved in both the murders?  5* (I really liked this series)   


Note:  45 min each episode with Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Burroughs, Danny Rahim, Colin Tierney.


Imdb 7.28 out of 10* with 281 reviews, Amazon 4.5* out of 5*, The Telegraph 2* out of 4* Michale Hogan, Ebay 5* with 2 ratings, TV.com 8.5* out of 10, Amazon 7.2 out of 10 with 281 reviews, Goodreads gives the book 4.06* out of 5* with 4,284 ratings and 253 reviews.

Special Note:  DCI means Detective Chief Inspector, usually a minimum rank held by a senior investigation officer (SIO) who heads major investigations such as murder.  DS/PS is Detective Sergeant/Police Sergeant.  The first supervisory rank.  Senior to that of a Constable and junior to the rank of Inspector.   DI is Detective Inspector.

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