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The Ruth Rendell mysteries, Meridian Broadcasting Limited and United Film & Television Productions ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger, Set 1,, Fullscreen

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The Ruth Rendell mysteries

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Master of the moor originally broadcast on television in 1994. Vanity dies hard originally broadcast on television in 1993. The secret house of death originally broadcast on television in 1995. The double originally broadcast on television in 1996

Meridian Broadcasting Limited and United Film & Television Productions ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger

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Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspectVanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories. Wealthy, aging Alice Fielding finally finds happiness with a much-younger husband, while widowed Nesta Drage plunges near poverty when her business fails. After Nesta mysteriously disappears, Alice vows to find her--and discovers a tangled web of secrets among those she trusted mostThe secret house of death: Susan Townsend, a newly divorced single mother, wants to remain aloof from the gossip so relished by the other women in her suburban neighborhood. But when she happens upon the bodies of two adulterous lovers, her quiet life vanishes, along with her safetyThe double: Peter Milton becomes involved with Zoe, the apparant "double" of his girlfriend Lisa. Can Lisa survive the superstition predicting her death? And is Zoe really what she seems?

Vol. 1: Master of the moor / Meridian Broadcasting Limited ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger ; adapted by Trevor Preston ; directed by Marc Evans (ca. 154 min.) -- v. 2: Vanity dies hard / Meridian Broadcasting Limited ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger ; adapted by Julian Bond ; directed by Alan Grint (ca. 155 min.) -- v. 3: The secret house of death (ca. 103 min.) ; The double (ca. 51 min.) / Meridian Broadcasting Limited ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger ; adapted by John Harvey and Piers Haggard ; directed by Jim Goddard and Mary McMurray

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