A woman is murdered while walking home at night. The murder weapon? A large mirror. Lewis and Hathaway investigate and find connections with two professors, her doctor, the doctor's son and famous novelist Dorian Crane but nobody with a clear motive.
An intriguing mystery. Some great twists and turns, red herrings and revelations. The connections to famous authors (Tolkien, CE Lewis, Lewis Carroll) was interesting and sees Hathaway earn his keep due to his literary knowledge.
However, the episode suffers from the usual Lewis (and Morse) weakness in that the revelation of the guilty party seems to come out of the blue. You also have suspicion jumping from one person to another until the actual guilty party is the one you least expect. The regular Morse-Lewis plotline of a romantic interest ending up being the culprit appears again - this is getting rather predictable.
The most interesting thing about this episode is that Laurence Fox (who plays Hathaway) gets to play opposite his father, the legendary James Fox. James Fox plays Professor Deering who is a definite suspect in the case and the two are in some of the same scenes.
An intriguing mystery. Some great twists and turns, red herrings and revelations. The connections to famous authors (Tolkien, CE Lewis, Lewis Carroll) was interesting and sees Hathaway earn his keep due to his literary knowledge.
However, the episode suffers from the usual Lewis (and Morse) weakness in that the revelation of the guilty party seems to come out of the blue. You also have suspicion jumping from one person to another until the actual guilty party is the one you least expect. The regular Morse-Lewis plotline of a romantic interest ending up being the culprit appears again - this is getting rather predictable.
The most interesting thing about this episode is that Laurence Fox (who plays Hathaway) gets to play opposite his father, the legendary James Fox. James Fox plays Professor Deering who is a definite suspect in the case and the two are in some of the same scenes.
