The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Shake Hands Forever.

First broadcast 23rd September - 7th October 1988.

Robert Hathall brings his mother home for a visit, and she finds her daughter-in-law murdered.

George Baker ... Chief Insp. Wexford
Christopher Ravenscroft ... Inspector Burden
Tom Wilkinson ... Robert Hathall
Margery Mason ... Mrs. Hathall
Patrick Drury ... Chief Supt. Howard Fortune
June Ritchie ... Nancy Lake
Louie Ramsay ... Dora Wexford
Michael Byrne ... DCC Charles Griswold
Fred Pearson ... Chief Insp. Jack 'Brock' Lovat
Geoffrey Beevers ... Mr. Aveney
Julian Firth ... John Oldbury
Anthony Douse ... Flat Landlord
Sheila Ruskin ... Denise Fortune
Ken Kitson ... Sgt. Martin
Robert Swann ... Airport Inspector
Bernard Holley ... Mark Somerset
Marie Stillin ... Valerie Snyder
Peter Baldwin ... Coroner
Bunny May ... Barman
Susan Derrick ... Angela Hathall (as Sue Derrick)
Peter Penry-Jones ... Solicitor
Doreen Andrew ... Mrs. Lethbridge
Gertan Klauber ... Bernard
Maggie Ollerenshaw ... Eileen Hathall