The sixth series of Lewis opens with the body of a professor being found buried in a woods outside Oxford. It turns out that he had recently purchased a rare annotated edition of Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark' for two hundred thousand pounds
far more money than he should be able to afford. He was obsessed by solving the riddle believed to be hidden within the poem but apparently he wasn't the only one; his estranged brother, also a lecturer at the university had been trying to solve the riddle. Once forensics have finished examining the body it is established that he wasn't killed in the woods but within the city's botanical gardens
which is where the woman who found the body works. As the plot unfolds there are plenty of suspects raised; the brother; two students who have changed their names to Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega after the characters in 'Pulp Fiction' and the woman who runs the gardens. The investigation is further confused by a woman running her own private investigation; she believes the case is somehow related to the death of her son, whose death she blames on his employer Dr Alex Falconer.
This was a good start to the sixth series; like many of the cases it mainly features people involved with the university; they are the usual bunch of eccentrics that make the series fun. With a large group of suspects the viewer is likely to be kept guessing till the end; there are also a number of red herrings to point one in the wrong direction. Guest star Celia Imrie did a fine job as the apparently barmy Michelle Marber we later learn her character's story which explains her obsession and is quite poignant. It was nice to see some potential love interest for Hathaway in the form of the attractive botanist who found the body, it is just a pity it didn't seem to go anywhere at least she didn't end up being a killer or being killed which tends to happen in these things!
This was a good start to the sixth series; like many of the cases it mainly features people involved with the university; they are the usual bunch of eccentrics that make the series fun. With a large group of suspects the viewer is likely to be kept guessing till the end; there are also a number of red herrings to point one in the wrong direction. Guest star Celia Imrie did a fine job as the apparently barmy Michelle Marber we later learn her character's story which explains her obsession and is quite poignant. It was nice to see some potential love interest for Hathaway in the form of the attractive botanist who found the body, it is just a pity it didn't seem to go anywhere at least she didn't end up being a killer or being killed which tends to happen in these things!