The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. A Case of Coincidence.

First broadcast 22nd/29th March 1996.

After four attractive women are found strangled in and around the local river, the free-spirited wife of a London doctor is killed while on an extramarital assignation.

Caroline Bliss ... Sarah Quin
Robin Summers ... Barman
Keith Barron ... Inspector Masters
Ronald Pickup ... Chief Inspector Moore
Garry Cooper ... Sergeant Holt
Don Henderson ... Ray Brannel
Michael Fitzgerald ... Edward Brannel
Ken Wynne ... Frank Preston
Pip Torrens ... Michael Quin
Amanda Pointer ... Female Student
Andrew MacLachlan ... Tony English
Angela Curran ... Chambermaid
Thomas Wheatley ... Dangerfield
Jack Klaff ... Stockton
Kate Buffery ... Dr. Lucas
Rosemary Martin ... Mrs. Cutforth
Helen Lindsay ... Mrs. Quin
Christopher James ... Police Constable
George Raistrick ... Farmer
Michael Parkhouse ... Solicitor
Brian Poyser ... Freddie Wyatt
Roger Brierley ... Defence Barrister
Joanna Jeffrees ... Young Student/Young Swimmer at Pool
John Lanasis ... Arresting Constable
Robin Summers ... Barman
Angela Curran ... Chambermaid