I bought this as we were having a Sharon Small withdrawal after The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Unfortunately it's nowhere near as good.
And in fact could be called 'Stupid Women'. Sarah Parish, a GP, has been having an affair with one of her patients for two years, until he dies of cancer. Bad enough already. But his irritating son knows about another woman and won't let it go. End result is he and Parish start an affair. Fucking hell! (He's deeply annoying.)
Married Orla Brady (to Raza Jaffrey) has an affair at work with Adam Rayner and becomes pregnant - and it can't be her husband's.
Free agent Shelley Conn never wants to commit but after a one night stand with a female client - a client who is getting married the next day, I should add - she goes bonkers. I always thought Shelly Conn was a fine example of a gorgeous woman, but when she's in her 'provocative' lingerie she looks absolutely ridiculous!
Leaving the only one with any integrity Sharon Small, who's lost her husband in 9/11 six years before, raising two girls on her own. She starts a dalliance with Patrick Baladi, but we're a bit suspicious of him.
So not actually a great testament to female behaviour in the noughties. Ironically they are all - at some point or another - mistresses. The acting's fine.
At times, Edmund Butt's music sounds exactly like Tom Newman, proving how influential he was.
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