Then Julia Weaver found out about the affair and (justifiably) went ballistic. She regarded it as her greatest work, of her entire life. It was Weaver who convinced her that she had worth as an artist after all the painting she made for him was the culmination of years of catharsis, gratitude and love. Sarah Gordon spent years (given her age, possibly decades) tormented by personal doubt and crippling Artist’s block, never sure whether she had more Hype than Talent. If you read the book, it comes across as far more Greek Tragedy – in fact, given that Elena is a variation of ‘Helen’ ( Helen Of Troy), George might very well have chosen the name in order to evoke that very mood.

Actually, it’s a lot more meta than that problem is, they don’t show it in the TV adaptation.

If I Can't Have You…: This is why Sarah Gordon killed Elena - she was frustrated at Philip's reluctance to leave his family.

Friendship Moment: Lynley unhesitatingly postpones starting work on a case to help Barbara look for her mentally-ill mother.

Dramatic Irony: 'Have you seen one good, loving, halfway selfless relationship since you've been here?' Cue the viewer screaming in frustration, 'Well there's yours with Barbara, moron!!'.Both halves of the lesbian couple survive to the end of the episode - in fact, the reason one survives is that she's gone home to come out to her family, so another jogger is killed instead. It becomes clear that Barbara draws a parallel between the poor, unwanted dogs and her mother whom she's about to leave at the asylum. Animal Metaphor: When Barbara takes her mother to to the asylum, there is a programme on TV about how pet animals dumped at the shelter wait to be taken by a new owner.In the meantime, it seems that Elena's killer won't stop at anything to protect his or her identity - including murdering the inadvertent witness to the event. Lynley and Havers investigate, but not free of their own personal concerns: Lynley is still unsure about where he wants to be in his relationship with Helen, and Havers is finding it increasingly difficult to take care of her mother, who suffers from dementia. Why anyone should kill her is a mystery, until it emerges that Elena led a promiscuous lifestyle and was 14 weeks pregnant at the time of her death the father could be one of a number of men who want to protect their reputation. Stephen's College, Cambridge: Elena Weaver, a young deaf student, is strangled to death during her morning jog. Have you seen one good, loving, halfway selfless relationship since you've been here?

Lynley: God, Havers, the mess people make of love.

For the sake of elena elizabeth george