The Inspector Lynley mysteries. Set 2. In the presence of the enemy

"This new series of four mysteries includes: Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of the Enemy, A Suitable Vengeance, and Deception on His Mind."@en
"A kidnapper has abducted Charlotte Bowen, the 10-year-old secret love child between powerful newspaper editor Dennis Luxford and radical political leader Eve Bowen. In a twist of fate, the kidnapper threatens Luxford with the same kind of personal scandal usually found on his tabloid's front page: He demands Luxford publically announce his dalliance on the frong page, or the child will be murdered. When Lynley and Havers are called on to investigate, they discover their most demanding and politcally sensitive case yet."@en
"Politics makes strange and sometimes deadly bedfellows."@en
"M - Home use only / CH - Public performance."@en
""The abduction and killing of a Government minister's daughter brings Lynley into a lethal web of political and personal unrest. But after another child is kidnapped, the pair must decipher the deceit and pinpoint the murderer to stop a second senseless killing."--WGBH Boston Web site."@en