Case Files: Inspector Ryga is a cinematic YouTube series inspired by Pauline Rowson's Inspector Ryga historical mysteries. Set in post-war Britain, each investigation unfolds through authentic production stills, original narration and carefully researched locations, allowing viewers to experience each mystery as though watching the lost episodes of a classic British television detective drama.

These short cinematic episodes take you behind the investigations featured in the Inspector Ryga Mysteries, following Ryga from Scotland Yard to England's coastline as each case unfolds through authentic production stills, narration and atmospheric storytelling.

Every episode reveals another stage of the investigation, allowing viewers to experience the mystery exactly as Inspector Ryga uncovers it.

Open Case Three: Investigation : Death in the Nets

Series 3. Episode 1. A New Case for Inspector Ryga

More episodes to come

Read the novel that inspired this: DEATH IN THE NETS

A cold wet January night, the body of a man stabbed through the heart, is found tangled up in fishing nets in Brixham Harbour, Devon.

1951, Brixham, Devon.

Inspector Alun Ryga heads to the coast with photographer Eva Paisley. They are staying with Eva’s old friend Anna and her nine-year-old Jean-Claude.

Jean-Claude is convinced he saw a body on the shore ‘all bashed up’ and claims a mermaid took it away. It’s all he’s been talking about for a week!

Intrigued, Ryga asks Jean-Claude to take them to the harbour. And sure enough a man’s body is there, wrapped in nets, with a stab wound to the heart.

Jean-Claude was right. But who’s the victim? And what prompted the little boy to come up with the idea of a mermaid?

Ryga begins to investigate, but the discovery of another body throws him into turmoil.

Someone is killing to keep their secrets hidden. And with Ryga hot on their heels, he could be next.