I thought I remembered him being in the books, Eliza, though it's been awhile since I read them. Still love the books and what we have seen of the series.

We also enjoyed the Murdoch tv series, haven't tried the books.

I think BBC did a good job with Brother Cadfael and esp. Inspector Lynley. There are a couple of other British ones which I cannot remember at the moment. Old movies: the Oxbow Incident was close to the book and well done, imo.