Linda Hendrickson

Linda Hendrickson is the main villainess from "Bassholes," the second episode of Rizzoli & Isles ' sixth season.

She was played by Abby Brammell.

Linda Hendrickson is the owner of Linda's Lures and an official in competitive bass fishing. She was also the illicit lover of competitive bass fisherman Mark Harris, whose obsession with the sport led to a separation from his wife, Carla. At first, Mark fared poorly in various contests, but unbeknownst to him, Linda began cheating on his behalf, which not only led to Mark winning various contests, but had other competitors accusing him of cheating. Mark's victories resulted in him receiving a huge endorsement deal from Big Rod's Sporting Goods, with Linda believing that Mark would share his fame and money with her.

However, Mark had sent the $50,000 he received for his first payment to Carla, and Linda became enraged when Mark informed her that he was going back to Carla. Linda told him about what she did for him, but that further convinced Mark to leave bass fishing altogether. Mark also planned to come clean about Linda's underhanded tactics, which prompted Linda to silence Mark, as she would lose everything. While Mark was fishing early in the episode, the evil Linda shot and killed him with a crossbow, committing the murder while on the shore. Linda referred too Mark as a "poet" during her interview with Jane Rizzoli and Vince Korsak, while also hiding her role as a villainess by attempting to pin Mark's murder on his competitors, stating that they were cheating and also jealous of him.

After Maura Isles and Kent Drake deduced that the murder was committed on shore, Linda was brought in to BPD, where her true role was revealed. Linda confessed to killing Mark, stating that she did everything for him and voicing her anger over Mark's plans to leave her and go back to his wife. Following her confession, Linda was arrested (off-screen) for Mark's murder.