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- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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A Great Deliverance
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders. Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged edition
- By Avid reader on 2018-12-20
Written by: Elizabeth George
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This Body of Death
- An Inspector Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesn't trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officer's hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden and possibly attractive vulnerability.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favourite, thus far!
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Written by: Elizabeth George
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A Place of Hiding
- Inspector Lynley, Book 12
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 22 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey’s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II. The St. Jameses must delve into Guernsey’s dark history - both past and present - and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great listen but…
- By Cheryl-Ann on 2022-11-29
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Just One Evil Act
- A Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 28 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can't really help - Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn't on Hadiyyah's, their daughter's, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Difficult read.
- By Margaret on 2020-03-18
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Believing the Lie
- An Inspector Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Homophobic trash
- By NONI BOYLE on 2021-03-28
Written by: Elizabeth George
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A Banquet of Consequences
- A Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
The number one New York Times best-selling author’s award-winning series returns with another stunning crime drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series!
- By Wendy Taylor on 2020-09-08
Written by: Elizabeth George
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A Great Deliverance
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders. Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged edition
- By Avid reader on 2018-12-20
Written by: Elizabeth George
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This Body of Death
- An Inspector Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesn't trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officer's hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden and possibly attractive vulnerability.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favourite, thus far!
- By Wendy Taylor on 2020-08-19
Written by: Elizabeth George
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A Place of Hiding
- Inspector Lynley, Book 12
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 22 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey’s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II. The St. Jameses must delve into Guernsey’s dark history - both past and present - and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great listen but…
- By Cheryl-Ann on 2022-11-29
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Just One Evil Act
- A Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 28 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can't really help - Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn't on Hadiyyah's, their daughter's, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Difficult read.
- By Margaret on 2020-03-18
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Believing the Lie
- An Inspector Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Homophobic trash
- By NONI BOYLE on 2021-03-28
Written by: Elizabeth George
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A Banquet of Consequences
- A Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
The number one New York Times best-selling author’s award-winning series returns with another stunning crime drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series!
- By Wendy Taylor on 2020-09-08
Written by: Elizabeth George
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The Punishment She Deserves
- A Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 22 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
The cozy, bucolic town of Ludlow is stunned when one of its most revered and respected citizens - Ian Druitt, the local deacon - is accused of a serious crime. Then, while in police custody, Ian is found dead. Did he kill himself? Or was he murdered? When Barbara Havers is sent to Ludlow to investigate the chain of events that led to Ian's death, all the evidence points to suicide. But Barbara can't shake the feeling that she's missing something.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The hours just flew by.
- By Peter Malysewich on 2018-04-21
Written by: Elizabeth George
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A Great Deliverance
- Inspector Lynley, Book 1
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an ax in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Could be her best
- By Avid reader on 2018-12-21
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Something to Hide
- A Lynley Novel
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 21 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
When a police detective is taken off life support after falling into a coma, only an autopsy reveals the murderous act that precipitated her death. She'd been working on a special task force within North London's Nigerian community, and Acting Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley is assigned to the case, which has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best in the series!
- By Nicole on 2022-01-17
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Deception on His Mind
- Inspector Lynley, Book 9
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 22 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead on its beach, his neck broken, sleepy Balford-le-Nez ignites. Working solo without her longtime partner, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but the terrible price people pay for deceiving others...and themselves.
Written by: Elizabeth George
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In the Presence of the Enemy
- Inspector Lynley, Book 8
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 20 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Hailed as the "king of sleaze", tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at The Source, he discovers that someone else excels at ferreting out secrets as well. Ten-year-old Charlotte Bowen has been abducted, and if Luxford does not admit publicly to having fathered her, she will die.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellant
- By Alison on 2021-06-19
Written by: Elizabeth George
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Playing for the Ashes
- Inspector Lynley, Book 7
- Written by: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 24 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive." In her astonishing best-seller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder, and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing - and no one - is really what it seems.
Written by: Elizabeth George
Publisher's Summary
After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and rugged coastline. But no matter how far he walks, no matter how exhausting his days, the painful memories of Helen's death do not diminish.
On the 43rd day of his walk, at the base of a cliff, Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. The closest town, better known for its tourists and its surfing than its intrigue, seems an unlikely place for murder. However, it soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is indeed at work, and this time Lynley is not a detective but a witness and possibly a suspect.
The head of the vastly understaffed local police department needs Lynley's help, though, especially when it comes to the mysterious, secretive woman whose cottage lies not far from where the body was discovered. But can Lynley let go of the past long enough to solve a most devious and carefully planned crime?
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- julia
- 2008-06-10
Please don't abridge!
Ms. George is an excellent writer but to abridge her work is a disservice to her and the reader. Her character development is so good when its cut short you really don't get the full depth of their personality and it is quite confusing particularly to a new reader. Having read all of her books I was familiar with the regular characters. She is one author that a should not be abridged.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Rebecarol
- 2008-05-12
Elizabeth George is Back...Whoo Hoo!
After EG's last excursion into fringe Lynley-land with "What Came Before He Shot Her" I am SO happy to have George, and Thomas Lynley back again. Alhough Lynley is also still recovering, as this erstwhile reader is, from "What Came Before" he is back again!
This is an exquisite little book about birth and all that ones birth and place in family and universe entails, as Lynley traipses through England on a soul-scourging, post trauma walk, he ends up in the middle of the Book's requisite murder mystery. But the web of characters, including Lynley and yes, Havers, includes several beautifully rendered portraits of people who are struggling with what they were born to be, who there parents were or were not, what their psychic inheritance is, what their birth really means, what their place in the universe really is. And the beautiful thing about this unveiling of character is that it is NOT, as was the case with "What came before..." heavy-handed or pedantic. George is, rather, at her exquisite best in sculpting what is not simply a murder mystery, but is much more resonantly a mystery of birth, birthright and birthwrong.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- NV
- 2014-07-24
ABRIDGED!
What did you like best about Careless in Red? What did you like least?
I hate abridged - I wish I had noticed that. Otherwise a good book but it needed more fleshing out.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- D. Thomas
- 2008-06-11
less than the sum of its parts
I agree with previous reviewers that it can be difficult to follow the entire list of characters, but that's not the real problem I have with this book. It feels like the author was given the challenge of using every plot twist or scheme one could think of in just one story. Let's see, we've got jilted lovers, not one but two (or is it three?) love triangles, jealous lovers, hidden pasts, not one but TWO mysterious deaths, love/hate father-son relationships (again, more than one), an ex-cop destroyed by the loss of his wife, incest, sexual abuse, old/young sexual reltionships, repressed dreams imposed (and denied) one's children. I mean, come ON! It felt a lot more like a sampler than a cohesive story. I can't recommend it.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Paul
- 2008-10-04
A bit of a disappointment
I read all of the early Elizabeth George mysteries, but hadn't read or listened to several of the latest, so thought I'd try this one. The narrator was very good, but while the story was overall enjoyable, very little of the detective work really had any linkage to the "solution" that is eventually revealed. The murder and investigation seemed more of a backdrop for exploring the internal and interpersonal issues of the investigators. When the end arrived, it seemed abrupt and I actually said "That's IT?" As always, Elizabeth George gives us characters with real depth and believable complexity. There's just too much of the storyline that ends up having no real connection to the murder or its solution.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Jacqueline
- 2008-05-13
Superb!
A great mystery in the style of the original Lynley novels. A lot of characters, tons of suspects, and a plot that keeps you guessing. George weaves her stories through all sorts of people, and doesn't go soft on issues that we may find heart wrenching! Convincing and enjoyable from the start!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- M Shep
- 2008-05-08
Need help with characters' names
I've just started listening to this book and like all of Elizabeth George's books, it's great. BUT I'm having trouble nailing down the wonderful set of characters who populate the book's universe. It's pretty easy when you're reading, and can see the names in print, and page back and forth to figure out who's who, but listening to a reading is much harder, particularly since the story takes place in Cornwall so the names are slightly unusual to my American ear. I've looked all over the web for help, or for a way to contact the author, but can find nothing. Can anyone help?
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Fairsari
- 2009-05-25
Interesting Read
Really enjoy Elizabeth George's work but this last book left me bewildered. The story line is complex which the author usually manages to plot well but this time it just didn't quite jive. It rambled in some parts. The characters were hard to follow and the necessity of the murder didn't make any sense.
At the beginning of the book she piques your interest when the body is found but as it goes on you couldn't quite follow the plot..it was too shallow. Of course, I wanted to know what happened to Inspector Lynley after the murder of his pregnant wife in George's last book. How was he coping with his wife's and unborn son's death and she depicts him very well in his grief. He is such a defined character in all her novels. It was disappointing but will read her next one when she publishes it She writes very well.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Diana
- 2008-11-07
Curl up and enjoy
The story is so rich with landscape details and human emotions that your imagination visualizes the story like a made-for-tv movie. At least to those of us that have followed the PBS episodes. You may want to keep track of the characters; they are many, with different stories that don't get entwined until a couple of hours into the story. With winter coming, this is a wonderful audiobook to curl up to in your favorite chair, hot cocoa in hand and fly off to the British Isle's cold, wet and windy beach.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2013-08-05
Felt like 2 separate books
Lynley is back, I'm not sure about George. I like the book because I love Lynley and the characters connected to him were well written. That said, it felt like two stories, Lynley and his cast and the victim with his cast, two stories that intersected but didn't quite merge.
I attributed it to Lynley being detatched and thought it might be an intentional device, but what do I know.
Still it was entertaining.
Publisher's summary, spot on for both storys.
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