The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an
isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an
eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the
case in a country where they have virtually no authority,
aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner,
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grapple for both a motive and a
murderer.
Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse
into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic
scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a
superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the
crimes of the heart.
"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 New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession.
In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession.
Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place. many have been trapped in
the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured
on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are
discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as
Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue.
When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar
Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex,
aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from
the lad's housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum.
Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter
landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in
their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news.
The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come to see, is
dead—a victim of accidental poisoning.
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 long-time 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.
Elizabeth George "reigns as the queen of the mystery genre." raves
Entertainment Weekly, which named her most recent novel,
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, on of the 10 best books of
1999. The author who has enthralled millions with masterworks of
dazzling novels of literary suspense returns with her most
astonishing work yet.
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.
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.
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.
This biography of Victoria highlights the many dramas of her life.
For example, she was fatherless at eight months and treated poorly
by her family, but survived to become the only English queen
comparable to Elizabeth I. The character of Victoria herself,
stubborn and vital, is also drawn out.
