Payment in Blood: An Inspector Lynley Novel: 2
By (Author) Elizabeth George
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
8th May 2012
12th April 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
400
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 26mm
316g
An isolated Scottish mansion is the venue for a reading of a controversial new play by a West End theatre company. But on the very first evening, the playwright is savagely murdered, and Inspector Thomas Lynley faces the most testing case of his career.
For one of the suspects is Lady Helen Clyde, the woman Lynley loves. And as he attempts to untangle the family scandals, fierce theatrical rivalries and long-buried secrets that beset the case, Lynley struggles to balance the clinical detachment of his job with the intensity of his feelings.A treat - splendidly plotted and beautifully written - Colin Dexter
If Agatha Christie were writing today, this is how she'd do it. Good plot, credible characters and a very perceptive and observant female eye - Ted AllbeuryElizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. She won the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re in France. In 1990 she was awarded the prestigious German prize for international mystery fiction, the MIMI. Her novels have now been adapted for television by the BBC. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as a New York Times and international bestselling author, Elizabeth George lives on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington. Visit Elizabeth's website at www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com