Book Review: Elizabeth George’s Playing for the Ashes
I’m the one who’s answerable for my father’s death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn’t forgive.
I’m the one who’s answerable for my father’s death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn’t forgive.
Caught up in murder on the island of Guernsey, Deborah and Simon St. James delve into its dark history and the psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution.
Their careers on the line, Inspector Lynley, DCs Havers, and Nkata must untangle the secrets and passions of a family history concealing the truth behind a horrific crime.
Is there a connection between the bludgeoning of a young woman camping on the moors, a motorcyclist stabbed in an ancient henge, and a theatrical producer shot on his night of triumph?
Working solo, Sgt Barbara Havers must probe the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart and the terrible price people pay for deception.
The kidnapping of a young girl echoes into the Home Office and DI Lynley and DS Havers may be drawing closer to a grim solution—and to danger—than anyone knows.
DI Thomas Lynley and Deborah and Simon St James uncover dark, complex relationships in a village where relationships bring men and women together with passion, grief, or the intention to kill.
Dark secrets, multiple identities, and fleeting relationships clutter the investigation into a murdered Cambridge University student who had her own scores to settle.
A lethal series of events shatters the calm of a Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home.
As DI Lynley, DS Havers, and Simon St. James unlock the secrets of Bredgar Chambers, their investigation leads them perilously close to their own emotional wounds.