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by Elizabeth George (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New Ed edition (8 Dec 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340831375
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340831373
  • Product Dimensions: 28 x 17.6 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,094 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Ingenious; very well and subtly done' -- Sunday Times 'This excellent thriller is fast paced and believable with strong, well-rounded characters and an absorbing background' -- Today 'Cunningly deceptive' -- Scotsman

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'Ingenious; very well and subtly done' (Sunday Times )

'This excellent thriller is fast paced and believable with strong, well-rounded characters and an absorbing background' (Today )

'Cunningly deceptive' (Scotsman )
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant complex book, 14 Dec 1999
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This review is from: For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley Mysteries) (Paperback)
Elizabeth George's best novel - takes a number of very different aspects of women's experiences and weaves them into both a gripping detective story and a multi-layered analysis of women's different roles. I have read all her books and many many more of this genre. This is outstanding and memorable.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Far superior to anything else I've read by Ms George, 13 Aug 2000
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This review is from: For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley Mysteries) (Paperback)
This was the first Elizabeth George book I read and I loved it. Well written, pacy, plenty of suspects and interesting examinations of why people behave to each other as they do. Not much of that fanciful rubbish about the English aristocracy that mars the other books in the series I've since read either - it took me a while to realise that Lynley is meant to be an Earl from this one (an Earl? in the police force? yeah, right...). Buy this one but only borrow the others....
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars memorable! , 30 Nov 2004
By B. Jonsson "Literate Warlock" (falun, dalarna sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley Mysteries) (Paperback)
Young, beautiful, successful at school, daddy's girl gets brutally murdered.Her background, her life at the public school, her relationships with friends and family gets dug into by Lynley and Havers. One small detail after another, they dig out the real story, the real person behind all the superlatives and find a girl far different from her father's ideals.
What was thought to be an impersonal random slaying turns into
something intricately more complicated, as they find more and more persons with motives. She really wasn't liked at all.

One of George's best, it kept me guessing right up to the end.
Lynley and, especially, Havers are brilliantly depicted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
The book was received on time, exactly as described. Would for sure recommend the seller
Published 29 days ago by M. Saric

4.0 out of 5 stars Pittsy
Having seen some episodes of Inspector Linley on TV when in England I was able to imagine the characters more clearly. A good read if you like dtective stories.
Published 5 months ago by M. Gaspare

4.0 out of 5 stars good read
If there is a long word she will use it.
Very good read if you like Linley and Havers.
Published 8 months ago by T. Flanagan

5.0 out of 5 stars Kept me guessing right up until the end
This is the first Elizabeth George book I've read and I was very impressed. The characters were all vivid and the plot was interesting and kept me guessing all the way through.
Published on 17 Sep 2000

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