MARCH 2018 - AudioFile
Let’s face it, Simon Vance is a rock star. His performance of this complex and multifaceted murder mystery is vivid and perfectly paced. There are no fewer than four disastrous mother-child snarls in the mix here, as well as all manner of British class and ethnic variations among investigators, suspects, and bystanders, and Vance is simply at home with all of it. Fans of Elizabeth George’s series will be glad to be reunited with aristocratic Detective Lynley and Sgt. Havers, who famously dresses like a slob and can’t follow orders—a good thing, when the orders would have caused her to dismiss a murder as a suicide. That Havers has also taken up tap dancing is less believable, but funny. A clever puzzle, brilliantly read. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2019 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
Praise for Elizabeth George
‟Elizabeth George is a superstar of the crime-fiction world, British Inspector Division. Deservedly so: Her tales always provide nuanced character studies and insights into social issues along with their intricate mysteries.ˮ
—The Seattle Times
‟It’s tough to resist the pull of [George’s] storytelling once hooked.ˮ
—USA Today
‟Ms. George can do it all, with style to spare.ˮ
—The Wall Street Journal
‟George’s . . . ability to continually enhance the portraits of Lynley, Havers, and other recurring characters while generating fully fleshed new ones for each novel is nothing less than superlative, and her atmospheric prose, complete with lovely and detailed descriptions of her setting, combines to add literary gravitas to her work. . . . A worthy addition to her portfolio and one that simultaneously disturbs and satisfies.ˮ
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
‟[Lynley is] one of the great character portraits in contemporary crime fiction.ˮ
—The Boston Globe
Library Journal
10/15/2017
No. 1 New York Times best-selling George returns with the next mystery featuring DI Thomas Lynley and his partner DS Barbara Havers, who's in the lead here. Approached by a Member of Parliament with a request to investigate the supposed suicide of a constituent's son, New Scotland Yard's assistant commissioner sees an opportunity to stick Havers with an impossible case and thence get rid of her. (He's not a fan.) George's last title was in 2015, so folks will be clamoring.
MARCH 2018 - AudioFile
Let’s face it, Simon Vance is a rock star. His performance of this complex and multifaceted murder mystery is vivid and perfectly paced. There are no fewer than four disastrous mother-child snarls in the mix here, as well as all manner of British class and ethnic variations among investigators, suspects, and bystanders, and Vance is simply at home with all of it. Fans of Elizabeth George’s series will be glad to be reunited with aristocratic Detective Lynley and Sgt. Havers, who famously dresses like a slob and can’t follow orders—a good thing, when the orders would have caused her to dismiss a murder as a suicide. That Havers has also taken up tap dancing is less believable, but funny. A clever puzzle, brilliantly read. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2019 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
