Book description: 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 ridges. But 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. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. … [Read more...] about In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George
Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George
From the front flap: 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 … [Read more...] about Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George
In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
Book description: When a young girl disappears from the streets of London without a trace, her mother, a well-respected MP, is convinced she knows the identity of the kidnapper—the child's father. But Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers soon learn that nothing in this investigation is what it appears to be, and that in betrayal and deception, lies … [Read more...] about In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George: A-
Book description: When country milkman Martin Snell makes his usual delivery to fifteenth-century Celandine Cottage one fine spring morning in Kent, he expects to be greeted by the cottage's seductive tenant, Gabriella Patten, not the ugly remains of a fire pointing to murder. As all of England, as well as the magnetic world of national cricket, discovers itself reeling from … [Read more...] about Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George: A-
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George: B+
From the back cover: Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancashire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news: the vicar of Winslough, the man they had come to see, is dead—a victim of accidental poisoning. Unsatisfied with the inquest ruling and unsettled by the close association … [Read more...] about Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George: B+