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I slogged through this 713 page monster because I have enjoyed George's Inspector Detective Thomas Lynley stories so much, both in print and on the televised BBC series. (I also have a hard time abandoning books I begin.) This one features his side-kick and apprentice, Detective Sergeant Barbara Hav Leggi tutto

“Where is the man who has the power and skill to stem the torrent of a woman’s will? For if she will she will, you may depend on’t; and if she won’t she won’t so there’s an end on’t.” from the pillar erected on the Mount in the Dane John Field in Canterbury The above is how the ninth Elizabeth George boo Leggi tutto

One of my favorites in the series. Havers is this time around the main character and Lynley largely away. The case Barbara gets on her hands has ties into the Asian community of a certain town, where the leaders have a very complicated relationship with the rest of the community and an even more tro Leggi tutto

“ Por desgracia, no podemos dictar la edad en que aprendemos lo mucho que la vida va a negarnos .” Tenía ganas de leer esta autora y aunque tengo en mi lista el número uno de esta serie, decidí leer el correspondiente al número nueve, que es el único libro físico que pude conseguir. Al parecer esta se Leggi tutto

An Inspector Lynley where Inspector Lynley made no appearance, and actually this one was all the better for it. Barbara Havers gets to take centre stage, and I enjoyed that - I had got really very bored with the Lynley/Helen relationship and the whole thing about Deborah and her husband not being ab Leggi tutto