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It’s been four years since we last caught up with Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sgt. Barbara Havers. Four very long years. Four years made longer by the fact that at the end of With No One As Witness, Elizabeth George left Lynley and the entire series as a cross-roads. Something big happened at the end Leggi tutto

Disappointing. For starters, the book was way too long and the build-up was extremely slow. Elizabeth George has enjoyed a successful career, with good reason mostly, and she seems to have reached the point where people are afraid to edit her. It happens to a lot of authors, and it's unfortunate. Ev Leggi tutto

Okay, I think we’ve got the train back on track. We have Lynley, we have Havers. Whew. This should go without saying, but after the dreck that was "What Came Before He Shot Her", you cannot take these things for granted. Other than the presence of Lynley and Havers, though, I’m not that crazy about t Leggi tutto

Isn't Elizabeth George terrific?! I love her books and just wish she's crank them out more regularly and quickly. It isn't as if the woman isn't productive, either. It's just that fans want more, always more. Of course then they wouldn't be the same books, would they? Here we have DS Lynley mourning Leggi tutto

Qualcuno ha detto che se in un romanzo c'è una pistola, prima o poi sparerà (è stato Cechov? ho un vago ricordo di qualcosa del genere, ma mi sembra una frase più da americano che da russo. Comunque, scusate la mia ignoranza). E' una questione di logica, di coerenza, forse addirittura di correttezza Leggi tutto

I am a real fan of Elizabeth George's novels, and am very hopeful, as I begin Careless in Red, that she has regained the touch she lost so badly in What Came Before He Shot Her. I'm about 400 pages in, and very pleased. The plotting is meticulous, as always with George. There were enough characters t Leggi tutto

Nachdem im letzten Band Inspector Lynley komplett außen vor gelassen wurde, weil die schlimmen Ereignisse, die ihn aus der Bahn geworfen hatten, aufgeklärt wurden, ist er jetzt wieder mit von der Partie. Er hat sich noch nicht wirklich gefangen, aber sein Spürsinn wenn es um Mord geht, packt ihn wohl Leggi tutto