Questo corpo mortale

In this 16th book in the 'Inspector Lynley' series, Scotland Yard investigates two crimes: the murder of a toddler by three juvenile delinquents who are soon caught and the murder of a young woman in a London cemetery by an unknown assailant. The book can be read as a standalone but knowledge of the Leggi tutto

I've enjoyed most of Elizabeth George's books. However, the last two have not gone well for me. I couldn't even pick up"What Came Before He Shot Her", with it's merciless, depressing look at the very poor and very abused murder perpetrator/child. "Careless in Red" was okay, but slow. This book introd Leggi tutto

Mystery fans, rejoice! Elizabeth George has returned with a novel worthy of the Lynley moniker. Anyone following George's Inspector Lynley series will know that This Body of Death is the third novel following the murder of Inspector Thomas Lynley's beloved wife, Helen. ( What Came Before He Shot Her Leggi tutto

A disappointing continuation of the Lynley-Havers series (spoilers). When I first started reading Elizabeth George's Lynley mysteries, I was caught not only by the crimes and motivations of the secondary characters, but of the interesting dynamic between DI Lynley and (then) DC Havers. Havers remains Leggi tutto