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This is bizarre!
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For the Sake of Elena
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Writing, Bad Plotting
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3 out of 5 stars
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whiney
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
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Well-Schooled in Murder
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- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an ax in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry".
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction - and a little too close to home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is bizarre!
- By kgohl on 07-09-19
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For the Sake of Elena
- Inspector Lynley, Book 5
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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3 out of 5 stars
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whiney
- By Eva Elmer on 10-09-19
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Playing for the Ashes
- Inspector Lynley, Book 7
- By: Elizabeth George
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- By Scott on 06-07-19
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In the Presence of the Enemy
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Hailed as the "king of sleaze", tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at The Source, he discovers that someone else excels at ferreting out secrets as well. Ten-year-old Charlotte Bowen has been abducted, and if Luxford does not admit publicly to having fathered her, she will die.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful
- By Bella on 11-28-18
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Deception on His Mind
- Inspector Lynley, Book 9
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 22 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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 longtime partner, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but the terrible price people pay for deceiving others...and themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Adventurous Sidetrip
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In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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 gritstone ridges. This time, two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. Each met death in a different fashion. Each died violently. To Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, brought in to investigate by special request, this grisly crime promises to be one of the toughest assignments of his career.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Explicit
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A Traitor to Memory
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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"To listen is to be, but to play is to live...." So believes Gideon Davies, 28-year-old musical wunderkind, a virtuoso violinist whose talents are internationally celebrated. When Gideon finds himself center stage, unable to play, his tortured search for his music - and for the truth behind the appalling event that shaped his life - will lead him to the very heart of love's darkest manifestations.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very disappointing
- By kw on 08-10-19
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A Place of Hiding
- Inspector Lynley, Book 12
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 22 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 62
An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey’s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II. The St. Jameses must delve into Guernsey’s dark history - both past and present - and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bravo!
- By Lynne F on 01-29-19
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This Body of Death
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- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 701
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Story4 out of 5 stars 429
Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesn't trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officer's hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden and possibly attractive vulnerability.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Mix for Elizabeth George Fans
- By Rebecarol on 08-14-10
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Believing the Lie
- An Inspector Lynley Novel
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 741
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 619
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Story4 out of 5 stars 620
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It Keeps Going and Going....
- By Denise Ryan on 03-17-12
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Just One Evil Act
- A Lynley Novel
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 28 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 718
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Story4 out of 5 stars 630
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can't really help - Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn't on Hadiyyah's, their daughter's, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A huge disappointment
- By Joan Farrell on 11-02-13
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With No One as Witness
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 247
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
In With No One as Witness, her 13th novel, Elizabeth George has crafted an intricate and absorbing story sure to enthrall her listeners. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, along with his longtime partner, the fiery Barbara Havers, and newly promoted Detective Sergeant Winston Nkata, is back and on the hunt for a sinister killer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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ABRIDGED, ABRIDGED, ABRIDGED
- By Kathleen on 04-18-05
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A Banquet of Consequences
- A Lynley Novel
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,038
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 939
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Story4 out of 5 stars 942
The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Elizabeth George's novel of crime, passion, and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire, deceit, and murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Front part actually boring
- By Nancy on 11-14-15
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Careless in Red
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 388
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and rugged coastline. On the 43rd day of his walk, at the base of a cliff, Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death.
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3 out of 5 stars
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ABRIDGED!
- By Nanci on 07-24-14
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What Came Before He Shot Her
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
The brutal, inexplicable death of Inspector Thomas Lynley's wife has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Even more horrifying is that the trigger was apparently pulled by a 12-year-old boy. Who is he? Where did he come from? And what were the circumstances that led to his final act of desperation?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bleak, pedantic but...love Elizabeth George
- By Rebecarol on 12-20-07
Publisher's Summary
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an 18-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers grapple for both a motive and a murderer.
Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama, for the list of suspects soon includes Britain’s foremost actress, its most successful theatrical producer, and the woman Lynley loves. He and Havers must tread carefully through the complicated terrain of human relationships while they work to solve a case rooted in the darkest corners of the past and the unexplored regions of the human heart.
Critic Reviews
"Satisfying indeed. Novelist Elizabeth George...has another hit on her hands." (The Washington Post)
"A spectacular new voice in mystery writing...[George] invites comparison with both P.D. James and Ruth Rendell in the psychological interest of her characters and the intricacy and ingenuity of her plotting." (Los Angeles Times)
"Complex, rich, and accomplished enough to elbow the author between P.D. James and Ruth Rendell." (Kirkus Reviews)
"A vivid cast of suspects, an appealing team of sleuths...a country-house setting that will put readers in mind of the best of Agatha Christie. For fans of this type of puzzle, Payment in Blood is a must." (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)
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