With No One as Witness

De: Elizabeth George

Narrado por: Charles Keating

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.

When an adolescent boy's nude body is found mutilated and artfully arranged on the top of a tomb, it takes no large leap for the police to recognize this as the work of a serial killer. This is the fourth victim in three months, but the first to be white.

Hoping to avoid charges of institutionalized racism in its failure to pursue the earlier crimes to their conclusion, New Scotland Yard hands the case over to Lynley and his colleagues. The killer is a psychopath who does not intend to be stopped. Worse, a devastating tragedy within the police ranks causes them to fumble in their pursuit of him.

With a surprise ending that will shock listeners to the core, With No One as Witness is full of the mesmerizing action and psychological intrigue that are the hallmarks of Elizabeth George's work and continue to prove that she is "a master of the English mystery" (New York Times).

©2005 Elizabeth George (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"This is a riveting installment in a superb series - far more than just plain good." (Booklist)

"Crime fans will find plenty of forensic minutiae and details of police bureaucracy and politics, but it's characterization at which George really excels.... This is an outstanding and explosive addition to a popular series." (Publishers Weekly)

If you are a fan you cannot miss this one

As each chapter was revealed I was mesmerized by the turns this book took. You need to read these books in order, but if you like this Elizabeth Georges series you cannot miss this one

Horrid music

Almost gave up on this book because of the horrid, overly dramatic, jolting music that kicked in at the ending and beginning of each chapter. If I get another book with that, I'll return it.

This is a famous novel

Long before TV series writers began writing shocking episodes involving surprisingly terrible things for main characters to undergo, we have this book. It’s a shocker. BUT BUYER BEWARE—new narrator—not as good—and terrible ridiculous musical interludes. Just awful. Someone should have lost a job.

Bring back the old Narrator

As a fan of Elizabeth George, I enjoyed this book. However, the change in the narration between the narrator in this book and different narrators in other books resulted in subtle differences. Some of the characters just didn't speak the same (inflection, emotion towards other characters). With the old narrator, I'd have given it 4 stars.

With No One as Witness

Elizabeth George succeeds in weaving together another well-crafted story that draws you into the lives of Inspector Lynley and Barbara Havers and the murders that they are investigating.

ABRIDGED!

Should have known by its length (only 10+ hours) but didn’t realize until too late!
Agree w another reviewer that the reader’s voice did Lindley’s character no service, conveying little of the warmth or depth of character listeners have grown accustomed to.

Her Best Yet

I have listened to this series in order over the last year. This is my favorite of all. The reader is fantastic and the story telling is superb.

Ripped off

Like other reviewers, I was extremely disappointed when I realized that this was an abridged version of this work (yes, I should have noted this before I made the purchase but didn't). Whereas certain books can be read/listened to in abridged format without loss of content, because of the manner in which Ms. George develops her characters, this is not one of them. My hope is that Audible or some other service will see fit to issue an unabridged version of this book. In the meantime, I will wait (or read the book) rather than listen to the abridged work.

Great Read

I love Elizabeth George. Her last book really disappointed me and I am glad to see this one did not. My main problem with the book was the fact that it was abridged. I truly do not like abridged books and usually do not listen to them. The book was great. I just wish the majority of all the books were unabridged. I don't know what I missed in this great book.

Fantastic!

I LOVE Elizabeth George, and have read each and every Thomas Linley novel. She never disappoints: she is a very good writer with a flair for character and plotting rare to find in mysteries, without seeming mannered or gimmicky. The narration is first-rate.