A Suitable Vengeance, Elizabeth George
A Suitable Vengeance, Elizabeth George
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A Suitable Vengeance

Author: Elizabeth George

Narrator: Donada Peters

Unabridged: 14 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2019


Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley series, hailed as “queen of the mystery genre” (Entertainment Weekly), brings us back to one of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley’s earliest—and most personal—investigations.

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“George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists.”—The New York Times

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 Simon Allcourt-St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home. When a second death follows closely on the heels of the first, Lynley finds he can’t help taking the investigation personally—because the evidence points to a killer within his own family.

About Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George is the award-winning author best known for her Inspector Lynley series, a collection of richly detailed mysteries that have captivated readers around the world and inspired the popular BBC television adaptations. Combining intricate plots with a deep psychological understanding of her characters, George has earned a reputation as one of the finest voices in contemporary crime fiction.

An American writer with a passion for the traditions of British detective stories, George brings together literary elegance and page-turning suspense. Her novels-including A Great Deliverance, Well-Schooled in Murder, and Something to Hide-blend atmosphere, moral complexity, and social insight, drawing readers into the lives of both detectives and suspects with equal intensity.

Beyond her fiction, George is also a dedicated teacher and mentor, sharing her craft through workshops and her acclaimed writing guide Write Away. With her ability to illuminate the darkest corners of human behavior while keeping readers gripped until the last page, she continues to stand as a master of the modern mystery.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Randi Annie on May 29, 2020

When journalist Mick Cambrey is found dead, castrated, local opinion is that he got what was coming to him. Inspector Lynley of Scotland Yard investigates the murder in his hometown Howenstow where he knows everybody from his childhood. As the investigation proceeds another murder occurs. A Suitable......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on February 27, 2020

I have appreciated Elizabeth George’s talent, skill, and creativity from the beginning and collect her softcovers and hardcovers with pleasure. Crime mysteries are not the type I favour. But we acquaint her characters so well as family, who go to work in professional capacities and who all have good......more


Quotes

“Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”Entertainment Weekly

“George goes to the head of the genre, with class.”People

“P. D. James has a polished literary eloquence all her own, but George provides the same kind of sumptuous, all-out reading experience.”Los Angeles Times

“Even more intricate than George’s deftly handled plot . . . are the paths etched by her anguished, memorable characters, as they struggle with the secrets of their hearts.”Publishers Weekly

“The real pleasure and richness in this book come from the lush, detailed writing about unusual lives and relationships charged with complexity.”Minneapolis Star Tribune

A Suitable Vengeance is not only believable and unpredictable but offers beautifully written prose.”Pittsburgh Press

“Readers will come away well satisfied.”New York Daily News

A Suitable Vengeance is one of those books that readers will race through to find out what’s happening . . . then will return to again, and maybe again, just for the sheer pleasure of it.”—Toledo Blade