Payment in Blood, Elizabeth George
Payment in Blood, Elizabeth George
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Payment in Blood

Author: Elizabeth George

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 14 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/08/2013

Synopsis

The producer of a troubled play invites the cast to spend the weekend in his remote Scottish Highlands estate to hash out the problems. When the housemaid finds the playwright murdered in bed, Thomas Lynley and his partner must unmask the villain.

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

AudiobooksNow review by merri on 2007-06-14 01:50:32

This is a re-read. I read all of her Inspector Lynley Sgt Havers, St. James books yrs ago, and loved them then, so I'm re-reading the entire series, as I have a horrible memory and can't remember any of them. These are your basic solve murder mystery books, set in modern England, solved by Scotland Yard. But behind the mysteries, it's the fact that each book you get to know the main characters and follow their story as well that keeps me reading these books

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on November 13, 2024

This is one of a series of novels about Elizabeth George's creation Inspector Lynley and his sidekick Sergeant Havers. These two characters are a chalk-and-cheese coupling. The aristocrat Thomas Lynley is steeped in tradition but fighting his destiny, wanting more meaning to his life. The council-ho......more

Goodreads review by Lewis on February 13, 2018

UPDATE 2/13/18 ... marvelous even on re-reading ... the murders were complicated and the tension maintained throughout ... but the essence of the story is the way those murders impact EG's continuing characters, and the relationships between those characters ... Barbara Havers (my favorite) plays a......more

Goodreads review by Mo on August 04, 2015

Good Lord, could a story be any more confusing? • Do all of the characters have to be having affairs with each other (either in this book, or as part of their back stories)? • Do in-laws really have sex with each other as much as they do in this novel? • Do most of these characters have to have 3 or......more

Goodreads review by Jenna on February 22, 2023

3 stars. I like this book better than the first one, but I still find the writing a bit stuffy, and there was too much personal conflict between the characters for my taste. I would've preferred more focus on the murder mystery itself.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on November 26, 2024

The problem with these books is that it is hard to keep track of all the characters, especially in audio. But I find them well written and enjoyable.......more

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