Inspector Lynley (5 books in series)
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review 1: An unusual Inspector Lynley story, this one. Without wanting to give too much away, there is no actual murder in the book. In fact the crimes which are encountered are incidental to the original investigation. Roughly, Lynley is asked to go to North England to investigate a deat...
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review 1: The good news is, Inspector Linley in the end broke up with Superintendent Arvery: I really couldn't stand her!The plot is weird, as there isn't a real murder in the book, only a series of skeletons drawn out from several closets. I still enjoyed reading it, though I was expectin...
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review 1: Grrr... I was frustrated in the previous book, Believing the Lie, because of Deborah's goofy behaviour, but I thought, "Who am I to guess the way a woman would behave when wholly consumed by her inability to have a successful pregnancy?" But THIS book just got crazy with Barbara'...
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review 1: Author George is an amazing writer, but her books are even. Some are so formulaic as to being superficial, others become rich with description. This is one of the latter. Protagonist Lynley actually has a personality in this one. There is a new boss at Scotland Yard, Isabelle,...
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review 1: At over 700 pages, this novel is half again too long. I have loved George's Lynley series, but this book has a labyrinthine plot that is unnecessarily complex. I enjoy George's complex plots, but this one felt contrived. The novel had too little of Lynley and too much of a Haver...