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Enquête dans le brouillard (original 1988; edition 2001)

by Elizabeth George, Elizabeth George (Auteur)

Series: Lynley & Havers (1)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders.

Now 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 axe 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."

Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley??and in their own lives as we
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Title:Enquête dans le brouillard
Authors:Elizabeth George
Other authors:Elizabeth George (Auteur)
Info:Pocket (2001), Poche, 445 pages
Collections:Your library, To read
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Tags:@lire, policier

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  TanteLeonie | Nov 16, 2023 |
I don't normally like mysteries (since a lot of them seem to be written at a fourth grade level for some reason,) but this one was good. I will definitely read more by her! ( )
  veewren | Jul 12, 2023 |
I like mysteries, they're my go-to easy reading. And I liked the BBC series based on these books. But George's character writing for women, particularly, makes me so angry that it ruins the story. I read these many years ago, but I still remember one or two scenes that were intolerable. ( )
  Kiramke | Jun 27, 2023 |
Although I have read lots of mysteries, this is the first time I'm reading Inspector Lynley, or indeed, Elizabeth George. My sister is a big fan of these books, so I'm sure she would be scandalized that it has taken me this long to come around. Anyway, despite the fact that this is a series opener, the titular Inspector's backstory is not deeply plumbed here. We do get some juicy tidbits, mostly because he keeps encountering a lost love while involved in his first case with the sullen, disagreeable Sergeant Havers, who is being given a second chance at a higher level of police work after (apparently) washing out and being demoted. Lynley is a skilled investigator despite his genteel breeding and the appearance of delicate sensibilities. The two of them, a mismatched pair if ever there was one, navigate a difficult murder case involving fathers and daughters, wives and sisters who have disappeared, and some generally pretty disturbing family dynamics. They spend the whole investigation trying to find evidence that the person accused of the crime did not actually commit the crime, but has been wrongfully arrested and committed to an asylum, and wind up realizing that, far more important than the Who is the Why, and that shit will shake you to your core. It's clear that the Lynley-Havers partnership is being set up as something with longevity, and there are supporting players that will continue to influence both the partnership and the partners. The best thing about starting a long-standing book series after it has existed for a while is that there is no waiting around -- I get to read at least 10 Lynley mysteries without stopping, if I want to! ( )
  karenchase | Jun 14, 2023 |
So many detectives, so little time! I didn't plan on falling in love with Lynley and Havers [and Simon and Deborah and Helen ...], but I did. Unlike Watson in the Sherlock Holmes's stories, Havers is also an investigator, and excellent at her job (even when she's dripping vitriol in anyone's path who upsets her), and Lynley is as upper-crust as one can get in England without being on the balcony for the Trooping of the Colors but with a vulnerable and caring side and the need to make up for his so-called aristocratic life by being down in the trenches, solving a headless murder case in York. Fast-paced, enthralling, suspenseful ... I couldn't put it down and can't wait to start the next one. It's been a while since a detective series did that for me. My only slight criticism is that the ending came down like Everest's biggest avalanche; I could barely catch my breath before the next storm of information rushed by. I had to go back and read it to make sure I [the reader who never solves the case] understood every clue and red herring. If you want a detective to follow, Inspector Lynley's your man. ( )
  crabbyabbe | Nov 6, 2022 |
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And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest and ye are gone away; and what have I more? Judges 19:24
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For Natalie in celebration of the growth of the spirit and the triumph of the soul.
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It was a solecism of the very worst kind.
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"The lovely Thais by his side,
Sate like a blooming Easter bride,
In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Happy, happy, happy pair!
None but the brave deserves the fair."
-John Dryden, Alexander's Feast;or, The Power of Music
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Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke."
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders.

Now 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 axe 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."

Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley??and in their own lives as we

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De zestienjarige Roberta Teys wordt met haar mooiste kleren aan gevonden in een boerenschuur in het landelijke Engelse dorpje Keldale. Naast haar liggen een bijl en het ontzielde lichaam van haar vader. Onthoofd. Het enige wat Roberta erover zegt, is: 'Ik heb het gedaan. Ik heb geen spijt.' Scotland Yard geeft de leiding van het onderzoek in handen van inspecteur Thomas Lynley en zijn absolute tegenpool Barbara Havers.
Elizabeth George heeft voor haar werk de Anthony Award, de Agatha Award en in Frankrijk Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière gewonnen. Ze werd tevens genomineerd voor de Edgar Award, de Macavity Award en de Duitse MIMI Award.
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