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Loading... This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel (original 2010; edition 2011)by Elizabeth George
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Mystery (2010)This series has become very comfortable with me as I enjoy finding out what is next with Lynley & Havers. This time Havers has to deal with a new chief superintendant Isabelle Ardery who wants to change Havers into a neat and by the book copper. This just doesn't work. Lynley is drawn back to the force for a new case of a murdered girl that ties to a very old case of a child murdered by children. Very good.From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Bestseller George's richly rewarding 16th novel to feature Det. Insp. Thomas Lynley (after Careless in Red) offers an intricate plot that will satisfy even jaded fans of psychological suspense. Aggressively career-minded Isabelle Ardery, the new acting superintendent of London's Metropolitan Police, boldly manages to lure Lynley, who's been grieving over his wife's murder, back from Cornwall to look into a murder case. The body of Jemima Hastings, a young woman recently relocated from Hampshire, has turned up in a London cemetery. With suspects in both locales and numerous leads to follow and interviews to conduct, Ardery succeeds in raising the hackles of Det. Sgt. Barbara Havers, Det. Insp. John Stewart, and other members of the investigating team. George tantalizes with glimpses of a horrific earlier murder case; showcases Lynley at his shrewdest, most diplomatic best; and confounds readers with a complex array of evidence, motives, and possible solutions. 6-city author tour. (May)Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistRarely can a conventional mystery sustain itself over nearly 650 pages. Some P. D. James novels have been almost that long and have succeeded in maintaining suspense and holding the reader, but this latest from Georgeacclaimed crime writer and winner of the Anthony Award, Agatha Award, and France's Le Grand Prix de Litt?rature PoliciÂreÂ¥fails on both counts. There is a too-leisurely feel throughout, a sense that the author is luxuriating in extra space, and that's not a good fit for suspense. Detective Inspector Lynley returns, still grieving the deaths of his wife and unborn child in Cornwall, but moving forward, assisting New Scotland Yard in an investigation involving a young woman whose body was found in a London cemetery. George intersects this plotline with a real-life case, the Bulger kidnapping, involving the harrowing kidnapping and murder of a toddler by three boys. Reimagining this case, with all the details a novelist can bring to bear, seems in bad taste at best. Except for Inspector Lynley, whose character is always intriguing, the two plots limp along, making little headway. In addition, the new love interest that George provides for Lynley seems contrived. This very bloated effort will interest only George's longtime fans. --Connie Fletcher Still always bugs me how hard fictional characters find it to be friends and coworkers without so much obvious sexual tension. I do like that Barbara is more or less happy to stay single though, at least. Single women seem oddly uncommon in genre fiction. Still a great series, and hopefully Lynley can get over his grief and get back to being the dignified professional he knows how to be. I'm finally starting to forgive Elizabeth George for the events of With No One as Witness. I'm still not entirely convinced that I will ever return to my light hearted enjoyment of the series, but she's got her main characters surrounded by misery, as she best likes them to be, so I think there's some stability for now. Altogether a pretty good read, and Lynley finally starting to be present in the investigation again, hooray. Very convoluted plot on this one. What to write about a big book like this? There are a few things. First of all: I absolutely dislike Isabelle Ardery. What a character to bring into the series. I hope she'll either come round or will disappear in the next book. Lynley probably has lost his way. I'm glad he's back in business, but starting an affair, and with HER of all people? No, no, no,no.... And then the other part of the book, where 3 young boys take and murder a toddler. So very like the happenings of several years ago when this happened in real life. Reading those parts sent shivers down my spine. Al in all I enjoyed the book, it was what I expected of a book from this series: it's big, it's interesting to read for more than one reason and it's a thriller. Look forward to reading another :-) no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesLynley & Havers (16)
On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest--and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking. No library descriptions found.
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