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The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.Entertainment Weekly
When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lads housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a childand then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chamberss cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthews death leads them perilously close to their own emotional woundsand blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making. . . .
Praise for Well-Schooled in Murder
George is a master . . . an outstanding practitioner of the modern English mystery.Chicago Tribune
A spectacular new voice in mystery writing.Los Angeles Times
A compelling whodunit . . . a readers delight.Daily News, New York
Like P.D. James, George knows the import of the smallest human gesture; Well-Schooled in Murder puts the younger author clearly in the running with the genre master.People
Ms. George may wind up creating one of the most popular and entertaining series in mystery fiction today.The Sun, Baltimore
Caramellunacy: Both stories feature a murder at a decaying English prep school and deal with class and identity issues. Gentlemen and Players features a slower pace and an elaborate twist as the main character seeks revenge for former wrongs. Well-Schooled in Murder is a more straight-forward murder mystery that features George's pair of Scotland Yard detectives Lynley and Havers.… (more)
Vizi e virtù dei college inglesi, nobiltà e popolo, popolarità e malattia. Tutto questo e altro in un romanzo molto ben scritto, con una certa tensione e suspance. Ogni volta che credi di aver scoperto il colpevole la George ti fa' locchiolino e ti fa cambiare strada. ( )
I have shot mine arrow o'er the house, And hurt my brother.
-Hamlet
Dedication
For Arthur, who wanted to write.
First words
The rear garden of the cottage in Hammersmith's Lower Mall was set up to accommodate artistic endeavours.
Quotations
"At least you've an umbrella," he noted................... "Yes indeed One of those wretched collapsible things. I bought it at the airport, It's been collapsing quite cooperatively ever since."
Can storied urn or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?
- Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth. A youth to fortune and to fame unknown; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own.
-Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Last words
It was not at all what he wanted from her. It never would be. But he knew it would have to suffice for now.
The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.Entertainment Weekly
When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lads housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a childand then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chamberss cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthews death leads them perilously close to their own emotional woundsand blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making. . . .
Praise for Well-Schooled in Murder
George is a master . . . an outstanding practitioner of the modern English mystery.Chicago Tribune
A spectacular new voice in mystery writing.Los Angeles Times
A compelling whodunit . . . a readers delight.Daily News, New York
Like P.D. James, George knows the import of the smallest human gesture; Well-Schooled in Murder puts the younger author clearly in the running with the genre master.People
Ms. George may wind up creating one of the most popular and entertaining series in mystery fiction today.The Sun, Baltimore
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