Payment in Blood (Inspector Lynley)
by Elizabeth George
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Author: Elizabeth GeorgeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: 0553384805
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: An English Country-House Murder
Summary: 5 Stars
A Scottish estate turned into an elegant country inn, whose first guests are a famous theatrical producer and the stars, writer and director of the new play he is getting ready for the West End: ingredients for a classic English country-house murder mystery, especially when the playwright is found murdered in a locked bedroom. There are several people with immediately obvious motives, and a complex net of relationships among them(the playwright's sister is the lead actor's ex-wife; the producer is the estate owner's sister, and who exactly is the father of his daughter?) But Elizabeth George owes nothing to Agatha Christie, and this is no generic country-house murder mystery. When DI Thomas Lynley and his partner Sgt. Barbara Havers are sent to the scene in a highly irregular decision by their superiors at New Scotland Yard, the playwright's murder appears to have mysterious political implications-or is that a red herring? It certainly has personal implications for DI Lynley, who is unpleasantly surprised to find Lady Helen Clyde among the guests, with a very embarrassing alibi. As the complex plot unfolds, Lynley and Havers view the principal suspect from distinctly different, and clearly class-based, points of view. Thus the issue of social class, which permeates this series, is cleverly interwoven with the elements of the mystery, and the continuing cast of characters continues to be developed.
Summary of Payment in Blood (Inspector Lynley)
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grapple for both a motive and a murderer. Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama, for the list of suspects soon includes Britain?s foremost actress, its most successful theatrical producer, and the woman Lynley loves. He and Havers must tread carefully through the complicated terrain of human relationships while they work to solve a case rooted in the darkest corners of the past and the unexplored regions of the human heart.Literature & Fiction Books
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