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Payment in Blood

By: Elizabeth George
Narrated by: Donada Peters
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 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspector Thomas Lynley travels to Scotland to solve the untimely demise of a renowned playwright in the second novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley series.

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“George writes like Agatha Christie at the top of her game. . . . A joy.” —Washington Post Book World

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. Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime Highlander Suspense Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"Satisfying indeed. Novelist Elizabeth George...has another hit on her hands."—Washington Post

"A vivid cast of suspects, an appealing team of sleuths...a country-house setting that will put readers in mind of the best of Agatha Christie. For fans of this type of puzzle, Payment in Blood is a must."—Plain Dealer, Cleveland

"A spectacular new voice in mystery writing...[George] invites comparison with both P.D. James and Ruth Rendell in the psychological interest of her characters and the intricacy and ingenuity of her plotting."—Los Angeles Times

"Complex, rich, and accomplished enough to elbow the author between P.D. James and Ruth Rendell."—Kirkus Reviews
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Loved it. Looking forward to follow the characters in next book. The narrator is great!

Fantastic author and narrator

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This readers Scottish accent was incredibly bad. Didn't the producer even listen to it. It was so bad as to be almost unintelligible. Her Welsh wasn't any better. it completely destroys the pleasure of a book when a reader is this incompetent.

Appalling bad accents

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I thoroughly enjoy the Inspector Lynley novels - fine writing of the genre and the narrator was good.

Always a pleasure

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