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An Inspector Lynley Novel, Book 21

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By: Elizabeth George
Narrated by: Vivienne Rochester
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Summary

 Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth George.

A Nigerian born detective sergeant working for the Metropolitan Police is found unconscious in her own flat and ends up in hospital where she dies of her injury. The post-mortem reveals that the subdural hematoma is the result of a blow to her head. DI Thomas Lynley, DS Barbara Havers and DS Winston Nkata are called in to investigate a case that touches upon not only the work and the life of the murdered detective but also upon a controversial cultural tradition that damages and often destroys the future of everyone it involves.

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2022 Susan Elizabeth George Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense Detective
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Critic reviews

Superlative . . . This is a memorable addition to [the Inspector Lynley] series
"Abso-bloody-lutely" good! That would be DS Barbara Havers' verdict on this one. . . . An unsettling and thoroughly involving narrative
A skillfully spun yarn of murder and mayhem
A hugely complex and entertaining novel
It feels like meeting old friends and that you're almost solving the crime together
A superbly written, complex but challenging read
A well-plotted, fast-paced mystery
Expert pacing, plotting and the creation of psychologically convincing characters...make this well worth reading. Elizabeth George has been the recipient of a very number of prestigious awards for her writing...this new work, which engages with much darkness but finds some hope, might well gain her more
What George does so well is to create full portraits of those affected by her chosen theme
All stars
Most relevant
This female's voice made it neigh on impossible to hear=see the people I bought the book to meet. Lynley, Havers and their friends and colleagues. Not only that, the quality of the recording was very uneven. Sometimes so weak one would think they were meant to be whispering to suddenly be too strong and intrusive

Unfortunately I could not enjoy this performance

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I found the book as thrilling as all her other books.
The subject matter is very interesting and treated well.
Unfortunately the whole book is ruined by the awful reader plus the editing which means the end of the book is almost unintelligible due to missing sections !!
This book needs to be released and done properly

Audio Ruins this Book !!

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The suject matter is revealing and thought provoking.
A gripping story and well read.
My only criticism is the audio quality. The volume level varies between characters which means that, if you set the sound for the quietest voice, you are deafened by the next one. This is most noticible in a car.

Gripping

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As usual the plot was very well thought out . However I do find the Tommy / Deidre relationship extremely tedious. For me Havers is always the star of the show and Tommy a bit of a bore.
The narrator needs to brush up her pronunciation of certain words as well.

Enjoyable with slight reservations

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A good book but the narration was full of mispronunciations and false stresses. also phone conversations had the dialogue missing for the person on the the other end of the phone. this was particularly bad in the last 30 minutes. I still enjoyed it but found parts irritating to listen to. not up to your usual standard.

missing conversations

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