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What Came Before He Shot Her

An Inspector Lynley Novel, Book 14

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What Came Before He Shot Her

By: Elizabeth George
Narrated by: Inika Leigh Wright
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 The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate and circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents, Joel and two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunt's house. Kendra, childless and with two marriages behind her, is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs, neglect, violence and poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family, but that involves a Faustian pact. And the Devil will have his pay.

(P)2007 ISIS Publishing Ltd©2007 Susan Elizabeth George Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Marriage Crime Suspense

Critic reviews

PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH GEORGE
She's brilliant
The connoisseur's crime writer
A very fine writer
A master of the English mystery
Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published
George is a master
A fascinating list of subjects . . . wrenching stories . . . George conveys them all with exceptional grace
It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked
All stars
Most relevant
a very good story. well written and excellently told. the story teller was a very accomplished narrator.

good yarn.

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Those who have followed the progress of Elizabeth George’s characters will know that this book runs in parallel to that confronting Inspector Lynley with the murder of his wife. Here we meet the dysfunctional family to which the boy arrested in the parallel book belongs. This is a sad but all too realistic interpretation of lives marked by poverty and criminality from their early years. Well researched and written, the narration is also excellent bringing a difficult story to life.

Gripping Story

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Great storytelling. Interestingly plot line, deviating from Linley and back again. Performance was ok, but many of the accents were irritating and some of the pronunciation incorrect. Overall very good though.

Good story

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The narration was awful, I understand the accents and dialect the narrator was trying to achieve but it was very irritating in pitch, pronunciation and accents. The story far too long to explain why the boy shot Helen Lynley. As a lover of crime novels it was a disappointing tale.

Too long winded

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Very very good storyline.. The narrator was very good with the characters. Looking forward the next Inspector Linley book.

Good read

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