Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
A man stumbles getting out of a boat, hits his head and drowns. Was it an accident or premeditated murder? So begins the latest "Inspector Lynley" novel by Elizabeth George, Believing the Lie.
The death is ruled an accident but Lynley is asked to come to Cumbria anyway to carry out an undercover investigation. He asks his dear friends Simon and Deborah St. James to accompany him. While trying to investigate the death, the three of them manage to uncover all sorts of secrets.
Though it's a long book (600 pages), it's a good story and a relatively quick read.
The one thing I didn't like was that Lynley's usual sidekick, the truly memorable Barbara Havers, was left behind in London to carry out background research on the case. I love the relationship between Lynley and Havers, which was mostly carried out via telephone in this book. What I did like was the subplot involving Barbara her neighbor, Azhar, his young daughter and the girl's mother, who suddenly reappeared at the end of the previous novel with motives unclear.
If you've been enjoying the previous books in the series, you will like this one.
If you are unfamiliar with Elizabeth George, start at the beginning with A Great Deliverance.
The death is ruled an accident but Lynley is asked to come to Cumbria anyway to carry out an undercover investigation. He asks his dear friends Simon and Deborah St. James to accompany him. While trying to investigate the death, the three of them manage to uncover all sorts of secrets.
Though it's a long book (600 pages), it's a good story and a relatively quick read.
The one thing I didn't like was that Lynley's usual sidekick, the truly memorable Barbara Havers, was left behind in London to carry out background research on the case. I love the relationship between Lynley and Havers, which was mostly carried out via telephone in this book. What I did like was the subplot involving Barbara her neighbor, Azhar, his young daughter and the girl's mother, who suddenly reappeared at the end of the previous novel with motives unclear.
If you've been enjoying the previous books in the series, you will like this one.
If you are unfamiliar with Elizabeth George, start at the beginning with A Great Deliverance.
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