This Body of Death
A Novel
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On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder
… More »On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest--and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking.
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Imprint:
New York - Harper
Pages:
692
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9780061160882, 0061160881
Language:
English
Notes:
"An Inspector Lynley novel"-- Dust jacket
Statement of responsibility:
Elizabeth George
Characteristics:
692 p. ;,24 cm.
Author (Original Script):
George, Elizabeth
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Add a CommentI wasn't going to read any more of her books after "What Came Before ..." simply because she was getting too philosophical. Her book "Careless in Red" was starting to get better, but did not convince me to read another. A friend told me this one (Body of Death) was a serious improvement and it is. However,I skipped all the parts of the book that simulated the James Bulger murder as this was just too difficult to read.
The beginning pages of this book left me confused: where is the author going; who are all these characters she is introducing? I gave up around page 40 and put the book down, most disappointed since I have enjoyed the previous Elizabeth George-Inspector Lynley books.
An interesting read. However, one plot twist revolves around a character not being able to read, but another revolves around the same character voluntarily writing a correctly spelled note over and over. A person who cannot read, certainly cannot write a grammatically and correctly spelled sentence. This anomaly spoiled the book for me.
thank goodness E. George has left behind most of Lynley's angst and has a good story to tell...and hooray for more of Barbara and Nkata...some pretty grim details but that's life on a bad day..
A multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of a story skillfully structured to keep readers guessing until the very end. Haven't read the book. Maybe another time I will have enough time to browse thru it.
fluff - but fun and page-turning all the same.
Usually love Elizabeth George's books. Am halfway thru this one and have been tempted a couple of times to not finish. Rather boring and much too long. Disappointed
Although I usually enjoy reading George's work, this book I closed for good once I had a glimpse of the crime. It was far too reminiscent of a horrific real-life child killing in the UK that happened some years ago.
Child abuse on the first page.